Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC Showing 2,851-2,866 of 2,866

[Mary Beth]

Task: 5.5 All Around the World

Read: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Claiming One Goodreads Author Ticket

Points this task: 5
Total Points: 185

[April]

AprilDT

25.5 - Movies

Option A: The Secret Garden with 4.08 GR and 94% RT

Option B: Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation 4.02 GR and 75% RT

Points this post: 25
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big books: 500+(4); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

[Jayalalita]

10.9 Earth Signs

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz - Born January 01, 1956.


15.5 All Shiny and New

Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver - Published October 4th, 2011; this is the first book by Lauren Oliver I have read.


15.9 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - Angels are crucial to the plot.


20.4 Happy New Year!!

Option 2. Quit Smoking: The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson


20.10 Group Read

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - My post is #40.


30.5 Christmas Carolling

Book 1: Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
Book 2: White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick (White Christmas)


50.1 For the Love of Middle School

Book 1: The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard - TV miniseries The Cazalets is based on this book series.
Book 2: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Book 3: I rolled a 1 and read Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, which is 192 pages.


Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 37
Pages Read: 10,733

[Cathy]

CathyG

30.1 - Cheryl TX/Lori (BNPL)'s Task: Unique Winter Holidays
read 2 books written by new-to-you authors.

2. January 6th is Cuddle Up Day: Read a cozy mystery. Try cozy-mystery.com
Spying in High Heelsby Gemma Halliday
New to me author

3. January 12th is Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Required: Post a link or cover (preferred) when claiming points.
The Sword : Jean Johnson
New to Me Author
Goodreads Author

Required: Identify the numbers you rolled when you post. You also must indicate which author(s) is new to you, as the task requires. 2/3


Points this post: 30
Total points: 895
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 62
Goodreads Authors: 33
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

[Jennifer]

20.4 Happy New Year!

4. Save Money/Manage Debt - book for free from library

I would like to move the book I already claimed for this task to task 10.9 and use

Room by Emma Donoghue

10.9 Earth Signs

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave is a Capricorn and is born Jan. 1, 1973

Total this post - 10 points
Final total - 370 points

[Deana]

DEANA

Sorry for the last minute entry - had to do a push to finish the book on time! And then of course right when I went to publish, the site went down :(

Task 30.4

I rolled 1 and 4

BOOK 1: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
This book was published in 2010, which is AFTER 1975.

BOOK 2: The Dispossessed (Dispossessed)
This book was published in 1974, which is BEFORE 1975.

[Jen]

Jen UT

30.7 - Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover

Heads: Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Tails:Underdogs by Markus Zusak

Total Points: 95
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 8

[KSMary]

10.10 Winter Blues (Any Book)

Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun

Points: 10
Total for Challenge:430

[Jennifer W]

30.4 Double of Nothing

I rolled a 4 and a 3

4: Same initials One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Published 1962

3: Consecutive words with the same letter: For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz published 2008

Total points: 275

Yay! Thanks for another great challenge!

[Heather]

Heather KS

Finished task 15.1 Knowledge is Power

I picked one book that fit 2 options: option A, conjunction..."for" and option C, pronoun..."your"

I read Chosen and Cherished: Biblical Wisdom for Your Marriage

New point total: 390

[Beth F]

I slacked off on some other things today to finish these last two and then I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get them posted. I What were the odds that Goodreads would go KABOOM on end-of-challenge eve???? Please don't go down again before I hit submit!

10.8 Hidden Gems
The Man of Property: The Forsyte Saga
Had 392 ratings when I selected it.

15.10 Sweet!
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

Total Points: 450
GRA: 13

[Heather]

Heather KS

Finished task 20.6 Microhistory

I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Also, Rebecca Skloot is a GR author.

Final point total: 410

[Lorna]

20.7 And They Lived Happily Ever After
14,000 Things to Be Happy about by Barbara Ann Kipfer 612 pages -

1 big book ticked claimed

Points this point: 20
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3

Thank you moderators for a HAPPY challenge

[Marie]

PUTTERPAL

20.9- honoring the grands
Lemon Tart by Josi S. Kilpack A. The main character is a 57 year old Grandma

25.5- movies- ruining the book since.
Option A- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Goodreads- 4.19 Rottentomatoes- 96%
Option B- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Goodreads- 3.97 Rottentomatoes- 76%

Points this post- 45
Total Points- 405

[Michael]

15.10 Sweet Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson

20.1 Option C by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Gabrielle Charbonnet

20.5 by Homer H. Hickam


Points this Post: 55
Total points- 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Books read: 21
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(2), 1000+(0)

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

The Winter Challenge has ended. We hope you found some great books.
The Spring Challenge has begun!