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

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
*Veronica Rossi is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
Luminous by Greg Egan
Points this task: 35
Total points: 165
Total BB Tickets: 4
Total GRA Tickets: 6
Total Books: 10

REPOST
15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book 1: starting book - "When We Collide" by A.L. Jackson, I rated 5 stars - link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Take This Regret by A.L. Jackson (goodreads author)
*take this regret is still on the list, only as "pulled", the original name of the book. I followed the link to it on Jan 5,2015.
Book 2: starting book - "Girl With Guitar" I rated 5 stars - on Jan 5, 2015 there was a link to the following book under the "readers also enjoyed" section link and seems to still be there today. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Storm Warning by E. Lee and C. Quinn (Goodreads Author)
Hope this fulfills the reqs needed this time!
again...
this task: 15 points
# tasks submitted to date: 17
GRA: 12
New total: 290

20.3 Favorite Christmas Carol
Song: White Christmas
Word: white
Book: White Horses by Alice Hoffman
White Horses
Points for this book: 20
20.6 Option 1 Far Abroad--setting on a different continent
Book: 419 by Will Ferguson
419
Over half of the story is set in Nigeria on the African continent. I live in
Illinois on the North American continent.
This book is NOT a reread for me.
Points for this book: 20
Total points for Winter Challenge through this post: 95

Option 3:

Dark Witch is book #1 in the Cousins O'Dwyer series.
I work in my local library and I have anticipated reading this book for a while, but it was checked out!
Option 4:

Across the Universe is book #1 in the Across the Universe series.
It is the debut book by Beth Revis, information that can be found in the About Beth Revis section on the book's about page.
Beth Revis is a Goodreads Author.
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals:
Total Points: 250
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Done: 13
Total Books Read: 19

5.5 - Thalia
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Goodreads author
10.9. Get to Know the Author
Interview on page 4
Fly Away by Kristin Hannah Goodreads author
10.10 A New Blog for a New Year
Link to review
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Goodreads author
Total Points:325
Total GR authors: 17

25.5 Lucky Number Twelve
Option A: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins (goodreads author), et al
Option D: My Chinese Zodiac sign is DOG.

This task: 25 points
# tasks submitted to date: 18
New total points: 315
GRA: 14

25.3 Mrs. soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
This is a two book task. Read a book from A and a book from B.
Book A: Wide open task. Read a book you got for free. State the source of the book when you post.
I read Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
I got this book from the library.
Book B. Read a book form Mrs. soule's five star shelf.
I read Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Points this post: 25

20.1. Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
3. Janus is the god of transitions. One major transition of life for all humans is the transition from childhood to adulthood. Read a book with the main page genre of "coming of age." This may be an embedded genre.
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead - Obviously, as indicated above, this is for option 3 of this task.
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 90
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 5

The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
Option 2: position 126 in list
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
Total books read: 14
tasks completed : 12

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 1:

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Total books read: 16

25.9 -- 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 -

both books are new to me
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 780
Goodreads Authors: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1

Task 5.5 Thalia
Humor on main page: I read My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:5
Total points:5
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task 15.9 - Public Enemy
The Monogram Murders (genre=crime)
Sophie Hannah is a Goodreads Author
Post totals: 15 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total points: 405
Total GRA: 13
Total BB tickets: 4

25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve -
Option A: Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley.
Twelve in Title.
Option C: Their Miracle Twins by Nikki Logan.
Sign: Gemini - Twins in Title.
**Nikki Logan is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 690
Total Goodreads Authors: 34
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1:Read a book set on a different continent 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.
I chose to read

Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 20
Total points: 115
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book 1: Any book of your choice.
I chose to read

**Kitty Burns Florey is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Book 2, Option 2: 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.
I chose to read

Previous point total: 115
New points this post: 25
Total points: 140
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 9
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 6
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

30.8 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
I chose Options #2 and #5
Option #2:

Jojo Moyes is a Goodreads Author ***Claiming GRA Ticket***
Option #5: The Rosie Project I read this Kindle edition - link to MMP. Romance novels are a guilty pleasure.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
OPTION 2 : Historical Fiction
Burial Rites is set in the 1820s
**Hannah Kent is a GRA
New Points this Post: 20
New Tickets this post: 1 gra
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 250
Tasks: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 7
Books: 21

Read:
Option 1: The Fall of Atlantis by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Option 3: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Option 3 Word Used: World
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 55
Apologies for posting this one in the wrong thread earlier!

10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time.
I got a 7 = 2008
Six Geese A-Slaying-kindle - Six Geese A-Slaying paperback - 316 pages by Donna Andrews
Donna Andrews is a GRA
original published 2008.

THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 9
Good Read Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 4,235
Books read this season: 13
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)

10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time
The Letters by Luanne Rice* and Joseph Monninger*
My random number was 7, so 2015-7 is 2008. This book was published in 2008.
* = goodreads author
Points for this post: 10
Task completed: 1
Goodreads author this post: 2
Total goodreads author: 2
Total points: 10

Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician by Sandeep Jauhar
I read this book to learn more about the state of health care delivery in the US, from a doctor's perspective.
Task total=10
Grand total=180

TASK NAME: 30.8 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 2 :: RED ALL OVER
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Qualifier: Red cover
Option 6 :: AS YOU WISH : Royalty or Pirates or both
Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown
Qualifier: Pirates - Approved task message 177
Claiming GRA for Eli Brown and Jojo Moyes
Points this task: 30
Points Total: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 0

Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1:Read a book set on a different continent 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.
I chose to read

*This book is not a re-read.
Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 20
Total points: 115
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 8
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
20.6 - 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 - This is not a reread.
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
A Tangled Web
Montgomery, L.M.
AR Quiz No. 8123 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 375
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

Kaitlyn Davis is a Goodreads Author.
Jana Oliver is a Goodreads Author.
Gena Showalter is a Goodreads Author.
Claudia Grey is a Goodreads Author.
Annabelle Bryant is a Goodreads Author.
Helen Scott Taylor is a Goodreads Author.
Rebecca Gober is a Goodreads Author.
5.4 - Erato
Read a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Lucky in Love by Carolyn Brown

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Help Thread
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
In Dreams by J. Sterling

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Help Thread
Just to celebrate the New and the Old.
Pick 2 options and read 1 book from each. This is a TWO book task.
Option 1. Read a new-to-you book.
Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis 1

Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Jana Oliver- Retro Demonology

30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
Help Thread
Roll 1 die and read 2 books that correspond to the number you rolled.
1: TITLE: Read 2 books that have the same word in the title. Word: Darkest
The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter

The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter

30.8 Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 2 :RED ALL OVER :read a book that has a cover that is at least 75% red.
Evernight by Claudia Gray

Option 5 :: GUILTY PLEASURES :: Read one of your guilty pleasure type books.
The Darkest Surrender by Gena Showalter

30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
3. Sense of Anticipation: Read a book that you have been highly anticipating.
The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter

5. Hitting the Wall: Read a book where the letters S, A, L, T can be found in the title/subtitle.
To Love a Wicked Scoundrel by Annabelle Bryant

30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
A) Read a book with the word "water" or a term for a body of water in its title/subtitle or series title.
Ocean's Between Us by Helen Scott Taylor

C) Read a book that shows a body of water large enough to swim in on the cover.
Night Marchers by Rebecca Gober

Total Points: 5+5+25+30+30+30+30= 155
Completed Tasks: 7
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book:

Help Thread
February 18th is Thumb Appreciation Day. Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.
Just Breathe by Heather Allen

Total Points: 155+15= 170
Completed Tasks: 8
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book:

5.5 – Thalia
I read Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
5.7 – Polyhymnia
I read The Book of Strange New Things
5.8 – Terpsichore
I read Pointe - the main character is a ballerina
10.9. Get to Know the Author
I read The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds - Alexander McCall Smith is on page 6 of the author interview pages
TALLY:
this post - 25 points
total - 450

5.7 Polyhymnia - Religon in Genre
Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
10.4 - Lets Go - Travel in Genre
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky A GR Author
20.1 - Bea's Task
Option 4 Memory / Aging
Book appears on page 2 of Aging List
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach A GR Author
20.9 - Stop that Slump
Authors name contains no letters SLUMP (John Irving)
In One Person by John Irving A GR Author
25.1 - Angels Task
Option 3 - Author is new to me and book is not a reread and is #1 in Series (because of the JK pseudonym thing this book could also work for Option 1 just as well. I checked in the help thread and was suggested to post as either)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Option 4 - Book is #2 in a series
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
30.2 - Hinas Task
Option 1 Book is a classic and 432p
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Option 5 Book first published in a year with an 8 in it - 1998 Book has 557p
GR Author
BB Ticket Claim
Die Trying by Lee Child
This post = 110
New Total = 570
GRA = 8 + 4 new = 12
BB = 2 + 1 new = 3

30.9 - You Are An Ironman
Opt. 3: read a book that is 1, 4, 6, in a series and that you have been anticipating.
High Country Bride by Linda Lael Miller
*This is book #1 in the "McKettricks" series.*
Opt. 5: read a book that is 1, 4, 6, in a series and has the letters S, A, L, T in the title/subtitle.
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
*This is book #1 in the "Reckoners" series. The included letters are STeeLheArt.*
**Brandon Sanderson is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
Points: 30
Total Points: 155
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 0

Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier,a GRA. Setting- America.
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
option 3) Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle,a GRA. CC in CHOCOLATE
option 4) The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve, a GRA. New read for me.
Points this task- 50
GRA this task-3
Total points- 565
Total GRA-36
Total BB(+500)- 4

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3: something pink on the cover (her dress/coat)

**Lisa See is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 270
Tasks: 20
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets

25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: I got this book as a gift
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Book B: Mrs.soule's 5-star shelf
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

task 10.5 older and wiser

I read this book because I wanted to know more about slums and how they are formed from a sociological perspective.
task this point: 10
task 30.4 Neptune's neighboorhoud
Option B body of water in author name The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
Option C: body of water large enough to swim in

Points this task: 30
total points this post: 40
total points challenge: 245

25.9 Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
selected Narcissus
Both New Books by new author to me
Option A ; Book written by first person narrator "I"

Hexed
"Ever since word got around to the various pantheons that I had snuffed not one but two of the Tuatha Dé Danann— and sent the more powerful of the two to the Christian hell— I had been visited by various potentates, heralds, and ambassadors from most of the world’s belief systems. All of them wanted me to leave them alone but pick a fight with someone else, and if I successfully lanced the immortal boil that vexed them, I’d be rewarded beyond my wildest dreams , blah blah barf yak.
Hearne, Kevin (2011-10-06). Hexed: The Iron Druid Chronicles (p. 1). Little, Brown Book Group.
Book with 309 pages
Option C : Book with ONE person on Cover

Hounded
Book with 292 pages
Kevin Hearne is a GRA

20.3 Caroling, Caroling (book with a title that matches a Christmas song)
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
This book was 394 pages.
The song title is Winter Wonderland. I'm matching the word winter.
*Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Points: 20
Totals
Points: 200
GRA: 5
Big Books: 0

task 15.5: california dreamin':
*book set 50% in california:
Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (set in los angeles)
*this is a GRA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 8

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (paperback 369 pgs)
10.9. Get to Know the Author
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
REQUIRED: Found on page 3
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells (paperback 160 pgs)
Required: free e-book
Book B: Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Option A: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot Goodreads Author (paperback 345 pgs)
Option B: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (Author's birthdate 12/12/1969)
Points this post: 65
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

Option 1: Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vetby Jan Poland David Fisher- Goodreads Author - source: public library
Option 2: Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

My random number was an 18, so had to read a book published in 1987.
I read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0)
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 70/1045
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 5/60
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

Genre: History
The Wild Truth: The Untold Story of Sibling Survival by Carine McCandless - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 445
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Genre: Humor
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe - Goodreads Author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Random Number: 6 - published 2009
The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 460
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family by David Berg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

BOOK 1 - Next to Love - X,L,V
BOOK 2 - Random Violence - D,M,V,I,L,C
30.8 - MAKE YOUR TBR SAY UNCLE
OPTION 2 - RED ALL OVER -

OPTION 6 - AS YOU LIKE IT - Princess of Glass with 266 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 440

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
A book of choice
Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
A graphic novel - 144 pages
THIS POST: 5
TOTAL: 100
TASKS: 5
GRA: 2
BB: 500() 750() 1000()

30.9 Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
Option #1
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
Most of this book took place in Savannah, Georgia (over 90%)
Option #4
Gossip Girl
This was the author Cecily von Ziegesar's debut book and #1 in the series
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
BBooks - 500+: 1

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 2: New to you author
REQUIRED : Catherine Ryan Hyde
When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
****Catherine Ryan Hyde is a Goodreads Author****
Option 3: Start a Series by a new to you author
REQUIRED: Marko Kloos
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
****Marko Kloos is a Goodreads Author****
This Post
Points this Post: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Ticket: 1
Total this Season
Points: 155 / 1045
Tasks Completed: 8/60
Pages: 3843
Books: 12
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

Task # 30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis
Option 2. Read a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" on its main page.

Option 3. Read a book the title or subtitle of which contains a word that matches exactly a word of 4 or more letters from the lyrics of Donovan's song Atlantis

Points this post: 30
Total points: 525
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15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
Book with word beginning with "U"
Private Down Under by James Patterson
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 9