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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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Joy Marie20.6 Microhistory
Read:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Total Points: 95
Liora15.7 Directionally Challenged
Map of Bones by James RollinsAt 523 pages, I would like to claim one Big Book Ticket for Map of Bones. Also, James Rollins is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 It's All About ME (Myself, and I)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven20.10 Group Read
Leviathanby Scott Westerfeld
I posted Message 22 on the discussion thread for Leviathan.
Points this post: 55
Total points this challenge: 320
Tasks completed: 16
Books read this challenge: 22
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 2
10.10 The Winter Blues The cold, dark days of winter can get people down. If you're suffering from "winter blahs," give yourself a pick-me-up by reading a book you've been dying to read. Home for Christmas by Andrew Greeley
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Author: 4
Big Books: 500 = 0, 750 = 0, 1000 = 0
25.6 Winter Fun and GamesBook 1: Cold winter activity
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen.
Book 2: A place to escape from the cold, wintery weather. I will travel to Hawaii.
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Tasks: 17
Books: 24
Goodread authors: 4
5.5. All Around the World 
Why?: Took place in 1897 and includes a Queen Victoria automaton.
Total Points this Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.6 - Read 'Em Their WritesA book with a police officer as a significant character:
Gently Down the Stream by Alan Hunter
Total points 230
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.4 Go Green...read one book that fits 2 of the categories...I chose category B (by an author named "green") and category C (has a green color):
I read
Second Chance by Jane Green 384 pages (1.9)Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 215
Updated last on: 1.13.12
Total # of books read: 18
Total # of pages read: 6,218
Total # of tasks completed: 14
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lane Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.4 Valorie's Happy New Year...pick a resolution and read a book that fits that resolution option:
I chose option #4 (save $), borrowed a book from my local library, and read
The Woman Who Heard Color by Kelly Jones this is a GRA 400 pages (1.11)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 235
Updated last on: 1.13.12
Total # of books read: 19
Total # of pages read: 6,618
Total # of tasks completed: 15
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX10.4 - Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by Nicole KraussApproved in task thread.
Points this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 500
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Joanna T20.2 Nutcracker
Option 4: Snow Queen -- Author whose last name begins with W
502 pages of picture books:
By Mo Willems:
The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (10 pg.)
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! (40 pg.)
The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! (10 pg.)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (40 pg.)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity (42 pg.)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (40 pg.)
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion (48 pg.)
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (64 pg.)
By Audrey Wood:
The Napping House (16 pg.)
Dog Needs A Bone (40 pg.)
The Tickleoctopus (48 pg.)
By Mélanie Watt:
Scaredy Squirrel (40 pg.)
Have I Got a Book for You! (32 pg.)
By Vera B. Williams:
More More More, Said the Baby (32 pg.)
Points this post: 20
Grand total: 150
5.10 - EARTHI read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. His first name starts with an A, his last with an H, so he works doubly well for this task.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Keltie Lee10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
Evermore
by Alyson Noel *Goodreads Author*
*has tulips on the cover*
25.4 - On This Day in History
A. December
2.
Blue Moon
by Alyson Noel *Goodreads Author*
*has blue & moon in title*
C. February
1.
Frogs & French Kisses
by Sarah Mlynowski *Goodreads Author*
*one of the main characters is a witch*
Points this post: 35
Total points: 415
Tasks: 24
Books: 30
Goodread authors: 15
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The NutcrackerI tried out for 4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
and read:
Snow Angels by James Thompson ***Goodreads Author***
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
I chose option D. Christian themed book and read
Lydia's Charm by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Total Points = 655
New Goodreads Author = James Thompson
*Note: This was the first book I have read by James Thompson and it was great! It takes place in Finland within the Arctic Circle during the winter of 24 hours of darkness. It really immersed me in the scene. 5 stars.
BJ Rose3 new tasks
15.2 Make it Work: Read TWO books that fit the following options. You MAY use the same option twice.
I chose Option B for both tasks: book with a cover that’s “all about the dress” both were approved in Help Thread post #48
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by Rebecca Hagan Lee25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (youthful innocence): Read a Young Adult book. Young Adult appears on the book's main page
by Scott O'DellRed Rose (true love): Read a romance. Romance appears on the book's main page
by Elizabeth HoytElizabeth Hoyt is a Goodreads Author
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
I chose Option C. swap one letter or character in the word for a different letter: I swapped the 'i' in "in" for an 'o' to make "on"
Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb
The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post = 70
Total Points = 280
Tasks Completed = 17
Total Pages Read = 8365
Goodreads Authors = 4
Task 20.6 - Microhistory!
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 14
Challenge total = 460
15.7 Directionally Challenged: Southern LightsTasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Lauren Marie5.7. Third stone from the sun.
Since Earth is the third planet from the sun, read a book that is part of a trilogy, or is #3 in a series. The main Goodreads page for the book must note it as being part of a series. All three books of a trilogy must be published by the end of the challenge.
I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, which is the 3rd book in the Harry Potter series.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6 Other Peolpe Liked it, Why Not MeNominated in the Fiction Category
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
***Rachel Simon is a GR Author***
10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Added to my GR TBR list in June 2010
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power
Two Book Option
Option A: Contraction "and" in the title
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Option D: Interjections-has an exclamation point in the title
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
Option A
Book 1: A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell, #1) by Alex Kava
Book 2: The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
Evil+D=Devil
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 445
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night:
Tasks completed: 2
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 25
10.8 Hidden Gems
Reading a book with less than 1,000 ratings.
Hitler's Angel (1998) by Kris Rusch (Hardcover, 213 pages)
190 + 10 = 200
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 190 + 10 = 200
Books read: 14
Pages Read: 4,416
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
CathyG*5.10. EARTH
Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with E, A, R, T, or H.
Richelle Mead Succubus Shadows
Goodreads Author
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*15.10 Sweet!: Read a book of your choice
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
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*20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
In honor of Grandma, choose one of the following options and read one book.
A. Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, focusing on a senior citizen or grandparent. Required: Preapproved - story follows 4 generations of women in a mystery
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Big Book 549 pp
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*25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
For this task, select two different genres from those listed below and read one book from each selected genre. Each book must be part of a series as identified on Goodreads.
Option 2 – Urban Fantasy
Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
Goodread Author
Option 5 – Romance
Atlantis Unmasked by Alyssa Day
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Points this post: 65
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
30.2 One Author, Two SeriesThe Scorch Trials (Maze Runner Series #2) and The Journal of Curious Letters (13 Realities #1), both by James Dashner
**Claiming 2 GR Author Tickets (one for each book)**
**Claiming Big Book Ticket for Journal of Curious Letters**
30.5 Christmas Caroling
O Come, All Ye Faithful: All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Star of the East: The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 625/985
Tasks Completed: 31/57
Books Read: 43/77
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: 500=4, 750=1x2, 1000=0
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!A Wicked Snow by Gregg Olsen
Great book if anyone is looking for ideas. The main character is a CSI and there are lots of other police officers and investigators involved.
Gregg Olsen is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 230
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson*, Chevy Stevens, Jillian Lauren, Gregg Olsen
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Laurie ME5.10: EARTH: A:
Susan Andersen - Coming Undone
10.5: It's Summer Somewhere: New Zealand
Ngaio Marsh - Died in the Wool
Points this Post - 15.
Total Points - 420.
Susan Andersen is a Goodreads author.
KIM NY25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
My Readerboard name is KIM NY (I am using KIM).
Book 1: Read a book where the author's name starts with M. Unwritten Rules by M.A. Stacie.
Book 2: Read a book where the author's first or last name starts with the last letter of the previous author's first or last name. Crossed by Ally Condie.
Points this post: 25
Total points for challenge: 410
Heather KSFinished task 20.2 The Nutcracker. I used option #1 where the child is a main character. I read Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No. This was approved in the thread for this task.
New point total: 130
10.5 - It's Summer Somewhere
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
(Takes place during the summer)
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
(Takes place during the summer)
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
5.1 Latest thing-suffix 'ist': The Decreationists by [author:Chris Kirwan|322046 251 pages per Goodreads.
Season total: 560
Christie Guatemala15.8 What’s IndieNext?
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
This book was on the November 2011 Indie Next list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 3
PUTTERPAL10.1- Climb Every Mountain
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
20.1- Baby, it's cold outside, option D (snuggle up with your honey)
by Meg Cabot20.2- The Nutcracker, option 1- Clara and Fritz
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
20.3- Words among Friends
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythin by Steven D. Levitt
FAREETHSOE= Fresh
20.5- Off to War (World War II)
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
20.7- Happily Ever After, option B
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
25.1- Where have all the flowers gone?
Sweetbriar- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Hibiscus-
by Christina Gonzalez30.5- Christmas Carolling
Carol of the Bells- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Christmas Song- The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
Points this post- 165 points
Total Points- 165 points
TASK 5.6Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
(Nominee for Favorite Book)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
ANGIE CA15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Book: Halflings by Heather Burch
Notes: Some characters are angels.
*GoodReads Author*
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
Book 1: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Notes: 5) Insect Study
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2:
by Jay AsherNotes: 3) Male on the cover.
30.5 Christmas Carolling
Book 1: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Notes: "TheFirst Noel"
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2: Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Notes: "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year" Approved in task help thread.
*GoodReads Author*
This Post: 75
Total to Date: 435
GRA Tickets: 14
BB Tickets: 2
Books Read: 29
Finished30.2 One author - two series
Vision in White by Nora Roberts (1st in Bride Quartet Series)
Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts (1st in Three Sisters Island Series)
Task points 30
Total points 185
Total tasks 10
Total books 14
Jodi210.8 Hidden Gems
7 ratings
Another Broken Wizard
30.4 Double or Nothing
Rolled 4 (double consonants side by side in author's name)
Uprising (published 2007)
Rolled 1 (Consecutive words beginning with the same letter)
Freaky Friday (published pre-1975)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Task 20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker I chose Option 4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
Read: The Naked King by Sally MacKenzie
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 110
10.6 - Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
(* * *) (flower on the cover)20.8 - It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin (* * * * *)
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa
Option 1 - Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (* * *) and The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (* * *)
Tasks completed: 30/57
Books read: 36/77
Points claimed in this post: 55
Total points claimed: 430
GR authors to date: 5
BB tickets to date: 2
25.1 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?flower #1: Sweetbriar (simplicity): Blankets (one word title).
flower #2: Plumeria (new beginnings): Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (first book in a series).
Total Points: 285/985
Tasks Completed: 14/57
Books Read: 26/73+
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
RACHEL CA: 130 pts total25.04 On This Day in History
A1. Queen of Your Own Life by Kathy Kinney (queen)
C2. The Husbands and Wives Club by Laurie Abraham (club)
Points: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.4 - Sandy’s Task: On This Day in HistoryFor my first book I chose A. December option 2 (a book with a moon on the cover and read
Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky ***Goodreads Author***For book 2 I chose 2. January option 1 (ice in title) and read Divine Justice by David Baldacci
Total Points = 680
New Goodreads Author = Sara Paretsky
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."I read an option B book
Option B: Stay Home; Read The Book Read a book whose rating is 3.95 or higher on Goodreads, BUT whose movie adaptation has been rated at 79% or lower on Rottentomatoes.com's TomatoMeter. Examples include Peter Pan (4.06 / 77%), The Help (4.45 / 75%), Water for Elephants (4.06 / 61%) and The Three Musketeers (3.98 / 17%).
Blood Work by Michael Connelly ^^^Goodreads Author^^^
This book has a rating of 3.96 and the movie has a rating 53%
For book two I chose option D -
Option D: In the Eyes of the Beholder Read a book that has received a 3.94 rating or lower on Godreads, AND whose movie adaptation has received a 79% rating or lower on Rottentomatoes.com's TomatoMeter. Examples include: Revolutionary Road (3.77 / 68%), The Prestige (3.80 / 76%), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (3.94 / 77%) and The Painted Veil (3.79 / 74%).
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
This book has a rating of 3.72 and the movie rating is 73%
Total Points = 705
New Goodreads Author - Michael Connelly
20.2 Nutcracker-1. I tried out for Clara. The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson. The main characters, Angel & Bernie, are children.Season Total: 580
ANGIE CA30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
Book 1: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Notes: 5) Insect Study. New to me author.
*GoodReads Author*
Book 2:
by Jay AsherNotes: 3) Male on the cover. New to me author.
This Post: 30
Total to Date: 435
GRA Tickets: 14
BB Tickets: 2
Books Read: 29
10.8 Hidden Gems-27 ratings: The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America by Andrew McCarthyhttp://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Winter Season Total: 590
CHRISTINE USTask 20.4 Happy New Year
Option #1
Anatomy of Strength Training: The Five Essential Exercises
Task 20.8 It's all about Me
The Duke And I by Julia Quinn
****Julia Quinn is a GR author
TOTAL: 310
Kristi CO30.5 Butterflycager's task: Christmas Carolling
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"--A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
"Let it Snow"--The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.4 Let's Call It A Goal!
One of my goals is to manage our money better, so I read The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
15.4 Go Green
I chose option C and read two books with green covers.
The Complete Book of M*A*S*H by Suzy Kalter
The Real Witches Handbook: A Complete Introduction to the Craft by Kate West
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 5 and read Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill for the Reading Boy Scout Badge.
I rolled a 6 and read Enchantment Place by Denise Little. I've always liked the name Denise.
Both authors were new to me.
Points this post: 50
Total challenge points: 525
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 37
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels SingBook with “angel” in the title (and one of the main characters is an angel):
Angelfall by Susan Ee
**Susan Ee is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.2 Make it Work: Book 1: I chose option B and read
by Julie James***Julie James is a Goodreads author***
Book 2: I also chose option B for this one as well and read
by Maryn Sinclair***Maryn Sinclair is a Goodreads author***
15.8 What’s IndieNext? I read Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie which appeared on the September 2010 Indie Notable List (approved in the help thread)
***Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author***
20.1 Baby, It’s Cold Outside: I chose option D (snuggle up with your honey) and read
by Cassandra Carr***Cassandra Carr is a Goodreads author***
20.6 Microhistory: I read Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
20.9 Honoring the Grands: I chose option C and read A Lot Like Love by Julie James--the heroine in this book gets involved in an FBI undercover operation in order to get her twin brother out of jail. Her twin brother, who we meet several times in the book, was in jail for shutting down Twitter for 2 days. They called him the "Twitter Terrorist", lol.
***Julie James is a Goodreads author***
Total Points this Post: 90
Total Points in Challenge: 765
Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 40
GR Authors: 45
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
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Task 15.3 - Winter Wonderland
For A, I read:
Stork by Wendy Delsol
This book was approved in the task help thread.
For B, I read:
Westminster Abby by Micol Ostow
The book takes place in London, home of Big Ben.
**Both Micol Ostow and Wendy Delsol are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 24
Pages read: 6247
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)