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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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trishhartuk25.3 - Mrs Soule’s task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book. REQUIRED: State the source of the book when you post.
Words With Fiends, Ali Brandon
Bought in Powell’s in Portland, OR in early November 2014.
Goodreads Author: No
Big Book: No
Book B: This is your limited task. Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
The Rook, Daniel O’Malley
On Mrs Soule’s five-star list: read date 17 January 2013
Read the kindle version. MMPB is:
Goodreads Author: No
Big Book: No (By 14 pages. Humph)
Total Points this Challenge: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 430
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big books: 500+ (1). 750+ (0). 1,000 + (0)
30.9 - Delicious Dee's task: 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). - both first in a series
1. 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. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (goodreads author) - rated 5 stars by Celine [Worth 1 big book ticket]
2. Read a debut book by an author. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (goodreads author)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIESB.THE SUN GOD RA - For this option read a book with the image of a bird (any bird will do) on the cover.
by Gretchen Rubin (Goodreads author)C. THE GOD OSIRIS - For this option read a book that is first in a series that is new to you or resurrect a series that you have been neglecting and read another book in the series. NO REREADS for this option.
by Marissa Meyer (goodreads author). This is not a reread. Worth 1 big book ticket.Points this post: 25
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Harm NL5.2 Clio
Augustus by John Williams
Has Historical Fiction on its main page.
5.5 Thali
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Has Humor on its main page
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!(view spoiler)
C. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa has the main page genre Romance
***Goodreads Author***
D. The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa shows a man in winter clothing
***Goodreads Author***
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key
(view spoiler)
2. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger is found on page 4 of Best Twists #362
**Goodreads Author**
4. The Divine Blood by Andrea H. Japp shows a repeating pattern (the pillars on the left side) and is approved on Help Thread post 172
THIS POST:
Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 4
GRA Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 905
Tasks Completed: 54
Pages: 23757
Books: 71
GRA Tickets: 38
BB Tickets: [500+:6][750+:0][1000+:0]
15.4 - Ring in the NewRead ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book 1 - Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Book 2 - Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
by Danielle Paige (Goodreads author).Book #1 in a series, published 1st April 2014.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis 2. ...a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Science Fiction > Dystopia 2,695 users
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Atwood is a Goodread's Author.
3. ...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.
REQUIRED: Identify the matching word when you post.
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Lehane is a Goodreads Author. The matching word is ISLAND.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 10
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right1) Close, But Not Quite
The Slave by Laura Antoniou
Almost fits 30.9 option 5. SALT in title and it's part of a series, but it's number 2 in the series so does not work.
*****Laura Antoniou is a Goodreads Author*****
3) Jump on the Bandwagon -
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
This is not a reread. Nominated in the fiction category.
*****Roxane Gay is a Goodreads Author*****
4) It's Your Last Chance
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Greek Mythology verified in post 450
*****Meg Cabot is a Goodreads Author*****
Total Points: 385
GRAs: 13
BBs: 1
20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years3. Read a fictional book where one of the main characters is in college.
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Total Points: 405
GRAs: 13
BBs: 1
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek KeyOption 1. Read a book with a lock and/or key on the cover
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
There is a key in the centre.*****Ernest Cline is a Goodreads Author*****
Option 2. Read a book from the list Best Twists
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Page 1. Number 57.
Total Points: 435
GRAs: 14
BBs: 1
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and OldOption 1 - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (this is not a reread)
I read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell for last winter's challenge
Option 2 - Innocence Lost - A Childhood Stolen by Philip Sherman Mygatt
Philip Sherman Mygatt is a new-to-me author
30.9 - Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
Option 2. Friendships: Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis
This is book #4 in the Animal Attraction series. My Goodreads friend, Hina, who I've never met in person, gave it 5 stars on Dec 10, 2013.
Option 5. Hitting the Wall: Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White
This is book #1 in the Doc Ford Mystery series. SALT can be fond in the title: Sanibel Flats.
Points this post: 55
Season Total: 255
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of TasksBook A: I read The Last Lie, which I got from the library.
Book B: I read Dad Is Fat This was a 5 star read on the task creator's shelf
I know rereads were allowed for this task, but neither of these are rereads.
Points:290
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17
GR authors: 6
Big Books: 2(500)
pages read: 8036
5.8 - TerpsichoreRead a book that features dancers.
Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography by Sabrina Jones
Total points: 440
Oma12295.5 - Thalia
Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
When Girlfriends Step Up by Savannah Page
Claiming Savannah Page as GR author
Total Points- 285/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 19/59
Number of GR authors-(11)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages () 750+pages (1)
EMurphy20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump! - Read a book by an author whose name does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
*Veronica Roth is a GR Author
*Big Book Ticket (525 pages)
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GR Author: 1
BB +500: 1
Total:
Points: 160
Books Read: 12
GR Author: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Repost10.1 - A Random Trip Back in Time.
I got 44, so I read That Was Then, This is Now, published in 1971. IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5.0
Task 5.8 - TerpsichoreRead a book that features dancers.
I read a book that was explicitly approved in the help thread:
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (2014) by Genevieve Valentine (Hardcover, 277 pages)
295 + 05 = 300
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 295 + 05 = 300
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,448
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Julia103Task 30.6 - Twice the Fun
I rolled 4.
Option 4: Cruel Habitations and Murder in Volume were both first published in 2000.
Claiming one BB ticket - my copy of Cruel Habitations is 514 pages (and listed on GR as 528 pages)
Post total: 30 points, 1 BB
Challenge total points: 620
Total GRA: 15
Total BB tickets: 6
Beth RobinsonTask 15.6 My Way - memoir or autobiography
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Task 10.5 Older and Wiser - nonfiction
The Relationship Edge in Business: Connecting with Customers and Colleagues When It Counts by Jerry Acuff
I wanted to learn more about using people skills in a business setting.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 70
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - The College Years
Option One: Book set in European Union but NOT the UK
Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts
Set in Ardmore, Ireland - On the southern coast, not part of UK
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 390
Total Tasks: 24
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 30
CYNBAXTER:10.5. Older and Wiser
Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink - I worked at several hospitals in the South recently, they still talk about Katrina…I wanted to read about the experience from the medical standpoint
Five Days at Memorial, 558pgs - this is a Big Book
Points for this task: 10
HINA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus -
Option 1:
Home At Last Chance by Hope Ramsay.Door on Cover
**Hope Ramsay is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 930
Total Goodreads Authors: 47
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Task # 30.1 – Captain America Girl’s task – It’s All Greek to MeI rolled a 2 and a 3
Option 2 – Orpheus & Eurydice - Main page genre: ROMANCE
Me Before You ✔ – 01Jan15
I listened to the audio / paperback: Me Before You
Genre verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Jojo Moyes is a Goodreads Author ***
Option 3 – Prometheus – Fire on the cover
✔ – 07Feb14* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
NOTE - edited only to add the tally
Coralie25.5 Lucky Number Twelve
Option A – book with 'twelve' in title – in ordinal form
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Option B – book by author whose birthday is December 12
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
This post 25 points
Total to date 770 points
20.3 Caroling, CarolingThis book has 359 pages. The song title is "I'll Be Home for Christmas", and the word that I'm matching is Home.
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
Hazel Gaynor is a Goodreads author.
25.1 New and Old
I just read two books by the same author this week.
Option 1: I read a new-to-me book by an author that I have read before. (The previous book was Three Junes)
And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
Julia Glass is a Goodreads author.
Option 2: I read a book by a new-to-me author.
Three Junes by Julia Glass
30.1 It's All Greek to Me
Rolled 2 and 3.
Option 2: This book has the genre "romance" on the main page.
Her Cowboy's Christmas Wish by Cathy McDavid
Option 3: This book has fire on the cover (on lower right part of cover).
Goodnight June by Sarah Jio Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 195
Goodreads authors: 4
Julie P5.6 - Melpomene
Requirement: Book found on Causes of Ugly Crying List
Page 1, #29
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
*Gayle Forman is a Goodreads Author*
Points this task: 5
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2,870
Goodreads Author Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
SAM ID5.4 - Erato
Read a book with the word 'love' in the title.
Love on the Mend by Karen Witemeyer
*ebook approved at 80+ length for 1 5 point task, message #4360*
**Karen Witemeyer is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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25.8 - Merry Saturnalia!
Book 1: Your Choice
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
*AR BookFinder stats IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0*
**Jessica Day George is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
Book 2: Option 1 - read a book with a snowy scene on the cover
by Carla Kelly*The hills behind the riders are covered in snow.*
Points: 30
Total Points: 275
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 0
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY 15.7 Creature Feature
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: centaur, chimera, dragon, giant, gorgon, griffin, harpy, minotaur, pegasus, satyr, sphinx, serpent, siren, unicorn.
The Accidental Dragon (Accidentals #9) by Dakota Cassidy
20.4 Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 1: For this task, read a book which is set at least 50% in a country that is part of European Union.
Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers
This book is set in what is now France in the late 1400s. (This was approved in the task thread and it is listed in approved options on that post.)
30.2 Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in the word "NOBODY."
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman
(300+ pages required) -- 340 pages
Option 5: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains an 8 (ex. 1850, 1984, etc.) OR that has the number 24 in the date (ex. 5/24/2013).
Not a Drop to Drink (Not a Drop to Drink #1) -- Mindy McGinnis
published Sept 24, 2013
I read the kindle edition, the pb has 336 pages.
(300+ pages required) -- 336 pages
Mindy McGinnis is a **Goodreads Author**
[POINTS]
This Post: 15 + 20 + 30 = 65
Total Points: 820/1045
Books Read: 66
Completed Tasks: 50/59
Pages Read: 22100
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Books: [500+: 5] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High SchoolI read option 3
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Nominated in 2010 for Young Adult Fiction
This Post
Points: 20
Goodreads Author this post: yes Stephanie Perkins is
Big Books: Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Winter Totals
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Books: 1
10.5 Older and Wiser Do's and Taboos of Public Speaking: How to Get Those Butterflies Flying in Formation by Roger E. Axtell
I wanted to learn more about public speaking.
20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option: List of Best Feminist Fiction
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Found on page 1, #2 on list
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 105
Total GRA Tickets: 2
5.5 - Thalia: Humor/Comedy/Funny Diary of a Mad Bride20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 3 - The Best YA: Prodigy by Marie Lu 2013 YA Fantasy & Science Fiction nominee
*Marie Lu is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Points this task: 25
Total points: 230
Total BB Tickets: 4
Total GRA Tickets: 9
Total Books: 16
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: DeploymentOption 1: Katharine, the Virgin Widow
The book is set in England, UK, Europe whereas I live in Asia
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors
Big Books:
Tasks Completed: 1 (20.6)
Books Read: 1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and JanusOption 2: The Boleyn Inheritance
Historical Fiction, Goodreads Author
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 2 (20.1, 20.6)
Books Read: 2
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: DeploymentOption 1: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Set in France
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Tasks Completed: 2 (20.1, 20.4, 20.6)
Books Read: 3
RedsCat25.6 LET IT SNOW!
Opt A: Author's initials found in Let it Snow:
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
*Lauren Oliver is a GoodReads author*
Opt C: Romance as main genre:
Shadow Spell
Points This Post: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total for Winter Challenge:
Total Points: 265
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DEANA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
OPTION 3: PINK ON COVER
Forever
The title text is pink
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 20
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 100
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Jasmiina F25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks:
Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book.
House of Mystery, Vol. 2: Love Stories for Dead People by Matthew Sturges.
I got this from the library.
Book B: Read a book from Mrs.soule's Goodreads five-star shelf.
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. *Goodreads author*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 380
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
GLADGIRL20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling...
Read ONE book whose TITLE shares a word with the title of one of my favorite Christmas songs. The word must be 4 or more letters long. The word must match exactly - NO variations. Note - you many only use the book's TITLE - NO subtitles or series names.
Required: Book must be a minimum of 250 pages. State the song title and the word you are matching when you post.
Favorite Christmas song used: White Christmas
White is for Witching
By Helen Oyeyemi
This book is 304 pages long.
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 15
Completed Tasks: 11
Pages Read: 304
Total Pages Read: 5,213
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek KeyOption 2
I've read American Gods by Neil Gaiman
#78 on p. 1 of the Best Twists list
Option 4
I've read
by Allison Carruthrepeating corn cobs on cover
This post
Points: 30
Challenge Totals
Total points: 155/1045
Tasks completed: 8/59
Pages read: 3775
*Not claiming tickets this challenge*
25.1 -Angel **Book Junkie's** Task: New and OldOption 1 Read a new to you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before
Made in the U.S.A.
Read Billie Letts - Where The Heart Is
Option 4 Read a book in a series you already started.
Murder, Served Simply
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 185
Elizabeth B20.3 - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
song title: O Holy Night
Word "night" Night's Honor
20.5 - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 2: big-little Big Little Lies
Points:40
Total Points:875
Cindy FTask 15.9 Public Enemy
Genre"Crime"
I read The Alienistby Caleb Carr
Points this post:15
Total points:50
Tasks completed:4
Books read:5
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
JESSRS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3, pink on cover:
by Amy Poehler.Points on post: 20
Total GR authors: 3
Total books read: 4
Total points: 60
Sandy MN15.6 My Way
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (Goodreads author)
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
Rolled 3, 4
Option 3
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Option 4
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger This is not a re-read Goodreads Author
Total Points: 420
Total GR Authors:22
Andy P.Task # 5.9 - Urania
Read a book with the name of a celestial object such as the Moon in the title or subtitle
by Adam GopnikPoints this post: 5
Total points: 780
Andy P.Task # 25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Option A Read a free-for-this-challenge book , a book I borrowed from a friend to read for our book club
by Corban AddisonOption B Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
From page 1, 21st from the bottom
by Amy TanPoints this post: 25
Total points: 805
Catherine TTask 10.5 - Older and Wiser
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield
I love the way different fonts can be used to change the feel of text, and wanted to learn more about fonts & typography
Coralie50.1 Let's Start the New Year Right
1) Close, But Not Quite
The Dancing Floor by John Buchan almost fit 20.9 but the author had a 'U' in his name (but none of the other letters of SLUMP).
3) Jump on the Bandwagon
Nominated in the Science Fiction category – not a reread
Sand
4) It's your Last Chance
Book with genre 'Greek Mythology'
Alcestis Alcestis
This post 50 points
Total to date 820 points
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Narcissus
A. Read a book that is written in first person. A first person narrative means the book is written from one person's point of view, speaking for and about themselves. It is characterized by narrators who explicitly refer to themselves using variations of "I."
Tampa by Alissa Nutting - 272 pages
“I spent the night before my first day of teaching in an excited loop of hushed masturbation on my side of the mattress, never falling asleep.”
This book was new to me.
Alissa Nutting is a Goodreads author (one ticket claimed)
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman - 488 pages
This book was new to me.
Lev Grossman is a Goodreads author (one ticket claimed)
Total pages: 760
Points this post: 25
Points total: 150
Tasks completed: 6
GRA tickets total: 5
Big book tickets total: 3 - 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()