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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
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children –Favorite Book of 2011 nominee
10.8 Hidden Gems
Ecology and Development in the Third World by Avijit Gupta – 1 rating (now)
15.5 All Shiny and New:
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Vol. 1by Tohru Fujisawa
15.10 Sweet!:
La Corda d' Oro, Volume 1 by Yuki Kure
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Book A: Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Various Authors (includes Mercedes Thompson #1.5)
Book B: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson #3)
25.4 - Sandy’s Task: On This Day in History
Book A. December, Option 2: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
Book B. January, Option 1: Ice by Linda Howard
Points This Post: 95
Total Points: 340
15.8 What's IndieNext Kids Next Summer 2011:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
*Veronica Roth is a goodreads author*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
KIM NY20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
All the Wrong Reasons by J.L. Paul A T W R = WART (anagram)
Points for this post: 20
Total points for challenge: 430
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: Don't Call Her ANGEL by Cara McKenna (has angel in the title)***Cara McKenna is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 780
Books Read: 59
Tasks Completed: 41
GR Authors: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Michelle WI20.8 It's All About ME (Myself and I)
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
30.5 Christmas Caroling
"Silent Night" Night Corridor by Joan Hall Hovey
and
"Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" Faithful Place by Tana French
***** Dan Wells is a Goodreads Author *****
***** Joan Hall Hovey is a Goodreads Author *****
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 8
15.1 Cause Knowledge Is PowerA: Pastors and Masters by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Title contains "and"
C: The Ghost on My Couch by L.A. Gilbert
Approved for length on ebook thread
Title contains pronoun "my"
30.5 Christmas Carolling
Winter Warmers by Chrissy Munder and others
Approved for length on ebook thread
Carol is "Winter Wonderland"
** Goodreads author: Chrissy Munder
PLUS:
John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge
Carol is "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"
Points this post: 45
Total points: 395
GR authors: 9
Big book tickets: 1
Tasks done: 25
Books read: 34
30.6- Sassafrass's task:The Many Facets of EarthI rolled a 1 & a 5
Option 1: The Affairby Lee Child- The author's first name has 3 letters in it
Option 5: Flesh and Boneby Jefferson Bass- I read the Kindle version of this book.
This Post: 30
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 19
Kimber 15.6 Read Em Their Writes
I read Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Joe Morelli is a significant character and he is a police officer. The main character, Stephanie Plum is a bonds officer which is in a roundabout way in which she works to enforce the laws.
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 12
Total points: 195
GR authors: 7
Big Book: 1/750
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I'd like to sort out and organize all the stuff around here, so I read Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I read Pigs in Heaven
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Book 1 - I chose option 2, urban fantasy, and read Grave Peril, the 3rd book in the Dresden Files series.
Book 2 - I chose option 3, mystery, and read Thyme of Death, the lst book in the China Bayles series.
Total points: 405
Kelli R 15.5 All Shiny and New
On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe
Points this task: 15
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
ERIN B.20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!
I read Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness by Chris Feudtner.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
25.82) One Day by David Nicholls (movie release: 8/19/11)
6) I had a baby in 2011. Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep by Jodi Mindell
Total Points = 100
20.4 - Happy New Year4. Save Money/Manage Debt
A book I got for free from the library:
Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife, 49 by Nella Last
Total points 250
KAREN F10.9 Earth Signs
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich was born 4/22 making her a fellow Taurus.
**Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author**
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!
I chose the one book option.
Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands
Option A - Conjunction "for" and Option C - Pronoun "You"
20.1 Baby It's Cold Outside
Option D - Snuggle with your Honey
In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
Couple on the cover:
Points this Post: 45
Total Challenge Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.5. All Around the World The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
published 1868
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
A More Perfect Union by J.A. Jance
A M P U = PUMA
Total Points = 745
Alice GTask 10.3 Here, There Be Dragons
Book: Inheritance
Task 15.8 What's Indie Next?
List: Winter '11 Reading Group
Book: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Total Points: 90
Previous Reads
5.6 Other People Liked it why not me? - A Discovery of Witches
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun - The Knife of Never Letting go
10.2 As You Like It - Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
15.6 Read 'em their writes - Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
30.6 The Many Facets of Eart - Monsters of Men and The Ask and the Answer
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20.5 – Bigger is Better – Bec’s task: Off to WarOption A: Japan's occupation of China during WWII:
Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin
+20 Points
30.3 – DLMRose’s task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
A. add one letter to that word: I added a "v" to the word "on".
First Day on Earth by Cecil Castellucci
Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser
+30 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 265
ERIN C.5.10 EARTH
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 9
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Nick KY15.5 All Shiny and New
If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't by Betty White, published in May 2011, 258 pages25.8 Gayla’s Year in Review Book 1:
Option 1-- from the 100 Notable Books of 2011 --
11/22/63 by Stephen King , 849 pagesBook 2: Option 5 – the book is set in San Francisco, where there is an Occupy movement
The Haight-Ashbury: A History by Charles Perry, 320 pagesClaiming one Big Book, 750+ (2 tickets) for 11/22/63
Task Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 440
Pages Read: 11,277
Big Books: 500+ (4) 750+ (1)
30.4 Double or NothingBook A: odd - i read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, who has double consonants in her last name. this book was originally published in 1970.
Book B: even - i read V for Vendetta which has double letters in the title. this book was originally published in 1988.
Total Points: 315/985
Tasks Completed: 15/57
Books Read: 27/73+
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX5.2 - That Bugs Me
by Hannah Nordhaus (Goodreads Author)Also, I realized that I neglected to claim a GRA ticket for Chevy Stevens in post #1084, so I'm claiming it now - just let me know if that's a problem.
Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 505
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
BJ Rose2 new tasks
15.4 Go Green I chose one book that fits Options A & C
1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomberthis book was approved in the Help Thread
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Celebrate the holiday season by reading one Christmas/Winter Holiday book from a normally non-Christmas/holiday series AND read a non-Christmas/holiday book from the same series.
A McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
High Country Bride (McKettrick Cowboys, #1) by Linda Lael Miller
Points this post = 40
Total Points = 320
Tasks Completed = 19
Total Pages Read = 9446
Goodreads Authors = 4
Readerboard Name: Jess Philly10.9 Earth Signs.
I read First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde. He was born Jan. 11, 1961, making him a Capricorn.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
25.4 Sandy's History: B. January 1. "ice" in titled: Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow who is a ***Goodreads Author***C. February 1. magic & witchcraft: Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts. At 506 pages, I claim ***BIG BOOK***
Winter Season Total: 615 points
30.6 - The Many Facets Of Earth 4: autobiography/biography Rescue Me: My Life with the Battersea Dogs
6: 2nd/6th/10th book in a series
14 - this is the 2nd book in the Taylor Jackson series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0
La Yen (My first entry into the challenge!)Task 10.3 Here There Be Dragons
Guards Guards
by Terry PratchettI really enjoyed it--which is a big shock to me because I have been avoiding/mocking "Fantasy" books for my entire life. Now I owe my husband an apology.
Total points this post: 10
Total to date: 10
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands OPTION A
Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate
One of the two narrators is Mrs. Imagene Doll, 69-years old energetic widow.
Lisa Wingate is a Goodreads Author
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors total: 6
Big Book total : 500+ = 1
20.2 Connie's Task: The NutcrackerOption #4 - Last name starts with S
Completely Smitten by Susan Mallery
Task Points: 20
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20.4 Valorie's Task: Happy New Year
Option 1 - Owned since 2009
He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan
Task Points: 20
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25.1 Rachel Lee's Task: Where Have All The Flowers Gone
(a) Red Rose (Romance)
The Next Mrs. Blackthorne by Joan Johnston
(b) Plumeria (First book in series)
Behind Closed Doors by Shannon McKenna
Task Points: 25
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25.9 Denise NC's Task: My Favorite Genres
(A) Options #5 - Romance
Changing the Game by Jaci Burton
(B) Option #6 - Historical Fiction
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Task Points: 25
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30.6 Sassafrass's Task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a 1 and a 6
(A) Three Words in Title
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
(B) 6th Book in Series
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 120
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Total Challenge Points as of 01/15/12: 200
Jessica PDX25.1 - Rachel Lee's Task: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?
Sweetbriar:
by Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author)Marigold:
by James Forrester(The main character is driven to investigate a mystery in retaliation for the death of one of his servants)
Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 530
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
QueenarwenI finished task 30.7 with Daughter of Venice
and Sweetly
. My husband tossed - heads twice. Donna Jo Napoli and Jackson Pearce are GR authors.
I finished task 20.9 with Steps to Christ
- a non-fiction book about religion.I also forgot to claim a Big Book ticket for finishing The Scottish Prisoner
in December -- 518 pg. May I claim it now? The original post was #188.
20.9-Lucky Me!I went for Option C, read a book about twins, and I read:
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
In the book Shiva and Marion are born as conjoined twins.
**This book was 514 pages. I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this book.***
Total Books Read: 5
Total Challenges Completed: 5
Total Pages Read: 2153
Big Book Tickets:2
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 45
20.3 Words Among FriendsIsland Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
I B T S = BITS
20 points this post
100 total points
STACIE MITask 25.7 - Name Train
My readerboard name ends with an I, so I read:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Irving ends in G, so I then read:
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Pages read: 6583
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold OutsideB.Put Your Woolies On!
The Sweetgum Knit Lit Societyby Beth Pattillo features knitting.
Task Points in This Post: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 334
Total Points: 265
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 20
Total Pages Read in the Winter 2011-12 SRC: 7,567
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Winter 2011-12 Reviews
STACIE MITask 20.4 - Happy New Year!!
I decided to do option 4 (save money/manage debt) and read a book I got out from my local library:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 20
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Pages read: 6719
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.5. All Around the World Read a book that was published in or set during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).The Tenant of Wildfell Hall First published in 1848
Tasks completed : 2
Points for this task: 5
Points so far: 10
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 951
5.10. EARTH:
Points for this task: 5
Books read: 3
Total Points: 40
Laurie ME10.10: The Winter Blues:
Susan Andersen - Head Over Heels
25.2 Jenn Renee's Task: Santa by any other name is ... well, still Santa: OPtion 2:
Richard Bachman - Blaze
Stephen King - Salem's Lot
Points this Post: 35.
Total Points: 455.
Susan Andersen is a goodreads author
Salem's Lot is a big ticket book
20.8 It's My Birthday- Dionisia's task:and it's all about Me(Myself, and I)The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks- The word me is in the title
This post: 20
Total Points:270
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
TANYAPT30.6 Option 1 - 3 words in the title
Book: The Magician King, Lev Grossman
*** Goodreads Author ***
Option 6 - the 6th book in a series
Book: Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead (book 6 of The Vampire Academy series)
*** Big Book & Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
GR Author: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0
TANYAPT15.5 Anna Dressed in Blood, Kendare Blake
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TANYAPT15.8 November 2011 Indie Next List
The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides
*** Big Book ***
(hardcover large print - 695 pages)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas CarollingSilent Prey by John Sandford
SILENT NIGHT
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Total Points = 775
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
I decided to do option F. My drink of choice is "Citrus-Flavored Vodka," so I read:
Chew: International Flavor by John Layman
Points this task: 20
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Pages read: 6847
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Far Reaches (other topics)Beyond the Grave (other topics)
Witch & Wizard (other topics)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
HPATCOS = COATS
Total Points: 290
GRA: 7