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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
Hey everyone Stacie is really, REALLY close to finishing!! Let's get the cheerleading squad going!!!Give me a G
Give me an O
GO!!!
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WooHoo Keltie Lee and Mstan!Come on Stacie! Come on Kate! I know you can do it!
You are all so great! The more the merrier!I'm with Sheila---
GO GO GO
CHRISTINE USTask 15.1 Make it work
I went with the option to do 2 dress covers
by Jessica Day George
by Lisa Kleypas**** Jessica George & Lisa Kleypas are GR authors
Task 25. 1 Where have the flowers gone
Red Rose (romance):
by Sarah MayberryWhite Lilacs (YA):
by Libba Bray***Sarah Mayberry & LIbba Bray are GR authors
TOTAL: 680
let's go stacie, let's go ;)congrats mstan! can't wait for your task - should be a good weekend with some new tasks being posted maybe ;)
20.4 Happy New Year4 Save Money/Manage Debt
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer & Anne Stuart
This book was given to me for Christmas.
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author
This Post: 20
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Michele Hauf, James Patterson, Sarah Morgan, Jennifer Crusie)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Sheila wrote: "hint, hint :>"I know right!! and yay, I just saw a whole bunch of new challenge threads be posted...maybe when I wake up, it will be like christmas!!
5.8 JumpI read The Orphan Sister by Gwendolen Gross. It had 304 pages, which is divisible by 4 (76)
30.7 Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover
I rolled 2 heads so I got to read 2 books with covers I loved. I read:
by Karen White and
by Nancy Jensen (a GoodReads Author). I would say that I liked each of the books, but maybe not loved.Points this post:35
Total points: 435
Tasks completed:23
Books read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.5. All Around the World The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 890
25.6 - Laurie ME's task: Winter Fun and Games Book 1:
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – approved per Task Board list of approved books, message 2
Book 2:
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine– approved per Task Board list of approved books, message 2
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 915
25.5 Movies - Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since ...Option A: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fanny Flagg --- Goodreads = 4.11 Rottentomatoes = 83%
I got the movie from the library after reading the book and highly agree with both ratings. Super experience for both.
Option B: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan --- Goodreads = 4.13 Rottentomatoes = 49%
Did not check out the movie but the book was terrific.
Points = 965
Tasks = 56
Books = 76
Pages = 19,861
One-half a book to go to complete the challenge!!! Yeah! Will post tomorrow.
STACIE MIPost 10.6 - Can't Wait 'Til Spring!
I read a book with yellow roses on the cover:
Belle: A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" by Cameron Dokey
Points this task: 10
Total points: 955
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 75
Pages read: 19759
Goodreads authors: 23
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
One task to go!!!!
And can I just say that I love everyone cheering me on! You all are the best!
Go Helen and Stacie! And keep it up Mrs.soule!!!!
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? White Lilacs (youthful innocence):
Overprotected by Jennifer Laurens
Jennifer Laurens is a Goodreads Author
Sweetbriar (simplicity):
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 36
Goodreads Authors total: 17
Big Book total : 500+ = 2
CASSELM25.7 Amanda A's task: Name Train
Book 1: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, letter M for McCall.
*Alexander McCall Smith is a GoodReads author*
Book 2: Papa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner, letter H for Smith to Hotchner.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
5.1 - It's the Latest ThingA book with the suffix 'ist' in the title:
Death of a Dentist by M.C. Beaton
Total points 520
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I know right!! and yay, I just saw a whole bunch of new challenge threads be posted...maybe when I wake up, it will be like christmas!!"
Merry christmas!
yay Christmas in February!!! I was getting up as you were posting ;)c'mon Stacie, c'mon Helen!! you guys can do it!!!
10.9 - EARTH SIGNS - At the Queen's Summons by Susan Wiggs. Susan Wiggs is a fellow Taurus with a birthday of May 17 as per the Author Birthday website provided in the task.Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads author.
15.10 - SWEET - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
20.8 - ME, MYSELF, AND I - She Is Me by Cathleen Schine
Cathleen Schine is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 555
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 17
BIG BOOKS - 3
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!read Faithful Place, main character is an undercover cop.
Total Points: 465/985
Tasks Completed: 22/57
Books Read: 36/76
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.2 Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker (Option 1)The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (In the beginning the main character, Bod, is an infant. During the book he grows up to be a child and teen.)
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
20.3 Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (HPATPOA: the highlighted letters can be rearranged to form the word "PATH".)
20.4 Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!! (Option 4)
Der Ritter der Königin (The Greatest Knight) by Elizabeth Chadwick (This is a free book I got from the library)
The edition I read has 604 pages, which makes this a big book.
Elizabeth Chadwick is a Goodreads Author.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War (Option A)
Hannibal. Der Roman Karthagos by Gisbert Haefs (The book is set in ancient Carthage. Its background story is about the Punic Wars Carthage fought against Rome.)
With 747 pages, the paperback edition counts as a big book.
20.9 Lucky ME! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
The Big Four by Agatha Christie (This is a mystery featuring Poirot, a retired police officer, who now passes his time solving cases as a PI. Also, in this book it is explicitly hinted that Poirot is getting old.)
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Points this post: 100
Total points: 165
Big Books: 4x500+
Goodreads Authors: 4
I forgot to mention which option I used for task 20.9 in message 2674. I used option A (senior citizen).
25.1 Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?White Lilacs: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder (Young Adult is listed as the second genre on the book's main page)
Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author.
Plumeria: Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne (Absolution by Murder is the first book in the Sister Fidelma series).
25.7 Amanda A's task: Name Train
My readerbord name ends in "L". Therefore my first book was Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott. The author's first name, Louisa, begins with an "l".
Louisa ends in an "A". Thus I read Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie, whose first name begins with an "a".
25.9 Denise NC's Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 3 (Mystery): Fade Away by Harlan Coben
Option 5 (Romance): All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
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Points this post: 75
Total points: 240
Big Books: 4x500+
Goodreads Authors: 5
JACKIE NC10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
15.6 Read 'Em Their Writes!
Still Life by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
20.4 - Author! Author! - Valorie's task: Happy New Year!!
Option 1. Get Fit/Lose Weight
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Owned to be read
20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
Option 1: Main character is a senior citizen.
Getting Old Is Murder by Rita Lakin
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Book 1: The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby
Book 2: Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton
Ellen Crosby is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 425
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.5 - Off to WarOption A - A book about the war in Nigeria in the 1960s:
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Total points 540
Lauren Marie25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Red Rose (true love): Read a romance. I read Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts.
Plumeria (new beginnings): Read the first book in a series. I read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
25.2 – Jenn Renee’s task: Santa by any other name is….. well, still SantaOption 3: Santa Claus not only has multiple names but also a couple of nicknames – St. Nick or just Santa.
Katherine with the nickname Kathy:
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
Virals by Kathy Reichs
+25 Points
30.5 – Butterflycager’s task: Christmas Carolling
Carol: “Star of the East”
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Carol: “Silent Night”
The Watch That Ends The Night: Voices From The Titanic by Allan Wolf
+30 Points
Points this Post: 55
Grand Total: 800
20.3 Words Among FriendsA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Anagram= A L B D = BALD
Points = 985
Tasks = 57
Books = 77
Pages = 20,117
HOORAY -- FINISHED -- (assuming my last two posts meet the criteria)
Strong finish there Helen! WTG!!
Yea Helen. I hope our cheerleading helped!
name: SuzanneTask:5.8 jump
by 26 writerspages : 256
total points: 370
Thanks guys! I'm 2/3 through the last book!20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
Option B: Grace Under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War by Andrew Carroll
30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 6 & a 1.
1. January is National Soup Month (USA):
The Princess & the Pea by Victoria Alexander (pea soup)
6.February 13th is Get a Different Name Day:
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neil – I love the name Chloe
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 965
Kathy G.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Bec's task: Off to War
Option B- Word "Soldier" in the title
The Soldier's Wife by Margarte Leroy
Total Points- 225
Total Tasks- 11
Goodread Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+)- 2
Jennifer NRepost
I noticed that I posted the same book, Storm of Shadows, for tasks 20.4 and 15.3.
15.3 - Winter Wonderland
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
&
Storm of Visions by Christina Dodd
Total Points this post: No Point Change
CathyG10.2 As You Like It: Goodreads is now providing recommendations based on the books that appear on your shelves. Let's see how well they pick books! Choose a shelf listed under the heading "Recommendations by Shelf" and read a book that has been recommended to you. Required: Identify the shelf you used when you post.
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton
Based on my challenge shelf
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30.2 Sheila’s Task: One Author – Two Series
For this task you will read 2 books from 2 different series written by the SAME author under the same name.
Book 1: Read any book in any series by an author who has written at least 2 different series.
Branded as Trouble by Lorelei James
Book 2: Read the FIRST book in a different series written by the same author of your first book.
Corralled
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30.3 - DLMRose's task: Small Changes or Simple Swaps
First, read a book of your choice. Then, for your second book, select a word in the title or subtitle of your first book and make one of the following changes. Read a book with that new word in the title or subtitle.
B. subtract one letter or character from that word
Required: Please indicate the word and the change made His/is
His at Night by Sherry Thomas Goodreads Author
The Duke Is Mine by Eloisa James Goodreads Author
Points this post: 70
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 58
Goodreads Authors: 31
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Task 30.2 - One author, two series
Book 1: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Book 2: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Challenge total = 785
ANGIE CA10.1 Climb Every Mountain
Book: Nerds Like It Hot by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Notes: I've been wanting to finish this series, since I discovered it over 5 years ago.
*GoodReads Author*
15.2 Make it Work
Book 1:
by Juliet DarkNotes: B) Dress on the cover.
Book 2:
by Lisa KleypasNotes: B) Dress on the cover.
*GoodReads Author*
15.10 Sweet!
Book: The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols
*GoodReads Author*
This Post: 40
Total to Date: 700
GRA Tickets: 27
BB Tickets: 2
Books Read: 50
STACIE MITask 30.1 - Unique Winter Holidays
I rolled a 2 and a 3
For 2, I read a book by a new-to-me author:
The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames
For 3, I read a book by another new-to-me author:
Hark! a Vagrant by Kate Beaton
**Avery Aames is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 985
Tasks completed: 57
Books read: 77
Pages read: 20241
Goodreads authors: 24
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
If everything checks out, I am finished!!!
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Task 20.6 - Microhistory!
I read:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Points this task: 20
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 74
Pages read: 19503
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)