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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 CT
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Andy P.Task # 25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Option A: Celebrate the number 12! Read a book with the word “twelve� or “dozen� in the title/subtitle
by Randy Wayne White Twelve appears in title.Option C: There are 12 signs of the Western Zodiac. Find your Western Zodiac sign and read a book that has YOUR sign's symbol in the title/subtitle or series name.
by Ngaio Marsh My zodiac sign is Libra, the scales.Points this post: 25
Total points: 945
Vicki25.10 Book Group Books
Book 1:
A January Read from the Sweeter Reads Book Club. This is a very active club with lots of monthly reading choices, challenges, and activities each month.
In the Blood by Lisa Unger a GRA
Book 2:
I chose from "this week in the United States", generated on 12-3-14 and took the book from position #2
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty a GRA
This post:
25 points
2 GRA
Total:
260 points
15 GRA
Jasmiina F25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and Old.
Option 1: Read a new-to-you book (not a reread) by an author that you have read before.
Tohtori Uni by Stephen King.
I've read It from Stephen King.
Claiming a Big Book ticket with 527 pages.
*ŷ author*
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.
This author is new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 405
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
NicoleS25.8 -- Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book One- Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Book 2-Option 2-food related nonfiction-#2 on list-Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
*John Grisham is a ŷ author
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 340
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 22
Bluegrass Pam5.10 - Who's Your Muse? - Book of your choice
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
This book is 96 pages and is my only book between 80-99 pages being used for a 5 point task.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 135
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.5 California Dreamin'
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in California. The setting should be evident in the title, description, metadata, or on the main book page.
I chose to read
by Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona. The action is set in Los Angeles and surrounding suburbs (and one nearby canyon) as noted in the description.Previous point total: 385
New points this post: 15
Total points: 400
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 24
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 13
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
SCHATZIE5.8: TERPSICHORE � Features dancers
Wildwood Dancing
by Juliet Marillier ---GR AUTHOR
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 1025
Total GRA: 43
BB-500: 3
BB-750: 2
BB-1000: 0
5.4 - Erato: Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn, a ŷ author.50.1 - Teri-K's Task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 1: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn, a ŷ author
Almost fits task 30.8, option 2, except the cover is about 60% red rather than 75%.
Option 3: Landline by Rainbow Rowell, a ŷ author
Fiction, not a re-read.
Option 4: Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lyn Childs, a ŷ author.
Points: 665
Catherine TTask 10.3 - National Days
read a book set in a country celebrating it's national day during the challenge months
Elephant Moon by John Sweeney
The book is set in WWII, in Burma, as then was. Burma is now known as Myanmar:
This was confirmed as being ok in the task help thread msg 7 (/topic/show/...)
RockyNook30.7 - Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care
Rolled a 1 and a 3:
1: Read a book with a bright orange cover
- Sara Shepard2: Read a book whose author's initials are in CHOCOLATE
- Cassandra Clare**Cassandra Clare is a ŷ Author
**Sara Shepard is a ŷ Author
This task:
Points: 30
ŷ Author Tickets: 2
Total:
Points: 190
GRA Tickets: 11
Mai10.2. A New Year and a New Number
Book with 152 pages
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 38
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
MEGSCL10.1. A Random Trip Back in Time
I generated 27 (1988) The Satanic Verses
**561pp � 1 bb ticket
30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
B) Read a book written by an author whose name includes the word "water"
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
**576pp � 1 bb ticket
C) Read a book that shows a body of water large enough to swim in on the cover
(approved in task help thread #97TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 455
Tasks: 31
ŷ Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 12
Books: 37
ASHLEY OZ25.9 -- Pat's task: Narcissus & Echo
Narcissus
B. Read a book that has the word “I,� “me,� or “my� as a stand-alone word in the title or subtitle.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
C. Read a book that shows exactly one person on the cover.
The Shape Stealer by Lee Carroll
Required: Include the cover when you post.
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 21
Completed Tasks: 15
Mary P5.4 Erato
How Bridge McCoy Learned To Say I Love You by Robert K Swisher Jr.
Book approved for length. message #4368
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
ASHLEY OZ25.9 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle
Option 2 :: RED ALL OVER
Book with a red cover
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
Option 4 :: AN OLDIE, BUT HOPEFULLY A GOODIE
One of the ten oldest on to read shelf
Awaken by Meg Cabot
Book listed to read: Dec 15, 2012
Date joined GR: November 2012
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 23
Completed Tasks: 16
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 25.8 Hana C's task: Merry Saturnalia!
Book 1: Book 1: My gift to you is that your first book for this task can be any book of your choice
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
IL: MG, BL: 5.4; AR: 23.0
Qualifier: My choice.
Book 2: Option 1. Saturnalia is a winter holiday, so read a book that shows an outside winter landscape complete with snow.
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
Qualifier: snow on the cover
Points this task: 25
Points Total: 170
Tasks Completed: 10
GR Author: 8
Big Books: 0
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.5 California Dreamin'
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in California.The setting should be evident in the title, description, metadata, or on the main book page.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Qualifier: 75% of book takes place in California
Claiming GRA for Cheryl Strayed
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 185
Tasks Completed: 11
GR Author: 9
Big Books: 0
10.5 Older and WiserWorld War I by Miriam Greenblatt,Peter I. Bosco, and Antoinette Bosco
This is a nonfiction book about World War I.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 325
ŷ authors: 9
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Deployment
Option Three: Romance is a main page genre
Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 455
Total Tasks: 28
ŷ Authors: 21
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 35
10.7. You Can Do It!Health: It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 710
Coralie15.1 Returns and Exchanges
I rated The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 4 stars so I read
Close Range
I rated Miss Buncle's Book 5 stars. From the 'reader's also enjoyed' on January 22 I found
William - An Englishman
This post 15 points
Total to date 900 points
Elizabeth BBook replacement
30.6 Elizabeth B's task
Rolled 6
Scent of Magic- genre fantasy
Night's Honor- genre fantasy
New tasks
10.5. Older and Wiser
I wanted to know more about the effect of antibiotics' overconsumption on human health
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
15.6 My Way
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Points:25
Total:930
SCHATZIE5.4: ERATO � “Love� found in tact in title
Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 1030
Total GRA: 43
BB-500: 3
BB-750: 2
BB-1000: 0
NIKKI5.2 Clio
Book has History in Genre
Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier by J. Randy Taraborrelli
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10.7 You can do it
Book has Health in Genre
Year of No Sugar by Eve O. Schaub
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10.8 Friends in Tuxedos
Authors name can be found in peNGuin
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
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15.1 Returns & Exchanges
Book 1 � My Original Book which I rated 5 stars was The Eyre Affair
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Book 2 � My original book was Yes Please from there I found my book on the 9/2/2015
People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges by Jen Mann
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15.2 Roman Numerals
Book � 1 this book contains all listed roman numerals I C D L M V X (smug look :))
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs
Book � 2 this book contains a C
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
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15.7 Creature Feature
Book has the word Dragon in title
Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz
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25.5 Lucky Number 12
Option A Book is 12th in Series
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Option D I was born in the year of the Tiger � there is a tiger on the front
Life of Pi by Yann Martel __________________________________________
25.10 Book Group
Book 1 � book was read in December /topic/show/...
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Book 2 � Book is number 1 on Most Popular book club book for this week (the world)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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30.1 Captain America Girl
Rolled a 4 & 5
Option 4 � Book has Ship in title (one of suggestions)
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Option 5 � Book has Horror in Genre
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
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50 point task
Option 2 Started this book back in 2012. I read a couple of chapters then left it at my mums.
The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2 by Jane Poynter
Book is not a reread
Option 3 This Book was one of the nominees for Fiction this year
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Book is not a reread
Option 5 This book is all about taking back control of your own life and empowering oneself.
The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness by James Altucher
Book is not a reread
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Previous total = 720
This Post = 200
New Total = 920
perletwo5.10 - Who's Your Muse? - Take your favorite muse out to play by reading a book of your choice.
Obsession in Death
Points this task: 5
Total points: 265
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
Catherine TTask 10.6 - Better Check That Gift Horse's Mouth!
Read a book with espionage / spy thriller genre
Call for the Dead by John le Carre
Theresa 5.3 - Euterpe
Twelve Drummers Drumming - CC Benison (ŷ Author)
5.4 - Erato
The Truth About Love and Lightning - Susan McBride 9 ŷ Author)
Points this post - 10
Total Points - 2
ŷ Authors his post - 2
ŷ Authors total - 4
Big Books this post - 0
Big Books total - 0
FANDURY15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U
Read a book with a word that begins with the letter "U" in the title or subtitle.
Unseaming by Mike Allen
Mike Allen is a ŷ Author!
50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 1: Read a book you wanted to read for this challenge but that didn't quite fit the requirements for the task.
by Leigh PerryThis book is a near miss for task 25.5 Option D for me.
For task 25.5, Option D, you have to read a book with the animal on the cover that is yours according to the Chinese Zodiac. This book has a dog on the cover, which is one of the 12 Zodiac animals, so it would fit, except I'm not a Dog, but a Rabbit...
This was approved in the help thread in post 72
Leigh Perry is a ŷ Author!
Option 2: Read a book you started once upon a time but didn't finish.
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
I started this book in November 2013, but after reading 3 chapters discovered I was not in the mood for this cozy mystery at the time. This is the first time I read this book, so no re-read.
Option 3: Pick a book from GoodReads Best Book of the Year 2014 nominees and winners.
What If? by Randall Munroe
This book was a nominee in the Nonfiction category and it was the first time I read this book, so no re-read.
Randall Munroe is a ŷ Author!
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 460
Books Read: 29
ŷ Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
5.10 who's your muse For this task I read Het zwart en het zilver by Paolo Giordano
10.5 Older and wiser
I wanted to learn something about the history of science. Therefore I read A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. This book combined both the presumed history of the world and how these discoveries were made by scientists.
This book is a big book (667 pages)
15.6 My way
For this task I read the story of Solomon Northup: Twelve Years a Slave: Die wahre Geschichte
20.2 Feminism is for everybody
For this task I used option one and chose a non-fiction biography on feminism, namely I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafsai.
summary
Points this post: 50
Total points: 110
Total ŷ Authors: 1
Total Pages read: 2491
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
25.10 Lois's task: Book Group BooksBook 1: I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie from SRC Group Reads Fall 2011
Book 2: A book from the Most Popular bookclub books list: The Fault in Our Stars The world, all time, generated Feb. 13. 2015, #5.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
25.1 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s task: New and OldOption 1: All Sales Fatal by Laura DiSilverio
All Sales Fatal is NOT a reread. The other book I read by this author is: Die Buying
*** Laura DiSilverio is a ŷ Author ***
Option 4: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
*** Karen Marie Moning is a ŷ Author ***
*** Mass Market Paperback: Shadowfever is 671 pages, claiming 1 big book ticket ***
Total points: 120
Total GRA: 7
Total big book tickets: 2
15.10 All I Want for Christmas is U - word beginning with "u" in titleI Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
"Up" in title
20.2 Feminism - Opt 2 book from list
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (GR author)
#35 on page 1
20.8 5+5, 5+10, 10+10
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (GR author) Pub. in 2001
approved post #46 (5.5 Thalia - humor genre and 10.1 Random Trip in Time. I generated an 11 - book published in 2001.)
25.6 Let it Snow
Opt B "fire" in title
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Opt D Person dressed for winter on cover
by Rhys Bowen (GR author) approved post #225.9 Narcissus and Echo
Echo Opt 1 - Book from list
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (GR author)
Book found on 2nd page 1/15/15
Echo Opt 3 - 2 people on cover
by Tessa Dare (GR author)30.3 Greek Key
Opt 2 Best Twists lists - book #22 on page 1
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (GR author)
Opt 4 Repeating pattern on cover
by Rebecca Hunt Approved post #81
30.8 Make your TBR list say Uncle - both books over 250 pages
Opt 1 Books about Books genre
The Borrower] by Rebecca Makkai (GR author) 324 pages
Opt 3 Double Rainbow - main character gay, transgender, lesbian or bisexual
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (GR author) 360 pgs.
GLBT genre - approved post #78
Total points/post: 165
Total points/challenge: 375
GR authors/post: 8 (Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Rhys Bowen, JoJo Moyes, Tessa Dare, Jodi Picoult, Rebecca Makkai, Carol Rifka Brunt)
15.8 - UNDER MY THUMB -
30.7 - HANG THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS WITH CARE
I rolled a 3 and 4.
OPTION 3 - CHOCOLATE - Leon and Louise by Alex Capus.
OPTION 4 - LUXURY ITEM - Margaret from Maine: A Novel which I have wanted to read for a while.
This book is not a reread.
TOTAL POINTS - 760
Susan W. 10.1 A Random Trip Back in Time
Go to Random.org. On the right-hand side of the page is a box that says True Random Number Generator. Set the minimum to 1 and the maximum to 50. Have the generator give you a number.
Subtract the random number generated from 2015, and read a book first published in the resulting year.
I got the number 12 and read
Legends II by Robert Silverberg
The book was first published in 2003
Points this post: 10
Jasmiina F10.10. A New Blog for a New Year.
Read a book that has been reviewed in Blogging for a Good Book.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
*ŷ author*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 415
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Dobbs30.6 Twice the Fun
I rolled a 2 and decided to read the same author twice!
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
30.4 Neptune's NeighbourhoodA. Water or a term for a body of water in the title
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - ŷ Author
C. Body of water large enough to swim in on the cover:
by Elizabeth Lowell - ŷ AuthorPoints this post: 30
Total points: 760
ŷ Authors this post: 2
Total ŷ Authors: 23
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
SCHATZIE15.4: RING IN THE NEW YEAR
One book fits both requirements:
Maybe Someday
by Colleen Hoover --- GR AUTHOR
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 1045
Total GRA: 44
BB-500: 3
BB-750: 2
BB-1000: 0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alicia T's task: DeploymentPick ONE option and read a book that fits its criteria.
Option 1 - Read a book set on a different continent(s) than the one you are currently residing in.
Finding Sky by Joss Stirling
This book was new to me.
I live in France so in Europe. The story is in Colorado so in America.
This task
Points: 20
Total
Points: 35
Task 10.8 Our Friends in TuxedosThe One & Only by Emily Giffin
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Mod
Elizabeth BBook substitution
25.6 -- Pamela3265's task: Let It Snow!
Option B:FIRE intact in the book title A Hidden Fire
Option C: genre Romance Scent of Magic
30.6 Elizabeth B's task
Rolled 6
Pia Saves The Day (paranormal romance)
Night's Honor (paranormal romance)
Mod
****REPOST****30.7 - Catherine T's task: Hang the Christmas Stockings with Care rolled 3 & 4
Option 3: Still Waters - Tami Hoag (T & H in cHocolaTe) 12/23
Option 4: Dark Skye - Kresley Cole 2/10
(This book is NOT a reread!)
ŷ Author
BARBARA �15.1 Returns and Exchanges
Book 1 - Started with Break No Bones which I rated 4 stars
Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 12/31
ŷ Author
Book 2 - Started with Sexiest Vampire Alive
Much Ado About Vampires - Katie MacAlister 2/15
ŷ Author
Link to Readers Also Enjoyed list: /book/simila...
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15.3 Launch A Thousand Ships
Book 1 - Wild Things - Chloe Neill (Greek Mythology list) 12/31
ŷ Author
Book 2 - Her Sky Cowboy - Beth Ciotta (set in Italy) 2/13
ŷ Author
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25.5 - Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
Option 1: 206 Bones - Kathy Reichs (#12 Temperance Brennan series) 2/14
ŷ Author
Option 4:
One Heart to Win - Johanna Lindsey (I'm a Horse) (horse on cover) 12/16Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 55
Total Points: 545
ŷ Authors: 30
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
545/1100 POINTS
Cait S30.5- Atlantis
For this task, you will read two books, from two different options.
Book #1- Option 2
Read a book with the genre "utopia" or "dystopia" on its main page.
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Book #2- Option 3
Read a book the title or subtitle of which contains a word that matches exactly a word of 4 or more letters from the lyrics of Donovan's song Atlantis.
Where She Went by Gayle Forman **Gayle Forman is a ŷ Author**
The matching word is "where".
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 575
ŷ Authors: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Captain America Girl5.5 � Thalia
I read Historical Heartthrobs: 50 Timeless Crushes—From Cleopatra to Camus by Kelly Murphy. Humor is a genre on the main page, verified at /topic/show/....
Kelly Murphy is a GR Author.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 450
Books Read: 33
Tasks Complete: 22
GR Authors: 14
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High SchoolOption 2 - Assigned Reading in HS
The Awakening: Found on Page 1, #44
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Total Books Read: 12
ŷ Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Repost:25.9 Narcissus and Echo - both books are new to me
Echo Opt 1 - Book from list
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (GR author)
Book found on 2nd page 1/15/15
Echo Opt 3 - 2 people on cover
by Tessa Dare (GR author)Total points/ post: 25
Total points/challenge: 375
GR authors: 2 (JoJo Moyes and Tessa Dare)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.4 - Annapoorni's task: Neptune's Neighbourhood
The Ocean at the End of the Laneby Neil Gaiman for option A - book with the word "water" or a term for a body of water in its title).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
GR authors this post:1
Total GR authors: 1
Big Books to date: 2