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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere
Set in the southern hemisphere- Tahiti
Frangipani: A Novel by Célestine Hitiura Vaite
15.8 What’s IndieNext?
From the May 2011 list
22 Britannia Road: A Novel by Amanda Hodgkinson
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
Option A- involves WWII The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Stacie MI's task: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option B: "after" in title: Day After Night by Anita Diamant
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa
Option 1: authors with first name spelled differently
Me, Myself and Prague: An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia by Rachael Weiss
MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
total 320
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I) Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.2 - The Nutcracker1. A book where a child is a main character:
The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison
Total points 200
10.10 The Winter BluesThe Radleys by Matt Haig
This Post: 10
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
QueenarwenTask: 30.3 - Small Changes or Simple Swaps
The book I chose was Three Days
by Donna Jo Napoli, and I chose option C - change a letter. I changed D in Days to W and read Your Wicked Ways
by Eloisa James.Both Donna Jo Napoli and Eloisa James are Goodreads Authors.
Jessica PDX5.7 - Third Stone from the Sun
by Cornelia Read (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 380
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
30.3 Small Changes, Simple Swaps: Option C (Change a letter)1. Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Changed the "R" in right to an "N", to make night.
2. Night Road by Kristin Hannah
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30/77
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1x2, 1000=0
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review Option 2: Made into a movie.
Movie = Hugo.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
Option 3: Wedding
Approved in post 21 of help thread.
The Chosen One - Carol Lynch Williams
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
15.8 What’s IndieNext?
Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke ***Goodreads Author***
On Sept. 2008 list under Mystery/Suspense.
Alafair Burke is the daughter of James Lee Burke and has evidently inherited her father novelist abilities. Excellent book.
Total Points = 495
New Goodreads Author = Alafair Burke
5.8. Jump! Juvenile Orion, Volume 1by Sakurako Gokurakuir – 208 pgs
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Cruise & Bob Mayer – white cover
10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere
Amazon Lily by Theresa Weir – Amazon jungle
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
2. Quit Smoking:
Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Stacie MI's task: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option A: Once Upon a Time
Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Favorite fairy tale = Beauty & the Beast
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 225
KIM NYRepost from #977
15.10 Sweet!: Book of choice
Making You Mine by Elizabeth Reyes
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20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Vanish by Sophie Jordan. The two main female characters are twins.
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5.7. Third stone from the sun.
A Kingdom's Cost: by J.R. Tomlin. This is part of The Douglas Trilogy.
Points these posts: 40
Total points for challenge: 310
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!I chose resolution #1 and read a book about dieting and exercise-- with a lot of funny thrown in.
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer by Jen Lancaster
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX15.3 - Winter Wonderland
Option A:
by Mary Kay AndrewsOption B:
by Deborah CrombieSet in London, home of Big Ben
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 395
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring! 
by Nora RobertsPoints this post: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors total: 1
Big Book total : 500+ = 1
Laurie ME30.1 Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays: Rolled two 1's: National Soup Month:
1. Italian Wedding Soup: Yasmine Galenorn - One Hex of a Wedding
2. Portuguese Stone Soup: Charles Todd - The Murder Stone
Points this Point: 30.
Total Points: 250.
Both Authors are new to me.
25.3 A Series In Your StockingLast Christmas and Private by Kate Brian
Don't usually add commentary but - ugh. Hated this series.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32/77
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500=3, 750=1x2, 1000=0
Task 15.1 Cause Knowledge is Poweroption A-'AND'
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
option B-'HIGHEST"
Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks by Clint Willis
Task 15.10 Sweet!
Alastair Cook: Starting Out - My Story So Far by Alastair Cook
Task 20.2 The Nutcracker
option 1:main character is under 18 years old
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Task 20.3 Words Among Friends
My anagram is BOAT
The Breaks Are Off: My Autobiography by Graeme Swann
Points these tasks:70
Total Points:285
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book Tickets:0
25.8 The Year in Review1-Read one of 100 Notable Books of the Year (NYT)
I read The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.
5-Occupy Wall Street
I read
A Little Love Story: A Novel by Roland Merullo. It takes place in Boston Mass, that had a protest on 9/30/11.
Points this post:25
Total points: 110
Tasks completed:6
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Michelle WI20.9 Honoring the Grands
Option C: book about twins (conjoined twins Ruby and Rose)
The Girls by Lori Lansens
***** Lori Lansens is a Goodreads Author *****
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Completed Tasks: 6
Joanna T15.8 Indiebound List
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Appeared on the Fall 08/Winter 09 Reading Group List; approved in the help thread
Task total: 15
Grand total: 90
TANYAPT30.7 (1 heads/ 1 tails)
cover I love, Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
- vibrant and attractive cover - and the book was just as good (or better) than the cover promised it to be).cover I hate, Zone One by Colson Whitehead
- a little boring & dark - and the book was a bit depressing & dark as well - but good, so I guess I'm saying the book was better than the cover).Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GR Author: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by Jeffrey Eugenides***BIG BOOK TICKET*** 529 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 215
Total GR Author tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 4
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night:
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 13 (Tatiana Vila is a GR author)
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
STESSE5.7. Third stone from the sun.
The Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby (336 p) (#3 in series)
15.2 Make it Work
A. Blue Velvet by Iris Johansen (304 p)
B. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (176 p)
Elizabeth Scott is a Goodreads Author
15.4 Go Green: Is it easy being green?
B. Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (368 p)
C. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (441 p)
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author
15.8 What’s IndieNext?
The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini (336 p)
December 2011 Indie Next List
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 3 – Mystery – The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters (288 p)
Option 4 – Adventure/Thriller – The Last Oracle by James Rollins (448 p)
James Rollins is a GRA
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or Nothing
A. even: Dark Watch by Clive Cussler (416 p)
B. odd: Robert Ludlum's The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum (454 p)
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
A. Carol: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Book: Christmas Jars Reunion by Jason F. Wright (197 p)
B. Carol: The Christmas Song
Book: An Unexpected Song by Iris Johansen (240 p)
Points this Post: 135
Tasks Completed this Post: 7
Books Read this Post: 12
Pages Read this Post: 4004
GoodReads Authors this Post: 3
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read: 6146
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.4 Blue, White, Black of Night
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
Once Was Lost
A: "Once"
25.2 Santa by Any Other Name...
Option 3: Name and Nickname
Jinx by Margaret Wild and Porcupine by Meg Tilly
"Meg" is a nickname for "Margaret" (which is one of my favorite names of all time, and I wish it were mine)
Total: 55 + 700 (from earlier) = 755 points
Completed 10.4 red white and blue. Read divergent by veronic roth. This is a mostly blue cover.Task points 10
Total points 10
BUTTERFLYCAGER15.3 Winter Wonderland
A. Winter: Winter Moon by Mercedes Lackey
B. Wonderland: my wonder was the Empire State Building, and this book took place in New York City: The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce
30.5 Butterflycager's Task: Christmas Caroling
"Joy to the World" - Joy For Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris
Erica Bauermeister and Kristina McMorris are Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 45
Total challenge points: 400
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Sandy MN20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Option D - Romance
Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 355
Total GR authors:13
10.7 Featuring Earth 
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin10.8 Hidden Gems
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads author)This book had 751 ratings in December when I selected it for this task.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Books read, not yet recorded: 6
Janice CA15.4 Go Green.....
I read two books for this task.
Option C: green cover
The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
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and
Option D: Nonfiction book shelved under "environment" on its main page.
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life by Wade Rouse
(***)
+15
total: 125
tasks: 8
books: 10
GR Authors: 3
My very first SRC post! This is exciting!5.4 Goal in 2012
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
I hope to visit Scotland this summer, where part of this book is set.
Diana Gabaldon is a GoodReads author
3 Big Book Tickets claimed: 1059 pages
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
-Cover mostly blue1 Big Book Ticket claimed: 522 pages
15.7 Directionally Challenged
East of Eden
1 Big Book Ticket claimed: 601 pages
30.4 Double or Nothing
Book A: Rolled a 5(odd), author name to contain double consonants.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, book published in 1953
Book B: Rolled a 4(even), title to contain double letters.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Pettigrew, book published in 2010
Helen Simonson is a GoodReads author
30.6 Many facets of EARTH
Book 1: Rolled a 2, brown cover:
Tatiana de Rosnay is a GoodReads author
Book 2: Rolled a 4, Bio or autobio:
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Points this post: 90
Tasks completed this post: 5
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 5,3
Total points: 90
Total tasks completed: 5
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750( ) 1000(1 )
Total Big Book tickets: 5
Total GoodReads authors: 3
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!: I read V is for Vengence
PI Kinsey Milhone spends the book trying to nail a crooked cop, Len Priddy, and trying to work with his partner and her friend, Chenney Phillips.total points: 150
tasks completed:8
books read: 11
GR authors: 1
Big Books: 750+ (1)
pages read: 4664
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the GrandsI read The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield. Both options A and C are both represented in this book.Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Number of pages: 406/2133
Goodreads Authors to date: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
25.7 Book 1. Author name begins with "E": Tracy Engelbrecht is a GOODREADS AUTHOR*** who wrote The Girl Who Couldn't Say NoBook 2. Author name begins with last letter of Book 1 author name "T": Tim LaHaye wrote Edge of Apocalypse
Season total: 450
15.3 Winter Wonderland1 - One Incredible Moment Celebrating The Majesty Of The Manger by Max Lucado
2 - Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Set in New York (Empire State Building) and London (Big Ben).
Total Points: 245
GRA: 6
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me? These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
Nominated in the Mystery & Thriller category.
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (youthful innocence):Legend by Marie Lu
Sweetbriar (simplicity): Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 1 – Young Adult: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Option 5 – Romance: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Total Points: 105
MARY M10.3 Here There be Dragons
Read a book that has dragon in the title or a picture of a dragon on the cover.
Tasks completed 3
Points for this task 10
Total points 25
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by by Julia Golding5.10 read
by Tonya Hurley (goodreads author)10.5 read
by Ann Brashares20.10 read
by Scott Westerfeld post #18 in the discussionPoints this Post: 40
Total points- 435
Tasks Completed: 25
Books read: 33
Pages Read : 10,183
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MARY M20.2 Rookie on Top - Connie's Task: The Nutcracker
Auditioning for Clara or Fritz
Read: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Tasks completed 4
Points for this task 20
Total points 45
MARY M5.10 E, A, R, T, H
Read: Tiger's Quest by Colleen HouckAuthor's last name starts with H.
Tasks completed 5
Points for this task 5
Total points 50
Books read 5
Jenny Chicago Task 10.6 Cant Wait Till Spring: Read a book with a flower on the cover. I read
by Tom Hart Dyke, Paul Winder. The first three times I looked at the cover I didn't see the orchid, but its there in the middle. Task 20.6 Microhistory: Read a book a book focusing on a specific item, event or city, but not a case item. I read
by Bill BrysonPoints this Post 30
Total Points 45
5.3 Round Here
by George OrwellThe eyeball on the cover is round
10.3 Here There Be Dragons
A book featuring a dragon
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
15.3 Winter Wonderland
Book A: A Book with a Christmas Theme
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Book B: Read a book set in the city of the Eiffel Tower
The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
30.7 Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover
I flipped two heads and read two books with covers which were pretty
by Eugenia Price and
by Jamie Ford***Jamie Ford is a GR Author***
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 290
Completed Tasks: 18/57
MARY M15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Read: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Patch/Jev is a fallen angel.
Tasks completed 6
Points for this task 15
Total points 65
Books read 6
MARY M20.9 Lucky Me! Honoring the Grands
Option C: Read a book about Twins
Read:The Midnight Twins
The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Tasks completed 7
Points for this task 20
Total points 85
Books read 7
Tammy AZ20.2 The Nutcracker
I auditioned for the roles of the children with Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival. Clara is in her early teens in the book. In this memoir, she and her family hide from the Nazi's in the crawlspace beneath a house during WW II in Poland.
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 95
Task 30.4 - Double or nothing (dice roll: 1,2)
Book A (odd - author name contains double consonants):The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough Published post 1975
Book B (even - double letters in the title): The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton Published pre 1975
Challenge total = 365
5.1 It's the Latest Thing!The Perfectionists by Gail Godwin
5.6 Other People Liked it, Why Not Me?
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun:
The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima #3 of the Heir Chronicles
5.9 Trash to Treasure:
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani Krista gave it a 1, but I rather enjoyed it.
15.7 Directionally Challenged:
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer by Peter Turchi
20.1 Most Improved Player--Karen F's Task--Baby It's Cold OUtside:
D. Snuggle Up with You Honey:
The Romance by Marion Chesney
30.3 DLMRose's Task--Small Changes or Simple Swaps:
A. Book of my choice
Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
B. Option c--replaced W in DAwn with R to make Darn
Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
30.5 Butterflycager's Task: Christas Carolling:
A. We Three Kings of Orient Are
We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season by Ed Greenwood and others
B. I Saw Three Ships A-Sailing
Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron
Today's total: 115
Grand Total: 415
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20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Letters: TULOB
Anagram: BOLT
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 3