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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts

25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES
Book 1 A. THE GODDESS MA'AT name of a season (winter) in the title
Winter of the Wolf Moon 320 pages 12/22
by Steve Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
Book 2 C. THE GOD OSIRIS first in series that is new to you
I never read this book before
Black Ice (Ice #1) 377 pages 12/25
by Anne Stuart
Points this post: 25
Total points: 570
Books posted: 43
Tasks complete: 29
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 24

20.5 Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option #1 (Dime in the title)
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
Goodreads Author: Michael Connelly
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Author: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 445 / 1045 (42.58%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Big Books: 1

Task 10.6 Better check the horses mouth
Read book - "espionage" or "spy thriller " on main genre page.
(verified posts 261/262)
61 Hours by Lee Child

Points this task: 10
Total points: 140

Option 1:

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 3 -

This book was nominated for the GR Choice award for YA Fiction in 2009
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!

Total Points = 435

Option 1: US coin in the title.
A Penny for Your Thoughts
New points this post: 20
Total w/this post: 680
GRA points this post:0
Total w/this post: 23
Big Book points this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed:35
Total books claimed: 52
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25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 2: Read a Book By an author that is NEW to me Richard T Green is NEW to me
Cry of an Angel | Richard T. Green | 329 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
Option 4: Series that I have already started #2 or Higher #2 in Cranberry Inn Series
Room for More | Beth Ehemann | 308 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 25
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★355/1045 ★
GR Authors: 18
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

Book set in Australia
Killer Twist | C.A. Larmer | 282 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★365/1045 ★
GR Authors: 19
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Requirement: Read a book of my choice
A Christmas Carol: And Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens

*Actually read ebook, but linking to MMPB edition per SRC Rules*
Points this task: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1,286
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2

Book 1: Author Name found on Greek Mythology Names Alexander
Required: Author Name: C.K. Alexander
Celebrity Secret | C.K. Alexander | 116 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
Book 2: Book Set More than 50% in France which surrounds the Mediterranean Sea
Chasing Paris | Jen Carter | 263 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★380/1045 ★
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

20.6. Seasoned Reader
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.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (GOODREADS AUTHOR) - I attest that I have never read this book before I read it for this task.
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 50
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 3

Task #15.6 Memoir or Biography
By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Goodreads Author -no
Big Book ticket - no
This Post
Points: 15
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books

•Read a book with the genre "Romance" on the Goodreads main page:
Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
This post: 20
Total this season: 45

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option #1:
Home continent is North America (Texas)
Book setting is Europe (Scotland)
Off Kilter by Hannah Reed
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 465 / 1045 (44.49%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Big Books: 1

Starry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber
paperback edition Starry Night: A Christmas Novel 349 pages
Matching word is Night from O Holy Night.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110

10.6 - Better Check Gift Horses Mouth
Book with Espionage>spythriller in genre
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
25.9 - Narcissus & Echo
Narcissus
Option B - Book with MY in title
Not MY Father's Son by Alan Cumming
288p + not a reread
Option C - One person on the cover

329p + not a reread
Total pages = 617p
30.6 Elizabeth B's Task
Rolled a 4 - Same publication year
Book 1 - No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL by Mark Owen Pub. 2014
Book 2 - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography Pub. 2014
Task Total this post = 65
New Grand total = 185
from prev
1 GR Author
1 Big Book

15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Book 1 - Read a book by an author whose name (in any position) is found on one of the lists.
Greek Mythology Names - Disciplined by the Dom by Chloe Cox (Goodreads Author)
Book 2 - Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea
Set in Italy - The Italian's Revenge by Michelle Reid
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 150
GR Author: 9
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 9

Option 1: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning - Set in Ireland
*** Karen Marie Moning is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
GRA this post: 1
Total points: 40
Total GRA: 2
Total big book tickets: 0

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 2: Read a fictional book from the Best Feminist Fiction list.
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
This book is found on page 6, #570 on the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)

5.6 - Melpomene - Read a book found on the Causes of Ugly Crying list.
Of Mice and Men - Page 1, #64
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 215
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 14

Task 30.6 - Twice the Fun
Number rolled = 2
Skinned and Crashed, both by Robin Wasserman
Robin Wasserman is a GoodReads author.
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 4
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 0

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 1: Pick a book that you read (or skimmed/cliff note "read") in high school and give it a second chance.
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
We do not have a High School in Germany, but I think the aquivalent is our Gymnasium and I graduated from there in the Summer of 94.
I read this book in 1993 I think (one of the first books I read in English and definitly while I was still at school) and the book was first published in 1989.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)

20.1 - Bea's task: January and Janus
1. Janus is the god of passages. Read a book with a cover showing a gate, door or doorway.

POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 235
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 15

10.10. A New Blog for a New Year
Year of Wonders I read this Kindle edition. Link to Paperback (no MMP available) is here.
Link to blog review: https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2012/11/21...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

10.9. Get to Know the Author
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Points this task: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 - Calliope
Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty
5.3 - Euterpe
Read a book with an identifiable musical instrument on the cover.
There's a flute on the cover.
5.4 - Erato
Read a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
'Love' found on the title
5.5 - Thalia
Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
genre:Humor
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
5.6 - Melpomene
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
page:1
number:15
10.5. Older and Wiser
X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story
Topic: Culture. It's always cool to learn about how pop culture can change. Especially when it as only been a few short years.
15.4 Ring in the New
Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
AND
Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series.
Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures
Published:Nov 04, 2014
Series:Victorian Adventures, #1
15.6 My Way
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
This is a autobiography of the experiences and lessons learnt by Chris Hadfield as an astronaut.
15.8 Under My Thumb
Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.
15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
Read a book with a word that begins with the letter "U" in the title or subtitle.
Unmade
20.1 - Most Improved Player
Choice:2
Read a book with the main page genre of either Historical Fiction
Shadow of Night
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task
Song chosen:Silver Bells
Word:Bells
Sleigh Bells in the Snow
Points this post:135
Total points:135
Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty
5.3 - Euterpe
Read a book with an identifiable musical instrument on the cover.

There's a flute on the cover.
5.4 - Erato
Read a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
'Love' found on the title
5.5 - Thalia
Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
genre:Humor
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
5.6 - Melpomene
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
page:1
number:15
10.5. Older and Wiser
X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story
Topic: Culture. It's always cool to learn about how pop culture can change. Especially when it as only been a few short years.
15.4 Ring in the New
Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
AND
Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series.
Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures
Published:Nov 04, 2014
Series:Victorian Adventures, #1
15.6 My Way
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
This is a autobiography of the experiences and lessons learnt by Chris Hadfield as an astronaut.
15.8 Under My Thumb
Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.

15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
Read a book with a word that begins with the letter "U" in the title or subtitle.
Unmade
20.1 - Most Improved Player
Choice:2
Read a book with the main page genre of either Historical Fiction
Shadow of Night
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task
Song chosen:Silver Bells
Word:Bells
Sleigh Bells in the Snow
Points this post:135
Total points:135

10.9 Get to Know the Author
One Plus One
Jojo Moyes is a Goodreads author.
(interview was on page 2)
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 1. Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
Old book: Jake Undone by Penelope Ward
New book: Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward (Goodreads Author)
Option 4: Read a book in a series that you have already started. This book must be identified as #2 or higher in a series on Goodreads.
Marrying the Master (Club Volare #4) by Chloe Cox (Goodreads Author)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 175
GR Author: 11
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 10

Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of [...] Historical Fiction [...].
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
The book is set in 12th century England and has the genre "Historical Fiction" on its book page.
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
[R]ead ONE book by an author whose name does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Points: 40
Total points: 40

5.6 Melponeme: Delirium page 1 number 59 on the list
Lauren Oliver is also a goodreads author
>5 point task
>1 gr author ticket
10.2 Digits 2015

>10 points
15.9: Public enemy: Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye
>15 point task
20.2 option 3: pink thing on cover and suggestion

>she is also a goodreads author
>20 points
20.4 option 1, member state EU:

>20 points
20.9: stop that slump:

>20 points
Total points this post: 90 points
GR authors this post: 2
Points total: 125
GR authors total: 3

5.2 - Clio - Read a book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" on its main page
Lady Susan - This book is 80 pages - the 1st one I have put down.
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 240
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 16

Book set in California
California Blood | Pete Palamountain | 183 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★395/1045 ★
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

Giant in the Title
First Destroy All Giant Monsters | D.L. Carter | ♥♥♥♥ | 385 Pages |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 15
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★410/1045 ★
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1

30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
Option b - Incandescent - River Savage (GR Author) - River in author's name
Option C -

Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 355
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:

10.4. Let's Go!
genre "travel" Just This Once
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Standing in the Shadows I owned this book before December 1, 2014.
Book B: Magic Rises
Points:35
Total: 225+35=260

•Read a book with the genre "Romance" on the Goodreads main page:
Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
This book is not a re-read for me.
This post: 20
Total this season: 45

25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Public Library e-book
Mistletoe, Merriment, and Murder 12/22 320 pages
by Sara Rosett (Goodreads Author)
Book B: from Mrs.soule's goodreads five-star shelf
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 183 pages 12/25
by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Books posted: 45
Tasks complete: 30
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 25

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Losing Hope - Colleen Hoover (GR Author)
fits task 5.6 - Melpomene - #11 on the list and also fits task 10.9. Get to Know the Author - Colleen Hoover appears on pg1 of the author's interview list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 375
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets:

25.1 -- New and Old
Option 1: I read a new to me book by an author that I have previously read.
I previously read a book by Hildegarde Dolson entitled We Shook the Family Tree:
For this task, I read Sorry To Be So Cheerful by Hildegarde Dolson
and
Option 2: I read a book by a new to me author.
Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter by Maria Venegas
+25
total: 25
tasks: 1
books:2

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 1: Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah Crombie. Previously read The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie
Option 4: Read a book in a series that you have already started.
In the End by Demitria Lunetta. This is the second book in the series.
Points This Post:25
Total Points:165
Total Tasks Completed:6

The author and book are new to me.
Teresa Jo
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option #1:
Home continent is North America (Texas)
Book setting is Europe (Scotland)
Off Kilter by Hannah Reed
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 465 / 1045 (44.49%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Big Books: 1

I chose Narcissus. The books are both new to me, not rereads.
368+334 =702 pages in total
A. Read a book that is written in first person.
Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
The books starts: "OK. Don't panic. Don't panic. I'll escape from this."
B. Read a book that has the word “I,” “me,” or “my” as a stand-alone word in the title or subtitle.
My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
*****Stephanie Perkins is a Goodreads Author*****
Total Points: 155
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 1

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

Both books are new to me.
30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
I chose options 3 and 4 for this task.
Option 3: A book you've been anticipating. I read

Option 4: A debut book. I read

Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 70

15.6 My Way-Read a memoir or autobiography- a non-fiction account of the author's OWN personal life and experiences.
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
This book was approved in post #52 in Help Thread.
AR Book Finder Verification is IL: BL: 6.0 AR Points:10.0
Total Points- 100/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 5/59
Number of GR authors-(4)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages () 750+pages (1)

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg. Interview is on page 4 of Author Interviews.
______________________
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Big Books: 0 tickets
Total GR Authors: 2

Option 3: Read a book with a pink object (this includes text) on the cover

The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna **Goodreads Author** 390 pgs
Pink lips and text
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad – Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault 128 pgs
The book is set in North America (Canada) and I live in Europe.
THIS POST:
Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages: 518
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Pages: 2376
Books: 8
GRA Tickets: 7
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]

Roman numerals are based on seven symbols I, C, D, L, M, V, X
My First Book read was The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Vaughn Entwistle It contains each of the letters I, C, D, L, M, V, X.
The second book read was Rooms by Lauren Oliver It contains M as well.
This Post
Points: 15
Goodreads Author this post: Yes- 2 both Lauren Oliver and Vaughn Entwistle are Goodreads authors
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 0

30.4 Neptune's Neighborhood
option A: term for a body of water in the title
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
option c: cover with a body of water large enough to swim in

This book was approved in the help thread (message #78)
*Elizabeth Haynes is a goodreads author.
Points: 30
Totals
Points: 95
GRA: 3
Big Books: 0

About why one family eliminated processed food from their diet. This is a change I'd like to implement in my family and wanted to learn more about how she did it.
10.9. Get to Know the Author: Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning, a Goodreads author.
Her interview is listed on page 2.
Points: 265

Option 5: First published in year with 8.
Here be Dragons, 1985
I read it on my Kindle; the link is to the mmp.
This BB is over 750 pages, for 2 tickets.
Sharon Kay Penman is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Option 6: Water and boat on cover

30.8
Option 5: Guilty pleasure book.
Marked 288 pp
I read it on my Kindle; the link is to the only print version.
Rebecca Zanetti is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Option 6: Features royalty or pirates.
Captain Blood 331pp
Peter Blood becomes a pirate early in the book.
New points this post: 60
Total w/this post: 740
GRA tickets this post:2
Total w/this post: 25
Big Book tickets this post: 2
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed:37
Total books claimed: 56
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10.1 A Random Trip Back in Time
I generated a 20 which make the year 1995.
Motion to Suppress first published in 1995 by Perri O'Shaughnessy
This post:
10 pts
Total:
110 Pts
6 GRA