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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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perletwo20.3 - 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.
Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday To Friday . . . In 12 Days - approved
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 16
PegW30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
I read Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the title of Book 1
I read Favors and Lies by Mark Gilleo with the word being LIES from sLeeping beautIES.
I am claiming one Big Book ticket for Sleeping Beauties - 702 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Total Books: 4
Total Tasks: 3
Big Book ticket request: 1
Readerboard name: D10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
A Better Angel by Chris Adrian
Angel is #10 on the list of cat names.
Task total=10
Season total=105
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram ItSusan WiggsBook 1, book of choice: The Address by Fiona Davis
paperback edition Наследницата от Дакота Билдинг 368 pages
Book 2, a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in the title of Book 1: Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
paperback edition Map of the Heart 368 pages
The word is "heart."
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 4. Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 65
Tasks completed : 4
Golden Oldies; 1
Big Book afforts: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - Butchers Hill - I listened to audio version, the MMPB version Butchers Hill 275 pages, read 12/5, 4 stars
Book 2 - Club Dead 292 pages, the word is "club", read 12/16, 5 stars
Total pages: 275+292=567
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 15
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
BARBARA ★30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: Her Own Devices - Shelley Adina (S&A in SchnAuzer) 12/7
Option 3: Malevolent - Jana DeLeon (MPG mystery) 12/16
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (291 pages) + Book 2 (243 pages) = 534 pages > 500
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 65
perletwo20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby - Option 2-For this option read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Murder in Adland - (Inspector Skelgill Investigates #1)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 390
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 17
Siobhan20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
I chose option 4
Option 4: Mini Merlin
Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre.
Blood Beast by Darren Shan
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.
Pursuing Lord Pascal by Anna Campbell
(No paper edition, approved for length in post 6596 of the ebook thread)
Anna Campbell = Hundred acre wood
2
read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age
Bloodline by Jordan L Hawk
Points this post: 45
Total points: 135
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring CircusWater for Elephants - page 1 of the list (#2)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Delicious Dee30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Book A - Option 1 - Shadow on the Highway - Deborah Swift - SWIFT in authors name
Book B - Option 3 - Big Little Lies - currently 30 on list; TV show was based on the book of the same name
Points this Post 30
Total Points 75
Shree15.9 - Let's Party!
Read a book from this list of books written by, about or influenced by drinking: Drunken Masters.
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher - #45 on list.
Points in Post: 15
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Total Points: 15
Jasmiina F5.7 - Power Pets:
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235:
A Silent Voice, Vol. 4 by Yoshitoki Oima.
192 pages.
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
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 6: Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson.
Name: Willow.
15.5 - New Beginnings:
Read a book by a new-to-you author
Hostage by Guy Delisle.
I haven't read anything from this author before.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby:
Option 2: Read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore.
#1 in a series.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
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
20.7 Option 4: initials in ACROBAT or TEACHER.
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
*Claiming GO ticket, first published November 2nd 1936*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90/1055
Tasks completed: 5/59
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
DebraJean20.4 - Golden Oldies
Option 4 - I read The Silver Chair Because this book has a MPG of Children's, I am including the following info:
The Silver Chair
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 639 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this Post - 20
Total Points - 50
BB - 0
GO - 0
Siobhan10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
Read a book found on the Circus/Carnival Books list.
A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan
Found on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
perletwo10.1 - What a Zoo - Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Family Don't End with Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives by Lynn Zubernis
Points this task: 10
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 18
Readerboard: JENBENT20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4 - Fantasy main page genre
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 140
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 3 - Read a book with a winter scene on its cover.
by Allen EskensPoints this post: 20
Total points to date: 130
hoodoomends5.8 - Animals Around Us
× A book with a main page genre Animals.
That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger
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Current Post
Points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 125
GO: 3
BB: 1
Creynard5.7 - Power Pets
Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury
My numbers are 2 and 5.
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Nashville by Johnny Molloy
I really want to do more hiking this year.
15.7 - Groundhog Day
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
"Grand" is my word.
15.9 - Let's Party!
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
found on page 1 of the GR Drunken Masters list.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
Completion PostReaderboard Name: Louise
10.1 What A Zoo
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name. Diacritical/accent marks may be ignored.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Date Read: 17/12/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: ZOO in title/ Author name- never let me gO / kaZuO ishiguro
Points this post: 10
Points Claimed: 75
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Books Read: 10
ElaineL30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Two Book Task, 500 p. minimum
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
Heart on the Line by Karen Witemeyer 329 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. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 331 pages
TALE: hEArT Line
329 + 331 = 660 pages
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 150
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 6
ElaineL30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Two Book Task, 250 p. minimum per book
Book 1: Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books Leopard's Blood by Christine Feehan 304 p. Author page notes 114 distinct works.
Book 2: Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books Year One by Nora Roberts 432 p. Author page notes 718 distinct works.
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 180
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 7
5.4 - Best Laid Plans"Fall Task: 5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE location of a natural wonder: Australia"
Me and Rory MacBeath by Richard Beasley
100% set in Adelaide, South Australia
15.8 - World Animal Day
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
#151 on list
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.
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
author's initials, RA, found in schAuzeR
360 pages
Option 3: read a book with the main page genre mystery/ crime
A Cold Death in Amsterdam (Lotte Meerman #1) by Anja de Jager
352 pages
Total pages read: 712
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 100
ElaineL30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Two Book Task, 500 p. minimum
REQUIRED: Identify which options you selected when you post.
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER A Honeybun and Coffee by Sam Cheever 240 p.
Option 4: Lists
Read a book from Best Books About Animals
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron 277 p. #15 on list
240 + 277 = 517 p.
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 210
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard name: D15.7 - Groundhog Day
Spence and Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason
word: AND
grouNDhogdAy
Task total=15
Season total=120
ElaineL30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Two Book Task
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN. Totally His by Erin Nicholas
Option 2: Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads. Swan and the Bearby Eve Langlais Author page notes 145 distinct works.
Points claimed this post: 30
Total points: 240
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 9
MegSCL10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
(ignore the frog thing at the front, there is a cat at the back - approved in task help thread)30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - The Double Comfort Safari Club (224pp)
ANAGRAM WORD: tribes
Book 2 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (330pp)
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 95
BB tickets: 1
Janice AB15.10. 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.
I read I Am the Messenger. My friend Chrissy gave it 1 star. This is the first time I've read the book, but would definitely read it again some day.
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Points for this post: 15
Total points = 50
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 0
Brooke TX5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Fitting Task 5.5 (Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9):
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2: Read one 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 one of the 10 most endangered animals in the world and whose author's initials are found in the name of a different animal. With MC found in Chinese Giant Salamander and LBT found in Leatherback Sea Turtle:
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in the title, sub-title or author's name. Approved in help thread message 10:
Points
This Post: 40
Total Points: 130
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 20
DebraJean15.4 - Endangered Animals
For book 1 I read The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before by Robert Kirkman, whose initials appear in Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
For book 2 I read The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer. The first letters of the tile Made to Suffer appear in Northern Sportive Lemur.
Points this Post - 15
Total Points - 65
BB - 0
GO - 0
Task 15.4 Endangered AnimalsOption 1
-book 1- author's initials are found in the name of one of these animals
Blaming (1976) by Elizabeth Taylor (Paperback, 190 pages)
Author: Elizabeth Taylor
The T ig e r
-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.
That Inevitable Victorian Thing (2017) by E.K. Johnston (Goodreads Author) (YA) (Hardcover, 330 pages)
Title: ITTV = That Inevitable Victorian Thing
Nor t hern Spor tiv e Lemur
45 + 15 = 60
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 45 + 15 = 60
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,420
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.10 - Group Reads Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Here's the link to my post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Post #420.10 - Group Reads
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Group read post #7
Points this post:20
Total Points:80
Books read:6
Tasks Done:5
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.
I read Lucky Us by Amy Bloom.
Task points:20
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed:3
Shannon South Africa20.6 It's Behind You!
Option 1 ... G,B,D in title/sub title
GURKHA: Better to Die than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas by Kailash Limbu
G in Gurkha
B in Better
D in Die
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 35
Shannon South Africa20.5 Let It Snow!
Option 3 : Page numbers include 1, 9, 7 or 3
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
104 pages
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 55
Shannon South Africa15.4 Endangered Animals
Option 2 : One books satisfies both criteria
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
1. Author initials Alexander Dumas in Amur LeopArD
2. Title The Black Tulip in LeaTherBack Sea Turtle
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 70
FANDURY20.6 - 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.
The Private Life of Elder Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The consonant T appears exactly three times in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
trishhartuk5.4 Best Laid Plans
Didn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Fall 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.
Christmas Crazy, Kathi Daley (168pg)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3. Read a book with a winter scene on cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Best Laid Plans
From Fall 2017 Challenge 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.
I read The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg . 493 pages
Challenge 5.5 Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
I read Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark.
Challenge 5.7 Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
I read And Everything Nice by Kim Moritsugu. 123 pages
Challenge 10.9 Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.
I read Dirty Work by Reed Farrel Coleman.
Challenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 1. Read a book with the word WINTER or SNOW in the title or subtitle.
I read Hot Winter Nights by Codi Gary.
Challenge 30.10 Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Identify by Lesley Choyce 120 p.
Book 2: End Game by David Baldacci 432 p.
432/1=432; 432/2=216
120+432=552 total pages
Points this post: 75
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Nick KY20.9 MorganFaeriefolly’s Option 3: Food in title. I read The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
30.8 Sandy’s Anagram It.
Book 1. I read The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire by Molly Harper. 339 pp.
Book 2. I read Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa by Richard Grant. 323 pp. The target word is “RIVER”
R in Rebound
IVER in VampIRE
Total Pages = 662 > required 500
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 150
Mod
I read Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter - title begins with D.
15.10. Trash to Treasure.
I read God Help the Child. My GR friend Lorna rated it 2 stars - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... I had never read this book before.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
I chose option 2 and read an ARC of The Girls in the Picture - scheduled to be published in January 2018.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 125
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH15.4 - Endangered Animals
Animal's People by Indra Sinha
Indra Sinha - northern SportIve lemur
Animal's People - Amur leoPard
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
HINA30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths -
Book 1: New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb.
Robb has published over 25 books. 400 pages (mmpb). Part of In Death series.
Book 2: Desire by Amanda Quick.
Quick has published over 25 books. 373 pages (mmpb). Standalone book.
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things -
Option 1:
Book 1: The Eternal Highlander by Hannah Howell.
Author's first name is a Palindrome: Hannah.
Book 2: Ravelli's Defiant Bride by Lynne Graham.
Ant found in the word Defiant.
Current post:
Points: 60
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 120
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My HeartThis is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 2: Schnauzer - Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER.
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly
Option 3: Work - Read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller.
We Wish You a Murderous Christmas
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
ERICA PAREPOST per Questions/Problems posts 36 and 37 (third time's the charm!)
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
4. Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre. These genres can stand alone or be embedded.
I read A Face Like Glass, listed under Fantasy.
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 23.0
Post Points: 20
Total Points: 80
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