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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
15.8 What's Indie NextA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (GR Author and BB ticket @ 579 pgs.)
20.6 Microhistory
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost (GR Author)
20.1 Group Read
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (post #7)
25.1 Where Have all the Flowers Gone
Prophecy (Sweetbriar - 1 word)
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author) Red Rose - romance
25.2 Santa by any other name- Read 2 books by same author under a pseudonym
Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz (GR Author)
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (Pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz)
25.4 On This Day in History
The Chili Queen(Dec-queen in title)
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (Feb - Sgt Pepper's song "A Day in the LIFE)
30.6 Facets of Earth
Changeless by Gail Carriger (GR Author) Rolled a 6 - 2nd, 6th or 10th book in series
Bossypants by Tina Fey (rolled 4 - autobiography or biography)
Total Points: 160
GR Author: 5
BB Tickets: 1
Thanks!
Mary
30.1 Unique Winter HolidaysOption 5 (Boy Scout Badge: Gardening): The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (new to me author, I believe this is her debut novel)
**Claiming GR Author Ticket **
Option 6 (Get a Different Name): Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan (I love the name Amy because all of the Amys I know, or have known, have been so gentle. I have yet to meet an ill-tempered Amy.) (New to me author as well)
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 37/77
GR Author: 20
Big Books: 500=3, 50=1x2, 1000=0
15.10 - Sweet Book of own choice
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover Got 1 heads, 1 tales
by Nora Roberts - the cover I liked
by Jennifer Becton - the cover I didn't likeJennifer Becton is Goodreads Author
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors total: 4
Big Book total : 500+ = 1
15.1 Knowledge is Power: Her Best Catch by Lindi Peterson****Goodreads Author****Satisfies B. adj (best) and C. pronoun (her)
Total points: 520
Queenarwen25.5 Movies - Ruining the Book Since...
I read Option B - The Help
and Option C - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Both the books I read were used as examples for the task.
Kathryn Stockett is a GR author.
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays I rolled a 2 and a 1 on the dice roll.
For my 2 on the dice I read
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak
who is from the cozy mystery list and who is a new author to me.
For the 1 on the dice I read a soup book.
I read Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
Soup name is Sour Cherry Soup from the list.
Total Points = 550
ERIN C.10.9 Earth Signs
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat was born 01/19/1969, so she's a Capricorn.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 8
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
10.7 Featuring EarthThe Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
15.5 Shiny and New
Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson*
*Donna M. Johnson is a goodreads author
20.9 Honoring the Grands
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen*
*S. A. Bodeen is a goodreads author
The main character Eli has a twin Eddy.
Points: 240
Jessica PDX25.8 - Gayla's Task: The Year in Review
Option 1 - NYT Notables
by Glen DuncanOption 3 - Royal Family
by Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 450
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
30.5 - Christmas Carolling"Silent night" -
The Silent Girlby Tess Gerritsen
"It came upn a Midnight Clear" -
Upon the Midnight Clearby Sherrilyn Kenyon
total task points: 110
KAREN F5.5 All Around the World
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
Set in 1876
**M.K. Hobson is a Goodreads Author**
15.3 Winter Wonderland
A. Coming Home for Christmas: A Christmas in Paradise\O Christmas Tree\No Crib for a Bed by Carla Kelly
B. Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
Set in New York City (Empire State Building)
20.8 ...And it's all about ME (Myself & I)
The Dragon Who Loved Me by G.A. Aiken
Points this Post: 40
Total Challenge Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays ***REPOST***I rolled a 1 and a 2 on the dice roll.
For the 1 on the dice I read a soup book.
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
The soup is Winter melon soup is a Chinese soup, winter melon, filled with stock, usually chicken stock vegetables and meat, which has been steamed for a few hours. (from the soup list)
Rosamund Pilcher is a new author to me
For my 2 on the dice I read
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak
who is from the cozy mystery list and who is a new author to me.
Total Points = 550
Forgot one!KAREN F
25.9 My Favorite Genres
2. Urban Fantasy Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #4)
**Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
5. Romance - Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (Chesapeake Bay Saga #1)
Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 230
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!! Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
Option 4. Save Money/Manage Debt:
I borrowed this book from the library for free.
Total Points = 570
30.7 Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
by Elmore Leonard
245 Pages. A very unattractive cover! The book was much better than it looked - must read more Elmore Leonard after this!
by Holly Black
311 Pages. Luckily, being a Brit I get the, arguably, more pretty cover, haha. I really like the cover, and the book was really absorbing as well.
Holly Black is a GoodReads Author.
Points: 30
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages: 972
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.1 Climb Every Mountain: Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook by Sarah Schmelling – on tbr list since April 2010
10.7 Featuring Earth:
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by John Stewart
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 245
5.3 Round Here 
by Lemony Snicket there's a circular window directly behind Uncle Monty' head in the middle of the cover5.7 Third Stone from the Sun
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
5.8 Jump!
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 176 pages
5.9 Trash to Treasure
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald from Vivian's list
10.4 Blue, Black, and White
by Lemony Snicket20.9 Honoring the Grands
Option C: Read a book about twins
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads Author
Big Book Ticket 565 pages
25.1 Where have all the flowers gone?
Book 1:Sweetbriar: Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
Lucy Christopher is a Goodreads Author
Book 2: White Lilacs The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
Points this post: 75
Total points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500: 1
STACIE MITask 30.2 - One Author, Two Series
To start, I read:
Runaways, Vol. 3: The Good Die Young by Brian K. Vaughan
It is the third book in Vaughan's Runaways series. I then read:
Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan
which is the first book in the Ex Machina series.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Pages read: 4820
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 20.3 Words Among Friends
Read a book that has at least four words in the title. You must be able to take the first letter from each word and use them to anagram a word that is at least four letters long.
T L O S = LOST
The Library of Shadows (2007) by Mikkel Birkegaard; translated by Tiina Nunnally (Paperback, 430 pages)
170 + 20 = 190
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 170 + 20 = 190
Books read: 13
Pages Read: 4,203
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
5.5 All Around the WorldI read Madame Bovary, which was published in 1856.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.10 EarthI read A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, whose last name starts with E.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
STACIE MITask 5.1 - It's the Latest Thing!
I read:
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Władysław Szpilman
Points this task: 5
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5060
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 Words Among FriendsThat's Me in the Corner: Adventures of an Ordinary Boy in a Celebrity World by Andrew Collins
TMITCAOAOBIACW = TOBACCO
This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?Sweetbriar: One word title
Pretty: A Novel by Jillian Lauren
Plumeria: 1st book in a series
Matched by Ally Condie is the first book in the Matched series.
Jillian Lauren is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 285
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson*, Chevy Stevens, Jillian Lauren
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Liora20.6 Seasoned Reader - Microhistory!
Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft by Simon Houpt25.1 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (Young Adult):
The Jewel of the Kalderash by Marie RutkoskiHollyhocks (Ambition):
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (*The main character in this book renovates old homes and I have a goal to do some home renovation this year also)Points this post: 45
Total points this challenge: 265
Tasks completed: 13
Books read this challenge: 19
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 1
Task 5.7 Third stone from the sunHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Task 5.8 Jump!
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling pages 636
*Claiming Big Book Ticket for Goblet of Fire*
Task 20.6 Microhistory
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs
Task 30.3 Small Changes
1)Matthew HoggardHoggy: Welcome to My World by Matthew Hoggard
*I used the word 'to' *
2)To the Point: The No-holds-barred Autobiography by Herschelle Gibbs
*I changed the T from To to N in No*
Points these tasks:60
Total Points:345
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book Tickets:1
Sandy MN10.4 Blue, White and the Black of Night
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
**672 pages - claiming Big Book ticket**
Total Points:365
Total Big Book Tickets: (1)500; 1(750); (0)1000
Nick KY20.7 …Happily Ever After I read Five Star First Edition Westerns - Time of the Wolves: Western Stories by Marcia Muller
"time" in the title, 299 pages
My favorite fairy tale is “The Brementown Musicians” which has nothing to do with the book, except there is a donkey in both.
Task Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 400
Pages Read: 9,850
Big Books: 500+ (4)
20.4 Save Money/Manage DebtI read a book that I got for free through Paperbackswap. It was Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin(a GoodReads Author)
Points this post:20
Total points: 155
Tasks completed:8
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.5 - All Shiny and New
by David A. Gibbpublished October 4th 2011 and a new author to me
task point total: 125
Joanna T20.3 Words Among Friends
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
TRIHN = THIN
20.8 All About Me (Myself & I)
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
New points: 40
Grand total: 130
Keltie Lee10.8 Hidden Gems
Beauty and the Bully
by Andy Behrens
*had 82 ratings before I read it
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Coming Out
by Danielle Steel
Santa, Baby
by Lisa Renee Jones *(Goodreads Author)*
Points this post: 40
Total points: 330
Tasks: 20
Books: 23
Goodread authors: 10
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to WarThe Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Option B - 'battle' in the title.
Total Points: 265
GRA: 6
hpaddict20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddonoption A - once upon a TIME
20.9 Honoring the Grands
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith Jr.**Big book ticket, 531 pages**
option D - religion is first genre listed
this post = 40pts
challenge total = 165pts
Goodreads authors = 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere: This book takes place over the course of one summer in Florida:
Alexandra by Scott O'Dell
+10 Points
Grand Total: 215
20.4 Author! Author! - Valorie's Task: Happy New Year!I chose option 1 - Get Fit/Lose Weight - Read an "owned TBR."
I read: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
I started this series 2+ years ago and have the rest of the books on my shelf, so I'm glad to get another one under my belt!
**I'm claiming 3 big book tickets as this book is 1006 pages long.**
Points this post - 20
Total points - 110
Books read - 6
Tasks completed - 6
Goodreads Authors - Rebecca Skloot, Anthony Doerr
Big Books - 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (The Shadow Rising)
10.4 BLUE, WHITE AND BLACK OF NIGHT -
by Laura Lippman***GR Author***
10.8 HIDDEN GEMS - Missing White Girl by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
This book only had 9 ratings.
20.4 HAPPY NEW YEAR - Kiss Of Darkness by Heather Graham
Option 4 - This was a library book
***GR Author***
30.6 THE MANY FACETS OF EARTH -
A. Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Rolled a 5 - Read on Kindle App on phone
***GR Author***
B. Courting Darkness by Yasmine Galenorn
10th Book in Sisters of The Moon series
Points: 70
Tasks: 4
Books: 5
Pages: 1682
GR Authors: 3
Total Points: 535
Total Tasks: 33
Total Books: 45
Total Pages: 17773
GR Authors: 18
Big Books 500+: 5
Big Books 750+: 1
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever AfterOption B: The book has the words "ever" and "after" in the title.
Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto.
Samantha Sotto is a Goodreads author.
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Option A: The first book had the word "the" in the title. A "y" was added to change it to "they" in the title of the second book.
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.
They Used to Call Me Snow White...but I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor by Regina Barreca.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 305
Tasks: 15
Books: 20
Goodread authors: 4
BUTTERFLYCAGER20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
A Bitter Truth: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd (World War One)
Charles Todd is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 475
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
BJ Rose2 new tasks
25.4 - Sandy’s Task: On This Day in History
B2 - Native American main character: Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson
C2 - Sgt Pepper: She's Leaving Home: Come Home to Love by Paula Roberts
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
2. Read a book that a 2011 movie was based on. If the movie is based on a book from a series, I will accept any book in the series.
I am Number Four was a 2011 movie, so I read the next in the same series: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
5. The Occupy Wall Street movement is making big headlines in the U.S. as 2011 ends
After Midnight by Diana Palmer takes place in Charleston, S.C. & Washington, D.C. - both cities with OWS movements
Points this post = 50
Total Points = 210
Tasks Completed = 14
Total Pages Read = 4907
Goodreads Authors = 3
25.1 Where Have All The Flowers Gone1) Red Rose: Romance genre on book's main page
Timing by Mary Calmes
** Goodreads author: Mary Calmes
2) Sweetbriar: One word title
Aloes by Chris Quinton
Length approved in ebook thread.
** Goodreads author: Chris Quinton
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
GR authors: 8
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks done: 22
Books read: 28
Task 25.8 - The year in review
Option 4 (Iran setting): Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi **GR Author**
Option 5 (Occupy setting of NY,NY): City of Bones by Cassandra Clare **GR Author**
Total GR Authors this post: 2
Total GR Authors for the challenge: 13
Challenge total = 415
10.8 - Hidden Gems I read Torrid by Morgan Hawke, which has 162 ratings.
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's Task - A Series in Your Stocking
I read Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, which is #20 in his Discworld series and is centered around Christmas. I also read Interesting Times, which is #17 in that same series.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
KAREN OZ5.2. That bugs me!
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: Millenium 3 by Stieg Larsson
Big Book Ticket >500pgs
10.9 Earth Signs
London Fields by Martin Amis
DOB: 25 August 1949
15.10 Sweet!:
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 1: Young Adult
The Bonemender: The Bonemender 1 by Holly Bennett
Option 4: Adventure / Thriller
The Traveler: Fourth Realm 1 by John Twelve Hawks
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (Young Adult)
The Bonemender's Oath: The Bonemender 2 by Holly Bennett
Plumeria (1st book)
Delirium: Delirium 1 by Lauren Oliver GR Author
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Option D: Spiritual
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho GR Author
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing:
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Total this post: 120 points
Total to date: 255 points
10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
by Rebecca Ruppthis is a young reader book
total task points :135
20.6: Microhistory
by Barbara EhrenreichPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 235
Total GR Author tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option B1 (January): nICE Girl Naughty by Jan Springer
ICE found in the word Nice
***Jan Springer is a Goodreads Author***
Option C2 (February): I chose the title track, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and read CLUB Mephisto
***Annabel Joseph is a Goodreads Author***
Annabel Joseph
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 650
Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 34
GR Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)