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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Sandy MN15.5 California Dreamin'
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson ŷ Author
15.8 Under My Thumb
by Jeannette WallsTotal Points:30
Total GR Authors:1
Laura E5.1 Calliope (poetry as a main page genre)
The Poets' Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family by John Lithgow
Points this post: 5
Totals
Points: 5
GRA: 0
Big Books: 0
Cait S10.9- Get To Know The Author
Read a book written by an author interviewed by ŷ.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver **Lauren Oliver is a ŷ Author**
Lauren Oliver's interview can be found towards the bottom of Page 4.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
ŷ Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Blueberry10.5 Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
How compiling data can give us so much socioeconomic information ie. how Roe vs. Wade led to a decrease in crime 15 yrs. later. Or what you name your made indicates a foretelling of it's future. So much to learn in this book.
The author is a ŷ author.
Task: 10 pts.
Total: 10 pts.
GRA: 1
Total books: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.5 Thalia
Read a book with the genre "Humor," "Comedy," or "Funny" on its main page.
I chose to read
by Mindy Kaling (paperback edition here). Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 5
Total points: 5
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 1
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Kait5.2 - Clio
A book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" (or other genres that fit into these) on its main page.
Pride and Pleasure by Sylvia Day -- Historical Romance on main page with 98 users
Sylvia Day is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 5
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 10
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Teresa Jo5.5 Thalia Main page genre: Humor or Comedy
Deedee Divine's Totally Skewed Guide to Life by Diana Estill
ŷ Author Diana Estill
This Post
Points: 5
ŷ Author: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 65 / 1045 (6.22%)
Total ŷ Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 0
Pat TASK 20.8 ~ 5+5, 5+10, and 10+10 equals 20!
Faithful Placeby Tana French ***GoodReads Author***
Task #10.9 - Get to Know the Author
Tana French Interview on Page 5
Task #10.10 - A New Blog for a New Year
Book Link :
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 20
Total Points : 20
Tasks Completed : 1
Books Read This Season : 1
Pages Read This Season : 400
Good Reads Authors : 1
Susan W.30.3 Dlmrose's task: Greek Key. Read two books using two of the different options.
Option 2: Read a book from the list Best Twists. Indicate the page and the book's numbered position on the list.
I read In the Woods by Tana French
The book is on page one of the list and is number 69 on the list.
** Tana French is a GRA **
Option 3: Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: labyrinth, maze, jungle, snarl, tangle, warren. Plurals, possessives and compound words or variations that preserve the word meaning may be used.
I read The Maze Runner by James Dashner
** James Dashner is a GRA **
Points this task: 30
Paula5.1 - Calliope
Read a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
I read In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan ★★★★�
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Captain America Girl5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
I read In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Jonquil5.2 - Clio
"Historical Fiction" on its main page
The Inquisitor's Key 496 pages
by Jefferson Bass
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Books posted 3
Tasks complete 2
ŷ authors this post: 0
Total goodreads authors: 2
Pamela32655.2 - Clio
Married by Christmas by Karen Kirst (ŷ Author) - Listed as Historical Romance
5.5 - Thalia
Prejudice Meets Pride by Rachael Anderson (ŷ Author) - Verified for humor in the task help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
ŷ Authors this post: 2
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+:
30.1 - Captain America Girl's task: It’s All Greek to Me�Rolled 2 and 3.
Option 2) Something About You by Julie James (GRA) listed as Romance.
Option 3)
by Catherine Coulter (GRA)Points this task -30
GRA this task -2
15.8 Under My Thumb
by T.L Shreffler (GRA)15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
Until You by Melody Heck Gatto (GRA)
Points this post- 30
GRA this post -2
Total points -60
Total GRA - 4
Lacy Susanne5.5 Thalia
Read a book with the genre humor, comedy, or funny on main page
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh.
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Pages Read: 529
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)
15.5 Set primarily in California Mission of Hope, 100% San Francisco
Allie Pleiter is a GRA, so 1 ticket.
15.6 A memoir or autobiography
All Creatures Great and Small
New points this post: 30
Total w/this post: 65
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed:6
Total books read: 6
Post #: 70
VAL TX10.10. A New Blog for a New Year - Read a book reviewed in
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Shilpi Somaya Gowda is GR Author.
Current:
Points - 10
GR Authors - 1
Total:
Points - 10
GR Authors - 1
BB Tickets - 0
Kristi CO15.5 California Dreamin'
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.4 - EratoFalling In Love With Her Husband by Ruth Ann Nordin (GRA).
15.5 California Dreamin'
Legend by Marie Lu (GRA). Setting says Los Angeles
Points this post -20
GRA this post-2
Total Points- 80
Total GRA -6
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.2. A New Year and a New Number
In honor of 2015, read a book with the number of pages consisting of digits found in 2015 - no repeating digits.
I chose to read
by PD James. The edition I read/linked to has 250 pages.Previous point total: 5
New points this post: 10
Total points: 15
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 2
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Sheila� 5.9 - Urania
Man in the Blue Moon by Michael Morris� 5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins ClarkTotal Points = 20
Catherine T30.1: It's All Greek to Me
option 2: Orpheus & Eurydice - read a book with romance genre
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
option 5: Medusa - read a book with horror genre
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
5.7 - Polyhymnia: An Amish Christmas: December in Lancaster County by Beth Wiseman, a ŷ author. Points: 30
HINA15.4 Ring in the New - Read a book first published between March 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015 AND Read a book identified on GR as book #1 in a series.
Club Privé: Book I by M.S. Parker.
First in the series and published April 10 2014.
**M.S. Parker is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 50
Total ŷ Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Nick KY5.1 Calliope. Read a book of poetry. I read Selected Poems by Robinson Jeffers.
5.7 Polyhymnia. Read a book with “Spirituality� as a GR genre. I read The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz. I read 195 pages of this 546 page book in the week before the challenge began.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries.
5.10 Who’s Your Muse? I read Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1971 by Robert Penn Warren.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 25
Big Books: 500+ (1)
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.1 - Calliope
I read two books with "Poetry" as main page genre. The first book I read did meet page requirement but was a dual language edition where the poem was presented in Russian and then translated to English (and as I don't read Russian, I was only able to read the poetry that was in English).
Book #1 --
Kindle edition I read: February: Selected Poetry of Boris Pasternak
Paperback edition: February: Selected Poetry
Book #2 --
Kindle edition I read: I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs
Hardcover edition: I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs
30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
Book #1 -- Using Option A where a word that reflects a body of water is part of title. "Lagoon" has been approved as mentioned in Post #2 of help thread -- /topic/show/...
Kindle edition I read: The Blue Lagoon: a romance
Mass Market PB edition: A Lagoa Azul
Book #2 -- Using Option C -- a body of water large enough to swim in
Cover above is for Kindle edition I read. Paperback edition: A Forgotten Man
Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 35
Total Points To Date: 65
Electing not to track any tickets this season
Task 30.8 Make Your TBR List Say UncleBook 1
Option 2 Red all Over
Bone on Bone
Bone By Bone
Book 2
Option 5 Guilty Pleasures Mystery/Thrillers...
To the Grave
Steve Robinson ŷ author
30 task pts
1 pt ŷ author
NicoleS5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Current post:
Points: 5
ŷ Authors: Yes
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 10
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 1000+:
Blueberry Repost of #56 for GRA credit10.5 Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
How compiling data can give us so much socioeconomic information ie. how Roe vs. Wade led to a decrease in crime 15 yrs. later. Or what you name your made indicates a foretelling of it's future. So much to learn in this book.
This book is co-written by two authors. The Stephen J. Dubner is a ŷ author.
Task: 10 pts.
Total: 10 pts.
GRA: 1
Total books: 1
ShanonRenee10.5 Older and Wiser - Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you information about something you would like to know more about
Giving by Bill Clinton
Giving
Points this book: 10
Total Points: 15
Total ŷ Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 0
GLADGIRL5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
Revival
By Stephen King
Stephen King is a ŷ Author
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Pages Read: 403
Total Pages Read: 403
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Teresa Jo5.3 Euterpe Bookcover with musical instrument
Jazz by Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux
Big Books 704 pages, hardcover read (and listened to all music on the 4 included CDs)
This Post
Points: 5
ŷ Author: No
Big Books: Yes
Winter Totals
Total Points: 70 / 1045 (6.69%)
Total ŷ Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 1
HINA 30.9 -- Delicious Dee's task: You Are An Ironman -
Option 2 - Friendships: Rules of Negotiation by Inara Scott.
Tiff TowelsandHearts rated it 4 Stars. Book 1 in Bencher Family series.
Option 5 - Hitting the Wall: Making It Last by Ruthie Knox. Approved for Length Line 1058.
Salt spelled out in Title:Last. Book 4 in the Camelot series.
**Inara Scott is goodreads author.**
**Ruthie Knox is goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 30
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 80
Total ŷ Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets:
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TracyNTask 15.9 Public Enemy
Crime on main genre page
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Points this post: 15
Total points : 15
15.5 California Dreaming Read a book set in California
by James Patterson**Book takes place in San Francisco, CA**
***James Patterson is a GR Author***
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 15
Totals:
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read: 1
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 15
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25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and OldOption 1. After the Fairytale by Angie Hulme - 12/4/14
Previous book read: A Rotten Core - 3/7/14
Option 4.Stakes & Stilettos
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Readerboard Name: Margie Van20.10 Group Read
is the book I chose to read. I participated in the discussion read on 12/4/14.Claiming Joanne Fluke as GRA
Claiming Leslie Meier as GRA
Claiming Laura Levine as GRA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
GRA: 3
30.6- I rolled a 2Option 2: Authors who share a name.
Alaskan Hearts by Teri Wilson, a GRA
and
May Cooler Heads Prevail by Teri Dunnegan
New points this post:30
Total w/this post: 95
GRA tickets this post:1
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed:7
Total books read: 8
Post #: 92
Task 5.1 - CalliopeRead a book with the genre "Poetry" on its main page.
The Gypsies & Other Narrative Poems (1824) Alexander Pushkin; translated by Antony Wood (Hardcover, 116 pages)
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this post: 5
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 5
Pages read: 116
Read but not claimed: 0
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
StephanieB5.5 Thalia (muse of comedy)
How to Be a Woman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total books read: 1
Delicious Dee15.8 Under My Thumb
- Melissa Cutler (GR Author) - you can see both of his thumbs on the coverPoints this Post: 15
Points Total: 20
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
Teresa Jo15.2 Roman Numerals
Read TWO books whose titles and/or subtitles together contain I, C, D, L, M, V, X
I,C,L,V,X: Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
M,D: Midnight Sun by M.J. Fredrick
ŷ Author Phillip Margolin
ŷ Author M.J. Fredrick
This Post
Points: 15
ŷ Author: Yes
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 85 / 1045 (8.13%)
Total ŷ Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 1
SHELLEY UT20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling �
High Country by Nevada Barr
The song is Angels We Have Heard on High (matching the word HIGH)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
ŷ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
trishhartukOpening my Winter account!
15.4 Ring in the New
Read TWO books one from Book 1 and one from Book 2: OR Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
The Whole Cat and Caboodle (Second Chance Cat Mystery #1), Sofie Ryan
Satisfies both criteria: Published April 1st 2014 and first in series
ŷ Author: No
Big Book: No
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Total points: 15
ŷ Author: 0
Big Book: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsRequired Post in Good Omens Discussion
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch | Terry Pratchett | ♥♥♥♥ | 413 Pages |
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This Task
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+:
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Totals:
Total: �30/1045 �
Tasks Completed: �3/59�
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+:
Cait S10.4- Let's Go!
Read a book with the genre "travel" on its main page.
In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith
This book was approved for Travel > Road Trip here.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
ŷ Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
10.7 -- You Can Do It!Health "genre" on Main Page
I Quit Sugar: Your Complete 8-Week Detox Program and Cookbook | Sarah Wilson | 224 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
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This Task
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+:
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Totals:
Total: �40/1045
Tasks Completed: �4/59�
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+:
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.4 Let's Go Main page genre: Travel
Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
This Post
Points: 10
ŷ Author: No
Big Books: No
Winter Totals
Total Points: 60 / 1045 (5.74%)
Total ŷ Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 0