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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
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 10.8 - Hidden Gems
Lucien's Fall by Barbara Samuel
Book had 84 Ratings when Selected
Barbara Samuel is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 320
Points - 10
Task 30.1 - Cheryl TX's / Lori BMPL's Task: Unique Winter Holidays
Book A - Rolled B - Family Life Badge
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler
New to me Author
I know this was not a very appropriate book for a boy scout themed task!
Pages - 213
Book B - Rolled 6 - Kristin
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
New to me Author
Pages - 471
Points - 30
Points this Post - 40
Points this Challenge - 945
Tasks this Post - 2
Tasks this Challenge - 60
Goodreads Authors this Post - 1
Goodreads Authors this Challenge - 35
Big Books this Post - 500(1) / 750(0) / 1000(0)
Big Books this Challenge - 500(3) / 750 (0) / 1000(0)
Thanks for all the encouragement! I think I can, I think I can....
congrts Kate S!!! you can do it denise!!!
30.5 - Butterflycager's task: Christmas CarollingWonderboys by Michael Chabon: Little Drummer Boy
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Silent night
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 8
Total points: 200
DebraTTask 20.6 Seasoned Reader: Microhistory
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Microhistory about cadavers. On this list: http://www.goodreads.com/genres/micro...
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 810 points
Goodreads Authors:15
Big Books: 500=4, 750=3, 1000=0
5.9 - Trash to TreasureI read Candide by Voltaire.
My friend Beverly rated this book 2 stars. I rated it 4 stars, so it was definitely a treasure for me.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me? I read Cross My Heart by Katie Klein. This book was nominated for Best YA Fiction.
Points this post- 5
Total Points- 460
GR Authors- 18
Denise NC, so close...YOU CAN DO IT!!!
PUTTERPAL20.4- Happy New Year
Save Money/Manage Debt- I got this book as a gift for Christmas
Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
25.7- Name Train
The last letter of my readerboard name is L- The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
The last letter of Lisle is E- Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 360
Heatso20.3: Words Among Friends
Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have by Sarah Mlynowski (Sarah is a GoodReads author) anagram: TTWDAPSH= what
20.4: Happy New Year!
I claimed this book in post 2455 for task 15.10, I'd like to move it here please
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (already claimed a GR author ticket for David)- fits option 4- borrowed from the kindle lending library
This Post: 40
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 1 (9)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Connie - The NutcrackerOption 1 - the Stahlbaum Children
Chosen by P.C. Cast Main character, Zoey is 17.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 41
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Katie OH 20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
A Touch of the Grape by Claudia Bishop
A T O T G = GOAT
25.1 - Rachel Lee's Task: Where have all the Flowers Gone?
Hollyhock (ambition: to become a better/semi-pro photographer) - The Digital Photography Book: The Step-By-Step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros by Scott Kelby
Sweetbriar (simplicity) - Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life by Jillian Michaels
Points this post: 45
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 0
Denise NC's Task:My Favourite GenresOption 3 Shakespeare's Trollop by Charlaine Harris. Shelved as a Mystery & part of the Lily Bard series
Option 4 The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø. Shelves as a Thriller & part of the Harry Hole series.
Points this post:25
Total points:545
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 39
Kelly G. 20.3 Words Among Friends
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by: Lisa See. (goodreads author).
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5 (Rowell, Grossman, Roth, Clare, See)
Big Ticket Books: 0
Kelly G.15.10 Sweet - anything I choose
Shopaholic & Baby by: Sophie Kinsella
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 5 (Rowell, Grossman, Roth, Clare, See)
Big Ticket Books: 0
Task 10.6 Can't Wait 'Til SpringFlowers on cover:
Task 30.2 One Author - Two Series
Book 1: The Brass Verdict
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads author
Book 2: The Black Echo
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 40
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0,2
Total points: 360
Total tasks completed: 25
Total number Big Books: 500(3) 750() 1000(1)
Total Big Book tickets: 6
Total GoodReads authors: 8
CathyG25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Book 1 - Using the last letter of your Readerboard name, read a book whose author's first, middle, or last name begins with that letter. Book 2 - Read a book whose author's first, middle, or last name begins with the last letter of the previous author's first or last name. Required: Point out the connections between the letters when you post.
CathyG
Gena Showalter
Intertwined
Richelle Mead
Succubus Revealed
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 865
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 60
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
I would like to remove 1Q84 from task 20.210.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night
by L.J. Smith30.6 - Sassafrass's task: The Many Facets of EARTH
I rolled a double 5 so I read:
Ebook version-
by Stephenie MeyerAudiobook version-
by Michael Lewis50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: For the Love of Middle School
A-
by L.J. Smith (Vampire Diaries)B-
by Haruki MurakamiC-rolled a 5-
by Jennifer Weiner (friend Mindy Furr was reading it on Jan. 18)Points for this Task: 70
Total Points: 330
Goal Total Points: 325
Completed Tasks: 14/57 (10.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.9, 20.1, 20.4, 20.8, 30.1, 30.3, 30.5, 30.6, 30.7, 50.1)
Tasks in Progress: 20.2, 20.8, 25.8
Books Read: 18/77
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Suzanne Jenkins, Susan Mallery, Elizabeth Scott, Kiersten White)
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()
Amanda A5.6 - Other People Liked It, Why Not Me?
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (GR Author)
Young Adult category
15.1 - Cause Knowledge Is Power!
His Darkest Hunger by Juliana Stone (GR Author)
Categories B (Darkest) and C (His)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (GR Author)
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 940
GR Authors: 45 (3 this post)
COME ON, AMANDA!!! You can do it!!!
KAREN F5.10 EARTH
Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
15.10 Sweet!
Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl
30.2 One Author - Two Series
Book 1: Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead
Book 4 of the Dark Swan series.
Book 2: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Book 1 of the Georgina Kincaid series.
**Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author x2 **
Points this Post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 820
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.10 EARTHMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Atwater begins with "A"
20.1 Baby, It's Cold Outside
Option F. - Straw Into GOLD by Gary D. Schmidt
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
TANYAPT5.10 When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
*** Goodreads Author ***
10.8 Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (792 ratings)
*** Goodreads Author ***
10.10 We Others: New and Selected Stories, Steven Millhauser
15.10 Mistress of Rome, Kate Quinn
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 26
GR Author: 19
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Wow! Amanda you are almost THERE!!!! Go girl!
jennbunnyOK....I think I have this right now. This is a repost from post 1833:
I am moving Island of Lost Girls to task 20.2 Rookie on Top 1. Read a book where where a child is a main character. A 6 year old girl is kidnapped in the modern day story (she is the focus of the search and investigation) AND the main character flashes back to her childhood in about 50% of the book as well.
Jennifer McMahon is a GR Author.
AND for task 10.8 Hidden Gems Read a book with less than 100 ratings: I am using Seed by Ania Ahlborn. She is also a GR Author. At time the book had 370 ratings. (This is an ebook and has been approved for length in message 774 in the ebook verification.)
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this task: 10
Points so far: 190
Books read: 14
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
jennbunnyTask 15.3 Winter Wonderland
a. winter holiday theme :The Christmas Cookie Club: A Novel by Ann Pearlman (GR AUTHOR)
b. wonderland: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Set in England the site of Stonehenge and Big Ben)
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this task: 15
Points so far: 205
Books read: 16
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
jennbunnyTask 20.6 Microhistory Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (approved in the task help)
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this task: 20
Points so far: 225
Books read: 17
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
jennbunnyTask 20.4 Author! Author!
4. Save Money/Manage Debt: Read a book with a mainly green cover, a non-fiction book about saving money or managing debt, or a book you got for free (from the library, a book swap, as a gift, free download, etc.) Florida Roadkill
by Tim Dorsey This book has a green cover AND I got it for free (free download)!Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this task: 20
Points so far: 245
Books read: 18
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name: StacyCT5.4 - Let's Call it a Goal!
Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life by Gail Blanke (My goal is to de-clutter and organize my apartment.)
Task Points: 5
30.5 - Christmas Carolling
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Silent Night)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 34
Pages Read: 9735
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Margaret Atwood; Lev Grossman; Lisa See)
Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: StacyCT30.6 - The Many Facets of Earth
4. No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach by Anthony Bourdain
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Task Points: 30
20.3 - Words Among Friends
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure by Rachel Friedman (My anagram is GLOAT)
(Rachel Friedman is a Goodreads author.)
Task Points: 20
5.8 - Jump
God Made Me Do It: True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord Has Ever Given His Followers by Marc Hartzman (288 pages)
Task Points: 5
10.10 - The Winter Blues
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Task Points: 10
15.10 - Sweet!
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Task Points: 15
20.4 - Happy New Year!
4. Save Money/Manage Debt - American Gods by Neil Gaiman (I borrowed this book from the library. )
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author
1 Big Book Ticket (656 pages)
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 41
Pages Read: 12125
Goodreads Authors: 5 (Margaret Atwood; Lev Grossman; Lisa See; Rachel Friedman; Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 1
Janice CAThanks moderators for all your time and dedication.
20.2 The Nutcracker......
Option 4: Author shares at least one initial with the word S.N.O.W.
An Apple a Day: Adventures of a Country Doctor by Cornelius Slater
+20
total: 270
tasks: 18
books: 21
GR Authors: 5
10.8 Hidden Gems: The Naughty List by Suzanne Young 398 ratings. Goodreads AuthorPoints this post: 10
Total points:140
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points for these tasks: 25Points thus far: 470
Goodreads Author: 1/4
Big Book Ticket: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
25.7 - Amanda A's task: Name Train
Book 1 - Using the last letter of Readerboard name, a book whose author's first name begins with that letter.
Almeta and The Restorer by Amanda Stevens, a GoodReads author
Book 2 - Read a book whose author's last name begins with the last letter of the previous author's first name.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Albee
25.6. Winter fun and gamesBook one. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod. This was about training for and running the iditarod.
Book two.
The Reef
Challenge points. 210
ERIN C.5.4 Let's Call it a Goal
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The main character in this book (Garp) is a novelist. I would like to try and write more this year, and try my hand at some fiction!
John Irving is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
GoodReads Authors: 1
Chris MD15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
"Angel" in title
20.8 Me, Myself, and I
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Me" in title
Points for this post: 35
Total points: 500 + 35 = 535
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 34
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500=3, 750=0, 1,000=0
30.2 - One Author - Two SeriesBook 1: The last book in the Miss Marple series:
Sleeping Murder: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie
Book 2: The first book in the Tommy and Tuppence series:
The Secret Adversary byAgatha Christie
Total Points 570
Thats it for this season. **Thank you Mods!**
10.9 Earth SignsHomer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow who was born on January 6 and is a Capricorn.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 785
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Stacey Jay, Kendare Blake, SJ Watson, James Patterson**, Chevy Stevens, Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Skloot, Janet Evanovich*, Lauren Oliver, Chris Bohjalian, Sara Shepard****, Heidi Betts, Sarah Blake, Melissa Marr, Matt Rees, Jillian Lauren
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.0 Hark the Jerald Angels Sing - angel or heaven in title - Angel's Tip by Afafair Burke (Goodreads author)
30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps - first book - Death Angel by Linda Howard; second book A. add one letter to that word - angel + s = angels - Snow Angels by James Thompson
30.6 The Many Facets of EARTH - first die rolled 1 - 3 word title - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles; second die rolled 6 - 2nd, 6th or 10th book in a series - From Potters Field (Kay Scarpetta # 6) by Patricia Cornwell
Points this Post: 75
Tasks Completed: 23
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 30
GR Author: 2
DebraTTask 15.7 Directionally Challenged
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
The word "map" in the title
This post: 15 points
Total to date: 825 points
Goodreads Authors:15
Big Books: 500=4, 750=3, 1000=0
Readername: Beth LynnLast post!
50.1
a) Book that is a TV show
by Charlaine Harris - 291 pages.b) Dystopian novel
by Patrick Cave - 528 pages.c) I rolled a 1.
Book with 100-200 pages
by James L. Swanson - 198 pages.Points This Post = 50 points
Total Points = 245 points
Tasks Completed = 8 tasks
Books Read = 17 books
Pages Read = 5,948 pages
Goodreads Authors = 8 authors
Big Books 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
hpaddict15.7 Directionally Challenged
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King30.6 The Many Facets of EARTH
rolled snake eyes
1)
The Free World by David Bezmozgisthree words in title
1)
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Wintersthree letters in author's first name
this post = 45
challenge total (final) = 450
Goodreads authors = 3
Big Books: 500=4, 750=2, 1000=0
thanks again to the moderators for a perfectly run challenge!
Sandy MN5.2 That Bugs Me
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
There is a butterfly on the cover
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 750
Total GR Authors: 26
That's it for me!
Thank you moderators for another great challenge!
C'mon Denise and Amanda..... I KNOW you can do it. Pull out all your smaller books..... READ READ READ!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all of the encouragement! :)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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1 (Option A) - Silken Threads by Patricia Ryan
2 (Option B) - White Oleander by Janet Fitch, a Goodreads author.
20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
Marry Me by Jo Goodman
Total Points: 425
GRA: 13