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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Read ONE book that fits the requirements for two of this season's 5- or 10-point tasks (excluding 5.10).
I read In cold blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences by Truman Capote.
The tasks I used are 5.2 and 10.10.
5.2
Read a book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" on its main page.
History is a genre on the main page.
10.10
Read a book that has been reviewed in this blog.
The link to In Cold Blood is: https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2012/01/26...
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 1: Read a book which is set at least 50% in a country that is part of European Union
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
This book's setting is in Germany and France
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book 1 - The Rogue by Celeste Bradley
Book 2, option 1 - The Call of the Wild by Jack London
AR Bookfinder Rating: IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0

Points: 165
Hana C.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of Historical Fiction.
This book is set in the 20th century around 1930.
Euphoria by Lily King
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of Historical Fiction.
This book is set in the 20th century around 1930.
Euphoria by Lily King
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145

30.3
Option 1-lock and/or key on the cover

BB: 1
Option 2

485 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
GRA:Jennifer L. Armentrout
30.8 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task:
Option 2- cover that is at least 75% red

Option 3- character who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. It should be clear from the main page description or genres

GRA:Josh Lanyon
Points Earned This Post:60
Points Achieved to Date: /
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

((Off to a slow start this challenge. Ho hum))
25.8 Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
This is a TWO book task. Book One: Your first book for this task can be any book of your choice, as long as it meets general SRC requirements.
A Zen For Murder, Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle version - MMPB reference edition is:

Goodreads Author: Yes - Leighann Dobbs is a Goodreads Author
Big Book: No
Book Two: Option 3: Read a book with the genre Science Fiction on its main page, with a setting that is primarily extra-terrestrial.
Saturn's Children, Charles Stross
Read the kindle version - MMPB reference edition is:

Takes place in the Solar System, but not on Earth. The first half is mainly Venus, Mercury and Mars; after that its out on the moons of Jupiter, and then beyond Pluto.
Goodreads Author: Yes - Charles Stross is a Goodreads Author
Big Book: No
Total Points this Challenge: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 65
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big books: 500+ (1). 750+ (0). 1,000 + (0)

5.7 - Polyhymnia
genre "Inspirational" (genre verified here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
15.8 Under My Thumb
(thumb on cover)

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task:
Option 3: bare-chested man on the cover

Points: 40
Total: 40+85=125

20.6 Deployment
Option 3 (Romance as a main page genre)
A Western Winter Wonderland: Christmas Day Family\Fallen Angel\One Magic Eve by Cheryl St.John, Jenna Kernan, and Pam Crooks
This book is not a reread for me.
*Cheryl St. John is a Goodreads author.
Points: 20
Totals
Points: 45
GRA: 2
Big Books: 0

I chose: Cien Sonetos de Amor
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!

15.7 Creature Feature

(Pegasus)
Total Points = 210

Zagubione niebo Katarzyna Grochola, option 1, book set in POland
Task points 20
Total points 90

20.2 Feminism is for Everybody!
2. Orlando - #33 on Best Feminist Fiction list (Page 1)
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 105
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 8

25.9 Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
I chose Narcissus. I read option A (first person narrator) and read Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson, which is 359 pages. I also read

Points this post: 25
Total points: 40

Inside Out by Lauren Dane

Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3
Never Enough by Lauren Dane

Points this Post: 35
Totals:
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - #35 on the list
Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads author.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie – per genre “Romance”
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 4

25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
Required: Post the character and options you chose when you post your book:
Narcissus, option A and C
Required: State that the books are new to you when you post.
These books and authors are new to me
Option A: Written in first person.
Hazardous Duty by Christy Barritt
Required: Include the first sentence of the book that demonstrates the first person perspective
"Whistling a tune from Fiddler on the Roof, I used my tweezers to work a piece of Gloria Cunningham's skull out of the sky blue wall."
Goodreads Author Christy Barritt
Option C: Exactly one person on the cover.
In Stitches by Anthony Youn
Required: Include the cover when you post.

Goodreads Author Anthony Youn
The total number of pages for the two books must be at least 500.
Book 1. Read the Kindle, paperback 240 pages: Hazardous Duty
Book 2. Read the Kindle, paperback 288 pages: In Stitches
Total 528 pages
This Post
Points: 25
Goodreads Author: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 285 / 1045 (27.27%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Big Books: 1

Read a book that has been reviewed in this blog (Blogging for A Good Book). I read Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas.
Here's the link to the review:
https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2010/05/18...
Points this task: 10
New total points: 35

20.7 - Option #3 Young Adult Fiction Nominee - 2014 - Puddle Jumping

Points for this Post : 20
Total Points : 45
GR Author this post : 1

15.4 Ring in the New
ONE Book Published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015

Aztec Gold
Published Dec 1st 2014
and #1 in the Alicia Myles Series
David Leadbeater is a GRA
Re-posting from post # 493
* (Needed an eBook verified before posting the task )
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Pick 2 options and read 1 book from each. This is a TWO book task.
Option 1. Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
REQUIRED: State the name of older book that you have read by this author.
Life's a BeachLife's a Beach
by
George Mahood
** Verified 12-16 , link **--
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I have read both his other books, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
AND
Every Day Is a Holiday
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you.
Robert Goolrick
The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life* I have never read a book by this author, although I have another of his yet to read .
Points this post - 25
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Total to date 90
* (Needed an eBook verified before posting the task )
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Pick 2 options and read 1 book from each. This is a TWO book task.
Option 1. Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
REQUIRED: State the name of older book that you have read by this author.
Life's a BeachLife's a Beach
by
George Mahood
** Verified 12-16 , link **--
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I have read both his other books, Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
AND
Every Day Is a Holiday
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you.
Robert Goolrick
The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life* I have never read a book by this author, although I have another of his yet to read .
Points this post - 25
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Total to date 90

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
5.5- genre humour
10.10- reviewed in blogging for a good book https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2011/12/05...
*****Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author*****
Genre verified in post 316

5.8 - Terpsichore
features dancers
Dance of Dreams (Davidov #2) 250 pages 12/15
by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345
Books posted: 27
Tasks complete: 19
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 15

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
15.10 - All I Want For Christmas is U
Bachelor Undone by Brenda Jackson
30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 1 :: I HEARD YOU LIKE BOOKS :: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
main page genre “Books about Books”; 260 pages
Option 3 :: DOUBLE RAINBOW :: Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
About a transgendered teen. From the book's description: "My birth name is Elizabeth, but I'm a guy. Gabe."; 262 pages
Points this post: 50
Season Total: 50


30.2 Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey--300 page books
Option 1 Genre Classics

Option 5 first published in a year that contains an 8

First published 2008
Points Earned This Post:30
Points Achieved to Date: /
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

5.2 Clio (genre "History" or "Historical Fiction")
To Kill a Mockingbird
Points: 5
10.3 National Days
The Lowland
Points:10
India (I thought the book would be all in India, though the first part was all in India, the middle switched back and forth, and the end was in America and a piece in India, I think it was about 50/50.)
15.4 Ring In The New
The Young Elites
Points: 15
Satisfies both: Published October 7th 2014, Book #1 in a series
GR Author Credit
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Points so Far: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

1 80 to 100 page book for a 5 point task:
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
+5 Points
10.2. A New Year and a New Number
125 pages:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
+10 Points
15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
One book option: Name: Daphne and set in France:
The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
+15 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 55

Task #30.1 - It's All Greek to Me.
I rolled a four and a five.
Option 4 - read a book with the word 'ship' intact in the title. I read
Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil Foglio
Option 5 - read a book with horror as a main page genre. I read
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey. I had the genre verified in the Genre Verification Thread, post #231.
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Task #30.5 - Atlantis
Option 2 - read a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" as a main page genre. I read
Matched by Ally Condie (*GOODREADS AUTHOR*)
I had the genre dystopia verified in the genre verification thread, post #210.
Option 3 - read a book where the title contains a word that matches exactly a word of four or more letters from the Donovan song Atlantis. I read
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, which contains the word western. This word appears in the line of the song "So great an area of land that from her western shores"
Points this post: 60
Total points: 80
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 2

5.2 - Clio
The Yard by Alex Grecian
Alex Grecian is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Read a book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" on its main page.
Kisses, She Wrote: A Christmas Romance by Katharine Ashe *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie – per genre “Romance” – not a re-read
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 4

5.7 - Polyhymnia
Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist
This book has the genre "Inspirational" on its main page (shelved by 16 people.) It was approved in Message #14 of the Task Help Thread.
Link to PB edition: Maid to Match
5.10 - All I Want for Christmas is U
The Sleuth Sisters by Maggie Pill
Link to PB edition: The Sleuth Sisters
15.6 - My Way
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris9780385346993
This book is Neil Patrick Harris' autobiography.
20.9 - Task: Stop That Slump!
Smitten by Janet Evanovich
The author's name (Janet Evanovich) does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP and was listed in the task as an example: Message #1 of the Task Help Thread.
Link to MMP edition: Smitten
20.10 - Group Reads
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke
I made a comment in the book's discussion thread: Message #18.
This post: 65 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **

30.6 - Twice the Fun!
I rolled a 6: matching top genres
Slightly Settled - Wendy Markham
Slightly Suburban - Wendy Markham
Genre Verification thread post #135
Wendy Markham is a Goodreads Author
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+

20.4 -- Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 4: The Best of Friends by Susan Mallery
#67 on list
Susan Mallery is a goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195

30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis -
Option 1: Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day.
Atlantis Connection. MC is the High Prince of Atlantis. Also approved in help thread.
Option 3: Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood.
Word from the lyrics: Dance
**Alyssa Day is goodreads author.**
**Julie Garwood is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 290
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

1. I read this book in December 2014 for my real life book club:
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
2. I used the most popular book club books list, set to all time in the United States and this book is #13 on the list (I generated it most recently on Dec. 16th).
Room by Emma Donoghue
**Emma Donoghue is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) - (3) -

Fits two 5- or 10-point tasks.
The Secret Keeper
Fits 5.2 Hist Fic Genre
Fits 10.9 GR Authors Interview ( page 3)
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 75
Total tasks completed:4

15.7 Creature Feature
Book with "unicorn" in title/subtitle.
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffrey
Total points: 110
Books read: 7
Completed Tasks: 6
Pages Read: 2034
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)

Option 1: Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth by Naguib Mahfouz (I reside on North America; this book takes place on Africa)
>*>*>THIS IS NOT A RE-READ<*<*<

15.6 My Way
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
This task: 15 points
# tasks submitted to date: 4
GRA: 2
New total: 70 points

10.9 – Get to Know the Author
Life After Life – Kate Atkinson is interviewed on page 2 of the author list, about halfway down
**622 pages = 1 big book ticket
New Points this Post: 10
New Tickets this post: 1 bb
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 40
Tasks: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Books: 5

15.9 - Public Enemy
Requirement: Read a book with genre of 'Crime' on main page
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss

*Claiming 2 BIG BOOK tickets (953 Pages)*
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages read: 953
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2

Heroine is a Champion Ballroom Dancer
Dance With Me | Hayden Braeburn | ♥♥♥♥ | 140 Pages | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★85/1045 ★
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 1

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder- If there’s one thing about deployments that I try to convey to my friends, it’s that you have to get creative with your relationship. In today’s world of technology, my husband and I almost have to be archaic with our affections. We write each other hand written letters, I send care packages full of his favorite snack foods, and he sends me flowers for no reason at all. We have to put a lot of thought and effort into making one another feel good emotionally when we can’t physically be next to each other. It’s forced us to think about all the little romantic gestures we can do, so for this option read a book with the genre "Romance" on the goodread’s main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Groundswell for this task. It is NOT a reread. Romance is listed on its main page and it was approved on the help thread
Points: 65
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
GR authors: 1
Big Books : 1(500)
pages read:2416

Moon in the Title
Changeling Moon| Dani Harper| ♥♥ | 368 Pages | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★90/1045 ★
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 1

Non-Fiction Book about dealing with death which is something that I would like to know more about
Approved Message 5 of Help Desk Thread
Heaven's Child: A Mother's Story of Tragedy and the Enduring Strength of Family | Caroline Flohr | ♥♥♥♥♥ | 137 Pages | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★100/1045 ★
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 1

30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle - Choose TWO different options below and read TWO books. Books should be at least 250 pages each.
Option 2 :: RED ALL OVER :: World AIDS Day is December 1st, and AIDS is the reason my Uncle is no longer with us. To remember all of all those who have died from or currently live with AIDS/HIV, read a book that has a cover that is at least 75% red.

Option 6 :: AS YOU WISH :: One of the last things that I watched with my Uncle was the movie The Princess Bride. It was one of his favorites as well as mine. Read a book in which royalty (defined for this task as: prince, queen, king, or princess) or pirates (or both!) play a significant role. This should be clear in the book’s main page description and/or in reviews on the main page.
Summer Knight - In which professional wizard Harry Dresden has no choice but to take on the Winter Queen of Faerie as a client, to settle a dispute with the Summer Queen that could lead to war. (It's on the GR page, but only if you click *more* on the summary, so.)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1

30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me…
Two books using following options:
Dice Roll 4: Odysseus
Read a book with the word ‘ship’ found intact in the title, subtitle, or author’s name (first or last).
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Dice Roll 5: Medusa
Read a book with ‘horror’ as a main page genre.
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes is a GR Author
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: (500) 2; (750) 0; (1000) 0
Total Books Read: 7

20.6 Deployment
Option 4: Relevance - Best Modern Day Military Accounts List, page1, #1
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden; this is not a reread for me.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback has 400 pages.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5
Pages Read: 1,700

10.2. A New Year and a New Number
This book has 251 pages
Winter Is Not Forever by Janette Oke
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- 0
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10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth! - Read a book with the main page genre "espionage" or "spy thriller."
Beauty and the Spy by Julie Anne Long.
Spy Thriller > Espionage ~5 Users
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 260
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: