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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Vicki5.10 Who's your muse -
Book of my choice
In the Dark
by Richard Laymon
25.8 Merry Saturnalia
Book 1: Book of choice
Old Flames by Jack Ketchum
Book 2: Option 1 - winter landscape
by Ronald Malfithis post:
30 pts
Total:
290 pts
15 GRA
Task # 30.7 – Catherine T’s task – Hang the Christmas Stockings With CareI rolled 4 and 1
Option 1 – Satsuma - Bright Orange cover
✔ – 13 Feb 15Approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4 – Luxury Item – a book I’ve wanted to read for a long time
I have heard about this book for ages and never read it before.
The Phantom Tollbooth ✔ – 14Feb15
AR Bookfinder data: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7.0
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 380 points
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Option A – “Let it snow”: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the song title “LET IT SNOW
by Tina Seskis LET IT SNOWOption B – “The fire is so delightful…”: Read a book that has FIRE intact in the book title
FIRE is second word in titlePoints this post: 25
Total points: 970
BellaGBeartask 5.9 Urania: Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
>point 5
task 10.3 National days: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. This book happens in Iran
>points: 10
task 20.7 Back to high school: option 2, assigned reading. A Tale of Two Cities. This book was found on page 1, number 28
points: 20
Total points this post: 35
total points: 465
10.9 Get to Know the AuthorAllegiant by Veronica Roth
This was on page 3 of the list.
***Veronica Roth is a Goodreads author
***This is a Big Book at 526 pages
15.9 Public Enemy
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
This book has "Crime" on the main page.
***This is a big book at 631 pages
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 220
HINA5.2 - Clio - Read a book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" on its main page. Other genres that fit into these genres will also work. Ex: Military History, Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, etc.
The Naked Earl by Sally MacKenzie.
Historical Romance ~84 Users on main page genre.
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 1005
Total Goodreads Authors: 51
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Queenbee Darlene5.10 Who's Your Muse? Book of your choice
Defending Jacob by William Landay (GRA) Defending Jacob
5 Points
Total Points this post: 5
Total Points: 195
GRA: 7
HINA25.4 - Bluemoon's task: EGYPTIAN DEITIES -
Option A: The Billionaire Falls by Melody Anne.
Fall in title
Option C: Rich Man's Fake Fiancée by Catherine Mann.
1st in Landis Brothers Series and not a reread for me.
**Melody Ane is a goodreads author.**
**Catherine Mann is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 1030
Total Goodreads Authors: 53
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Scooter&Siam 25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
Pick 2 options and read 1 book from each. This is a TWO book task.
Option 1. Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
REQUIRED: State the name of older book that you have read by this author.
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you.
Option 1: Read Medusa by Clive Cussler who I have read before: Sacred Stone is the one I read before. Medusa is not a re-read.
Option 2: Read Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos. The author is new to me.
I am claiming Marko Kloos as a GRA Author.
Total this post: 25
Total overall: 175
GRA authors: 5
Big Books: 2
Tasks: 13
Julia103Task 15.7 - Creature Feature
Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (dragon in title)
Sharon Lee is a Goodreads Author
Post total: 15 points, 1 GRA
Challenge total: 670 points
Total GRA: 16
Total BB tickets: 6
Oma12295.6-Melpomene
Read a book found on the Causes of Ugly Crying list.
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Claiming this as Big Book with 756 pages
This book was listed as #79 on page 1 of the Causes of Ugly Crying List.
5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
Flambards by K.M. Peyton
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10.0
Total Points- 295/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 21/59
Number of GR authors-(11)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages () 750+pages (2)
Oma122910.1-A Random Trip Back in Time.
The random number that I rolled was 37. The needed year of publication was 1978.
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Subtract the random number generated from 2015, and read a book first published in the resulting year.
Total Points- 305/1045
Number of Tasks Completed 22/59
Number of GR authors-(11)
Number of Big Books- 500 pages () 750+pages (2)
RACHEL CA: 75 pts total10.05
nonfiction like to know more about
Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives by John Elder Robison (Asperger Syndrome) John Elder Robison is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
15.04
Book 1 - first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
This Is Ridiculous This Is Amazing: Parenthood in 71 Lists by Jason Good (published April 2014) Jason Good is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Book 2 - book #1 in a series. (series, #1)
The Complaints (Malcolm Fox, #1) by Ian Rankin
15.06
Memoir
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
15.09
Crime genre
Any Other Name by Craig Johnson (Crime)
20.06
different continent than the one you are
Death on the Rocks by Deryn Lake (set in Europe--I'm in North America)
non-fiction parenting self help book
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W Greene (nonfiction parenting)
Points: 75
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CHANDNI30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
Option 3: Read a book that you have been highly anticipating.
I read The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey.
Option 4: Read a debut book by an author.
I read Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
Christopher Paolini is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
Eragon has 503 pages - **Claiming one Big Book ticket**
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 20
Completed Tasks: 14
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 4] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Elizabeth PTask 30.5 - Atlantis
Option One: Book that has connection to Atlantis
Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly is a *Goodreads Author*
Option Two: Genre dystopia on main page
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 485
Total Tasks: 29
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 37
ChrisEverest15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Book 1 - Greek Mythology Names
Author - Chloe Aridjis
Asunder
Book 2 - set in Mediterranean Country : Italy
Delayed Death: Temptation in Florence #1
Beate Boeker is a GRA
25.8--Merry Saturnalia!Book One-- your first book for this task can be any book of your choice, as long as it meets general SRC requirements.
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica GR AUTHOR
Book Two-- Read a book with the genre Science Fiction on it’s main page (may be embedded), with a setting that is primarily extra-terrestrial.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225
GR Authors: 9
BB (750): 1
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right1) 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.
It did not fit in 30.8 Option 4, An oldie, but hopefully a goldie because it was less than 250 pages
Slaughterhouse-Five
Booke added: Jan 06 2014
I became Goodreads member: July 2013
2) Try, Try Again - Read a book you started once upon a time but didn't finish. El Aleph – Borges
The book is not a re-read. I tries to read it in March, 2014.
The Aleph and Other Stories
3) Pick a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees and winners.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Nominated in fiction category. The book is not a reread-
Current post:
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 240
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Marika20.3 Caroling, Caroling
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
*Carol: Christmas Time is Here ("time" is the word being matched)
**Ruth Ozeki is a Goodreads Author.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 8
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Dakimel5.1 - Calliope
I read Rumi: A New Translation
10.2. A New Year and a New Number
I read Wife in Disguise
(250 pages)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
For Option 1 I read Great Expectations which I first read in high school (graduated 1988) and was happy to find I liked it a lot more now!
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key
For option 2 I read If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, which is 231st on the Twists list (page 3)
For option 4 I read
, which was approved message 17430.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
For option B I read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
For option C I listened to
TALLY:
This post - 95 points
Total - 845
15.10 All I want for Christmas is URead a book with a word that begins with the letter "U" in the title or subtitle.
I read Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks complete: 12
Books read: 12
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
CathyG25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats off to Translators
You must read TWO books, one answering the criteria for Book 1 and the other fulfilling the criteria for Book 2.
Book 1: A Nod to the Romans
Read a book originally written in one of the Romance languages (originally derived from Latin) that has been translated into English.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Goodreads Author
in Portuguese
Book 2: And to the Greeks
Read a book originally written in one of the following languages use a different alphabet than the one common to English.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
in Japanese
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Choose TWO different options below and read a book that meets the requirements for each option.
Option A – “Let it snow”: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the song title “LET IT SNOW”. Lauren Willig
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig
Goodreads Author
Option C – “As long as you love me so…”: Read a book with Romance listed as a genre on the book’s main page. Embedded genres, such as Historical Romance or Paranormal Romance, will also work.
Invitation to Seduction by Jasmine Haynes
Goodreads Author
approved post #4295
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
REQUIRED: State the options you chose and any other required elements when you post.
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.
30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman
For this task you will read TWO books from DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
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).
3. Read a book that you have been highly anticipating.
Doesn’t fit 30.9 because number 7 in series
Burned by Karen Marie Moning
Goodreads Author
Not a reread
3) Jump on the Bandwagon - Pick 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.
2014 YA Fantasy and Science Fiction
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Goodreads Author
Not a reread
5) Be Resolved - pick a resolution and read a non-fiction book that will help you reach your goal or learn more of what you need to know to reach that goal.
REQUIRED: State your resolution and if it's not clear from the title or GR description how the book you read relates to that resolution. Also, state that it is not a reread when you post.
Cavewomen Don't Get Fat: The Paleo Chic Diet for Rapid Results by Esther Blum
Resolution to eat healthier and lose some weight
This is not a reread
Points this post: 100
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500= ,750=0, 1000=0
ColetteGTask 30.7 Rolled 1 & 3 Hang the stockings with Care
1. Book with bright orange cover The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
3. Author's intials in CHOCOLATE
Ware of the Wives By Tamar Cohen (T &C)
Cindy FTask 5.2 Clio
Lucrezia Borgiaby John Faunce
Points this post:5
Total points:85
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(1)
Boston Kate10.5 Older and Wiser
My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut
I wanted to learn to be more creative in the kitchen.
There are more than 100 pages of text in this book.
20.2 Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 3:
there are pink post-it notes on the cover
30.5 Atlantis
Option 2: The Scorch Trials
"dystopia" listed on main page
Option 3: The Magician King
"magician" is the word from the song
Points this post: 60
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
10.5 Older and WiserStrategic Communications for Nonprofit Organization: Seven Steps to Creating a Successful Plan by Sally J. Patterson
I'm a communications professional working for a nonprofit, so I read this to gain some practical knowledge on communications planning specifically in the nonprofit sector.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: (1) All the Light We Cannot See, Tom Jones, A Prayer for Owen Meany (2) - (3) -
Margaret L25.9: Narcissus and Echo
I chose Narcissus
Option A: A book written in first person
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld; this is not a re-read.
First sentence that demonstrates perspective: "Crows, their beaks shining, strutting and rasping, and when I waved my stick they flew to the trees and watched, flaring out their wings, singing, if you could call it that."
Option B: A book with word "I" in the title
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng; this is not a re-read.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Posted by Peakles*** REPOST of Post 3031 for ebook verification of Option 5 below ***
30.9 - Delicious Dee's Task: You Are An Ironman.
Option 3 - A book I've been highly anticipating.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
#1 in the MaddAddam series.
**** Margaret Atwood is a GRA ****
Option 5: Book with letters S,A,L,T in the title.
Clark's Story by Diane Adams
#4 in The Making of a Man series.
Approved for length in Message 4366 of
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
**** Diane Adams is a GRA ****
Total points: 220
Total GRA: 8
Captain America Girl10.10. A New Blog for a New Year
I read True Grit by Charles Portis. It was reviewed at https://bfgb.wordpress.com/2011/09/15....
20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
I chose option 1, and read The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson. It is set in medieval Germany.
Melanie Dickerson is a GR Author.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 480
Books Read: 35
Tasks Complete: 24
GR Authors: 15
HINA10.2. A New Year and a New Number - Read a book with the number of pages consisting of digits found in 2015.
Acting On Impulse (Midnight Fantasies) by Vicki Lewis Thompson.
Paperback version is 250 pages and I will be reading the kindle version.
**Vicki Lewis Thompsonis a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 1040
Total Goodreads Authors: 54
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kimber15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Book 1: Me & Mr. Write by Cassandra P. Lewis (Goodreads Author)
* I found "Cassandra" on the Greek Mytho Names list, spelled exactly as the spelling of above author
Book 2: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran (goodreads author)
* More than 50% of novel set in Italy
This task: 15 points
# tasks completed: 30
gra: 30
New total points: 585
30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the FunI rolled a 4, so I read 2 books published in 2013: The Light in the Ruins Chris Bohjalian is a *****GR Author*****
and Compound Fractures.
4. PUBLICATION YEAR: Read 2 books that were first published in the same year.
pointsL 320
Books read: 25
tasks completed: 19
GR authors: 9
Big books 2(500)
pages read: 8658
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 REPOST - Deployment
Option Three: Romance is a main page genre
Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
This book is not a reread.
Readerboard Name: StephanieB30.7 Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
Rolled 1 and 4
Geek Love
(bright orange book cover)
&
Lila
(book I wanted to read for a long while)
30.8 Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
Option 3 (Double Rainbow)--two characters identify as gay
&
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Option 4 Oldie but Goodie. Joined GR 5/2012 added to read May 2012
Total Points this Post:60
Total Points: 270
Total GR Author This Post: 1
Total GR Authors: 8
Total BB Posts (500+) this Post: 0
Total BB Posts (500+): 1
Lacy Susanne15.8 Under My Thumb
Read a book that has a human hand on the cover that shows a thumb.
by Sara FarizanTotal points635
Books read:46
Completed Tasks:31
Pages Read:13,547
Goodreads Authors:26
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)
SHELLEY UT20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years
Option 3: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 23
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.10 - Who's Your Muse?Sea Glass by ***Goodreads Author Maria V. Snyder
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Bea - January and Janus
Option 2 - Historical fiction
The Winter Sea by ***Goodreads Author Susanna Kearsley set in the early 1700s. I listened to the audiobook, the paperback (The Winter Sea) is 527 pages, so I'm claiming a Big Book.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 40/1045
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readboard Name: StephanieB15.8 Under My Thumb
Shows a thumb
Yes Please
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Option 2: Read a book whose title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites (Truth/Faith).
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Total Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 305
GR Tickets: 8
Big Book: 1
15.6 My Way.February 17 is My Way Day. Read a memoir or autobiography- a non-fiction account of the author's OWN personal life and experiences.
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 300
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
50.1 - Teri-K's Task: Let's Start the New Year Off RightOption 1.
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I wanted to use this for 30.9, option 4, because it's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie debut book. But it doesn't fit that task because it's not part of a series.
Option 2.
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
This is not a re-read. I read about 100 pages of this novel in 2004 and then gave up. So glad to have finally read the whole thing!
**At 561 pages, The Satanic Verses is a BIG BOOK, worth one ticket.**
Option 5.
Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton
This is not a re-read. I resolved to better understand literary theory to assist me in my book review writing. This book was a great chronological overview of literary theory.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: (1) All the Light We Cannot See, Tom Jones, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Satanic Verses (2) - (3) -
ESHAY20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 2: Science Fiction
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
The book takes place around the year 5270, 3000 years after Ender's Game link
THIS POST: 20
TOTAL: 130
TASKS: 7
GRA: 2
BB: 500() 750() 1000()
Paula30.2 - Hina's task: Homer's Odyssey
Both books must be at least 300 pages long.
Option 1: Read a book that has "Classics" on its main page.
I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt ★★★★★. 386 pages.
Option 5: Read a book that was first published in a year that contains an 8.
I read Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ★★★★★. Published in 1856. 329 pages.
Points this post: 30
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Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 17
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 Dragon and the Raven by G.A. Henty
Task: 15
Total: 875
MB5.10 what's your muse - read a book of your choice
Butchers Hill: A Tess Monaghan Novel by Laura Lippman
10.5 older and wiser - non-fiction make you wiser - The Sensory Child Gets Organized: Proven Systems for Rigid, Anxious, or Distracted Kids by Carolyn Dalgliesh
I wanted to know more about Sensory Processing Disorder.
15.8 Under my thumb - a human hand with thumb on cover
by Laurie R. King20.3 caroling caroling - title that includes word from carols
by Hazel Gaynor song is I’ll Be Home For Christmas. word is home
20.7 shorter is sweeter - option 3 - best of YA
by Marie Luyear 2014 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee
25.9 narcissus and echo - narcissus - option A first person -
by Alan Bradley - book is new to mefirst sentence - If you're anything like me, you adore rot.
option c - one person on the cover -
by Erin Hart book is new to metotal points this post 95
total points 280
total books read 21
total tasks completed 6
babbling c25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book One
Five Glass Slippers: A Collection of Cinderella Stories kindle - Five Glass Slippers paperback pgs 370 by Elisabeth Brown, Emma Clifton, Rachel Heffington, Stephanie Ricker, Clara Diane Thompson
Emma Clifton is a GRA
Book Two
1. Saturnalia is a winter holiday, so read a book that shows an outside winter landscape complete with snow. Required: Include the cover in your post.
One Frosty Night kindle - One Frosty Night - paperback pgs 384 by Janice Kay Johnson
Janice Kay Johnson is a GRA
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 14
Good Read Authors: 17
Big Books: 0
******
Pages read this season: 6,548
Books read this season: 20
******
Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Dakimel10.3. National Days
I read Silence Once Begun which is set in Japan
25.10 -- Lois's task: Book Group Books
I read for Book 1 Annihilation for my Rooster Book Club
I read for Book 2 Jackaby which I found as #29 on 'this week / US' on 1/21/15
30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me… I rolled 2 & 4
For option 2 I read Queen of Hearts
For option 4 I read The Ship of Love
TALLY:
This post - 65 points
Total - 910
Pamela326515.6 My Way
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 555
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
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
BEKKA - 25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!Option B: For this task, I read “Heir of Fire” by Sarah J. Maas since it has the word “Fire” intact in the title.
Option C: For this task, I read “Crown of Midnight” by Sarah J. Maas since it has “Romance” listed as a genre on the book’s main Goodreads Page.
Sarah J. Maas is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that. Also, “Heir of Fire” has 526 pages, so I’m claiming a Big Books ticket as well.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 205
Pages Read this Challenge: 980
Total Pages Read to Date: 5273
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
MEGSCL5.8 - Terpsichore
Frog Music main character is a French burlesque dancer
**GRA ticket for Emma Donoghue
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!
Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice: Author’s name does not include any letters of SLUMP
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 480
Tasks: 32
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 12
Books: 39
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Bite Me by Christopher Moore
+5 Points
5.6 - Melpomene
Ugly Crying List #155 on 2/15/2015
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
+5 Points
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling …
O Holy Night (night):
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
+20 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 435