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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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5.7. Third stone from the sun. Vowed in Shadows by Jessa Slade – 3rd in series
5.10. EARTH
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
20.10 Group Read
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - Discussion posts #3 & #6
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
Book A, Option 3. Royal Wedding
The Princess's White Knight by Carla Cassidy – Vegas wedding is central to plot
Book B, Option 5. Occupy Wall Street
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews – Atlanta
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 110
KIM NY20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
4. Save Money/Manage Debt: This book was a free e-book.
What the Heart Wants by Kelli McCracken.
Points for this post: 20
Total points for challenge: 205
5.3 Round hereThe Taste of Salt
Martha Southgate
Goodreads Author
Points: 5
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
Points: 10
Total Points this post: 15
Total Points this challenge: 55
5.10. EARTH:
Anthony BarnhartAuthor's name begins with an A
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3. Round Here:
Cover shows a round timpiece
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 12 (R.E. Washingtonis a GR author)
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.6 - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!
Specifically approved on the help thread:
The Natural History of Unicorns (2009) by Chris Lavers (Hardcover, 258 pages)
75 + 20 = 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 75+20=95
Books read: 6
Pages Read: 2183
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker Tried out for 4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Author's first name begins with one of these letters S, N, O, W.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors total: 2
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
10.7. Featuring EarthRead a book with the word "EARTH" in the title, subtitle, or series title. As long as all the letters in the word "earth" appear intact, the book will work.
The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson
This Post: 10
Total Points: 120/985
Tasks Completed: 13/57
Books Read: 13/79
Delicious Dee
Last Post 592
10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu - both Fiji and Vanuatu are in the southern hemisphere
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
- there are 2 pots of flowers on the cover, on either side of the door10.7 Featuring Earth
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
15.4 Go Green
Option b - Khyber Run - Amber Green (GR Author)
Option C -
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
If I Stay
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa
Option 1 - Lori and Laurie - approved in the task help thread
A. A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King (GR Author)
B. When You Dare - Lori Foster (GR Author)
Total Points This Post: 90
Total Points Overall: 300
Books Completed: 25
Tasks Complete: 19
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickers: 500(0), 750(1), 1000(0)
Hettie10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
Dragonquest which features dragons
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
Option A - Book about WW2
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There
30.2 Sheila’s Task: One Author – Two Series
Author chosen is Anne McCaffrey
Book 1: Freedom's Choice which is the second book in the Catteni series
Book 2: Dragonsong 1st book in the Pern: Harper Hall series
Points this post 60
Total points 60
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!: I did the one book option and used a book that had both option A (conjunction) and option C (pronoun) in the tittle and read No One but Madison by Doreen Orsini--pronoun no one and conjunction but.***Doreen Orsini is a Goodreads author***
20.5 Off to War: I chose option B and read Spoils of WAR by Kari Gregg fulfilling the task requirement by having "war" in the title
***Kari Gregg is a Goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 35
Total Points in Challenge: 420
Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Task 5.9 Trash to TreasureI selected a book from my friend Jenn Mercado, rated 2 star. It is on her 'read' shelf, on the first page.
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Task 15.2 Make it work
I chose one from each option
1)A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya by Stephen Venables
2)A Golden Sorrow: Katherine Howard & Katherine Parr by Dixie Atkins-
Task 15.3 Winter Wonderland
1)This World We Live in by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
This book has a winter cover:
2)I chose Mount Everest as my wonder of the world.
Climbing High by Lene Gammelgaard
Points these tasks:35
Total Points:215
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book Tickets:0
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover I got 2 tails on the coin toss so read two books with what I felt were unattractive covers.
AND 
both by Lisa GardnerTotal Points = 330
20.9 Honoring The GrandsA Simple Amish Christmas by Vannetta Chapman
D: religion genre
* Goodreads Author Vannetta Chapman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
GR authors: 3
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks done: 8
Books read: 8
Jessica PDX10.8 - Hidden Gems
This book currently has 108 ratings.
by Morag JossPoints this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 320
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ - 1; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
10.5 It's Summer SomewhereA Separate Peace
The story centers around the events of a summer session at Devon School.
Points: 10
Total Points: 165
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500 (1)
Janice CA30.5 Christmas Carolling......
"We Three Kings Of Orient Are"
Three Little Words byAshley Rhodes-Courter
4 stars
and
King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz
3 stars
+30
total: 90
tasks: 6
books: 7
GR Authors: 2
Jayme(theghostreader)20.4 Author, Author Happy New Year
Option 1 Get Fit/Lose Weight-
"The End" by Lemony Snicket.
This book has been on my TBR list forever. So I am trimming the fat off my TBR list by reading it.
Task Completed: 7
Books Completed: 7
GR Authors: 1, Diane Chamberlain
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 85/985
25.3 A Series in Your Stocking--one holiday read, one non-holiday read, same series: Sweet Masterpiece 1st in the Sweet's Sweets Series by Connie Shelton(Goodreads Author)
Hit enter by mistake. Continuing task 25.3 with Sweet Holidays by Connie Shelton (Goodreads Author)Season total: 360
Jenny Chicago Task 5.4 Lets Call it a Goal: I read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. I read this book to help bring myself more happiness in 2012. Also to help me get my small business up off the ground.
Points this Post 5
Total Points 15
30.4 Donna Jo - Double or Nothinga) rolled a 1 - author whose name contains double consonants - Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris - published 2002
b) rolled a 5 - title contains consecutive words that begin with the same letter - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells - first published in 1844
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
25.9 Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite GenresOption 1 (YA): Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
***BIG BOOK*** (551 pages)
and
***GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Option 6 (Historical Fiction): The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 175
Total GR Author tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 3
ERIN MNTask 5.7: The Last Word by Ellery Adams (book #3 in Books by the Bay Mystery series)
*Ellery Adams is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the GrandsFor A, I read Regina's Closet
by Diana Rabb.Total Points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2686
Queenarwen25.5 - Movies - Ruining the Book
Option B: Stay Home; Read the Book:
I read The Help
(4.45/75%) as stated in the task directions.Kathryn Stockett is a GR author.
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After:I chose Option B and read HAPPILY Even AFTER by Lena Matthews--which has both Happily and After in the title.
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 440
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 24
GR Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Kristi CO15.5 All Shiny and New
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tammy AZ15.8 What's Indie Next - The Hypnotist from the July 11 Indie Next list.
This is a big book with 528 pages.
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 65
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise15.5 - All Shiny and New
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
My first SAA book. It was published in March 2011.
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1183
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
5.5 All Around the WorldA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
First published 1843
20.8 ...and it's all about ME (Myself and I)
Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf
Michele Hauf is a Goodreads author
This Post: 25
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
DebraT30.3 Small Changes for Simple Swaps
The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman
My choice
Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
Option A: Added "C" to "Old"
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 145 points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
MASANOBU10.8: Hidden Gems:
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda.
It had 336 ratings when I selected it for this task (now it has 349 ratings).
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Big Books: 2 [750 (1)]
Goodreads Authors: 1
5.5 - All Around the WorldA book set during the reign of Queen Victoria:
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
Total points 125
RACHEL CA: 60 pts total10.09 EARTH SIGNS Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin (born Aug 29)
Points: 10
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Christie Guatemala20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
Evening by Susan Minot
I picked resolution 4: Save Money/Manage Debt. I got this book for free from a workplace library.
Susan Minot is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 3
20.1. - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside option D:
by Sara GruenPoints this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors total: 2
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
Sandy MN15.5 All Shiny and New
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Published in August 2011
**Goodreads Author**
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a 4 and a 6
4 -Autobiography
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
6 - Second Book in Series
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 300
Total GR Authors: 10
Finished:10.3 Here, There Be Dragons:
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George has both the word dragon and a picture of one on the cover.
10.9 Earth Signs:
Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons, who was born 9 January.
15.3 Winter Wonderland:
A. Sweet Inspiration by Penny Watson is set just before Christmas and takes place partly at the North Pole. It features Santa's sons (who are potty-mouthed and full of themselves).
B. The Siege of Rhodes by Nanami Shiono takes place on the Island of Rhodes, which had one of the Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus which stood in the harbor. This book takes places years later and features a decisive battle between the Knights and the Turks.
20.3 Best Review--Chris MD's Task--Words Among Friends:
The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleonby Robert Darnton. The anagram is Width.
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 245
Chris MD15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Mr. Whicher was one of Scotland Yard's first detectives.
15.7 Directionally Challenged
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
The title contains the word "North."
Urrea is a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
Points for this post: 15 + 15 = 30
Total points: 50 + 30 = 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
20.10 Group ReadThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Posted in discussion thread, message 10.
Total points: 60
haven't had a chance to post some of my reads so far, so there are 5 tasks covered in this post!20.5 Off to War
chose option B and read The Last Battle (has the word "battle" in the title)
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
chose option B and read After the Plague: Stories (has the word "after" in the title)
20.10 Group Reads
chose to read The Color Purple and posted in the thread (message 11)
25.4 On This Day in History
A. December #2: The Moon Is Always Female: Poems ("moon" in the title)
C. February #1: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (witchcraft plays a large part in the plot)
30.7 Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
rolled two heads and chose Big Fish
and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
. i think both covers are just so pretty, and i actually DID judge a book by its cover when i bought them! :)
Points this post:
Total Points: 115/985
Tasks Completed: 5/57
Books Read: 8/73+
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jen UT5.3 Round Here......
Matched by Ally Condie
The girl is sitting in something round.20.2 - The Nutcracker
1. Clara and Fritz, the Stahlbaum Children:
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
AprilDT20.2 Rookie on Top-The Nutcracker
4.The SNow Queen and the Snowflakes - book by author whose first name begins with S,N,O,W
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Finally on the board20.3 Best Review
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh; 5 starsTLOF = LOFT
Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a GR author
20.8 It's My Birthday
by S.J. Watson; 4 stars - "I" in the title.30.2 Two Series
Kate Brian - author of Private and Privilege series
From the Private series, I read
; 5 starsFrom the Privilege series, I read
; 3 starsTotal Points: 20 + 20 + 30 = 70
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Kelli R 15.8 What's IndieNext?
House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home by Mark Richard
This book appears on the March '11 Indie Next List.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
20.3 Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Anagram: A C O D = CODA
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
ERIN MN15.5: A Crafty Killing by by Lorraine Bartlett (published 2/1/2011)
*Lorraine Bartlett is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
KIM NY10.8 Hidden Gems
The Guardian of Eden by Leslie DuBois. This book has 44 ratings.
Points for post: 10
Total points for challenge: 215
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January, 2: Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich. Edrich is Native American, and so are the characters in the book.
February, 1: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
***BIG BOOK*** (579 pages)
AND
***GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total GR Author tickets: 3
Big Book tickets: 2