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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts
HINA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin -
Option 2: Wrong Bed, Right Guy by Katee Robert.
Wrong-Right
**Katee Robert is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 585
Total Goodreads Authors: 30
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.7 - Genre health Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
25.10 Book clubs
Option 1: For your book group in Dec. - Feb.
When Jesus Wept is my face-to-face book club's Jan. 2015 selection.
We meet once a month at a local church and read secular and Christian books, fiction and non-fiction.
Bodie Thoene is a GRA, for 1 ticket.
Option 2: Most Popular Book Club Books list.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
#11 on This Week's list for Dec. 31, 2014.
Gabrielle Zevin is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 35
Total w/this post: 965
GRA tickets this post:2
Total w/this post: 35
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Total tasks completed:48
Total books claimed: 71
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Rachel NYC25.4 Egyptian Dieties
Option C: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
This is a resurrection of a series I'd neglected.
*Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author*
*This is a 500pg BIG BOOK*
Option D: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
*Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author*
*This is a 500pg BIG BOOK*
Points: 25
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 7
Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: [500 - 2]
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareOption 2 - Page 1, #25.
Points: 375
Coralie30.5 Atlantis
Option 2 – book with 'dystopia' genre
The Carpet Makers
Option 3 – word from song in title –'east'
The Journey to the East
This post 30 points
Total to date 300 points
NicoleS15.4 Ring in the New
Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
The Young Elites (Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu
*Young Elites published October 7, 2014, and is #1 in series.
*Marie Lu is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 150
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 11
NICOLE OH20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 2: Big Little Lies (big/little are opposites)
Liane Moriarty is a Goodreads author.
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This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Jonquil5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Bones Never Lie 1/7 512 pages
by Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 880
Books posted: 65
Tasks complete: 47
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors: 39
LOULOU15.10 All I want for Christmas is U
Read a book with a word beginning with "U" in the title.
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas.
Points this post: 15
Points overall: 125
Goodreads authors: 0
Big book tickets (500): 2
Big book tickets (750): 1
Big book tickets (1000): 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
10.9 Author interviewed by Goodreads Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain was interviewed on pg 2.
She is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 10
Total w/this post: 975
GRA tickets this post:1
Total w/this post: 36
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Total tasks completed:49
Total books claimed: 72
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10.8. Our Friends in TuxedosJanuary 20 is Penguin Awareness Day, so read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "penguin." Letters may only be used once, and if the author uses a middle name or initial, all initials must be found in "penguin.
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Jen UT5.5 - Thalia
Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up by Grace Helbig
5.6 - Melpomene
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Page 1, #66 on the list
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
Total Books: 5
Total Points: 15
Julia103Task 20.3 - Caroling, Caroling
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Song: Christmas Time is Here
Matched Word: Christmas
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 255
Total GRA: 10
Total BB: 3
Teresa Jo15.9 Public Enemy
Main page genre of Crime
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Goodreads Author: Michael Connelly
This Post
Points: 15
Goodreads Author: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 625 / 1045 (59.80%)
Total Goodreads Authors: 24
Total Big Books: 1
Oma122915.4 Ring in the New
Book 1 - Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
FaceOff by David Baldacci
Claiming David Baldacci as GR author
Book 2 - Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
Total Points- 165/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 10/59
Number of GR authors-(6)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages () 750+pages (1)
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - Public Enemy
Read a book with the genre "crime" on its main page. I read The Crossing Places
by Elly Griffiths **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Crime is an embedded genre on the main page, and while I did not have this book particularly verified, the task help thread shows approvals for others where crime is an embedded genre.
Points this post: 15
Total points:175
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Forgot to add my name... lperales10.1 Random Trip Back in Time
Random number: 2
Year: 2013
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
10 point task
Total points: 40
TERRA(*repost to clarify book is not a re-read*)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad – A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout (Goodreads Author) and Sara Corbett (Goodreads Author). The book is set in Africa (Somalia); I live in North America. The book is new to me and not a re-read.
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Reposting20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad –
Claiming the Highlander
Book set on a different continent(Europe) than the one I'm currently residing in(Asia).
This is not a reread for me.
The book does not have genre "kids" or "childrens" on its main page
RedsCat15.1: Returns and Exchanges.
Inspired by this five-star read The Sugar Queen:
Book 1, Return: The Peach Keeper
*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author*
Book 2, Exchange: The Wishing Thread, which I found on 4 Jan 2015, 3rd from top of "Readers Also Enjoyed" on The Sugar Queen's page.
Points This Post: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total for Winter Challenge:
Total Points: 120
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Reposting this task from message 1570 with more information.20.6 Deployment
This book is not a reread.
I live in North America, and this book is set in England in Europe.
Offshore: A Novel by Penelope Fitzgerald
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
CYNBAXTER: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.
Revival by Stephen King - I have read all of his books, this is his latest release
Stephen King is a GR Author
Option 2:
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson - who is new to me (and I LOVED this story!!)
Jonas Jonasson is a GR Author
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: (500) 3; (750) 0; (1000) 0
Total Books Read: 14
perletwo20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody! - Option 3: Gay’s main point behind “Bad Feminist” is that a woman can be a feminist and still meet some of society’s expectations of women. This allows her to be an individual who likes what she likes and is who she is, rather than be a caricature defined by others. She describes herself (rather sarcastically) as a “bad feminist” because she loves pink, dreams of a closet full of shoes, and does not hate men. Read a book with a pink object (this includes text—May I suggest Bad Feminist Essays by Roxane Gay?), high-heeled shoe(s), or a bare-chested man on the cover.
Required: Include the cover and if the object is not obvious in the thumbnail of the cover, point it out when you post.
Dead in the WaterPoints this task: 20
Total points: 120
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard Name: StephanieB10.4. Let's Go! (book with Travel in genre)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
20.7 Back to High School, Option #2, #171, pg 2 (Book off required HS reading list)
The Bell Jar
25.1 New and Old
Option #2, Read New-To You Author, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
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Option #4, Read another book in a series you have read, The Infinite Sea, #2 in the 5th Wave Series
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 160
GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors: 6
This is a repost to correct post 410.Drea
Task 20.6, Option 1: Read a book set on a different continent(s)
Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen(GR Author)
Gretchen Lin returns to Singapore after separating from her cheating husband to help with the family business and face her mother's alcoholism.
I live in North America and this book is set on the continent of Asia (specifically in Singapore).
This book is not a re-read for me.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Catherine TTask 25.4 - Egyptian Deities
option B - Sun God Ra
read a book with a bird on the cover
Mayhem by Sarah Pinboroughoption C - God Osiris
read a book in a series I have already started
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
this is NOT a reread.
Jasmiina F15.1 Returns and Exchanges:
Book 1 - Choose a book that you have read and rated 4 or 5 stars. Read a different book by the same author.
Deadpool vs. Carnage by Cullen Bunn.
The book that inspired my choice was Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn.
Book 2 - Choose a book that you read and rated 4 or 5 stars and read a book from "reader's also enjoyed".
Locke & Key, Volume 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe hill.
The book that inspired me was Saga, Volume 3.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 170
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Kait10.1 - A Random Trip Back in Time
A book first published in the resulting year (2015 - randomly generated number).
Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle -- Rolled a 9; First published in 2006
Cleo Coyle is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 10
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 135
Total GR Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and JanusOption 2) Prodigy by Marie LU, a GRA. Science Fiction
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 2) That Summer by Sarah Dessen, a GRA. This author is new to me.
Option 4) Pandemonium Delirium#2 by Lauren Oliver, a GRA
30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
Option 1)Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Water
Option 3)
by Kristin Hannah,a GRA.Points this post-75
GRA this post -4
Total Points- 380
Total GRA -25
Total Bb(+500)-3
ChrisEverest25.6 Let it Snow
Option A - Author's initials in LETITSNOW
The Author Erik Taroff (ET) is a GRA
Option C - Romance as a Genre
Love At Absolute Zero
The Author Christopher Meeks is a GRA
Delicious Dee30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
rolled 3, 5
Option 3 - Death Cache - Tiffinie Helmer (GR Author) - authors initials appear in CHOCOLATE
Option 5 - Ironskin - Tina Connolly (GR Author) - found on pg 3 of the list - about halfway down
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 615
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Book Tickets:
ChrisEverest20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 1 - Cover showing Gate, Doorway, Door...
The Pucelle Connection (Book 6)
Estelle Ryan is a GRA
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and JanusOption 2) Prodigy by Marie LU, a GRA. Science Fiction - year 2130
Scooter & Siam 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Pick ONE option and read a book that fits its criteria. Rereads and books with the genre "kids" or "childrens" on its main page may not be used for this task.
Option 1: Far Abroad – The world is a great big place, especially when you’re not exactly sure where your loved one is located for months on end. Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
Required: State the continent on which you live and identify the setting of the book if it's not obvious from the Goodreads description.
Read The Lotus Palace - I live in the North American continent -- state of Georgia; the book's setting was China -- in Asia.
***GR Author***
This Post: 20
Total: 45
Tasks: 4
GRA: 2
Big Books:1
10.4 - Let's Go!In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
"Travel" is a main page genre.
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 15/1045
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2/60
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
5.1 - Genre "Poetry" Paradise Lost
5.2 - Genre "Historical Fiction"
I listened to the audiobook, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel
There is not a DT version of this, so the audio was approved for length in the e-book verification thread post #4233, and the Kindle version is here: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel.
A.J. Hartley is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 10
Total w/this post: 985
GRA tickets this post:1
Total w/this post: 37
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 4
Total tasks completed:56
Total books claimed: 74
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Paula10.7 - You can do it!
Read a book with the main page genres fitness, health, or diet/diets.
I read Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan. ★★★
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
SHELLEY UT15.9 Public Enemy
Borderline by Nevada Barr
Points this task: 15
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
NARUMON5.10 Who is your Muse?
Read a book of your choice
Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
**** Victoria Thompson is a Goodreads Author ****
10.6 Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth
Read a book with "espionage" or "spy thriller" as main genre.
The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
15.6 My Way
Read a book with "memoir" or "autobiography" as main genre.
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
**** Kelly Corrigan is a Goodreads Author ****
15.9 Public Enemy
Read a book with "crime" as a main page genre.
Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
20.1 January and Janus
Option 1: Read a book with cover depicting gate, door, or doorway
by Victoria Thompson**** Victoria Thompson is a Goodreads Author ****
20.2 Feminism is for Everyone
Option b: Read a book from the Best Feminist Fiction list
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, which is #1 on the list.
****Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author ****
20.6 Deployment
Option 3: Read a book with "romance" as the main page genre
Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
20.7 Back to High School
Option 3: Read a book from the Goodreads Choice Awards in either YA Fantasy & Science Fiction or the YA Fiction category in any year
Red Rising by Pierce Brown, which was nominated for the 2014 YA Fantasy and Science Fiction, even though it won the YA Debut Goodreads Author Award.
****Pierce Brown is a Goodreads Author****
20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Read a book that fits two of the season's 5 or 10 point tasks' requirements.
On Immunity: An Inoculation, which fulfills 10.2 and 10.5. It has 205 pages (fulfills 10.2) and 10.5 (a non fiction book about something that I want to know more about - I'm a biology major, so anything about science and health in general is something I'd like to learn more about).
IN POST:
GR Author Ticket: 5
BB Ticket: 0
Points: 145
TOTAL IN CHALLENGE:
GR Author Ticket: 5
BB Ticket: 0
Points: 145
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.10. A New Blog for a New Year
Read a book that has been reviewed in this blog.
REQUIRED: Include a link to the review in your completed task post.
I choose to read
by William Ritter. The book was reviewed on BFaGB on November 25, 2014.**William Ritter is a Goodreads Author. I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 70
New points this post: 10
Total points: 80
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 6
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 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.
by C.J. BoxAuthor's name contains none of the letters in the word SLUMP
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Jonquil10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time
Random number: 14 book published in 2001
Published December 28th 2004 by Avon Books (first published February 2001)
Ninth Key 304 pages 1/8
by Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 890
Books posted: 66
Tasks complete: 48
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total goodreads authors:40
Cait S20.5- 2 Sides To Every Coin
Read ONE book from one of the following options.
Option 2:
Read a book whose title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites.
When Evil Came to Good Hart by Mardi Jo Link **Mardi Jo Link is a Goodreads Author**
Conflicting words: Good/Evil
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Reposting to claim a BB ticket (former post No 1647)10.10. A New Blog for a New Year - read a book that has been reviewed in Blogging for a Good Book blog.
by Stieg Larsson
Claiming a BigBook ticket: 535 pages
I read the translation into Estonian of the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Link to the review: Review by Mandy Malone on November 23, 2009.
Points: 10
Big Books: (500+):1
Total points:35
Total GR Authors:2
Total Big Books: (500+):1
Total Tasks Done:5
Total Books Read:5
SweetMelissa10.3 National Days
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author)
Required: Set in Australia
15.9 Public Enemy
The Boy In The Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol
15.10 All I Want for Christmas is U
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemptionby Laura Hillenbrand
* Big Book Ticket 528 pgs
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
15.2 - Roman NumeralsThe Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (I, C, D, L, M, X) and Drinking at the Movies (V)
15.3 - Launch a Thousand Ships
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier ('Daphne' is on the list of Greek mythology names, and the book is set in France)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 3 - The Go-Between (noted on task help thread)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Monk's Hood - fits 5.2 (historical fiction) and 10.8 (the initials of the author Ellis Peters - EP - appear in PENGUIN)
Points in this post: 70
Points so far: 295
25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group BooksBook 1. ...pick any SRC Group Reads book, from any past season, that you didn’t read previously...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
From the Spring 2012 SRC.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
Book 2. Read a book from the Most Popular bookclub books list.
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
Found under: Books that have been read by the most groups this month (generated Dec 31, 2014 02:00AM), #36
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:
Total Books: 5
Jonquil15.7 Creature Feature
word in title...plurals are ok: dragon
If There Be Dragons 288 pages 1/8
by Kay Hooper
Points this post: 15
Total points: 905
Books posted: 67
Tasks complete: 49
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors:40
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25.8- Merry Saturnalia!
Book One
A book of my choice.
Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier **Juliet Marillier is a Goodreads Author**
Book Two
Option 1- A winter scene on the cover.
This book was approved on the help thread here
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 15