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WINTER CHALLENGE 2011: EARTH
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Janice CA15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!.....
Single book that fits both A & C.
Conjunction: and
Pronoun: you & her
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
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+15
total: 225
tasks: 15
books: 18
GR Authors: 5
Laurie ME10.8: Hidden Gems: Rating - 92
Jennifer Becton - Absolute Liability
25.8: Gayle's Task: 2011-The Year in Review:
Option 3: The Royal Wedding
Lynn Michaels - Mother of the Bride
Option 5: Occupy San Francisco
Lisa Jackson - Almost Dead
Points this Post: 35.
Total Points: 800.
20.6 - Microhistory!London by Tube: A History of Underground Station Names by David Revill
Approved in the task help thread: post 83, and the e book thread: post 476
Total points 430
addition to post 2274:Trisha Wolfe, author of Destiny's Fire, is a GR author. Please give me a ******* Goodreads Author ***** ticket!!!
ChrisMDReposting from 2285 to add requested information.
30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
Rolled 2: Cozy Mystery
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Rolled 1: Book with the name of a soup in title. (Stone soup is on the Wikipedia list)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Both of these authors are new to me.
Nick KY20.9 Honoring the Grands
The Tao of Jesus: An Experiment in Inter-Traditional Understanding by Joseph A. Loya has the genre “Spirituality” on its GR homepage, making sense because it’s a very spiritual book. 185 pagesTask Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 820
Pages Read: 19,052
Big Books: 500+ (5) 750+ (1)
Jodi220.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
Option B: Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Happily, Ever, After.
Everything I Was
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 14
Books Read: 21
15.7 - Directionally Challenged
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.2 The NutcrackerI'm auditioning for the part of the Snow Queen (an author whose name begins with S)
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler
Total points: 185
Cindy FTask 30.1 Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled 3 and 6
#3 I read
by Walter Isaacson a new author to me. Claiming a big book ticket for this book.
#6 I read Amateur CitybyKatherine V. Forrest who is a different new author to me.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 16
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
hpaddict50.1 For the Love of Middle School
1)
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanBBC2 1996 mini-series
****Neil Gaiman is a goodreads author****
2)
Shades of Grey by Jasper Ffordescience fiction-dystopia is listed as 3rd genre
3)
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colferfantasy is listed as 1st genre
this post = 50
challenge total = 375
goodreads authors = 3
big books: 500=3, 750=2, 1000=0
Mod
Book 1 A Decmeber option 1 read The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (goodreads author)
Book 2 C February option 1 read
Frogs & French Kisses by Sarah Mlynowski (goodread author) book characters are witches.
Points this Post: 25
Total points- 925
Tasks Completed: 51
Books read: 70
Pages Read : 22,564
GR Authors: 37
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.9 My Favourite GenresOption 1 Young Adult
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2)
Option 3 Mystery
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #4)
This Post: 25
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Michele Hauf)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.1 - It's the Latest ThingThe Reincarnationist by M. J. Rose
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
5.9 Trash to TreasureCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare (rated 2 stars by Lilly Reader)
10.5 It's Summer Somewhere
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (set in Australia)
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
10.9 Earth Signs
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (born 1/9/54)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 945/985
Tasks Completed: 53/57
Books Read: 73/77
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
5.1 - It's the Latest Thing! I read The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen.
20.3 - Words Among Friends
I read Between The Land And The Sea by Derrolyn Anderson. There are a couple different words you could make with this, but I chose to make salt.
Both of these authors are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
JACKIE NC5.10. EARTH
The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer
10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Unnatural Causes by P. D. James
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
The Language of Sand: A Novel by Ellen Block - Word is SLOT
Ellen Block is a Goodreads author
25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 2:
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Weather Warden Series - #1
Option 3: Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes
John Appleby Mystery Series - #3
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 335
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Coralie10.10 The Winter Blues
Ella Minnow Pea
15.2 Make it Work
I read two books from Option A – a type of fabric in the title
Sprig Muslin and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
25.1 Where have all the flowers gone
White lilacs – young adult Anne of Avonlea
Daffodil – medieval setting The Lute Player – set in the 12th century
Total points 850
➜ 10.6 -- Can't Wait 'Til Spring!The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques by Tracy DiSabato-Aust
➜ 50.1 -- For the Love of Middle School
Book 1: The Girls Like... Summer Knight by Jim Butcher - Book #4 in The Dresden File series. The TV show, The Dresden Files is based on this series of books.
Book 2: The Boys Like... Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Book 3: Everyone Loves... I rolled a 2. Skyrim - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan has "Fantasy" and "Adventure" listed as top genres on its home page.
Points this post: 60
Season Total: 115
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
My first book:
word: SUNG
Sung in Shadow (1983) by Tanith Lee (Paperback, 352 pages)
B. subtract one letter from that word:
SUNG - G = SUN
The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
375 + 30 = 405
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 375 + 30 = 405
Books read: 29
Pages Read: 9,130
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
GayleTask 15.10: Sweet! Read a book of choice
The Poet by Michael Connelly
***Michael Connelly is a Goodread's author.*** I don't know if I can claim him again. If not, that's ok.
Task 25.2: Jenn Renee's Task: Santa by any other name...
Option 2: read 2 books by 1 author who writes under a pseudonym.
Book 1: The Hollow by Nora Roberts
Book 2: Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 340
30.7 Delicious Dee's task: Don't Judge a Book By Its CoverI got a heads and a tail: one cover I love, one cover I don't like.
Love:I love Cassie Clare's covers. They're always beautiful!
by Cassandra Clare ***who is a GoodReads author*** Don't like: I love the common Outlander cover (the blue one), but this one, the only one my library had, just makes me think of the kinds of romance books my grandmother would read, and we don't have the same reading tastes AT ALL!
by Diana Gabaldon ***who is a GoodReads author*** ***Big Book @ 627 pages*** ***claiming 1 Big Book ticket***
***claiming 2 GR author tickets***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 26
Goodreads Author Tickets: 19
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
25.5 MoviesOption C: Larger than life
The Maltese Falconby Dashiell Hammett.
TomatoMeter 100%/Goodreads 3.87
Option D: In the Eyes of the Beholder
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
TomatoMeter 71%/Goodreads 3.63
25.9 My favorite genres
These two books are parts of series.
Option 1: Young Adult
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Option 3: Mystery
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 600
Tasks: 29
Books: 41
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500=1
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train Book 1: MJ -> Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Book 2: Julia -> Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
***Claiming GR Author Ticket for Margaret Atwood***
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 415
Total GR Author tickets: 9
Big Book tickets: 5
30. 6 The Many Faces of EarthBook 1, Option 1) Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (272 pgs, “Ian” has 3 letters)
Book 2, Option 6) Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale (272 pgs, 2nd book in “Austenland” series)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 12
Total books read: 14
Total pages read: 4257
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Delicious Dee
Last Post 2273
5.2. That bugs me!
Butterfly in the Wind
15.3 Winter Wonderland
A. - Men Under the Mistletoe - all the stories were set on or around Christmas Eve - (3 of the 4 in the anthology are GR Authors)
B. - The Moai Murders - set on Easter Island, the site of the Moai statues, one of the The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medeival Mind.
Total Points This Post: 20
Total Points Overall: 985
Books Completed: 80
Tasks Complete: 54
GR Authors: 45
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(1), 1000(0)
25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Santa by any other name is..... well, still Santa Option 1: Pronounced the same way; spelled differently: Sarah and Sara
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake and How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Sarah Blake is a goodreads author
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 595
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson*, Chevy Stevens, Jillian Lauren, Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Skloot, Janet Evanovich*, Lauren Oliver, Chris Bohjalian, Sara Shepard***, Heidi Betts, Sarah Blake
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jodi230.4 Double or Nothing
Rolled 4 (author's first and last name start with the same letter)
What Jamie Saw (Carolyn Coman / 1991)
Rolled 1 (Consecutive words beginning with the same letter)
Freaky Friday (published pre-1975)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 15
Books Read: 23
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter HolidaysRolled 2 - a cozy-mystery
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
Rolled 1 - Stone soup
Silver and Stone by J.D. Thompson
e-book verified for length at help thread
Both authors are new to me.
J.D.Thompson and Lorena McCourtney are both Goodreads Authors
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors total: 14
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
30.2 - One Author, Two SeriesI read Living Dead in Dallas, which is book 2 of the Sookie Stackhouse series. I also read Grave Sight, which is the first book of the Harper Connelly series. Both series are by Charlaine Harris.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
30.6 Autobiography = Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos. 200 pages.Second book in a series = Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner (GR Author). 263 pages.
Points This Post = 30 points
Total Points = 170 points
Tasks Completed = 6 tasks
Books Read = 12 books
Pages Read = 4,326 pages
Goodreads Authors = 7 authors
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6 Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?I read Swamplandia!, which was nominated for best fiction. The author, Karen Russell, is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.9. Trash to treasureChasing Harry Winston
by Lauren Weisberger
*my friend JoDee rated it one star*
20.4 Happy New Year!!
Resolution 2: Quit Smoking
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Tasks: 51
Books: 67
Goodread authors: 32
Chris MD50 For Love of Middle School
1. Book on which a TV show was based.
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
According to the Wikipedia list provided in the task, the BBC did an adaptation of this book and it aired on PBS. (Sorry I missed it!)
2. Dystopia
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Science Fiction>Dystopia is the second most common genre listed for the book on GR.
Ernest Cline is a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
3. Rolled a 6 - Read a book published in the 70s.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Book was first published in 1978.
Points for this post: 50
Total points: 390 + 50 = 440
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500=3, 750=0, 1,000=0
Jennifer N.Repost
25.1 - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Red Rose - Romance
Never Enough by Lauren Dane
Sweetbriar - 1 word title
Slade by Laurann Dohner
Total Points This Post: 25
Total Points to Date: 575
STACIE MITask 30.5 - Christmas Caroling
The carols I used were Good King Wenceslas and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Using the "king" from Good King Wenceslas, I read:
Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee
Using the "wish" in We Wish You a Merry Christmas, I read:
Just One Wish by Janette Rallison
**Janette Rallison is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 800
Tasks completed 47
Books read: 63
Pages read: 16096
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.10 EARTH: Heather Graham's name begins with H and she is also a ***GRA***. Haunted+5
20.3 Words Among Friends: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein who is a ***GRA*** My words are ROAR, RAT, TAR, ROT, TART
+20
This post: 25
Challenge total: 905
Janice CA10.7 Featuring Earth.....
When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spirits by Mary Ann Winkowski
(**)
+10
total: 235
tasks: 16
books: 19
GR Authors: 5
Kelly G. 50.1 For Love of Middle School
Book 1: Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen. Was a AMC mini-series.
Book 2: Divergent by: Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) Shelved as Distopian.
Book 3: Clockwork Prince by: Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author). Rolled a 2 - shelved as fantasy.
Points this task: 50
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Rowell, Grossman, Roth, Clare)
Big Ticket Books: 0
Kelly G. 10.9 Earth Signs
Explosive Eighteen by: Janet Evanovich. Her Birthday is April 22nd.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Rowell, Grossman, Roth, Clare)
Big Ticket Books: 0
QueenarwenFor 30.4, I read The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (double n's)
, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (P,P)
, originally published in 1930. I rolled a 1 and a 3.For 15.2 I read The Tapestry
and A Kiss at Midnight
. Eloisa James is a GR author.For 15.3 I read The New Year's Quilt
and The Red Pyramid
(Egypt - The Great Pyramid at Giza). The Red Pyramid is a Big Book.For 5.3 I read Maybe the Moon - round thing was the moon/spotlight combo
.For 5.5 I read The Face of a Stranger (set in London)
.
Reposting task 20.3. I read Between The Land And The Sea for this task, which was approved for length in the e-book verification thread. I used the first letters of each word to make the word salt.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Mod
read
by Lauren Kate (goodreads author) and
by Bryna Butler (goodreads author) Points this Post: 15
Total points- 940
Tasks Completed: 52
Books read: 72
Pages Read : 23,323
GR Authors: 39
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.6 Fun and Games Book 1: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (building a snow figure)
Book 2: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (CA)
Both books approved in task help thread.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 970/985
Tasks Completed: 55/57
Books Read: 75/77
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500=5, 750=1x2, 1000=0
ahhhhhhhh.... going to try and read QUICKLY to finish two books before tomorrow's midnight deadline for 30-point tasks!! wish me luck!
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2 new tasks
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!
ONE book that fits two of the categories: mine fits A & C and was approved in Help Thread #28
Scream for Me (book #8) by Karen Rose
A:conjunction for & C: pronoun me
15.8 What’s IndieNext?
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny is on the October 2009 IndieNext list
Big Book ticket for Scream for Me (book #8) at 569 pages
Points this post = 30
Total Points = 665
Tasks Completed = 38
Total Pages Read = 19,142
Goodreads Authors = 14
Big Books = 2 (500+)