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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
4. Read a biography: Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
5. Read electronic form: First Drop of Crimson (audiobook)
Jeaniene Frost = GR Author
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total GR Author tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
15.7 Directionally ChallengedNorth of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
This Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1x2, 1000=0
Kimber20.5 Off To War
Option A : The Birth House by Ami McKay. (ok'd in help thread msg 36)
AMI MCKAY IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 8
Total points: 95
Goodread authors: 5
Jodi230.5 Christmas Carolling
Throwaway(Away in the Manger)
Wish(We Wish you a Merry Christmas)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
15.5 All Shiny and NewThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a new author for me; she is a GR author, too.
The book was published 3/22/2011.
Points: 15
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 13
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1)
5.5. All Around the World:
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring:Scandal in Spring
by Lisa Kleypas (there are flowers in the lower left corner where the title is written)***Lisa Kleypas is a goodreads author***
20.8 ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I):
The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake (the book as ME in the title)
25.3 A Series in Your Stocking:
book 1: I read
which is the Christmas story in the Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas ***Lisa Kleypas is a goodreads author***
book 2: I read Again The Magic by Lisa Kleypas which is the prequel for the Wallflower Series.
***Lisa Kleypas is a goodreads author***
25.7 Name Train:
book 1: I started with "S" which is what my readerboard name Sassafrass ends with and read Something Different by S.A. Reid
book 2: S.A. Reid's name ends in "D", so I read Imprinted by Darcy Sweet
***S.A. Reid is a Goodreads author***
***Darcy Sweet is a Goodreads author***
25.9 My Favorite Genres:
Option 2 - Urban Fantasy: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Option 3 - Mystery: Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
***Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads author***
***Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 105
Total Points in Challenge: 350
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
This book fits option C as 2 of the 4 daughters Leah & Adah are twins.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
DebraT20.9 Lucky Me! Honoring the Grands
Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill
Features senior citizen Dr. Siri Paiboun
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30.6 The Many Facets of Earth
Rolled 6 and 5
UR by Stephen King
Option 5: Audiobook. Length approved in eBook Verification Thread, Msg 469.
Hexed by Kevin Hearne
Option 6: Book is 2nd in a series
Kevin Hearne is a GoodReads Author
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30.7 Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
Results: Heads and Tails
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Love this cover because I like the title and it looks spooky.
Melissa Marr is a GoodReads Author
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Do not like this cover because I'm not into cars and title has word "lawyer" in it. I don't generally like court-room dramas.
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads Author
This post: 80 points
Total to date: 95 points
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kathy G.30.3- DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Option A-- Add one letter to a word---
***World in first title---- Worlds in second title***
Fire World by Chris D'Lacey
Claiming Big Book--- 576 pages
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Total Points- 45
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- (500+)- 1
Post 140 Need to claim big book ticket for Keys to the Demon Prison30.5 Christmas Caroling
Good King Wenceslas- Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimmo
Joy to the World- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Points this post: 30
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Readername = Beth Lynn30.4. I rolled 2 dice, a 3 and a 2.
First dice odd = Authors name contains double consonants
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (Goodreads author). 375 pages.
Second dice even = Title has a word with double letters
The Hollow by Jessica Verday (Goodreads author). 513 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Total pages: 1684
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX15.9 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)I am claiming a Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 275
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: Read a book with the words "angel" or "heaven" in the title
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) (2010) by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 480 pages)
Goodreads Author : Cassandra Clare
60 + 15 = 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 60+15=75
Books read: 5
Pages Read: 1925
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
20.10 Group Read 
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.1 ITS THE LATEST THING - The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose***GR Author***
5.2 THAT BUGS ME -
by Jostein GaarderBig Book 518 pgs
5.4 LET'S CALL IT A GOAL - The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Novel by Sharyn McCrumb
This book was set in NC Mtns and that is where I want to spend more time this year.
5.6 OTHER PEOPLE LIKED IT WHY NOT ME - Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Nominated in Historical Fiction Category
15.10 10 SWEET - Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
***GR Author***
20.2 THE NUTCRACKER - Son Of Stone by Stuart Woods
Option 4 - Snow Queen - Author's name begins with S
30.3 SMALL CHANGES OR SIMPLE SWAPS -
A. Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery by Starhawk
B. No Rest for the Dead: Twenty Six Writers, One Mystery by Sandra Brown
***GR Author***
15.1 CAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER -
A. Dreaming the Dark : Magic, Sex, and Politics by Starhawk
Option A - Includes the conjunction and
B. She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler
Option C - Includes pronoun she
Points: 100
Tasks: 8
Books: 10
Pages: 3900
GR Authors: 3
Big Book 500+: 1
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks: 14
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 7457
GR Authors: 6
Big Books 500+: 1
Big Books 750+: 1
ALICIA T15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
I read Naked Heat by Richard Castle.
Just like the television show it's based on (Castle) the book is about a New York City homicide detective.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 45
10.5 It's Summertime SomewhereKing Solomon's Mines byH. Rider Haggard - takes place in South Africa
10.10 Winter Blues
Classified as Murder by Miranda James
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
a) rolled a 6 - different name I really like the name Kaitlyn so I read Kilt Dead by new-to-me author Kaitlyn Dunnett.
b) rolled a 1 - soup month Using Hot and Sour Soup (much tastier than egg drop IMHO) I read Whiskey Sour by new-to-me author J.A. Konrath
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
I obviously didn't read the rules right and ony counted one GR ticket per author, so I'm reposting only the tasks that need to have claimed tickets, but don't15.10 Sweet!
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
*Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author*
25.1 Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Book 1: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
*Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author*
Book 2: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
*Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author*
Goodreads Authors: 11
Mod
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
Category Travel & Outdoors
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
Favorite book of the season to-date
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
dragon on cover, about dragons
Alta by Mercedes Lackey10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
blue, white, black cover
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
DlmrosE
Elkins
The Worst Thing by Aaron Elkins
ElkinS
Shamini
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
total 160
Task 20.8 - ....and it's all about Me (Myself and I)
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 10
Challenge total = 235
Task 20.8 - ....and it's all about Me (Myself and I)
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 10
Challenge total = 235
Edit: sorry about the double post....not sure why that happened.
30.1 Re-repost***Rolled 2&3
2. cozy mystery-
by Janice Bennett3. hot male cover-
by Lauren DaneBoth authors are new to me.
Season total: 315
5.8. Jump! Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Snow Blind - 304 pages
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0
Boston Kate5.3 Round Here...
the round item is the gold clockwork piece behind the title (approved in help thread)
20.9 Honoring the Grands
Option C: Twelfth Night (read as part of Complete Works of William Shakespeare)
Viola and Sebastian are twins (approved in help thread)
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1: Jacob Have I Loved
Option C: Swap "I" for "A"
Book 2: A Clash of Kings
(approved in help thread)
Points this post: 55
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
5.8 Jump! The Game by Diana Wynne Jones
has 176 pages, divided by 4=44
15.10 Sweet!
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
(Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
KIM NY30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Book 1: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
C: SWAP one letter in a word in the title
Book 2: Maid for the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello
*SWAPPED the "M"in Millionaire for a "B" for Billionaire
Points this post: 30
Total points for challenge: 185
MARY M5.7 Third stone from the sun
Silence
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Tasks completed 3
Points for this task 5
Total points 20
Books read 3
Christie Guatemala15.5 All Shiny and New
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a new-to-me author.
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 2
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes One Step Behind by Henning Mankell (400 pgs; main character, Kurt Wallander, is a police detective)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Total pages read: 1200
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.10 Group Read: The Color Purple by Alice Walker.My comment is #5
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 370
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 20
GR Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Readerboard name: Danielle Louise20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
B. Put on your Woolies - The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 895
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Jayme(theghostreader)Task 20.2 Connie's task The Nutcracker
Option 1 "The Penultimate Peril" by Lemony Snicket.
There are three main characters under the age of 18: Violet (15), Klaus (13), and Sunny (2).
Task Completed: 6
Books Completed: 6
GR Authors: 1, Diane Chamberlain
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 65/985
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its CoverI got 1 tails and 1 heads.
1.
by Stieg LarssonThe little girl on the cover looks so creepy. It's definitely not a cover that I'd normally like but when you finish the book, it totally makes sense. Great story!
Claiming a Big Book Ticket - 574 pages
2.
by Laurie Faria StolarzBlue is my favorite color. It looked dark and intriguing. I liked the story but I couldn't really get into it and felt somehow to old to care about teenagers.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 85 points
KIRA20.3
I read The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
The Title Has 4 words starting with the letters: T P O S
Anagrams could be: POST STOP POTS TOPS OPTS
Points This Post = 20
Points Total = 25
Mod
I chose option B and read How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor
Word "happy" in title, listed in task description as acceptable variation of "happily."
My favorite fairy tale right now is the one that says I will actually disengage from work and retire this year!
30.2 Sheila’s Task: One Author – Two Series
I read 2 books by David Baldacci.
Book 1. I read First Family, the 4th book in the Michelle Maxwell/Sean King series.
Book 2. I read The Camel Club, the first book in the Camel Club series (5 books in the series to date)
Total points: 135
Nick KY5.8 Jump! House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, 512 pages, which is evenly divisible by 4: Fun with Math -- 2x4x4x4x4 = 512
Claiming one Big Book for House of Suns
Task Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
Pages Read: 5,768
Big Books: 500+ (3)
30.6 Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTHBook 1: Sticks & Stones by Jamie Craig
I rolled 1 (Book has three words in the title).
Book 2: Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
I rolled 4 (this book is an autobiography)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 11
10.10 The Winter Blues
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.4- Happy New Year!4. I read Prove It by Chris Owen, which was a gift from my secret Santa from another group.
15.1- Cause Knowledge Is Power!
I read All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello which fulfills A and C.
10.6- Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
I read Silent Heat by Vonna Harper. The heroine of the book is a gardener. (per-approved in ebook thread)
*Lisa Mondello is a GR author*
Points for this post- 45
Total points- 140
GR authors- 4
Keltie Lee5.4. Let’s Call it a Goal!
The G-Free Diet by Elizabeth Hasselbeck
I recently found out I am celiac, I my resolution is to eat completely gluten-free in the new year.
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a 2 and a 4.
For 2 I read:
Digital Fortress(500) by Dan BROWN
and
For 4 I read:
unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin
Points this post: 35
Total points: 105
Tasks: 7
Books: 8
Goodread authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.4 Resolutions-5. Take a trip to Sri Lanka and England: Reef by Romesh GunesekeraSeason total: 335
Jessica PDX15.2 - Make It Work
by Tasha Alexander (Goodreads Author)
by Mark SealBoth books were approved in the task thread.
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 290
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Sandy MN25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lovin' by Janet EvanovichSet around Valentine's Day
**Goodreads Author - 2 points**
Total Points:255
Total GR Authors: 8
10.8 - HIDDEN GEMS(book with less than 1000 Goodreads ratings)
A Life That Fits by Heather Wardell (Goodreads author) with 129 ratings
25.9 - MY FAVORITE GENRES
(2 books from series from 2 different genres)
4: Adventure/Thriller
Explosive Eighteen from the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads author)
5: Romance
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady from the Hellions of Halstead Hall series by Sabrina Jeffries (Goodreads author)
30.1 - UNIQUE WINTER HOLIDAYS
I rolled a 3 and a 2.
3: book with a male (preferably a HOT one) on the cover
by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)2: a cozy mystery
A New Leash on Death by Susan Conant (a new to me author)
Points this post = 65
Goodreads authors this post = 4
TOTAL POINTS = 205
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS = 9
5.10 EARTHI read:
by Nora Roberts, whose last name starts with "R".Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 5
5.3. Round Here...... Read a book with something round or oval on the cover.
by Stephen GreenblattThere are a circular portrait and a round seal on the cover.
15.1. Cause Knowledge is Power!
Read ONE book that fits two of the categories:
A. Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains a coordinating conjunction: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
B. Unpack Your Adjectives- Read a book with a superlative adjective in the title/subtitle: Best, Worst, Biggest, "Most + adjective", etc. (Greatest)
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/985
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Books Read: 11/79
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0