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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Chose option 2: book from the Required Reading in High School list. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Found on the list at #3.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 6

•Book One: Read any book of your choice:
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
•Book Two: 2. Read a book found on the Food Related Non Fiction list:
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin
This was #35 on the list, first page
This post: #25
Total this season: 25

Blood Trail by C.J. Box
Author's Name does not contain any letters in the word SLUMP
30.9 You are an Ironman
4) First Time Winners - A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton
***Steve Hamilton is a Goodreads Author
5) Hitting the Wall - Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
STArted EarLy, Took My Dog
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 50

Completed Tasks
15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book #1 - Book by same author as a book previously read and rated 4 stars -- previous book Desert Places by Blake Crouch
Kindle edition I read: Locked Doors
Mass Market Paperback: Locked Doors
Book #2 - Found under the "Readers Also Enjoyed" of The Red Church (on November 21st) which I had rated 4 stars
Kindle edition I read: Origin
Most popular Paperback: Origin
25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Book #1 -- Using Option A -- "Twelve" in title
Kindle edition I read: Twelve Drummers Drumming
Most popular paperback: Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery
Book #2 -- Using Option B -- Book is by Helen Dunmore and her birthday is December 12th.
Ingo
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10.0
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 75
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 115

I read River Angel for the word angel in the Christmas carols.
River Angel
Winter Challenge Points: 20
Winter Challenge number of books read: 1

15.2 - Roman Numerals (Read TWO books whose titles and/or subtitles together contain ALL 7 symbols/letters: I, C, D, L, M, V, X)
I read:
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. Contains D, C, I, X, V, L, M (all seven!)
and
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Contains C, I, D.
Current Post:
Points: 15
Total for Winter 2014-15:
Points: 90
GR Authors: 2

5.1 Calliope
Book with genre 'poetry'
Eureka
5.9 Urania
Celestial object in title – 'moon'
The Killing Moon
10.2 A New year and a New Number
Fire in the Blood 152 pages
10.8 Our Friends in Tuxedos
Author's initials in pEnguIn
The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16.0
This post 30 points
Total to date 170 points

20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling
Christmas song title "Winter Wonderland" matching both words
Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones
Book must be longer than 250 pages
Read Kindle; Paperback 297 pages; Winter Wonderland
Optional: Christmas music Almost...
Sat by Christmas tree and read after celebrating Christmas with the extended family.
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 405 / 1045 (38.75%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Books: 1

Option 3: Romance on the Main Page
This book is not a Re-Read
Darkest Hour | V.C. Andrews | 400 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★220/1045 ★
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

Page Numbers Contain digits in 2015 - 512 Pages
Where There's Smoke | Sandra Brown | 512 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | Big Book Ticket 500+ Pages and GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★230/1045 ★
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

Task 15.10 - All I want for Christmas is U
Title word begins with letter U
The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann Suzanne Brockmann is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 15
Total points: 115
Goodreads author: 3

I rolled a 4 and a 1
Option 1: Satsuma 50% a Bright Orange Color Cover
Cover:

Cry of an Angel | Richard T. Green | 329 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
Option 4: Luxury Item: This Book is Not a Re-Read Any book of my choice that I have wanted to read for a LONG time.
Secrets of the Morning | V.C. Andrews | 416 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 30
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★260/1045 ★
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
Read ONE book by an author whose name does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP.
I read Bossypants by Tina Fey.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

Option 2 :: Read a book that has a cover that is at least 75% red.

Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy #1) (2009) by Kerstin Gier; translated from German by Anthea Bell (Hardcover, US Edition, 336 pages)
Option 5 :: GUILTY PLEASURES ::
Read one of your guilty pleasure type books. Anything that might make you wish it was on your e-reader so no one could tell what you’re reading would qualify here.
I get teased that the BBC Doctor Who books are fan fiction. (My reply: fan fiction written by professional, published authors!) This collection of 11 Doctor Who stories included stories written by: Neil Gaiman, Michelle Read, and Eoin Colfer.

Doctor Who: 11 Doctors 11 Stories (2013) edited by Eoin Colfer (Paperback, 516 pages)
**** Big Books**** (516) Doctor Who: 11 Doctors 11 Stories
05 + 30 = 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 05 + 30 = 35
Books read: 3
Pages read: 968
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

10.5. Older and Wiser
A nonfiction book about something I'd like to learn more about
Feminist Philosophies A-Z by Nancy Arden McHugh
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Book 1:

AND
Book 2:

Total Points = 325

Option A
The Summer He Came Home by Juliana Stone
Read a book with the word "water" or a term for a body of water in its series title - Bad Boys of Crystal Lake #1
Option C
I Love How You Love Me by Bella Andre

Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9

Echo, Option A - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - On 12/4/14 it was #3 on page 1.
Echo, Option C - Surrender to a Wicked Spy by Celeste Bradley - there are exactly two people on the horse.

Points: 215

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
One book that fits the requirements for two 5-point tasks
Selections:
5.4-Erato - "love" in the title or subtitle
& 5.5-Thalia - Genre "Humor"
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Option 2 :: Read a book that has a cover that is at least 75% red.

Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy #1) (2009..."
Totally adding the Doctor Who book to my TBR.

Option 2 - So for this option pick a book from the Required Reading in High School list. REQUIRED: Include the page and position where the book can be found on the list when you post.
I chose:Animal Farm
Page 1, position 8
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 85
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
❖ The total number of pages for the two books must be at least 500.
❖ Book must be new to you, no re-reads. Required: State that the books are new to you when you post.
❖ Required: Post the character and options you chose when you post your book.
I chose ---
Narcissus ( the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself)
Task :
B. Read a book that has the word “I,” “me,” or “my” as a stand-alone word in the title or subtitle.
Is It Just Me?
by
Miranda Hart
The word ME in the title .
This is NOT a re-read .
The book has 323 pgs .
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover. Required: Include the cover when you post.
At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by
Bennett Cerf
This book was also new to me, not a re-read .
It has 320 pgs
Total pgs combined- 643 .
Points this task - 25
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Points to date -
130
❖ The total number of pages for the two books must be at least 500.
❖ Book must be new to you, no re-reads. Required: State that the books are new to you when you post.
❖ Required: Post the character and options you chose when you post your book.
I chose ---
Narcissus ( the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself)
Task :
B. Read a book that has the word “I,” “me,” or “my” as a stand-alone word in the title or subtitle.
Is It Just Me?

by
Miranda Hart
The word ME in the title .
This is NOT a re-read .
The book has 323 pgs .
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover. Required: Include the cover when you post.

At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by
Bennett Cerf
This book was also new to me, not a re-read .
It has 320 pgs
Total pgs combined- 643 .
Points this task - 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Points to date -
130

25.1 BOOK JUNKIE
Option 3-Start a series by a new to you author:Confessions of a Shopaholic CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC BY SOHPIE KINSELLA
THIS A NEW AUTHOR FOR ME
Option 4-Read a book in a series that you have already started:Shopaholic Takes Manhattan SHOPAHOLIC TAKES MANHATTEN BY SOPHIE KINSELLA
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

10.2. A New Year and a New Number
Read a book with the number of pages consisting of digits found in 2015. (510 pages)
The Poet

Michael Connelly is a Goodreads Author
I am claiming a big book ticket for 510 pages.
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

20.10 Group Reads
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, Laura Levine
Discussion post #27
Fluke, Meier, and Levine are GRAs.
Total points:155
Books read: 9
Completed Tasks: 8
Pages Read: 2913
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)

30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key -
Option 2: Hell, Fire & Freedom by Shannon Callahan. Approval for Length Message 4259
Page 9 Position No. 654 in Best Twists List
Option 3: Entangled with a Texan (Texas Cattleman's Club: The Stolen Baby) by Sara Orwig.
A variation of the word Tangle, approved in help thread.
**Shannon Callahan is goodreads author.**
**Sara Orwig is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 385
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

20.7 Back to High School
When I think of Classical Mythology, I think of all the classics I was assigned to read in high school. Choose ONE option and read a book that fulfills the option.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Assigned reading. Read a book from the Required Reading in High School List. REQUIRED: Include the page and position where the book can be found on the list when you post.
I read The Giver by Lois Lowry
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
The book is on the first page at position 21.
** Lois Lowry is a GRA **
Points this post: 20

Task #20.3 - Caroling, Caroling....
Read ONE book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas Songs. The word must be 4 or more letters long. The word must match exactly
I matched the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" using the word HOME and read the book
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (*GOODREADS AUTHOR*)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 3

Sandy MN
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2 Historical Fiction - Set in the 19th Century
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1 - Set in Europe, I live in North America
This is not a re-read
Us by David Nicholls
Total points:110
Total GR Authors:2

20.8 --Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett Goodreads Author and Big Book 1098 pages
Fits task 5.2 Clio - Historical Fiction
Fits task 10.9 Get to know the author - interview with Ken Follett on p. 5
Total Points: 130
Total GR authors: 3
Total Big Books: (1) 1000

30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Book 1 Option 2 RED ALL OVER This book is about pigeonholing, freedom of thought and access to a broad range of information, I suspect Morgan's uncle would have approved.
red cover

The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think 12/22 304 pages
by Eli Pariser
Book 2 Option 3 DOUBLE RAINBOW main character identifies as lesbian
Dolly Dingle, Lesbian Landlady 256 pages 12/20
by Monica Nolan (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Books posted: 39
Tasks complete: 27
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 22

25.3 - Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Netherworld by Kathryn Le Veque. Kathryn Le Veque is a goodreads author.
This book was a download from the Amazon lending library.
Book B: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book was chosen from https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 2


This is a memoir about the author's sexual assault and healing during the year after. Wonderful book by the way!
Ashley Warner is a Goodreads author.
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals:
Total Points: 150
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Done: 7
Total Books Read: 11

5.6 - Melpomene
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling - #67 on the Causes of Ugly Crying list.
Big Book Ticket - 870 Pages
5.8 – Terpsichore
Sugar Plum Season by Mia Ross - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0

15.9 Public Enemy
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
(Mystery>Crime listed under the main genre page.)
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Pages Read: 791
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

25.1 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 3 - Fury - 1st book in New Species series, new to me author
Option 4 - Memory in Death - series continuation, not a re-read
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 315
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets:

20.10 - Group Reads
Commented in Post #28
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Candy Cane Murder
Points this post: 20
Total: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks Done:3

Repost
25.9 Pat's task: Narcissus and Echo
I chose Narcissus. Option A is a book with a first person narrator: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson. The third line of the book shows the first person narrator and says: "I don't know where I am, how I came to be here."
I also read Option C, a book with one person on the cover, and read

Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 40

5.9 - Urania
Read a book with the name of a celestial object, defined as a natural object located outside of Earth's atmosphere, in the title or subtitle.
~approved in help thread message #3~

by Neil Gaiman
5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Read a book of your choice.

by Danielle Paige
Points this post : 10
Total Points : 70
Tasks Completed : 6
Books Read This Season : 6
Pages Read This Season : 2345
Good Reads Authors : 3


30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
Roll 1 die and read 2 books that correspond to the number you rolled
I rolled a 4 (4. PUBLICATION YEAR: Read 2 books that were first published in the same year.)
I read Revival by Stephen King and Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann, both of which were published in 2014.

I would like to move Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1971 from 5.10 Who’s Your Muse? and replace it with Burn This by Lanford Wilson. Burn This is only 98 pages, so it is my one allowed book of 80-99 pages in the 5 point categories.
There is no point change for this substitution.
Then,
15.8 Thumb I read Inez by Carlos Fuentes. Thumbs on the cover:

25.3 Mrs. Soule’s Unlimited & Limited
Book 1. For the “Unlimited Selection” I would like to count Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1971 by Robert Penn Warren, moved from 5.10.
Book 2. For the “Limited” selection I read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, from Mrs. Soule’s 5* list.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 210

5.7 Polyhymnia
Spirituality as genre on main page
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Tich Naht Hanh
Total points:160
Books read: 10
Completed Tasks: 9
Pages Read: 3217
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)

Task 10.9, Read a book written by an author interviewed by Goodreads
Revival by Stephen King(GR Author)
The interview is found on page 1 of the Author Interviews
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats Off to Translators
Book 1: Translated from French
Grand Cru Heist Pour qui sonne l'Angélus? 149 pages 12/13
by Jean-Pierre Alaux, Noël Balen, Anne Trager (Goodreads Author) (Translation)
Book 2: Translated from Japanese
The Lake Mizuumi 192 pages 12/22
by Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (Translator)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 545
Books posted: 41
Tasks complete: 28
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 23

25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES
For this task we will explore Egyptian Mythology. You will choose TWO different options and read a book for EACH. This is a TWO book task.
Option B - For this option read a book with the image of a bird (any bird will do) on the cover.
REQUIRED: If you choose this option include the cover in your post.

Acceptance
By Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer is a Goodreads Author
Option C - For this option read a book that is first in a series that is new to you or resurrect a series that you have been neglecting and read another book in the series. NO REREADS for this option.
REQUIRED: State that the book read for the task is not a reread.
Divergent
By Veronica Roth
This book is not a reread for me.
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 3
Pages Read: 341, 487
Total Pages Read: 1,644
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

Subtract random number from 2015 and read a book published in that year
My Random number was 7. 2015-7=2008
Magic Burns - Published in 2008
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …:
Read a book with a word in it's title matching one of the words in the title of a song listed.
My Life as a White Trash Zombie
Song: White Christmas
Word matching: White
Diana Rowland is a Goodreads Author
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School:
Choose One option and read a book fulfilling that option.
Option 1 - Read a book that you read in high school & reread
Jane Eyre- I read this as a Freshman in high school. Graduated in 2002.
It is 507 pages.
Points this post: 50
GRA this post: 2
BB this post: 1
Total points: 50
Total GRA:2
Total BB: 1

20.2 - Feminism is For Everybody!
Opt. 3: Pink on the cover: the banner surrounding the words is the most obvious, but the girl's dress and some of the flowers are pink as well.

*Note: this book has the children's genre but was approved as not a kids book in message #24
Points: 20
Total Points: 60
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0

Sandy MN
20.8 --Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett Goodreads Author and Big Book 1098 pages
Fits task 5.2 Clio - Historical Fiction
Fits task 10.9 Get to know the author - interview with Ken Follett on p. 5
Total Points: 130
Total GR authors: 3
Total Big Books: (1) 1000
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15.9 Public Enemy
genre "crime" on its main book page
Immortal in Death 345 pages 12/21
by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 490
Books posted: 37
Tasks complete: 26
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 21