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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
KIM NY25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
White Lilacs (youthful innocence): YA book
Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Red Rose (true love): Romance Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
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25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 1: YA My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent Soul Screamers series, book 2.
Option 5: Romance Fateful by Cheri Schmidt Fateful series, book 1.
Points for these posts: 50
Total points for challenge: 540
15.10 Sweet!I read In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust.
**I'm claiming 1 big book ticket as this book is 576 pages long.**
Points this post - 15
Total points - 125
Books read - 7
Tasks completed - 7
Goodreads Authors - Rebecca Skloot, Anthony Doerr
Big Books - 500+ (In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower), 750+ (0), 1000+ (The Shadow Rising)
Jodi 210.10 The Winter Blues
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
25.8 The Year in Review
2. Read a book that a 2011 movie was based on
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Read a book set in one of the US cities where an Occupy protest has taken place (New York)
Uprising
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 13
15.2 Make it Work: Opt. B all about the dress:
Elizabeth Scott is a ***Goodreads Author***
Winter Season Total: 710 points
20.8 It's my Birthday - Dionisia's task: and it's all about ME (myself, and I)Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver ***who is a GoodReads author - claiming 1 GR author ticket***
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author Tickets: 12
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3 - ROUND HERE...(something round or oval on the cover)
by Christina Dodd5.5 - ALL AROUND THE WORLD (this is a repost from #546)
(set during the reign of Queen Victoria)
A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander (Goodreads author)
5.10 - EARTH
(an author whose 1st or last name begins with E, A, R, T, or H)
Charmed & Dangerous by Candace Havens (Goodreads author)
10.3 - HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS
(the word dragon in the title)
The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)
25.2 - SANTA BY ANY OTHER NAME IS...WELL, STILL SANTA
(Option 3: 2 books by 2 different authors where the last name of one of the authors can be found within the last name of the other author)
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
AND
Murder in Clichy by Cara Black (Goodreads author)
30.2 - ONE AUTHOR - TWO SERIES
Book 1: Read any book in any series by an author who has written at least 2 different series.
Hiss of Death from the Mrs Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown
Book 2: Read the FIRST book in a different series written by the same author of your first book.
A Nose for Justice: A Novel from the Mags Rogers series by Rita Mae Brown
30.7 - DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
(1 heads & 1 tails: 1 book with a cover you love & 1 book with a cover you don't like)
cover I like
by Cara Black (Goodreads author)cover I don't like
by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)Points this post - 100
Goodreads authors this post - 6
TOTAL POINTS - 365
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS - 18
Laurie ME5.3: Round here .... The round thing is the moon.
Jennifer Crusie/Bob Mayer - Wild Ride
30.3: DLMRose's Task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps:
Susan Andersen - Be My Baby
Jennifer Crusie - Bet Me
(Be + T = Bet) (swap the Y for the E - My to Me)
Points this post - 35.
Total Points - 530.
Jennifer Crusie and Susan Andersen are goodreads authors (2 claimed for this post.)
10.4 - Blue, White, and the Black of the Night
(* * * * *)15.2 - Make It Work
(* * *) and
(* * *) (both approved in task help thread)*Kendare Blake is a Goodreads author.
25.3 - Mrs. Soule's task: A Series in Your Stocking
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (* *) and Murder on the Orient Express (* * *)
Tasks completed: 39/57
Books read: 48/77
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 565
GR authors to date: 9
BB tickets to date: 2
Hettie10.5 It’s Summer Somewhere
Summer Camp at Trebizon
Book set in the summer
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker
1. Clara and Fritz, the Stahlbaum children
Read a book where a child is a main character.
Snobbery With Violence
Lady Rose the main character is 17 in the book
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
1. Get Fit/Lose Weight: Or knock some lbs. from your "owned to be read" pile by reading a book you already own but haven't gotten to yet.
Every Second Counts
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa
Option 3: Santa Claus not only has multiple names but also a couple of nicknames
Using Joanne and Anne as okayed on help thread
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
AND
Freedom's Challenge by Anne McCaffrey
Previous: 60 points
This post: 75 points
Total points: 135
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold OutsideD. Snuggle up with your Honey
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
5. Take a Trip/Vacation
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
I'd like to visit England
20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker
3. The Nutcracker and the Soldiers of the Nutcracker
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next is a Crimea war veteran
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
The anagram is PLOT
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next is a member of the Jurisfiction, which is the law-enforcement organism in the BookWorld
Books read : 5
Tasks completed : 5
Total points : 100
EllenCAFor task 30.5 I chose "Joy to the World" for my Christmas Carol and I read Daughter of Joy by Kathleen Morgan andWorld From Rough Stones by Malcolm MacDonald.
This Task: 30
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 3
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.2. That bugs me! there's a wasp on the cover
by Jeffery DeaverJeffery Deaver is a Goodreads Author
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH I rolled 5 & 1
5: Read an audiobook: Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton
1: three-word title: Lady in Red by Karen Hawkins
Karen Hawkins is a Goodreads Author
30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover
I got 2 Heads, so I read
by Karen Hawkins - loved the plaid in the wedding dressKaren Hawkins is a Goodreads Author
by Jennifer Ashley - and there's that Scots' plaid again!Jennifer Ashley is a Goodreads Author
Points this post = 65
Total Points = 475
Tasks Completed = 26
Total Pages Read = 13,170
Goodreads Authors = 9
Mod
read Girls That Growl (Goodreads author)
main characters are twins
25.5 "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
Book 1 read Option B: Stay Home; Read The Book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
GR rating- 4.14 Tomatometer 49%
Bool 2 Option C: Larger than Life
I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
GR rating- 3.31 Tomatometer- 83%
Points this Post: 45
Total points- 645
Tasks Completed: 37
Books read: 49
Pages Read : 15,480
GR Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STESSE10.2 As You Like It
Sandstorm by James Rollins (608 p)
This is a Big Book.
Rollins is a GoodReads Author.
Used Recommendations based on my Fall 2011 Challenge Shelf.
15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: What else do they do?
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman (128 p)
Points this Post: 25
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 736
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 12625
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault (has a rose on cover)
Emily Arsenault is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
I chose option C and read
The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which features twins Charles and Camilla Macaulay.
The Secret History has 559 pages and is therefore a Big Book.
Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 640
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 47
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Delicious Dee
Last Post 1486
15.7 Directionally Challenged
East of the West
15.10 Sweet!
Breathless
25.5 - Mstan's task: "Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since..."
A. - Option B - Water for Elephants - 4.06 (Rating)/60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
B. - Option D - P.S. I Love You - 3.84 (rating)/ 23% (Rotten Tomatoes) - (Big Book Ticket 500+ pages, book is 512 pages)
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Dee - Elmore Leonard - Jane Davitt
A. Djibouti
B. Wild Raspberries - Jane Davitt (GR Author)
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
A. The Apprentice - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author) - this is the basis for the TV show Rissoli and Isles
B. Cinder - Marissa Meyer (GR author)
C. Cup Check and Blind Pass - Stephani Hecht (GR Author) - since they were super-short (even if the publisher claims them as 100 pages) - based around a minor league hockey team in Michigan
Total Points This Post: 130
Total Points Overall: 630
Books Completed: 53
Tasks Complete: 37
GR Authors: 29
Big Book Tickers: 500(1), 750(1), 1000(0)
KIM NY15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: Hallowed by Cynthia Hand. The characters in this book are angels.
Points this post: 15
Total points for challenge: 560
Kimber10.10 The Winter Blues
Sh*t My Kids Ruined: An A-Z Celebration of Kid-Destruction by Julie Haas Bropy
Hilarious book! Perfect read for the winter blahs!
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 16
Total points: 250
GR authors: 7
Big Book: 1/750+, 1/500+
15.2 Make it Work: Option B: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Option B: To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
15.3 Winter Wonderland:
Book A. Winter:
Christmas Male (Harlequin Blaze, #511) by Cara Summers
Book B. Wonderland:
Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh – .New York City, Empire State Building.
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: Also a TV Show
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Vol. 1 by Tohru Fujisawa – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209631/
Book 2: The Boys Like...
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Book 3: 1. Short books.
I rolled a 1.
Sand Chronicles, Volume 1 by Hinako Ashihara – 200 pgs.
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 445
10.2 As You Like It
by Lauren RednissThis was on my "To-Review" shelf when I chose it.
It was very good. I had wanted to read it anyway, so I guess GR did a pretty good job at predicting what I might like.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 300
Total GR Author tickets: 6
Big Book tickets: 5
5.3 Round Here....The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 5
Total points so far: 5
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 700=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Read
by Alice WalkerPost #18 in the discussion thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 660
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Kimber20.1 Baby It's Cold Outside
To fulfill option B - the character uses her gift for weaving many times during the story. This book okay'd in message 40 of task help thread.
East by Edith Pattou
This is a BIG BOOK at 516 pages
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 17
Total points: 270
GR Authors: 7
Big Book: 1/750+, 2/500+
Heather KSFinished task 30.1
I rolled a 3 and a 6
3: Male on cover (I think he's hot, but I like that smart, nerdy look!) I read The End of Molasses Classes: 101 Extraordinary Ways for Parents and Teachers to Get Kids Unstuck
6: New Name. I love the name Therese. It is my niece's middle name. I would love to have that as a name. I read Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux by St. Thérèse de Lisieux.
Both of these authors are new to me.
New point total: 210
20.9 Honoring the GrandsI chose option C-Read a book about twins. I read The Girls by Lori Lansens (a GoodReads Author). It is a story about a set of conjoined twins.
Points this post:20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed:11
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.8 What's Indie Next?This book was on the Indie Next list for February 2009.
This was a Big Book with 667 pages.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 1 and a 5.
Both books were written by authors new to me.
1. National Soup Month. Italian Wedding Soup has the word "Italian" in it.
Italian Shoes: A Novel by Henning Mankell.
5. Boy Scout Day. I read a book about the subject of canoeing, one of the merit badges.
Two Coots in a Canoe: An Unusual Story of Friendship by David E. Morine.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 405
Tasks: 19
Books: 27
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500=1
20.7 Option A: Title includes Once, Upon, or TimeOne Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost **Goodreads Author**
20.8 Title includes Me, Myself, or I
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi **Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 40
Total points: 155
Tasks complete: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 10 (2 this post)
Big Books: 500 = 0, 750 = 0, 1000 = 0
20.2 The NutcrackerOption 4: Word "snow" in title
On A Snowy Night by Debbie McComber
20.4 Happy New Year
Option 4 Save Money - read book I got from library
Christmas Letters by Debbie McComber
20.5 Off to War
Option A: The book I read is about the Resistance Movement in France during World War II
Escape from Paris by Carolyn Hart
**** Carolyn Hart is a Goodreads Author ******
20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option A - "once" in the title
Once Upon a Christmas by Lenore Worth
20.9 Honoring the Grands
The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Shaffert
This book is about an octogenerian obituary writer for a small town newspaper and her grandson and great-granddaughter.
Points today = 100
Total Points = 320
Tasks = 13
Books = 21
Pages = 5302
Holiday books = 17
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to WarOption A: The River Between Us by Richard Peck takes place during the Civil War.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 405
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson*, Chevy Stevens, Jillian Lauren, Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Skloot, Janet Evanovich*, Lauren Oliver
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
DebraTTask 30.4 Double or Nothing
The Bells by Richard Harvell
Rolled a 5, which is odd.
Book was published before 1975 in 1963, and has double consonants in the author's last name.
Richard Harvell is a GoodReads Author
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Rolled a 6, which is even.
Book was published after 1975 in 2010, and has double letters in the title.
784 pages claiming 2 Big Book tickets
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Rolled a 1. Sweet and Sour soup, or Chicken Pot Pie soup. Okayed in msg 75. Author new to me.
Alan Bradley is a GoodReads Author
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
Rolled a 5. Chose Dog care from Boy Scout badges. Author new to me.
Spencer Quinn is a GoodReads Author
This post: 60 points
Total to date: 405 points
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=2, 750=3, 1000=0
15.5 All Shiny and NewBreadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
Anne Ursu is a Goodreads author
30.4 Double or Nothing
Book A
I rolled an even number so author's first and last names start with the same letter -Pampered to Death by Laura Levine
published 2011
Book B
The second die was odd so the book has consecutive words that begin with the same letter.
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
published 1936
Points this post: 45
Total points: 245
Total tasks: 15
Total books read: 19
Goodread Authors: 4
Big book tickets: 2
Michelle WI20.5 Off to War
Option B: (war in the title)
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
Points this Post 20
Total Points 195
Tasks Completed 9
Goodreads Authors 6
Cindy FTask 15.10 Sweet!
I read Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell Claiming a big book ticket!!
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee
repost of task 50.1 from post 10701
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
A. The Apprentice - Tess Gerritsen (GR Author) - this is the basis for the TV show Rissoli and Isles
B. Cinder - Marissa Meyer (GR author)
C. - rolled a 4 - Cup Check and Blind Pass - Stephani Hecht (GR Author) - since they were super-short (even if the publisher claims them as 100 pages) - based around a minor league hockey team in Michigan
Lauren Marie15.10 Sweet!: A valentine from your mods- Read a book of your choice.
I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
15.4 Go GreenGunpowder Green
by Laura Childs Fits Options A and C Book Approved in the help thread - post #25
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Janice CA10.10 Winter Blues......
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
(*****)
This book is the perfect cure for the winter blues.
+10
total: 185
tasks: 12
books: 15
GR Authors: 4
Christie Guatemala20.10 Group Read
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
I posted message 26 in the discussion thread for the book.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 3
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!: A. Conjunction Junction:
Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
D. Interjections!
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
+15 Points
20.1 – Most Improved Player – Karen F’s task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
D. Snuggle up with your Honey?
The Future of Us by Jay Asher
also approved in the help thread
+20 Points
25.4 – Sandy’s Task: On This Day in History
B. January / Native American - one of the two main characters is Native American
The Night the White Deer Died by Gary Paulsen
C. February / Sgt. Pepper: A Day in the Life
This book also takes place during the "Beatles Era"!
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
+25 Points
Points this Post: 60
Grand Total: 450
50.1 For the Love of Middle SchoolA. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Inspired the Showtime series Dexter)
B. Crossed by Ally Condie (Dystopian YA)
C, Option 2 (Shelved Fantasy): The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
**Claiming Big Book Ticket**
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 740/985
Tasks Completed: 37/57
Books Read: 53/77
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
QueenarwenFor 15.5, I read The Dig
. Audrey Hart is a GR author.
Coralie5.9 Trash to Treasure
The Magicians was rated 2 stars by Kevin Xu and 1 star by Bluemoon. I gave it 3 stars.
15.8 What’s Indie Next
Day After Night on the September 2009 list
25.7 Name Train
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
30.5 Christmas Carolling
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Wildfire at Midnight
O, come all ye faithful – All the Weyrs of Pern
30.6 The Many Facets of Earth
Rolled a 1 and a 6
1. Book with three words in main title – Time to Depart
6. Second book in series The Lady of Han-Gilen – second in Avaryan Rising trilogy
Total points 590
25.2 Santa By Any Other NameI chose two names that sound alike but are spelled differently: Sara and Sarah
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
The Peach Keeper: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 765/985
Tasks Completed: 38/57
Books Read: 55/77
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
Kimber15.3 Winter Wonderland
A.(winter in title)The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
B.(World Wonder - Eiffel Tower; setting mostly in Paris, France)
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
This task: 15
# tasks completed: 18
Total points: 285
QueenarwenFor 25.3, I read Visions of Sugar Plums
and Smokin' Seventeen.
Janet Evanovich is a GR author.
30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTHI rolled a 2 and a 6:
For this I read Destiny of the Republic. I asked on the help thread if this was sufficiently brown and never got an answer. It certainly looks brown to me
For 6, I read 2nd Chance by James Patterson.
***James Patterson is a Good Reads Author*****
Points: 260
Books read: 21
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Authors: 2
Big Books 1 (750+)
pages read: 7761
Cindie wrote: "30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTHI rolled a 2 and a 6:
For this I read Destiny of the Republic. I asked on the help thread if this was sufficiently brown and never got an answe..."
Sorry, Cindie. The notifications on GR must be wonky because I didn't get one. :( FWIW I agree with you.
QueenarwenRepost for 30.2:
I read Up in Smoke
for book one and Love in the Time of Dragons
for book 2. Katie MacAlister is a GR author.
Sassafrass wrote: "Cindie wrote: "30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTHI rolled a 2 and a 6:
For this I read Destiny of the Republic. I asked on the help thread if this was sufficiently brown and nev..."
Thanks!! I loved the task, btw
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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