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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - A Random Trip Back in Time
Get random number, subtract that from 2015, read a book published in resulting year
My random number was 13, book published in 2002
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini is a *Goodreads Author*
At 517 pages, good for one *Big Book Ticket*
Link: Eragon
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 2
Laura E5.7 Polyhymnia (religion as a main page genre)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Points this post: 5
Totals
Points: 20
GRA: 1
Big Books: 0
5.1 - CalliopePoems of Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova
+5 Points
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
This book fits 5.2 - Clio and 10.9. Get to Know the Author:
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
+20 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 25
5.10 - Who's Your MuseJa muita novelleja
15.9 Public Enemy
Veljensä vartija by Douglas Preston
*Douglas Preston is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
*620 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
Points this task: 20
Grand Total: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
Total Books: 2
Andy P.Task #
10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth!
Read a book with the main page genre "espionage" or "spy thriller.
by Terry Hayes Spy thriller>Espionage on mp 36 usersPoints this post: 10
Total points: 45
Jasmiina F30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Greek Key:
Option 1: Read a book with a lock and/or key on the cover.
by Terry Pratchett.Verified
Option 2: Read a book from the list Best Twists.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
Page 3 and position 260.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 40
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!Option B - Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory, a Goodreads author - fire
Option C - The Impostor by Celeste Bradley - romance
Points: 95
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!Option A: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the song title “LET IT SNOW”.
Christmas at Twilight by Lori Wilde *Goodreads Author*
Option C: Read a book with Romance listed as a genre on the book’s main page.
As You Desire by Connie Brockway *Goodreads Author*
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 90
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Didi302310.3. National Days.
Book from a country celebrating their national days in December, January, and February.
Estonia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Sofi Oksanen
Sofi Oksanen is a Goodreads author
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
TracyN20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 2: Read a fictional book from the Best Feminist Fiction list.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
#1 on list
Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Haylie#5.4 Erato
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Books read: 2
RockyNook30.1 - It's all Greek to me
Rolled a 2 and a 6
2: read a book with romance as genre on main page
Slightly Engaged - Wendy Markham
Genre Verification post #135
Wendy Markham is a Goodreads author
6: read a book with candles on the cover
- Mindy KlaskyMindy Klasky is a Goodreads author
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.8. Our Friends in Tuxedos
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "penguin."
I chose to read
by Neil Gaiman. N and G can be found in PENGUIN**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Previous point total: 15
New points this post: 10
Total points: 25
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 3
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Susan W.5.7 Polyhymnia: Read a book with the genre "Religion," "Spirituality," or "Inspirational" on its main page. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
I read The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
Inspirational is a genre on the main page (11 users)
10.3 National Days: Read a book set at least 50% in one of those countries, as noted on Winter National Days Country List. Include the name of the country in your post.
I read Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
The book is set entirely in Japan, which is on the list.
Points this post: 15
Kimber20.6 Deployment
Option 2 (main character parent)
Maternal Harbor by Marie F Martin (Goodreads Author)
This task: 20 points
# tasks submitted to date: 2
GRA: 2
New total points: 35
5.10- Who's Your Muse? Resubmitted for this task edited again for linksPeter S Beagle is a Goodreads Author
This Post
Points: 5
Goodreads Author this post: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 0
Bluegrass Pam20.6 Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad –Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing on.
Murder in Mesopotamia
I live in North America and the book is set in Iraq. It is not a reread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
JonquilOops, counted same author three times
Debbie Macomber just seems bigger than life. Sorry!!
Inaccurate tally
Points this post: NA
Total points: 250
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 13
Goodreads authors this post: NA
Total goodreads authors: 11
Corrected tally
Points this post: NA
Total points: 250
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 13
Goodreads authors this post: NA
Total goodreads authors: 9
Sorry!! :)
Repost:20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
This book fits 5.2 - Clio and 10.9. Get to Know the Author. Ken Follett is on page 5 of the interviews:
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
+20 Points
Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 25
Pamela326515.4 Ring in the New
A Rancher for Christmas by Brenda Minton (Goodreads Author)
Published 11/18/14 - #1 in Martin's Crossing Series
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:
Mod
Oops, counted same author three times
Debbie Macomber just seems bigger than life. Sorry!!
Inaccurate tally
Points this post: NA
Total points: 250
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 13
Goo..."
Jonquil, you reported 3 books by her - so you can claim 3 GRA tickets - 1 ticket per book.
NicoleS*REPOST* -this is my first challenge-can you tell?
5.5-Humor
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan *Goodreads Author
10.9-Author Interviews-Lois Lowry *page 3
The Giver by Lois Lowry *Goodreads Author
AR Quiz No. 8568 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
NicoleS10.2. Read a book with the number of pages consisting of digits found in 2015 - no repeating digits. Ex: 201, 502, 152, etc.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman *Goodreads Author
201 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Vicki20.4 - The College Years
Option3: a fiction book with a character in college
Come Monday by Mari Carr a GRA
On the Ebook approved list #416
This post: 20 pts and 1 GRA
Total: 35pts and 2 GRA
15.9 Genre "crime" The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Alexander McCall Smith is a GRA, so I'm claiming one ticket.
20.6
Option 1: Set on a different continent
I live in North America, this book is set in Africa.
This is not a re-read.
Tears of the Giraffe
Alexander McCall Smith is a GRA, so I'm claiming one ticket.
New points this post: 35
Total w/this post: 325
GRA tickets this post: 2
Total w/this post: 11
Total tasks completed:18
Total books claimed: 25
Post #: 381
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY5.1 Calliope
Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann
Christine Heppermann is a **Goodreads Author**
5.10 Who's Your Muse?
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman
[POINTS]
This Post: 5 + 5 = 10
Total Points: 120/1045
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Pages Read: 3062
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
REPOSTPost 2
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: Far Abroad
I live in N. America. Book takes place in Europe
New to me book and author
Death Comes to Pemberley
Points this post: 20
Total: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks Done:2
Becks20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 3 - The Best YA
Isla and the Happily Ever After
Required Info:
2014, Young Adult Fiction
Stephanie Perkins is a GRA
Points this post: 20
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.5 ThaliaThe genre "Humor" is on this book's main page.
Cockroaches of Staymore by Donald Harington.
20.1 January and Janus
Option 2: This book has the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page. It is set in the 20th Century in the 1930s.
Nathan Coulter: A Novel by Wendell Berry.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
10.8 "peNGuin"The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:
5.9 - Urania: Read a book with the name of a celestial object, defined as a natural object located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, a planet (excluding Earth), or stars, in the title or subtitle. Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda
25.2 - Andy P's task: Hats off to Translators:
Book 1: Read a book originally written in one of the Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or Romanian)
The Loverby Marguerite Duras (translated from original French)
Book 2: Read a book originally written in one of the following languages (Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or Russian)
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan (translated from the original Japanese)
Task: 5+25=30
Total: 95
GRA: 3
15.8 Under My ThumbA thumb on the cover: The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Dakimel25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old
I read The Sweetest Thing & Instant Temptation
Both by Jill Shalvis, both books are new-to-me in series I'd already started, so the first one fits with Option 1 (I previously read Simply Irresistible) & the second one fits with Option 4 (it's the 3rd in the Wilder series; I read the first 2 previously)
TALLY:
This task - 25 points
Total - 105
Task #15.10 All I Want For Christmas is UComing Undone by Lauren Dane
word that begins with the letter "U" in the title - Coming Undone
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Julia103Task 20.10 - Group Read
Candy Cane Murder
Joanne Fluke is a Goodreads Author
my reactions are post #19 in discussion thread
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total: 55 points
Total GRA tickets: 2
5.10- Who's Your Muse? Repost for linksThe Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle
Peter S Beagle is a Goodreads Author
This Post
Points: 5
Goodreads Author this post: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 5
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 0
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman (GR Author) - multiple posts in the discussion thread, including 3, 11, 12
25.3 -- Mrs.soule's task: Two Types of Tasks
Book A - Breathe You In - Joya Ryan (GR Author) - borrowed the ebook to read for free
Book B - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - Kresley Cole (GR Author) - Mrs Soule gave 5stars in April 2013
Points this Post: 45
Points Total: 155
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets:
30.4 Neptune's Neighbourhood. Read TWO books.Option B. Read a book whose author has a body of water in their name. Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests. This is a Big Book (566 pages)
Option C. Read a book that has a body of water on the cover, big enough to swim in. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 0
Big Books:
500+ - 1
750+ - 0
1000+ - 0
Captain America Girl*repost of 334*
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
I chose option 1 and read a publisher's advance copy of What a Devilish Duke Desires by Vicky Dreiling. I live in North America, and this book is set in Europe (England, to be exact).
This book is not a reread for me.
Vicky Dreiling is a GR Author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Sarindre25.8 Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book 1 - Choice!
The Fever by Megan Abbott
****Megan Abbott is a Goodreads Author****
Book 2 - Option 3
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
This Post
Points this Post: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Total this Season
Points: 55 / 1045
Tasks Completed: 4/60
Pages: 1449
Books: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
JUKKA15.4 Ring in the New
Book released between March 1 2014 and February 28 2015, and first in a series.
The Hollow Pilgrim by Ville Vuorela, released October 1st 2014, and first part of New Roadside Picnic. Book approved for length, line 1803 in the verification spreadsheet.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
HINA30.7 -- Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care -
I rolled 4 & 3.
Option 3: Moonspun Magic by Catherine Coulter.
CHOCOLATE
Option 4: His Wicked Promise by Samantha James.
I have been meaning to read this since 2010 and I finally got around to the series this year. This book is not a re-read for me.
**Catherine Coulter is goodreads author.**
**Samantha James is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 215
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Angie CA's task: 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!Top Secret Twenty-one by Janet Evanovich
Would also work for task 5.5 genre humor on main page or task 10.9 author interview with Janet Evanovich on GR (page 5 of interviews)
*** Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 20
Total GRA: 1
Total big book tickets: 0
HINA5.5 - Thalia - Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
Legally Wed: A Lawyers in Love Novella by N.M. Silber. Approved for Length Message 4232
Humor ~16 Users on main page genre
**N.M. Silber is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 220
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose World War II Fiction so I read
by Elizabeth WeinMy comment can be found in message # 25 of the Discussion Thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Elizabeth BRepost
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: I live in Europe and the book is set in North America (USA)
Final Lap
This book was new to me, not a re-read
Rachel NYC5.5 Thalia
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Points: 5
Total Points: 2
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 0
20.4 - Author! Author! - Gea's task: The College Years1. Read a book which is set at least 50% in a country that is part of European Union.
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
*Set in Ireland
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kim O15.9 Public Enemy: Read a book with the genre "crime" on its main book page.
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author
Points this task: 15
Big Books ticket: 0
Goodreads author ticket: 1
Totals:
Big Books: 0
Goodreads authors: 1
Books read: 2
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5.8 - Terpsichore
MC is a dancer Holiday on Ice (approved for length @ message #4225 of the verification thread)
10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time
My random number:25
2015-25(RN)=1990
(published in 1990) Mirror Image
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 1: I live in Europe and the book is set in North America Final Lap, set in US
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task:Back to High School
Option 3: We Were Liars Young Adult Fiction 2014 winner
Points:55,
Total:30+55=85