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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
Sandy MN20.2 - Rookie on Top - Connie's task: The Nutcracker
Option 4. The Snow Queen and the Snowflakes
Author's name starts with W
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Total Points: 155
20.9-Lucky me! I chose option D. This is a brand new Christian guide to finding joy in the Christ of Christmas. I am the very first reviewer, but I thing you can tell from the description that it's a book of faith.
Christmas Journeys: Finding Joy along the Way by Justin TullSeason total: 180
10.8 Hidden Gems Gems are found deep in the Earth. Find a hidden gem, SRC-style, by reading a book with less than 1,000 ratings. For this task, the number of ratings on a book's main Goodreads page will be used. Required: Include the number of ratings the book had when it was selected when you post.I read Wendy and the Lost boys
this book had 172 ratings when I began reading itpoints: 45
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1522
10.8 hidden gems
this book has 90 ratingsPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night Read a book with a cover that is mainly blue, white, black, or a combination of any of these colors.The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank *A Goodreads Author*
The front cover is light blue
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Books: 500 = 0, 750 = 0, 1000 = 0
5.7 Third Stone from the Sun - part of a trilogy or 3rd in a series - 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson (Goodreads author) 3rd Degree
10.2 As You Like It - Book recommended to me - Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper - To Read Shelf
Stealing Shadows (Shadows, #1)
20.1 Baby, It’s Cold Outside - C. Curl Up by the Fire – For this option read a book with a flame on the cover - Trial by Fire (Ali Reynolds #5) by JA Jance
Trial by Fire
20.4 Happy New Year!! - 4. Save Money/Manage Debt: Read a book you got for free (free download) - Shakespeare's Trollop (A Lily Bard Mystery #4) by Charlaine Harris
Shakespeare's Trollop
25.3 A Series in Your Stocking - read one Christmas/Winter Holiday book from a normally non-Christmas/holiday series AND read a non-Christmas/holiday book from the same series - Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard #3) by Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Counselor (Lily Bard #5) by Charlaine Harris
Shakespeare's Christmas
Points this Post: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
GR Author: 1
20.3 Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among FriendsAlcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
AVTEL = VALET
Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Mod
5.2. That bugs me!
Wicked Bugs by Amy StewartMosquitos and beetles on the cover, bugs in title- not a book for the bug-phobic
5.3. Round Here......
Double Blank by Yasmina KhadraThe crosshairs on the cover are round
5.9. Trash to treasure.
Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
Deedee gave this book 1 star. I liked it, even the botany- though I don't think the structure was completely successful.
10.8 Hidden Gems
Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould
60 ratings when I selected this book
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!
One book, option A- conjunction "and", option C, pronoun "we"
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes
total 90
15.1 Cause Knowledge is Power!One book, option A- conjunction "&" (approved in help thread) AND option C, pronoun "me"
Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
**Claiming GR Author Ticket**
This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500=1, 750=1x2, 1000=0
Task 20.4 - Happy New Year!
Option 4: Save money / manage debt (this book was given to me) - Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase
Challenge total = 130
15.5 All Shiny and NewThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Published in September 2011.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Stacie MI's task: And They Lived Happily Ever AfterI chose option A and read:
Fool Me Once by Fern Michaels
Total Points = 210
Coralie5.3 Round Here
Blue circle around head and larger white circle10.6 Can’t Wait ‘Til Spring
Flowers on cross20.10 Group Read
Leviathan
25.5 “Movies – Ruining (Advertising?) the Book Since…”
Option A The Eagle Has Landed Goodreads rating 4.05, Tomato Meter 80%
Option D The Men Who Stare at Goats Good reads rating 3.45, Tomato Meter 52%
Total points 90
30.4 Double or Nothing: I rolled double 5's so
Book A: I read Tuck Everlasting by Natalie BaBBit (published in 1975)
Book B: I read Poppy's Passions by Stephanie Beck (published in 2010)
***Stephanie Beck is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 245
Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 14
GR Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
5.6. Other People Liked It, Why Not Me? 
by Lauren Oliver ***who is a Goodreads author***Nominated for favorite book category.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
QueenarwenFinished 15.10 "Sweet" with
. Goodreads Author.
Jayme(theghostreader)10.8 Hidden Gems "Between Worlds" (Charmed #20) by Bobbi J.G. Weiss and Jacklyn Wilson This book had 89 ratings. I didn't think this book was all that of a gem.
Task Completed: 3
Books Completed: 3
GR Authors: 1, Diane Chamberlain
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 30/985
Laurie ME15.1: Cause Knowledge is Power: Options A,B.
Russell Martin - Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved
15.8: What's Indie-Next? June 2009:
Katherine Howe - The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
20.2: Rookie on Top: Connie's Task: The Nutcracker:
David Liss - The Whiskey Rebels
30.7: Delicious Dee's Task: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover: 2 heads (I really liked the color of these 2 book covers)
1. Nancy Bush - Hush
2. Heather Graham - The Evil Inside
Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 80
David Liss is a Goodreads author
The Whiskey Rebels - a big ticket book
Heather Graham is a Goodreads author
5.2 That Bugs Me! 
by Stieg Larsson**Big Book The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is 563 Pages.**
Note: I have read and posted all 3 books to fulfill Task 5.7 trilogy requirement.
Task Points in This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 563
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read in the Winter 2011-12 SRC: 3447
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Winter 2011-12 Reviews
Deyara➜ Task #5.4. Let’s Call it a Goal!
Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley
Goal: Getting organised
➜ Task #15.5 All Shiny and New
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Amy Garvey is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20 points
Total to Date = 65 points
GR Authors: 2
Task 10.4 Blue White and the Black of Night
by Michael VaughanPoints this task:10
Total Points:100
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book Tickets:0
15.4 Go GreenI read two green covered books.
- the table felt is green and makes up most of the coverPoints: 15
Total Points: 30
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 6
Total GR authors: 1
Mod
Option 4- 4. Save Money/Manage Debt: read The Less-Dead by April Lurie (GRA) recieved book free from book club.
30.6 The Many Facets of EARTH
Rolled 1 and 3
read for option 1 Juliet Immortal (GRA) last name 3 letters
and option 2The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan (GRA) brown cover
Points this Post: 50
Total points- 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 15
Pages Read : 4,332
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.5 Off To WarThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Fits option A. World War 2.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
GR authors: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Tasks done: 4
Books read: 4
AprilDT30.3 Small Changes or Simple Swaps
C. Swap one letter for a different letter
E in Grey to A in Gray
Shades of Grey and The Picture of Dorian Gray
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.4 Go Green: Is it easy being green?Option B. Read a book by an author named "green" and option C. Read a book with a green cover: Second Chance
by Jane GreenPoints this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Number of pages: 384/384
Goodreads Authors to date: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.10. EARTH I read Love Ahead: Expect Delays by Astrid Amara. (pre-approved in ebook thread)
*Astrid Amara is a GR Author*
Points This Post- 5
Total Points- 90
GR Authors- 3
5.10 EARTH The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
(Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Joanna TFinally completed a task!
20.1 Baby It's Cold Outside
Option D: Dark Citadel (Masters of the Shadowlands, #2) by Cherise Sinclair
Approved for length in the ebook verification thread.
There is a couple on the cover -- another book in this series with a very similar cover was approved in the help thread -- See To Command and Collar (msg 8 & 13):
Cherise Sinclair is a GR Author.
Task total: 20
Grand total: 20
Cover:
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til SpringI read
which has a flower on the cover.Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.6-Facets if earth-Rolled 2 and 4. 2. brown cover:
by Ruth Minsky Sender4. biography:
by Frederick DouglassSeason total: 190
20.10 Group ReadCategory: "Steampunk"- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Sandy MN25.9 - Denise NC’s Task: My Favorite Genres
Option 1 - Young Adult
Midnight Sun
Option 5 - Romance
The Bride
Total Points: 180
Jessica PDX10.1 - Climb Every Mountain
This book has been on my TBR list since March 31, 2009.
by Toby BarlowPoints this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 160
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ - zero; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
20.9 Lucky Me! Honoring the Grands.Option D: This is a fictional book with the genres "Religion" and "Spirituality".
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.
30.5 Christmas Caroling
Book 1: The Christmas Carol is "Joy to the World".
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah.
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: The Christmas Carol is "White Christmas".
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas.
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 110
Tasks: 6
Books: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
5.9. Trash to treasure. The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
My GR friend Linda only gave this one ★ but I would say it is ★★★'s. This book has been on my tbr list a LONG time so I was glad to get a chance to slot it into the challenge. This was a story about alternate universes converging with some bad consequences.
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This was a big book at 502 pages.
Total Points = 215
Janice CA10.4 Blue, White, and the Black of Night .....
Whip Smart by Melissa Febos
2.5 stars
***Goodreads Author***
+10
total: 50
tasks: 4
books: 4
GR authors: 1
25.1 - Rachel Lee's task: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?White Lilacs (youthful innocence):YA Book, NBA Winner
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Sweetbriar (simplicity):
Epileptic by David B.
+25 Points
Grand Total: 75
JESS M20.9 - Lucky Me! - Luckngrace's task: Honoring the Grands
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Option A: Luling Young, one of the main characters, is a senior citizen.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
jennbunny20.8 It's My Birthday - Dionisia's task: ...and it's all about ME (Myself, and I)
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
324 pages
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 20
Points so far: 20
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
********Repost********I got length approval for
I would also like to change this from 20.9 to 20.1. The lit candles represent flame (option C).
Season total: 210
jennbunny5.10. EARTH Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with E, A, R, T, or H.
Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl Series, by Eoin Colfer (first name begins with E)
336 pages
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this task: 5
Points so far: 25
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
ANGIE CA20.9 Honoring the Grands
Book: Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Notes: C) Two of the kids are twins. Approved in the task help thread.
25.1 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Book 1:
by Heather DixonNotes: Hibiscus- Beautiful cover. It's shiny too!
Book 2: Ingenue by Jillian Larkin
Notes: Sweetbriar- One word title.
This Post: 45
Total to Date: 125
GRA Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 0
Books Read: 8
10.6 Can't Wait 'Til Spring
by Alan Brennert20.7 Happily Ever After
Option A
Once Upon a Time, There Was You by Elizabeth Berg
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 65
Queenarwen5.4 Let’s Call it a Goal:
- I am trying to lose weight.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Karen F's task: Baby, It’s Cold Outside D. Snuggle up with your Honey –
by Jenny DownhamPoints this post: 20
Total points for challenge: 85
15.5 All Shiny and NewThe Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
** Claiming GR Author Ticket **
This Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors:10
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1x2, 1000=0
5.9 Trash to Treasure Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
GR friends Lara rated it one star, I disagreed and rated it 3. :)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
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Points this post: 25
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0