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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Winter 2014 Completed Tasks: Do Not Delete Posts
Gea20.3 - 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.
Christmas Time Is Here - TIME - Maybe This Time by Chantal Fernando (Goodreads Author)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Read a book with the genre "Romance" on the goodread’s main page.
New to me book: Penmort Castle by Kristen Ashley (Goodreads Author) (Romance - 171 users) length approved here
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled 3 and 4.
3. Read a book whose author initials can be found in "CHOCOLATE." All initials count and letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the word "CHOCOLATE."
Tied to the Tycoon by Chloe Cox (Goodreads Author)
4. Read a book that you've wanted to read for a long time.
New to me book: Craving Resurrection by Nicole Jacquelyn (Goodreads Author) length approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 70
Points Total: 455
GR Author: 27
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 25
25.10 - Book Group BooksBOOK 1: Read a (non-SRC) Group Read from Dec 14, Jan 15 or Feb 15
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
This is a current group read for the Reading With Style Challenge group.
BOOK 2: Read a book from the the Most Popular Bookclub Books list
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Today, this is no. 32 on the list for "This week, in the UK".
Paula Hawkins is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.4 - Neptune's Neighbourhood
OPTION A: Read a book with a term for a body of water in its title
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
OPTION C: Read a book with a body of water large enough to swim in on the cover
We Were Liars by E. LockhartE. Lockhart is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.8 - Make Your TBR List Say Uncle!
OPTION 3: Read a book about a main character who identifies as LGBT
Not My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming self-identifies as bisexual
OPTION 4: Read one of the 10 books that have been on your TBR shelf the longest
Decoded by Mai Jia
Added to TBR: 13 July 2014, Joined GR: January 2014
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 390
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total books read: 24
Jen A
15.8. Under My Thumb
Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb. The hand must not be covered with a glove, mitt, etc. The hand must be easily identifiable and the thumb MUST be included.
RASL by Jeff Smith - this book was pre-approved for this task in the Help Thread (post 111)
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 130
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Tasks Completed: 7
Jenn Cavanaugh15.4 Ring in the New – book(s) first published between 3/1/14 and 2/28/15 & first in a series
I read The Devil in Montmartre: A Mystery in Fin de Siecle Paris, which was published 12/15/14 and is the first of the Inspector Lefebvre series, fulfilling both requirements
*** Gary Inbinder = GRA ***
20.2 Feminism is for Everybody!
For Option 2: I read The Left Hand of Darkness - #63 on page 1 of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
50.1 Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 2: Try, Try Again
I finally read Gilead all the way through for the first time after having gotten only about 50 pages into it shortly after I joined Goodreads back in August of 2007.
Option 3: Jump on the Bandwagon
I read fantasy nominee City of Stairs(not a reread) from https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
*** Robert Jackson Bennett = GRA ***
Option 5: Be Resolved: resolution related non-fiction
My resolution was to entertain more and learn how to cook more local fare this year as we settle into our new apartment in Paris, so I need to learn my way around My French Kitchen: A Book of 120 Treasured Recipes(not a reread)
*** Joanne Harris = GRA ***
This Post
Points This Post: 85
Tasks Completed: 3
GRA Tickets: 3
Total This Season
Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 21
GRA Tickets: 14
BB Tickets: 2 x 500+
RockyNook25.10 - Book Group Reads
Book 1: previous SRC group read - A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton
Book 2: most popular book club reads
List: all time, Country: United States, generated 2/8/2015, book #42: City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
**Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author
This post:
25 points
1 GRA ticket
Total:
160 points
9 GRA tickets
0 BB tickets
15.1 Returns and ExchangesBook 1 - Choose a book that you have read and rated 4 or 5 stars. Read a different book by the same author.
I rated A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars.
So, I read
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Book 2 - Choose a book that you read and rated 4 or 5 stars. From that book’s main page navigate to "Readers Also Enjoyed" (usually the upper right, click on the heading to see the list format) and read a book from that list.
Other people who read A Tale of Two Cities, read:
Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne
I found this book on February 3, 2015.
Task: 15
Total: 780
HINA5.7 - Polyhymnia - Read a book with the genre "Religion," "Spirituality," or "Inspirational" on its main page.
Once Upon a Prince by Rachel Hauck.
Inspirational ~9 Users on Main Page Genre.
**Rachel Hauck is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 935
Total Goodreads Authors: 48
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Adria20.4: Author! Author! Gea's Task
I chose option 2: read a non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Economics"
The Concise Guide to Economics
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Delicious Dee50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 2 - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks (GR Author) - book was originally abandoned mid-2013 (per my last shelving of it); not a re-read
Option 3 - Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover (GR Author) - nominted in the Romance category; not a re-read
Option 4 - Inspire - Cora Carmack (GR Author) - genre approved in the THT msg 2 (no longer appears on main page genres); not a reread
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 915
Goodreads Authors: 55
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1
Cait S25.3- Two Types of Tasks
This is a TWO book task. Read a book from A AND a book from B.
Book #1
Read a free-for-this-challenge book.
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
I loaned this book from my local library.
Book #2
Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green **John Green is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 480
Goodreads Authors: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 30
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 5.1 Caliope
Sarah Binks by Paul Hiebert
Qualifier: Poetry on main page genre
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
GR Author: 8
Big Books: 0
babbling c5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task.
Tempted by Midnight - kindle -
Tempted by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella - paperback pgs 140 by Lara Adrian
Lara Adrian is a GRA
15.5 California Dreamin'
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in California.The setting should be evident in the title, description, metadata, or on the main book page.
The Look of Love - kindle - The Look of Love paperback pgs 379 by Bella Andre
Bella Andre is a GRA
set in Nappa Valley, CA
15.7 Creature Feature
Read a book with dragon in the title.
Dancing with Dragons- kindle - Dancing with Dragons - paperback pgs 336 by Lorenda Christensen
Lorenda Christensen is a GRA
THIS POST
Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 215
Completed Tasks: 13
Good Read Authors: 15
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 5,794
Books read this season: 18
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.7-Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option A Second Chances-- book that you read (or skimmed/cliff note "read") Read in High School/Book Published in 1930, graduated in 1989:Murder at the Vicarage
25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Option A: word “twelve” or “dozen” in the title/subtitle, or 12th in a series:Twelve Drummers Drumming
Option D Chinese Zodiac(Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.)--My Sign is Pig:The Pigman
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6.0
GRA:C.C. Benison
25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo-Total of 500 pages,New to You
Echo--Total number of pages is 675
Option B one repeated word in the title OR in the subtitle--Word "I"/New to me/275 pages:Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
Option C exactly two people on the cover--New to me/400 pages:Fly Away
GRA:Kristin Hannah
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 665/1045
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Polyhymnia
Book with spirituality as main page genre
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 395
Total Tasks: 25
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 31
5.1 CalliopeThis book has the genre poetry on its main page.
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
20.8 Nickels & Dimes
This book fits the requirements of these two tasks:
5.7 The genre spirituality
10.4 The genre travel
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
Sue Monk Kidd is a Goodreads author.
30.5 Atlantis
Option 2: The genre dystopia is on its main page.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Option 3: The word "great" is in the "Atlantis" lyrics.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Colum McCann is a Goodreads author.
30.6 Twice the fun
Rolled 4
Option 4: Read two books published in the same year. These books were both published in 2014.
The Poacher's Daughter by Michael Zimmer
Michael Zimmer is a Goodreads author.
The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Laura McHugh is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 85
Total points: 280
Goodreads authors: 8
MEGSCL10.7. You Can Do It!
Main page genre = health (verified in genre verification thread post 432) All the Bright Places
** Jennifer Niven is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 405
Tasks: 28
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 10
Books: 33
Coralie5.7 Polyhymnia
Book with genre 'religion'
The Testament of Mary
30.7 Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled 4 and 6.
4. A book I've wanted to read for a long time.
The Successor
6. book with a pair of socks on the cover
This post 35 points
Total to date 855 points
15.6 My WayI've read Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing by Margaret Atwood - nonfictional writings on writing, including memoir and personal annecdotes
autobiography as main page genre
This post
Points: 15
Challenge Totals
Total points: 170/1045
Tasks completed: 9/59
Pages read: 4023
*Not claiming tickets this challenge*
Janice CA15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
word: unlikely
Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and Heart from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
+15
total: 80
tasks: 5
books: 6
GR authors: 1
FANDURY15.7 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 Subtle Serpent by Peter Tremayne
The word Serpent is in the title.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
ASHLEY V30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 1 :: I HEARD YOU LIKE BOOKS :: He worked in a bookstore and had every wall in his home office covered with stacks and stacks of books (on shelves every which way they could fit!), so he was perpetually surrounded by books. Read a book with the main page genre “Books about Books”.
By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul
**Pamela Paul is a Goodreads Author**
Option 4 :: AN OLDIE, BUT HOPEFULLY A GOODIE :: He was always seeking out older books to read, pass along or resell. Go to your to-read shelf. Look at the 10 books that have been sitting on there the longest. Choose one of them to read.
REQUIRED: Include the date the book was added to your to-read shelf AND the date that you joined Goodreads (month/year) when posting. The month and year that you joined Goodreads can be found on your profile page beside "activity."
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Added to my TBR on June 10, 2012; joined Goodreads in June 2012.
**Jenny Lawson is a Goodreads Author**
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 325
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
BellaGBeartask 5.7: Polyhymnia: Religion genre: Preacher, Book 1
>points this task: 5
task 15.4 ring in the new
Book 1: Saga, Volume 4 published December 17th 2014
Book 2: Saga, Volume 1
>Points this task: 15
task 30.6 Twice the fun. I rolled 2, and read same author twice
Book 1: Het beloofde land
Book 2: In Afrika
> points this task: 30
points total this post: 50
points total challenge: 360
Mary P5.3 - Euterpe
by Jeremy Asher.Points this task: 5
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 9
Sarindre25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES
Option B - or this option read a book with the image of a bird (any bird will do) on the cover.
Required -
The Last Town by Blake Crouch
Option C - 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.
Required - I have not read the book Timebound before
Timebound by Rysa Walker
****Rysa Walker IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR****
30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
Option 3: Read a book whose author initials can be found in "CHOCOLATE."
Into the Black by Evan C. Currie
****Evan C. Currie IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR****
Option 4: Treat Yourself!
Snowbound by Blake Crouch
This Post
Points this Post: 55
Tasks Completed: 2
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Ticket: 1
Total this Season
Points: 305 / 1045
Tasks Completed: 13/60
Pages: 7346
Books: 22
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Nick KY30.8 Morgan F’s TBR
Option 1. Read a book with “Books about Books’ as a Gr genre. I read The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel. 373 pages
Option 2. Read a book with a Red Cover. I read Carl Sandburg: The People's Pugilist by Carl Sandburg. 282 pages
50.1 Teri K’s Let’s Start the New Year Off Right
Option 1. I was going to read Other People's Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories ed. by Gail Pool for 30.7 Option 1 because I thought the cover was kind of "orangey."
But then I re-read the directions and realized it had to be "bright orange," which this cover definitely is not. This book is approved by both the task creator and the mods in message 105 of the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Option 3. I read a nominee for “Best Fiction” in the GR Best Books of the Year 2014 awards, Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen. This book was not a re-read.
Option 4. I read The Greek Myths: Vol. 2 by Robert Graves. It has both “mythology” and “Greece” as GR genres.
Points This Post: 80
Total Points So Far: 780
20.6 Alicia T's Task: Deployment.Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre 'Romance.'
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. This is not a re-read.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 250
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:2
SweetMelissa20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 2: Parenthood
Defending Jacob by William Landay
*Goodreads Author and book is not a reread for me
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (537 pgs)
*Goodreads Author and Big Book Ticket
*Required: Meets 5.1 (Poetry) and 10.9 (Interview page 4)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
If You Ask Me by Betty White
Points this post: 60
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Points: 240
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
GLADGIRLTHIS IS A RE-POST OF MY PREVIOUS POST
20.3 - 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
I matched the word WHITE in the song WHITE Christmas with the book WHITE is for Witching
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]
trishhartuk20.10 - Group Reads: Christmas Chick Lit: Candy Cane Murder, Joanne Fluke
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book’s discussion thread with at least one post.
Message 38 in the discussion thread.
Goodreads Author: Yes, Joanne Fluke is a Goodreads Author (as are the other two, but you can only claim the one ticket per book! :-)
Big Book: No
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 450
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big books: 500+ (1)
Cindy FTask 15.8 Under My Thumb
Verified in Help Thread, I read
by Philippa GregoryWho is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!Claim BB Ticket 576 pages
Points this post:15
Total points:65
Tasks completed:5
Books read:6
Goodreads Authors:4
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(1)
10.9. Get to Know the AuthorRaising Steam by Terry Pratchett: https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Thud! by Terry Pratchett - Task 5.5 Humor Genre and Task 10.9 Goodreads Author Interview
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 1 - Close, But Not Quite
Reckless Nights in Rome by C.C. MacKenzie - originally read for Task 20.4 Option 1, but less than 50% (only 36 pages) were actually in Rome - the rest were in Great Britain.
Ebook approved for length post #4361:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
C.C. MacKenzie is a Goodreads author.
Option 2 - Try, Try Again
Deerskin by Robin McKinley - originally started reading in 1996 and only got through the first 3-4 chapters; this is not a reread.
Option 5 - Be Resolved
It's Here-- Somewhere by Alice Fulton - One of my resolutions was to minimize clutter, and this book is about organizing - this was not a reread.
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 530
Goodreads Authors: 19
MIMI MICHELE15.10 All I Want for Christmas is U
Us by David Nicholls
Us
Current post: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Previous Point Total: 165
New Total-180
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.1 A random trip back in time. (Repost)Random number 22=1993.
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:190
ColetteGTask #30.7 Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
Rolled 1 & 3 on the dice
1. Read a book with a bright orange cover
The Wonder Boys Michael Chabon
Wonder Boys
3. Read a book whose author initials can be found in "CHOCOLATE"
War of the Wives Tamar Cohen--both initials in the word chocolate T & C
War of the Wives30 points for task
Tamar Cohen Goodreads author
ColetteGTask 5.7 Polyhymnia Genre Inspirational on main page
Ghost Boy by Martin
Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
5 points for task
HINA5.6 - Melpomene - Read a book found on the Causes of Ugly Crying list.
Lawless by Diana Palmer.
Page 5 Position 402 on Causes of Ugly Crying List
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 940
Total Goodreads Authors: 48
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time.
by Jaclyn Friedman 02/06/2015I got a 4--2011. What You Really Really Want was published on Oct 25, 2011.
15.2 - Roman Numerals
I, C, D, L, M, V, X
by Cat Bennett 12/08/2015Making Art a Practice--I, C, M
Cat Bennett is a Goodreads author.
by Jaclyn Friedman 12/10/2014Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape--I, D, L, M, V, X
15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
by Paul KivelUprooting Racism starts with a U....obviously, lol.
Current post:
Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals:
Total Points: 380
Total Goodreads Authors: 18
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Tasks Done: 22
Total Books Read: 31
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
I read
by Rob Dunn.Previous point total: 345
New points this post: 5
Total points: 350
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 21
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 11
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Laura NT15.6 My Way
Read a memoir or autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!Option 3: Read a book with a pink object(pink blouse) on the cover:
(There was a lot of content about feminism, too!)
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West+20 Points
Grand Total: 395
Jayme VA30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
Option A: The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell
Has "water" in the title.
Option C:
Beatriz Williams, goodreads author.There's a large body of water on the cover.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.5 Older and WiserRead a non-fiction book about something you want to learn about.
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhler This graphic novel fits the rules of the challenge at 240 pages.
Interest: Languages and culture
Current post:10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 260
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:2
SHELLEY UT20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
The Rope by Nevada Barr
Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 21
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Delicious Dee30.5 - Sandy's task: Atlantis
Option 2 - The Shell Collector - Hugh Howey (GR Author) - 11ppl have it shelved as dystopia
Option 3 - That Touch of Magic - the word THAT from the line: So great an area of land that from her western shores
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 945
Goodreads Authors: 56
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1
Andy P.Task # 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.
by Nevada Barr(333 pages)NOBODYOption 6: Read a book with water AND a ship/boat on the cover of the book
by Andrea Camilleri (304 p.)Cover approved here.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 835
CoralieReposted to add requirement
30.7 Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled 4 and 6.
4. A book I've wanted to read for a long time. This book was not a reread.
The Successor
6. book with a pair of socks on the cover
This post 30 points
Total to date 855 points
Carly25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
Echo
Book A: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Its on page 7 of the "Books with Sad Endings" list when I looked on February 6, 2015. The genre "romance" is also listed on the book's main page. The book is 213 pages.
This is a new to me book.
Book B: Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day by Toni McGee Causey
The word "very" is repeated in the title. It is a new to me book and it has 328 pages in it.
Toni McGee Causey is a GoodReads Author.
The total number of pages from both books is 541.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 6
Tasks in Progress: 1
Pages Read: 2406
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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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.
REQUIRED: In your post, briefly explain the subject that you wanted to know more about.
I chose to read
I'm always interested in different branches of science and thought that Harari's book about the development of Homo sapiens as a species would be a nice change of pace from my usual medicine/epidemiology books.
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
I chose Options A and C.
Option A – “Let it snow”: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the song title “LET IT SNOW”.
I chose to read
**Stephanie Laurens is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Option C – “As long as you love me so…”: Read a book with Romance listed as a genre on the book’s main page.
I chose to read
Previous point total: 310
New points this post: 35
Total points: 345
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 20
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 11
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)