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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
TASK 30.6OPTION 1 - Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
OPTION 5 - If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
TASK 20.2OPTION 1 - The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket
OPTION 4 - Peony in Love by Lisa See, GR Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
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Points this Post: 10
Total points- 515
Tasks Completed: 29
Books read: 38
Pages Read : 11,788
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Reposting with corrections...TASK 30.6
Rolled 1 & 5
OPTION 1 - Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
OPTION 5 - If I Stay by Gayle Forman (read it in an ebook format)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
TASK 20.2OPTION 1 - The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (the 3 main characters of the book - Violet, Klaus and Sunny are children)
OPTION 4 - Peony in Love by Lisa See (author's last name begins with the letter S)
Also, Lisa See is a GR Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Sandy MN10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
**Goodreads Author**
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
**675 pages - claiming Big Book Ticket**
25.8 - Gayla's task: 2011: The Year in Review
Option 1: New York Times Notable Book
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Option 2:Book that was basis for movie
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Total Points: 410
Total GR Authors: 14
Total Big Books: (2)500; (1)750; (0)1000
10.5 It's Summer SomewhereA Year in the Wild: A Riotous Novel by James Hendry- Set in South Africa
15.3 Winter Wonderland
Book A: Sister by Rosamund Lupton
- Snowy winter scene on coverBook B: Deadlock by Sean Black
Book choice inspired by The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California as the book is set between San Francisco & Pelican Bay Prison both in California.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
Angie TX(I'm reposting this to include some information for task 5.6 that I had forgotten to include the first time I posted.)
5.6 Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
Just Like Heaven- Julia Quinn (Julia Quinn is a GR Author.) This book was nominated under the Romance category.
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
Skellig- David Almond
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
This should give me a total of 80 points.
Angie TX Completed Tasks:
20.10 Group Read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. (I made a comment on the group discussion thread. My comment is post 21.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
5.2 That Bugs MeI read Little Bee, which of course has the word "bee" in the title.
The author Chris Cleave is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Lauren Marie10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night Read a book with a cover that is mainly blue, white, black, or a combination of any of these colors.
I read
written by Trudi Canavan, which as a mostly blue cover with some white.Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
30.4 - Donna Jo's task: Double or NothingA: Rolled 1: Odd- double consonants in author's name
I read Just Kids by Patti Smith- pub 2010
B: Rolled 4: Even- double letters in book in row
I read The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - pub 1951
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 85
JESS MSassafrass's Task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a 4 and a 5.
4 - Read an autobiography.
Daughter of Persia: A woman's journey from her father's harem through the Islamic Revolution - Sattareh Farman Farmaian
The edition I read had 544 pages so claiming a Big Book Ticket.
5 - Read an e-book.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 500=1
Keltie Lee25.6 - Winter Fun and Games
Book 1-Love on the Lifts
by Rachel Hawthorne
*takes place at a ski resort*
Book 2-Caribbean Cruising
by Rachel Hawthorne
*takes place on a cruise ship*
25.9 - My Favorite Genres
Option 1 – Young Adult
Bras & Broomsticks
by Sarah Mlynowski *Goodreads Author*
Option 2 – Urban Fantasy
Supernaturally
by Kiersten White *Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 50
Total points: 380
Tasks: 22
Books: 27
Goodread authors: 12
MoragEpona5.3 Round here...
*points to round thing*by Maria V. Snyder, a GRA
5.8 Jump!
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (288 Pages)
15.4 Go Green
by Roger Lancelyn Green <- covers options B and C20.9 Honoring the Grand's
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie Ms Marple is a Senior Citizen, and should thus fit option a.
25.3 A Series in your Stocking
The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries Guide to Christmas, both by Meg Cabot
25.6 Winter Fun and Games
Chill Factor by Sandra Brown and It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (both GRA's)
Task Points in this Post: 95
GRA Tickets in this post: 3
Total Points: 205
Total GRA Tickets: 10
Total BB Tickets: 0
Tasks done: 15
Books read: 18
25.1 Rachel Lee’s Task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?1. White Lilacs (youthful innocence/young adult book): Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
**Kendare Blake is a Goodreads Author**
2. Sweetbriar (simplicity/one word title): Bumped by Megan McCafferty
**Megan McCafferty is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.5 All Around the World - book published between 1837 and 1901 - Edith Wharton - Bunner Sisters published 1900Bunner Sisters
5.8 Jump - book with number of pages evenly divisible by 4 - The Body Farm (Kay Scrapetta #5) by Particia Cornwell 368 pgs
The Body Farm
5.10 Earth - author first or last name begins with E,A,R,T or H - Erle Stanley Gardner - The Case of the Velvet Claws
The Case of the Velvet Claws
10.8 Hidden Gems - book with less then 1,000 ratings - Tempting Fate by Carla Neggers 119 ratings
Tempting Fate
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes - police officer or law enforcement professional as significant character - Betrayal of Trust (Beaumont #20) by Ja Jance - homicide investigator
Betrayal of Trust
30.4 Double or Nothing - first die - odd - book by an author whose name contains double consonants - James Patterson - Thomas Berryman Numbers published 1976; second die - even read a book with double letters in the title - Fatal Errors (Ali Reynolds #6 by JA Jance
The Thomas Berryman NumberFatal Error
Points this Post: 70
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 13
GR Author: 1
25.5 "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."Option C: Larger than Life: I read Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding which has a rating of 3.60 on GR and 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I definitely liked the movie better than the book.
Option D: In the Eyes of the Beholder I read Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks which has a rating of 3.63 on GR and got a rating of 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I have to say that as much as I hated this book, there is NO WAY I'd waste any more of my time on it by seeing the movie!
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 675
Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 35
GR Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MI25.8 - 2011: The Year in Review
I decided to do options 2 and 3.
For option 2, I read:
20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak
The movie "What's Your Number," released 9/30/11, was based on this book
For option 3, I read:
Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson
The book is about the circumstances surrounding the wedding of Queen Betsy and Sinclair.
**Karyn Bosnak is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Pages read: 5700
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE USTask 15.9 Hark the Herald
Angel's Rest by Emily March
***Emily March is a GR author
TOTAL: 270
Jessica PDX30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 1 and a 5
1 - Winter Melon Soup
by David Francis5 - Citizenship in the World badge
by William StevensonBoth authors are new to me.
Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 490
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
TASK 25.5OPTION 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Book rating - 4.28, movie rating - 80%
OPTION 4: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Book rating - 3.94, movie rating - 35%
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
TASK 20.2OPTION 1 - The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (the 3 main characters of the book - Violet, Klaus and Sunny are children)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
TASK 20.4OPTION 5 - Peony in Love by Lisa See (takes place in CHINA, a country I'd like to visit)
Also, Lisa See is a GR Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.7 Don't Judge A Book By Its CoverIn the coin flip, I got 2 tails so I had to read 2 books with covers I disliked or would not normally pick up.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.Although I was not attracted to the covers, they were both good books and I especially liked The Road.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Tasks: 16
Books: 22
Goodread authors: 4
Completed 5.10 EARTHI listener to dandelion wine by ray bradbury.
Task points 5
Total points 30
25.6 Winter Fun And GamesBook 1: The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Approved by task creator in the help thread
Book 2: Better Than Easy by Nick Alexander
Set in the South of France
Points this post: 25
Total points: 350
GR authors: 8
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks done: 23
Books read: 30
20.8 It's All About MeI read Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling.
Points this post:20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed:9
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Emmalita15.8 What's IndieNext
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
This book appeared on the August 2009 Indie Next List
Lev Grossman is a Goodreads author
This post: 15 points
Total points to Date: 15 points
Goodread authors: 1
Total tasks completed: 1
hpaddict20.8 ...and it's all about Me (Myself, and I)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigurothis post = 20pts
challenge total = 185pts
goodreads authors = 2
big books: 500 = 1, 750 = 1, 1000 = 0
ALICIA T10.2 As You Like It
I went to my recommendations and picked from the Biography shelf. It gave me:
Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper.
The book actually turned out to be very well-written, so I was happy with Goodreads recommendation.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
5.7 -- Third stone from the sunFaefever by Karen Marie Moning (Fever, #3)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
20.9 Honoring the Grands An Unquenchable Thirst: One Woman's Extraordinary Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity by Mary Johnson
(Goodreads Author; Big Book: 592 pgs; Option D: genre tag, Spirituality)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Total books read: 7
Total pages read: 2208
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Sandy MN20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Option D - Genre tag Christian
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
Total points:430
Janice CA10.8 Hidden Gems......
The book I read had 5 ratings when I finished it.
NO JOB FOR A LADY: The Autobiography of M. Phyllis Lose, VMD by M. Phyllis Lose
(*****)
+10
total: 145
tasks: 10
books: 12
GR Authors: 3
Chris MD15.8 What's Indie Next
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
This was listed in the Summer 2011 Summer Reading Groups List
Tracy Chevalier is a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
25.8 Year in Review
Option 1. Read one of the books listed in the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2011.
The Sense of an Endingby Julian Barnes
Option 2. Read a book that a 2011 movie was based on. (Any book in a series is acceptable.)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Feverby Jeff Kinney
The movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules was released March 25, 2011.
Note: Even though these are children's books, the series was specifically approved in the Help thread. (See list of approved books.)
Points for this post: 40
Total points: 180 + 40 = 220
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
MASANOBU10.6: Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
El Temor de un Hombre Sabio by Patrick Rothfuss.
There are some white flowers on the branches.
I'd like to claim 3 BB tickets and 1 GR author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Books: 5 [750 (1), 1000 (1)]
Goodreads Authors: 2
RACHEL CA: 105 pts total5.08 Jump!
The Private World of Tasha Tudor by Tasha Tudor (144 pgs)
10.10 The Winter Blues
The Making of Pride and Prejudice (BBC) by Sue Birtwistle
20.05 Off to War
A. Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski (WWII)
Points: 35
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.5 I read Jacqueline Kennedy
The foreword was written by Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. She and Michael Beschloss are listed as the authors. It was published in September 2011, and both authors are new to me!points: 200
tasks completed: 13
books read: 15
GR authors: 1
Big Books: 1 (750+)
pages read: 6082
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10.2 As You Like It
From my To-Read shelf recommendations
Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli
I like this type of book, so the GR recommendation was a welcome one
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
flowers on the cover
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
Police Inspector Sejer
The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum
15.7 Directionally Challenged
"west" in subtitle
Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa by Peter Chilson
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Option C-book about twins- "the girls" are conjoined twins
The Girls by Lori Lansens
total 470
Task 10.6 - Can't wait 'till spring (flowers on cover)
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Challenge total = 440
I completed:15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes
by reading:
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb. The main character, Eve Dallas, is a NYC Cop from the future!
Tasks Complete: 6
Total Points: 70
Coralie5.4 Let’s Call it a Goal!
My goal is to take up T’ai Chi so I read
The Complete Book of T'AI Chi
5.7 Third stone from the sun
Xenocide which is the 3rd in the Ender Saga
10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Stations of the Tide which had been on my TBR list since November 2010.
20.8 Me, myself and I
When You Reach Me
Total points 370
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory! Selection approved in Help Thread
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
**Erik Larson is a Goodreads Author.**
Task Points in This Post: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 323
Total Points: 245
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in the Winter 2011-12 SRC: 7,233
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Winter 2011-12 Reviews
Tasks Completed: 1/4Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 135
Goodreads Author: 0/2
Big Book Ticket: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task:A book from a normally non-holiday series AND read a non-holiday book from the same series. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series
The Labours of Hercules and A Holiday for Murder also known as Hercule Poirot's Christmas
REPOSTTammy AZ
10.2 As You Like It - My Reading Life by Pat Conroy. This was a Goodreads recommendation from my ALA shelf.
15.9 Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 120
5.4 a book related to a goalYoga for Busy People
by Dawn GrovesPoints this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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OPTION 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
OPTION 4: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0