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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats off to Translators
For book 1 I read My Brilliant Friend (trans from Italian)
For book 2 I read South of the Border, West of the Sun (trans from Japanese)
TALLY:
This post - 25 points
Total - 750

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Things Fall Apart I read this Kindle edition. Link to MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1

Option 1: Katharine, the Virgin Widow
The book is set in England, UK, Europe whereas I live in Asia. This book is not a re-read for me.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors
Big Books:
Tasks Completed: 1 (20.6)
Books Read: 1


Option 2: The Boleyn Inheritance
Historical Fiction set in 1500s, 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



Option 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




Read a memoir or autobiography- a non-fiction account of the author's OWN personal life and experiences.
How To Be A Heroine: Or, what I’ve learned from reading too much by Samantha Ellis
Samantha Ellis is a Goodreads author
(approved for this task in message 66 of the help thread)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 165
Tasks completed: 7
GRA tickets total: 6
Big book tickets total: 3 - 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()

10.9 Get to Know the Author
I read Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood, which is currently on page 1 of the author interviews section.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105

20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 1 - Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins (GR Author) - approximately 70% of the book is set in France/Spain, both of which are members of the EU
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 970
Goodreads Authors: 58
Big Book Tickets: 500+ - 1

5.4 - Erato
Read a book with the word "love" found intact in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name.
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce
Total points: 620
Books read: 45
Completed Tasks: 30
Pages Read: 13,300
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)

30.5 – Sandy’s Task: Atlantis
Option 2. Read a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" on its main page.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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.
The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle*
A.G. Riddle is a GR Author
Points this Task: 30

Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd*
This book fits tasks 10.4 (travel genre on main page) & 10.9 (Sue Monk Kidd's Author Interview is on page 1).
*Goodreads Author*
Total Points = 155

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.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- I have previously read Into Thin Air by the same author.
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- I have never read a book by this author before.
Celeste Ng is a GRA.
Points this post: 25
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 75
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0

Option One: Book set in Maryland
Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
Option Four: Debut book by an author, first in a series
Tangled by Emma Chase
Emma Chase is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 26
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 33

25.4 - EGYPTIAN DEITIES
OPTION B - The Sun God Ra -

OPTION - The God Osiris - Birthday Party Murder which is #9 in the Lucy Stone Series. This is not a reread.
TOTAL POINTS - 715

Read:
Option 2: Ask For It by Sylvia Day
Year of Setting: 1770 (Qualifies for Historical Fiction genre listing)
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 100

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3: On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy

Barbara Freethy is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

10.4. - Let's Go!
England, England by Julian Barnes
The second-to-last genre on the main page is "travel".
30.6. Twice the Fun
I rolled a 2, so I got: Option #2: AUTHOR
The Beetle by Richard Marsh
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Both authors share the same first name, Richard.
30.7. Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
I rolled a 1 and a 5.
Option #1: SATSUMA

Approved in post #54 of the Help Thread.
Option #4: LUXURY ITEM
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
This book is not a re-read, and is new to me. I have been meaning to read it for a long time.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 4: Read a book with a teacher or other school administrator (e.g., principal, counselor) as one of the main characters

Points this post: 20
Total points: 880

3. For this task, I finally read “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, as I’ve been highly anticipating reading it for a while. There were a lot of people in front of me at the library!
5. For this task, I read “Throne of Glass” by Sarah J. Maas, since the letters SALT can be found in the title of the book.
Also, both Diana Gabaldon and Sarah J. Maas are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for that.
And, “Outlander” is 850 pages, so I’m claiming a Big Book ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 150
Pages Read this Challenge: 1254
Total Pages Read to Date: 3661
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()

Task 15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book 1: The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar The Space Between Us


Book 2: The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri which was a "Reader's also enjoyed book from The Space Between Us--I gave 4stars to. Feb. 8th 2015 The Death of Vishnu

Task points 15

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
The Final Encore by Jeremy Asher.
Ebook approved for length - message 4369
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 2 title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites--Found-Lost
Treasures Lost, Treasures Found

20.10 - Group Reads
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity Discussion Post
GRA:Elizabeth Wein
Points Earned This Post: 40
Points Achieved to Date: 705/1045
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Blog link: https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2014/06/03...
Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig
+10 Points
Grand Total: 405

25.8 Merry Saturnalia
Book 1 (my choice)
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith
Book 2: option 1 (snow landscape on cover)

*Lisa Jackson is a Goodreads author.
Points: 25
Totals
Points: 275
GRA: 7
Big Books: 500 (1)

15.9 Public Enemy - Read a book with the genre "crime" on its main book page.
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb.
Mystery>Crime ~105 Users on Main Page
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 985
Total Goodreads Authors: 50
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Task 15.2-Roman Numerals
The Last American Vampire

Exodus

**Deborah Feldman is a Goodreads Author.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
Total tasks: 10
GRA: 7
Big Books: (500+): 2

10.4 Let’s Go! I read Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía by Chris Stewart with “Travel” as a GR genre.
30.9 DeeDee’s Ironman
Option 1. Road Trip. The book takes place in Tennessee. I read Last Wool and Testament, #1 in the Haunted Yarn Shop series by Molly MacRae.
Option 2. Friendship. I read a book from SRC moderator Sandy’s 5* list which is also #1 in a series, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, #1 in the Grier Family Series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 820

25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A: Read a free-for-this-challenge book
Space I received this book from a free book drop-got for free (message 35-36 under task help verified this is ok).
Book B: Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf.
Dead Until Dark
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 125

50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
1) Close, But Not Quite
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Doesn't fit 30.2 Option 1 because it's not 300 pages long.
3) Jump on the Bandwagon
Pick a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Required
Catagory is Fiction. This is not a reread.
4) It's Your Last Chance
read a book which has "mythology" AND either "Greek" or "Roman" as genres
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
POINTS
This Post: 50
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 14

Task 5.10: Muse of choice: Catseye by Andre Norton. Kids genre on main page allowed for this task.
Task 15.9: Public Enemy: Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle. Crime is listed as a genre on the main page. Other examples with embedded crime (i.e. mystery>crime ) were approved in the help thread (for example message 7). Cleo Cloyle is GR Author.
Task 20.7: Colors of Trivial Pursuit: The Bluejay Shaman by Lise McClendon. Two of the main characters in the story are professors of Anthropology at
the University of Montana. The whole story is centered around them. This is not mentioned in the GR description but can be found at other descriptions, including this site.
Task 30.8: Make your TBR List Say Uncle:
Option 4: An Oldie, but hopefully a goodie: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. The book was #2 oldest on my TBR list, date added feb 24, 2012. I joined GoodReads on the same date. Tess Gerritsen is a GR author.
Option 5: Guilty pleasures: Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke. Light hearted mysteries are my guilty pleasure, especially if they include cooking or knitting also. That's a quick-fix relax. Joanne Fluke is a GR author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;

REPOST Task 30.9 - You Are An Ironman
Option One: Book set in Maryland
Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
Option Four: Debut book by an author, first in a series
Tangled by Emma Chase
Emma Chase is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks: 26
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 33

Happenstance by Jamie McGuire (#1 in the series; published May 9, 2014)
Task: 15
Total: 845

Blueberry
20.6
opt. 1 Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
I live in North America. This book is set in Europe.
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives
This books is not a reread for me.
Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 235
Total books: 17

Both books read for this task are over 300 pages.
1. For this task, I read “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, since it has the genre Classics on its main Goodreads Page. It has 312 pages. (MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0)
5. For this task, I read “Palace of Mirrors” by Margaret Peterson Haddix since it was published in a year with an 8: 2008. It has 320 pages. (MG; BL = 5.4; AR = 10.0)
Also, Margaret Peterson Haddix is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 180
Pages Read this Challenge: 632
Total Pages Read to Date: 4293
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()

Sorry, I missed that rule
Beth Robinson
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.
Task 15.6 My Way - memoir or autobiography
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Points this post: 25
Total points: 70

25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
(Read 2 books)
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Stuff: The Things The World Is Made Of by Ivan Amato
Never read a book by this author before
Option 4: Read a book in a series that you have already started.
Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon by Richard Roberts
Book # 2 in a series. Read #1 before I was logging books on Goodreads again.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 95

15.4 Ring in the New
Read 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)
I chose to read

**Megan Frampton is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 350
New points this post: 15
Total points: 365
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 22
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 12
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

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: This is your “wide-open” task. Read a free-for-this-challenge book – this can be a library book, a free ebook, a book you got as a gift, or a book you already owned before December 1, 2014.
REQUIRED: State the source of the book when you post.
The Edge of Light Ann Shorey 1/26/15 Free ebook Claiming Goodreads author
Book B: This is your limited task. Read a book from my Goodreads five-star shelf
The Peach Keeper Sarah Addison Allen 2/11/15 Claiming Goodreads author
This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Task #30.8 - Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
option 1: read a book with the genre "books about books"; I read:
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester, and I had the genre verified in the task help thread, post 191
option 3: read a book about a main character who identifies as gay; I read
Hold Tight: A Novel by Christopher Bram
Points this post: 30
Total points for challenge: 370

Task 15.8 - Under My Thumb
Bath Tangle

Task 20.4 - The College Years
Option 1: While Still We Live by Helen MacInnes is set in Poland
Post total: 35 points
Challenge total points: 655
Total GRA: 15
Total BB tickets: 6

Task 15.8: Under My Thumb: Academ's Fury

Butcher is GR Author.
Task 30.6: Twice the Fun: I rolled a 6: same top genre.
Book 1: A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton.
Book 2: Family Practice by Charlene Weir.
Task 30.7: Hang the Christmas Stocking With Care: I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Option 3: Chocolate: Doem der verdenking by Agatha Christie. The authors initials are in Chocolate.
Option 4: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag Alan Bradley. I've have been wanting to read all the books in the Flavia de Luce series, and finally I got a copy of this book. This is a first read for me, not a reread. I am already looking forward to reading the third volume in the series. Alan Bradley is a GR author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 75
Books Read:5
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;

Task 10.4 - Let's Go!
Book with genre travel on main page
Just This Once by Rosalind James
Rosalind James is a *Goodreads Author*
Approved in Genre Verification Thread post 453
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks: 27
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 34

Task #20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Song matched - O Holy Night
matches word "night" in title
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 100 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7

5.1 - Calliope
William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher - Poetry genre on main page.
25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group Books
Book 1: True Grit by Charles Portis - My book group read this book in February
Book 2: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - List generated on 2/11/15 - #42 on the World all time list.
The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.R.
AR Quiz No. 511 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
Goodreads Authors this post: o
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0

Task #5.6 - Melpomene
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
page 1, number 21 on the Causes of Ugly Crying list
** Jodi Picoult is a Goodreads author
Task #15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Inspiration: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Book 1: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Book 2: And When She Was Good by Laura Lippmann - found book on "readers also liked" list 2/09/14
**Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author
**Laura Lippmann is a Goodreads author
Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Stop That Slump!
The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband by David Finch
Author's name does not contain any of the letters in SLUMP
**David Finch is a Goodreads author
Task #25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Option 1. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Previously read My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Option 4. Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George
#18 in the Inspector Lynley series
**Jodi Picoult is a Goodreads author
**Just One Evil Act is a Big Book - 500+ pages
This post: 65 points
Total to Date = 165 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11

1) Close, But Not Quite - Read a book you wanted to read for this challenge but that didn't quite fit the requirements for the task.
REQUIRED: Indicate which task the book almost works for, include all required information from the original task AND briefly explain why it didn't fit.
Doesn't fit 20.9 “S”, “L”, “U”, “M”, “P” because author name has “L”.
Bobcat and Other Stories (2013) by Rebecca Lee (Paperback, 209 pages)
3) Jump on the Bandwagon - Read a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees and winners.
REQUIRED: Name the category the book is listed in and state that it is not a reread when you post.
Not a re-read.
2014 Winner: Category HUMOR
Yes Please (2014) by Amy Poehler (Hardcover, 329 pages)
4) It's Your Last Chance - Read a book which has "mythology" AND either "Greek" or "Roman" as genres on the main page.
This one has "mythology" AND "Greek" as genres.
Persephone(Daughters of Zeus #1) (2012) by Kaitlin Bevis (Goodreads Author) (Kindle Edition, 203 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Kaitlin Bevis
300 + 50 = 350
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 300 + 50 = 350
Books read: 27
Pages read: 8,189
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3 - A book with a pink object, high-heeled shoe(s), or a bare-chested man on the cover.
Tangled by Emma Chase -- Bare chest on the cover

Emma Chase is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 20
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 475
Total GR Authors: 34
Total Big Book Tickets: 4

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea's task: January and Janus
Option 2: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Historical Fiction set in 1500s, 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



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Book One: Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014: A Tor.Com Original Ebook only, approved for length in post 4353
Book Two: 3: Blindsight by Peter Watts has a main page genre of Science Fiction and is set in the Kuiper Belt, which is in the extreme outer edge of our solar system.
**Goodreads Author**
25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group Books
(view spoiler)
1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King was a past SRC Group Reads book. It it not a re-read.
**Goodreads Author**
2. Brick Lane by Monica Ali was #19 on the UK "This Week" list generated Jan 24, 2015.
THIS POST:
Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 4
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 970
Tasks Completed: 57
Pages: 26216
Books: 76
GRA Tickets: 41
BB Tickets: [500+:7][750+:0][1000+:0]
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10.4. Let's Go! Travel
Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands - travel is the top genre
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 415
Tasks: 29
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 10
Books: 34