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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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GLADGIRL15.4 - Ringing in the New
Read TWO books one from BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1 - Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Lock In (Lock In #1)
By John Scalzi
This book was published August 26, 2014.
John Scalzi is a Goodreads Author
Book 2 - Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series.
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)
By Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest is a Goodreads Author
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 5
Pages Read: 336, 435
Total Pages Read: 2,724
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
trishhartuk25.10 Lois’ task: Book Group Books
Book 1. If you belong to a book group, other than the SRC, this can be a book you read for your book group in December 2014, January 2015, or February 2015
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
Goodreads Author: No
Big Book: No
I read this for my book club meeting on 12th January 2015. Our group, Ladies who Read, started just as a collection of readers from my Church who kept saying "we should really start a book club", but has since expanded to friends and family. We meet once every two months.
Book 2. Read a book from the Most Popular book club books list. Required: State which list among the options, the date the list was generated, and the position of the book you selected.
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
Goodreads Author: No
Big Book: No
Read the kindle edition: MMPB reference edition:
On the https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
UK All Time list at #9 as of 3rd January 2015.
Total Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 200
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: (500+): 1
25.5 Option A: #12 in series
A Civil Campaign is #12 in publication and chronology in the Vorkosigan Saga.
Lois McMaster Bujold is a GRA for 1 ticket.
The edition I read is 544 pages for 1 BB ticket.
Option D: Your Chinese zodiac animal on cover.
My sign is Monkey; this book cover was approved for monkey in the help thread.
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 855
GRA tickets this post:1
Total w/this post: 30
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 4
Total tasks completed:43
Total books claimed: 67
Post #1490
READ6025.1
Option 1 new-to you book
Revival by Stephen King
previous: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Option 2 This author is new to me
Dead Medium By Peter JohnDead Medium
25.4 Egyptian DeitiesOption B - THE SUN GOD (cover with an image of a bird)
I read Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
(There is an owl sitting on the rooftop.)Option C - THE GOD OSIRIS (resurrect a series you have been neglecting)
I started up the Sookie Stackhouse series again for this task and read Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris for the first time.
Total points: 25
Jess Philly25.1 Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 2: I read Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Liane Moriarty is a new author to me.
Option 3: I read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. This is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series. Both author and series are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Task 15.8 Under My ThumbRead a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.
Bathing the Lion (2013) by Jonathan Carroll (Hardcover, 280 pages)
65 + 15 = 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 65 + 15 = 80
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1,873
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
10.2. A New Year and a New Number
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pg
15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book 1, started with Any Other Name by Craig Johnson
read Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories by Craig Johnson
Book 2, started with The Dark Winter, Readers also enjoyed:
read Safe House by Chris Ewan
15.8 Under My Thumb
A String of Beads by Thomas Perrytotal = 340
NICOLE OH15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book 1- My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (chosen because I gave Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 5 stars)
Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads author (as are all the other writers in this collection in case just her being one does not count- she was the writer that resulted in this choice though)
Book 2- The Lowland (chosen because people who read And the Mountains Echoed also liked this- accessed 11/29 but still on the list today, I believe)
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
NICOLE OHRepost to fix missing info:
20.6 Alicia T's Task: Deployment
Option 3- Romance Just One Year- This was my first time reading this book. It is not a re-read.
Gayle Forman is a Goodreads author
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis Option 1:
Atlantis Found by Clive Cusslerapproved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
AND
Option 3:
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay (time)
Yotal Points = 735
M1NKS5.4 - Erato
The Lover
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 265
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 18
Julia103Task 20.6 - Deployment
Option 3 (genre romance): The Counterfeit Heiress
Tasha Alexander is a Goodreads Author.
This book is not a re-read.
Post total: 20 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 235
Total GRA: 10
Total BB tickets: 3
READ60Task 15.7
Read a book with a fantastic creature in the title
Pegasus by Danielle SteelPegasus
Post total:15 points
Challenge total points: 20
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with CareI rolled a 3 and 4.
3. Chocolate - Read a book whose author initials can be found in "CHOCOLATE."
Whiskey for Breakfast: An Addison Holmes Novel by Liliana Hart *Goodreads Author*
4. Luxury item - Treat yourself, and finally get around to a book that you've wanted to read for a long time.
Saltwater Kisses by Krista Lakes *Goodreads Author*
*Added to TBR 10/18/13
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Task #5.6 - MelpomeneFear of Falling by S.L. Jennings
Is #70 on page 1 of the Causes of Ugly Crying list.
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 17
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and JanusOption 2:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, a GRA.
With 141 users (on Jan. 3) it appears as the #8 listing as Historical Fiction on the main page genre list.
This story takes place during WWII, in the 20th Century.
Claiming 1 BB ticket (544 pages).
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Big Books: 1 tickets
Total GR Authors: 4
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus: Read a book with the main page genre of either Historical Fiction or Science Fiction. Genre may be embedded or stand alone. Historical Fiction should be earlier than the current century (21st).West of the Moon by Margi Preus
(This book, historical fiction, takes place in the 19th century)
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
Task: 20
Total: 350
15.8 Under My Thumb
byColm TóibínThis Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Bookwrm526Task 20.5 - 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 1: Read a book that has the word coin in the title/subtitle. Plurals are allowed but no other variations. I read:
Plague of Coins by Aiden James (**GOODREADS AUTHOR**)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Paula5.2 - Clio
Read a book with the genre "History" on its main page.
I read A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. ★★★★
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Bluegrass Pam15.6 My Way - Read a memoir or autobiography.
The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914 by Béla Zombory-Moldován
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books 500+: 1
HINA5.10 - Who's Your Muse? - Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich.
**Janet Evanovich is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 490
Total Goodreads Authors: 27
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
HINA15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships - Read a book Read a book by an author whose name (in any position) is found on one of these lists & Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country (countries) that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea.
Alessandro's Prize by Helen Bianchin.
Helen from Greek Mythology Names is the Author's first name & the setting of the book is in Italy.
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 505
Total Goodreads Authors: 27
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
JonquilRepost of 1461 (ruined my streak, sorry)
10.2. A New Year and a New Number
number of pages consisting of digits found in 2015
512 pages
Last to Die: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
by Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 10
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Jonquil20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
fits the requirements for two of the 5- or 10-point tasks
a) 5.9 Urania name of a celestial object “Moon”
and
b) 10.8. Our Friends in Tuxedos author’s initials in penguin “E G”
Bad Moon Rising 336 pages 1/3
by Ed Gorman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 785
Books posted: 57
Tasks complete: 40
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 32
15.9 Public EnemySplit Second by Sophie McKenzie,GRA
30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 2
by Janet Evanovich,GRA. 313 pages.Option 5 Requiem by Lauren Oliver,GRA, 391 pages.
Points thia post - 45
GRA this post - 3
Total points -305
Total GRA -21
Total Bb (+500) -3
Cait S15.4- Ring In The New
Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
After the End by Amy Plum **Amy Plum is a Goodreads Author**
After The End was published in May of 2014 and is the first in the "After the End" series.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 13
25.8: Merry SaturnaliaOption One: Readers's Choice:
Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska
Option Two: Book Two
2. The feast was an important part of the festivities. Read a book found on the Food Related Non Fiction list. Required: State which the number the book is at on the list and what page it is on when you post.
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn - Goodreads Author
Page 1, #32 on the list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.5 - ThaliaRead a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
I read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Claiming one Goodreads Author Ticket (Mary Roach.)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 5
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Saphfyre42 Task: 10.3 - National Days (Read a book set at least 50% in a country when the national day is Dec/Jan/Feb).
This book is set in Australia
Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett
Task: 15.4 - Ring in the new
Book 1 - Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
**Robin Talley is a Goodreads Author
Book 2 - Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
Current post:25
Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 85
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
30.9 - You Are An IronmanBoth books you pick must be identified on GR as being part of a series and be a number in the series that contains either a 1, 4 or 6 (i.e. 1, 6, 14, 21).
Option 2.- Friendships: Read a book that either a GR friend who you have never met, or that one of our moderators has rated 4 or 5 stars.
REQUIRED: Provide a link to the friend's or the moderator's review of the book when you post.
I read
Which is # 1 in the Don Tillman series
This book has been rated with 5 stars by Kristina Simon, our mod in this group.
Book was approved here
And the link to the rating is here:
Review 1
Option 5.- Read a book where the letters S, A, L, T can be found in the title/subtitle.
I read:
It's # 10 in the Commissario Brunetti series and the title contains the 4 letters of S-A-L T
A Sea of TroubLes
Book was approved here
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 125
GR Author:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 7
GRA Total: 2
BB Total:
20.5 - 2 Sides to Every CoinOption 2: Read a book whose title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites.
I read:
The opposites are GOOD & EVIL and book was approved here
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 145
GR Author:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 8
GRA Total: 2
BB Total:
ASHLEY V15.6 My Way
Read a memoir or autobiography- a non-fiction account of the author's OWN personal life and experiences
Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 15
Total Goodreads Authors:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Teresa Jo15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements
Option 1: Author's name on Roman Mythology list
[Victoria Hislop]
Option 2: Set in Mediterranean country of Thessaloniki
[Greece]
The Thread by Victoria Hislop
This Post
Points: 15
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 595 / 1045 (56.93%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Total Big Books: 1
Task #5.5 - ThaliaTamed by Emma Chase
"Humor" as a genre on main page
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 18
AKCTask 20.2 Feminism is for everybody
Option 3 Bare chested man on cover
Masked by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Points this task: 20
Total points:195
Task 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]
Required: Identify the letters that are found in the titles as shown in the examples
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (Mrs Pollifax #9) (1990) by Dorothy Gilman (Hardcover, 211 pages)
I: Pollifax
D: Dervish
L: Pollifax
M: Mrs.
V: Dervish
X: Pollifax
UnEnchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale #1) (2011) by Chanda Hahn (Goodreads Author) (Kindle Edition, 216 pages)
C: UnEn c hanted
**** Goodreads Author **** Chanda Hahn
80 + 15 = 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 80 + 15 = 95
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2,300
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ASHLEY V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 2 - Assigned Reading: A good portion of what kids read in high school is assigned. 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.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Page 1, # 8
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Elizabeth B10.7. You Can Do It!
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, genre health
15.4 Ring in the New
Two books option
Book 1: book published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015: Tequila Mockingbird, published Jun 26, 2014
and
Book 2: book #1 in a series: Sinner's Gin (sinners#1)
Points:25
Total: 360+25=385
15.4 Ring in the new Flaggermusmannen (The Bat) Jo Nesbo , option 2 , 1st in series Harry Hole
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5115...
The Miniaturist Jessie Burton - option 1, published between 1.03.2014-18.02.2015, book published 3rd July 2014
Task points 15
Total points 250
Kait10.8 - Our Friends in Tuxedos
A book whose author's initials can be found in the word 'penguin'.
Marked by Elisabeth Naughton -- PENGUIN
Elisabeth Naughton is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 10
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 100
Total GR Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Task #25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & EchoNarcissus
Option A:
Tied by Emma Chase
"Because that devilishly handsome man, in the perfectly fitted Armani tuxedo, standing at the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral - that's me. Drew Evans"
Option C:
Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
- one person on the coverBoth books are new to me and not a reread
256 pages + 370 pages = 626 pages
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 20
Catherine TTask 25.3 - Two Types of Task
book one: a free-to-read book
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
I already owned this book before 1 Dec 2014
book two: a book from Mrs Soule's 5* shelf
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
IL: UY - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18.0
it is on page 3 of the shelf
Jonquil10.3. National Days
book set at least 50% in country with Winter National Day
Australia
the title of a collection volume is clearer
The Quinns: Down Under/The Mighty Quinns: Brody/The Mighty Quinns: Teague/The Mighty Quinns: Callum
The Mighty Quinns: Callum 217 pages 1/4
by Kate Hoffmann
Points this post: 10
Total points: 795
Books posted: 58
Tasks complete: 41
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 32
10.5. Older and WiserHelp Thread
Athena is the goddess of wisdom. Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
REQUIRED: In your post, briefly explain the subject that you wanted to know more about.
I read The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. This book explored one of my favorite topics, micro and macro history of the human race (with some mice and louse history thrown in, along with their cousin, the rat) as it intersected with genetics, which I rarely think about it. It also explores a relatively new science of sorts: genetic genealogy, which has become my new fascination. I am a layman of impossible to exaggerate scientific ignorance, and yet I found the science in this book hard not to obsess over (so much so, I just ended a sentence in a preposition.)
Points: 155
Books read: 12
tasks completed: 10
GR authors: 4
Big books: 2(500)
pages read: 4174
5.4 - Erato(view spoiler)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo has the word Love rs in the title
THIS POST:
Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages: 368
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 15
Pages: 5477
Books: 16
GRA Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: [500+:3][750+:0][1000+:0]
10.6 Gift Horse's MouthI read Close Call by Stella Rimington - spy thriller and espionage on main page
30.8 Say Uncle
I chose option 2 (red all over) and read
by Michelle Spring and Laurie R. KingClaiming a GRA ticket for Laurie R. King
I also chose option 3 (double rainbow) and read Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg - main character is gay.
Claiming a GRA ticket for Bill Konigsberg
New Total: 195
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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(view spoiler)[Muse Euterpe is always depicted holding a flute, often with many other musical instruments surrounding her. She was the muse of music. Read a book with an identifiable musical instrument on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
The cover shows a woman playing a guitar.
A Veil of Glass and Rain by Petra F. Bagnardi
**Goodreads Author**
THIS POST:
Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages: 274
Books: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 14
Pages: 5109
Books: 15
GRA Tickets: 9
BB Tickets: [500+:3][750+:0][1000+:0]