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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts
25.1 - New and OldOption 1: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
I've previously read his book For One More Day.
Option 2: Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay.
Roxane Gay is a new-to-me author.
Mitch Albom is a GRA.
Roxane Gay is a GRA.
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 60/1045
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 4/60
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Mod
15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
option 2, conflicting words life/death approved in post 2
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
option 2, book by new-to-me author: When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning a new-to-me author
option 4, book in series already started- A Billion Ways to Die by Chris Knopf
I had previously read #1 and #2 in the Arthur Cathcart series
total = 685
Vicki20.9 Stop that Slump
Author initials NOT in slump
The Martian by Andy Weir a GRA
this post:
20 pts
1 GRA
Total:
205 points
10 GRA
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.4. Let's Go!
Main page genre - Travel -- 13 Little Blue Envelopes
Currently does not have a children's related genre on main page, but should one find its way to the main page before reviewing this post, here is the AR Bookfinder's info: IL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Using Option 2 - Main page genre - Science Fiction set in future (Year of 2100+)
Book is set in 2153. The book description does not include this information but the first sentence of the book is:
"In 2153 the lottery didn't just change lives, it ended them."
Also the following book review mentions the year: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kindle edition I read: Artificial Evil
Most popular paperback: Artificial Evil
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 220
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 250
Paula25.3 - Mrs.soule's task
Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book.
I read The Hound of the Baskervilles. ★★★★★
I had the Sherlock Holmes collection as a gift for my birthday last year. :-D
Book B: Read a book from this shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. ★★★★★
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
SCHATIZE5.7: POLYHYMNIA
The Last Lecture
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 395
Total GRA: 17
BB-500: 1
BB-750: 1
BB-1000: 0
25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo: For this task you are to select one of the two characters – either Narcissus or Echo – and read two of the three options for that character.I chose Narcissus, Options A and C
Option A: Read a book that is written in first person.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Required: "I shall simply copy, word for word, the proclamation that appeared today in the One State Gazette:"
Option C: Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
by Harlow Giles UngerTask: 25
Total: 540
JUKKA15.5 California Dreamin'
A book set primarily in California. Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 15
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 30.4 - Annapoorni's Task: Neptune's Neighborhood
Option A: Deep Blue Secret by Christie Anderson - The series title, The Water Keepers has the word "water" in it.
Option C: The Island by Jen Minkman - Cover picture has a body of water large enough to swim in.
Both authors are GoodReads authors.
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 6
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 0
DakimelREPOST - sorry about that!
5.4 – Erato
I read The Best Kind of Love
The ebook is approved for length: message 4327
TALLY:
This task - 5 points
Total - 425
REPOST25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo: For this task you are to select one of the two characters – either Narcissus or Echo – and read two of the three options for that character.
I chose Narcissus, Options A and C
Both books are new to me; they are not re-reads.
Option A: Read a book that is written in first person.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Required: "I shall simply copy, word for word, the proclamation that appeared today in the One State Gazette:"
Option C: Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
by Harlow Giles UngerTask: 25
Total: 540
BARBARA ★5.6 - Melpomene
Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan (#74) 1/6
Goodreads Author
10.9. Get to Know the Author
A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris 1/11
Link to Interview: https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Option B: Light My Fire - G.A. Aiken (fire in title) 1/5
Option C: Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews (romance) 1/15
Goodreads Author
30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me…
Option 3.
- Rob Thurman (fire on cover) 12/21Goodreads Author
Option 5. The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey (horror) 1/8
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 70
Total Points: 350
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
350/1100 POINTS
ANGIE CA5.2 - Clio
Book: The Bridegroom Wore Plaid by Grace Burrowes
Notes: Historical Romance genre.
5.3 - Euterpe
Book:
by Michelle A. ValentineNotes: Guitar on cover.
5.8 - Terpsichore
Book: Dance For Me by Helena Newbury
Notes: The female lead is a ballet dancer, and gets paid to dance by the male lead.
5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Book: The Lady Meets Her Match by Gina Conkle
Notes: Free book! I read an ARC.
10.6. "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!"
Book: Introductions by C.L. Stone
Notes: Espionage genre locked in.
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 780
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
The Forest Ranger's Christmas by Leigh Bale (Goodreads Author) - The male main character is a single dad.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key
Option 2: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - #58 on list - 505 pages - BIG BOOK Ticket
Option 3: A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 370
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Shawn H.15.6 My Way
Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol
**Autobiography about Billy Idol's life, by Billy Idol**
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Big Ticket Books: 1
GR Authors: 0
CoralieI wish to move a book from 20.4 to 30.2
10.1 A Random Trip Back Home
My random number was 18, so I read a book first published in 1997.
Holidays on Ice
15.2 Roman Numerals
I, C, D, L, M & V in Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
I, D & X in What Katy Did Next IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
20.4 The College Years
Option 1 – book set in EU country but not UK – France
Madam, Will You Talk? replacement book
30.2 Homer's Odyssey
Option 5 – book published in a year that contains an 8
Quo Vadis published 1896
Option 6 Book with water and a ship on cover
moved from 20.4This post 55 new points
Total to date 520 points
Kait15.3 - Launch A Thousand Ships
Option A - Two Book Task
Book 1 - A book by an author whose name is found on the Greek or Roman Mythology Names lists.
Sugar Rush by Belle Aurora -- Aurora is on the Roman Mythology Names list; Ebook approved in verification thread posts #4318 & #4321
Belle Aurora is a GR Author.
Book 2 - A book set in a country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea.
You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister -- Entirely set in Paris, France
Katie MacAlister is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 15
GR Authors This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 230
Total GR Authors: 20
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
CYNBAXTER:5.1 – Calliope
Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Points this Post: 05
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 14
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: (500) 3; (750) 0; (1000) 0
Total Books Read: 17
Task 30.1 - It’s All Greek to Me…Roll two dice –If you roll doubles, roll again until you have 2 different numbers.
First roll: doubles -- two 2’s. Second roll: 2 and 5.
2: Orpheus and Eurydice
Read a book with love, romance, or music as a main page genre.
Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy #3) (2010) by Kerstin Gier; translated from German by Anthea Bell (Hardcover, 451 pages)
5: Medusa
Read a book with ‘horror’ as a main page genre.
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1) (2014) by Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 435 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Cherie Priest
190 + 30 = 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 190 + 30 = 220
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,619
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle(view spoiler)
Option 1: Among Others by Jo Walton has the main page genre 'Books about Books'. I read the ebook edition, but the page count is 304 pages as taken from the top paperback edition.
**Goodreads Author**
Option 3: The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan has a main character who is a lesbian (main page genre glbt). I read the kindle edition, but the page count is 332 pages as taken from the top paperback edition.
THIS POST:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages: 636
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 35
Pages: 13564
Books: 42
GRA Tickets: 21
BB Tickets: [500+:4][750+:0][1000+:0]
AKCTask 25.6 Let it snow
Option B Book with Fire in title
The Fires of Autumn by Irène Némirovsky
Option C Book with Romance maine genre page
When I Fall in Love (De Piaget, #4) by Lynn Kurland
Points this task: 25
Total points: 255
Elizabeth BBook substitution
5.5 - Thalia
genre "Humor" Lead
New tasks
15.2 - Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are based on seven symbols I, C, D, L, M, V, X
Read TWO books whose titles and/or subtitles together contain ALL 7 symbols/letters
Mexican Heat Mexican Heat I, C, M, X
Death's Rival Death's rival L, D, V
30.8 task: Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle (>250 pg)
Option 3:LGBT Bulletproof
Option 5:guilty pleasure book Out Of Control
30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
both 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 1: set at least 50% in Georgia Whiskey Rebellion (#1 in a series)
Option 2: Clean Sweep (Innkeeper's chronicles series #1), my GR friend Marina rated it 5 stars. Here's her review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points: 75
Total: 610
Saphfyre42 Task: 5.6 Melpomene Read a Book from the Ugly Crying List
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl was on Page 2 #191 when I read the book.
***Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author. Claiming Goodreads Point *****
Task 15.1 - Returns and Exchanges
Read 2 Books
Part 1: A different book from an Author I have rated 4 or 5 Stars. I had previously read Neuromancer
Book for this Task: The Peripheral by William Gibson
Part 2. Choose a book that you read and rated 5 stars, find a book from the Readers Also Liked Page.
Book I previously read Game by Barry Lyga
Book for this Task: Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Current post:20
Points:
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.6. BETTER CHECK THAT GIFT HORSE'S MOUTH!India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy by Carol K. Carr (GRA)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 190
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
20.3. BEST REVIEW - BOOK CONCIERGE'S TASK: CAROLING, CAROLINGWhat Angels Fear by C.S. Harris (GRA)
Word matched from “Angels We Have Heard On High”
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Laura E20.8 Nickels & Dimes (book that fits 2 tasks)
The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria by Laura Joh Rowland
5.2 historical fiction
10.3 National days
*book is set in Japan (in last paragraph of description)
points: 20
Totals
Points: 180
GRA: 4
Big Books: 0
*Sorry about above post. I accidentally hit the post button by mistake
20.3. BEST REVIEW - BOOK CONCIERGE'S TASK: CAROLING, CAROLINGWhat Angels Fear by C.S. Harris (GRA)
Word "angels" matched from “Angels We Have Heard On High”
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
ColetteGRepost Correction to original post #316
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option#1 Far Abroad
The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
The Good Earth
This book is not a reread.
Task 20pts.
Emily Bookshelf20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3 - genre romance
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon, who is a GRA
BB Ticket 825 pages
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=2, 1000=0
Total Points: 60
ColetteGTask 25.3
Option A: Wide open task, has been sitting on my bookshelf for months.
The Weight of HeavenThe Weight of Heaven
Option B: A book from Mrs Soule's 5 star shelf
Three Wishes
Three WishesPoints 25
Three Wishes Liane Moriarty Goodreads Author
ESHAY20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
I live in North America and the book is set in Europe (Italy).
This book is NOT a reread.
THIS POST: 20
TOTAL: 95
TASKS: 4
GRA: 2
BB: 500() 750() 1000()
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - Terpsichore
Read a book that features dancers.
by Lisa See. About Chinese and Japanese young women who earn a living as Oriental Dancers in California prior to and during WWII.Points this post: 5
Total points: 495
LARS5.2 - Clio
book labeled as historical fiction (military history)
The Things They Carried
total points: 5 (woot woot)
5.4 EratoRead a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
I read Beloved.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 8
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
15.2 Roman NumeralsBook 1: Everybody's All-american by Frank Deford
(I,C,D,L,M,V)
Book 2: Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
X
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 155
Emily Bookshelf30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
Option 1 - same word in title - 'Highland'
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning, who is a GRA
To Tame A Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning, who is a GRA
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=2, 1000=0
Total Points: 90
Cait S5.9- Urania
Read a book with the name of a celestial object in the title or subtitle.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 21
25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number TwelveOption A, "dozen" in the title: Cheaper By The Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Option C, my sign is Taurus: Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Delicious Dee25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
Option: Narcissus
Option 2 - Fire Me Up - Kimberly Kincaid (GR Author) - Me in title; pg count is 368pgs
Option 3 -
- Julia Quinn (GR Author) - single person on cover; pg count 373pgsPoints this Post: 25
Points Total: 780
Goodreads Authors: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1
Jayme VA10.10. A New Blog for a New Year
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
The blog post is here: https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2012/10/02...
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2: I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe, goodreads author.
Has historical fiction on the main page and is set during the Civil War (1860's).
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad: One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
This is set in Ireland (Europe). I live in North America.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
The City by Dean Koontz, goodreads author.
Dean Koontz's name does not include any letters in slump.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 85
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis(view spoiler)
2. Pivot Point by Kasie West has the main page genre 'Dystopia'
**Goodreads Author**
3. How to Fight Islamist Terror FROM the Missionary Position by Tabish Khair matches the word "from" (e.g. "all legends FROM all lands were FROM far Atlantis")
THIS POST:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages: 448
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 36
Pages: 14012
Books: 44
GRA Tickets: 22
BB Tickets: [500+:4][750+:0][1000+:0]
25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group BooksBook 1: December Book for Bookworm Bitches
The Edge of Never | J.A. Redmerski | 426 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
Book 2: The Book I chose was on this month for December 2014 in the United States of the list. I retrieved the book from the list on December 1, 2015. Approved Message 23 of Help Desk Thread
Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | 464 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 25
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★725/1045 ★
GR Authors: 37
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
Completed Tasks: ✔(5),
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of TasksBook A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book. The Big Game by Sandy Schofield. I owned this book before the start of the winter challenge.
Book B: This is your limited task. Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 115
GR AUTHORS: 5
Adria15.8 Under My Thumb
20.2 Erika's Task: Feminism is for Everybody
I chose Option 1: Choose a book with "feminism" as a genre on its main page
Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today
Points this post: 35
Total points: 140
15.4 Ring in the NewRead 1 Book that meets both criteria: Book Published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015 AND #1 in series
First Published September 15, 2014
Miss Congeniality | Marie Garner | ♥♥♥ | 266 Pages | GR Author
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: ★740/1045 ★
GR Authors: 38
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 1 (1000+): 1
Completed Tasks: ✔(5),
MB15.4 ring in the new -
book 1 - published Nov 25, 2014 - Endsinger by Jay Kristoff
book 2 - #1 in the Iron Codex series - The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
20.10 Group Read - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - group discussion post #27
total points this post 35
total points 120
total books read 10
total tasks completed 6
10.1 A random trip back in time. (Repost)The Giver
The Giver
Lowry, Lois
AR Quiz No. 8568 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, RV, LS, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
Task points:10
Total points:145
20.6 Seasoned reader. (Repost)Option 2, parenthood.
This is not a re-read.
The Husband's Secret
Task points: 20
Total points: 145
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 3: Read a book with a pink object, high-heeled shoe(s), or a bare-chested man on the cover.
**GRA
30.8- Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Book 1- Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre “Books about Books”.
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde sheleved as Writing>Books About Books by 166 users and approved in Help Thread.
Book 2- Option 2: Read a book about a main character who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith is shelved as GLBT>Lesbian by 27 users.
**GRA
Points this post: 50
GRA this post: 2
Total Points: 155
Total GRA: 5