December 2018 Completed Tasks

[Diana S]

Please post the tasks you have completed in this thread.

The following format is greatly appreciated:

Scoreboard name (if different from GR name)
Task # and Title
Link to book AND Author
Date book was completed
Points for this task
Pages for this task
Total Points
Total Pages
Rating (optional)
Review (optional)
Total Books (optional)

[Diana S]

Scoreboard
(updated: post #10)

Most Points
Linda C - 7
**Marilyn - 3
**Tessa - 6
Amber - 1

Most Pages
**Linda C - 2002
Marilyn - 712
Tessa - 2121
Amber - 403

[Linda C]

Task 1.6 New Year's Eve
Read a book that has 2 of the numbers of 2019 in its page count. (ex. 412 pp., 309 pp., or 520 pp.)

Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5) – Patricia Briggs (5 stars) 12/3/18 [292]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 292

Total points: 1
Total pages: 292

[Linda C]

Task 1.3 Reading Rainbow - ADVENT
Read a book that is predominately PURPLE, PINK, or WHITE. (show cover).
(Aurora Teagarden Mystery, #3) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 12/4/18 [256]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 256

Total points: 2
Total pages: 548

[Marilyn]

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Thanks, Tessa, for the picks!

1. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi--12/1/18--320 pages

2. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer--12/2/18--280 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 280

Total points: 2
Total pages: 600

[Amber]

1.7 (Marilyn's task) Celebrate Christmas and the movies
Read a Christmas book that was made into a movie (or read any book made into a movie). List the title of the book and the name of the movie, if it's different.

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 12.07.18

Points 1
Pages 403

[Book Concierge]

TESSA

Task 2.2 - We Bought a Zoo - Asian Elephant and Caribou
Elephant: A book with >100,000 ratings on GR
157,144 ratings when I began
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius ✔ - 12Dec18 - 485 p

Caribou: By a female author /and/ featuring a female main char
Main char: Maggie
Josie Belle / A Deal to Die For ✔ - 07Dec18 - pg 256 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 741

Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 741

[Linda C]

Task 1.1 Santa's List Day (12/4)
Read a book that you think is "Nice".

The Cowboy and the Cop (Gold Buckle Cowboys, #1) – Christine Wenger (3 stars) 12/12/18 [224]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 224

Total points: 3
Total pages: 772

[Book Concierge]

TESSA

Task 2.1 - Surprise Me!
Diana S picked for me:
✔ - 03Dec18 - 368 p
✔ - 16Dec18 - 455 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 823 pg

Total points earned to date - 4
Total pages read to date - 1564

[Marilyn]

1.7 (Marilyn's task) Celebrate Christmas and the movies
Read a Christmas book that was made into a movie (or read any book made into a movie). List the title of the book and the name of the movie, if it's different.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--12/18/18 There have been numerous versions of the movie, some titled "A Christmas Carol."--112 pages

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 112

Total points: 3
Total pages: 712

[Linda C]

1.2 Poinsettia Day (12/12)
Read a book whose author's first & last name initials are in POINSETTIA
Rekindling Motives (A Jolie Gentil Mystery, #2) – Elaine Orr (3 stars) 12/14/18 [308]

1.5 Winter Solstice (12/21)
Read a book with a wintery scene on the cover (show cover)
– Carrie Alexander (3 stars) 12/19/18 [278]

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 586

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1358

[Book Concierge]

TESSA

Task 1.1 - Santa's List Day
A book I think is "nice"
Love Potion Number 10 ✔ - 29Dec18 - 320 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 320 p

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Task 2.4 - Amber - I Love December
1) December birthday - the main char celebrates something - the twins celebrate their birthday in Two Little Girls in Blue ✔ - 08Dec18 - 416 p

2) 1st letter of each title in CHRISTMAS (two short books to meet the 100+ page requirement)
T C S - The Christmas Scrapbook ✔ - 03Dec18 - 96 p
A C M - A Christmas Memory ✔ - 30Dec18 - 45 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 557


Total points earned to date: 6 pt
Total pages read to date: 2121 pages

[Linda C]

Task 2.2 (Tessa's Task) We Bought A Zoo
1. Asian Elephants
b) An elephant's trunk has 100,000 muscles!
Read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads. Tell us how many.
Artemis – Andy Weir (3 stars) 12/30/18 [322] - 112,455 ratings

2. Caribou (a.k.a. - reindeer)
c) Read a book by a female author -AND- with a female main character.
Highland Dragon Warrior (Dawn of the Highland Dragon, #1) – Isabel Cooper (4 stars) 12/27/18 [322] – MC = Sophia Metzger

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 644

Total points: 7
Total pages: 2002