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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Task 5.9 - In the CellarThe Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The book is set in Italy.
Points this task: 5
Total: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA 15.10 � Celebrate!
Read any book of your choice that meets the general SRC requirements.
Book Name: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points claimed for this post:15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed so far: 3
Books Read for this challenge so far: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
BEKKA - 20.10 - Group ReadsFor this task, I read �
� by Rainbow Rowell. I posted to the discussion group (post number 16). Also, Rainbow Rowell is a ŷ Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 45
Pages Read this Challenge: 435
Total Pages Read to Date: 750
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 3
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Nick KY15.3 Happy Valentine's Day! I chose the one book option. All words in the title and the author's name begin with a letter found in VALENTINES
I read The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov. "TNS" and "IA."
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Riddle -- I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Roll of 3. Book concerns something I enjoy doing. I read Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn.
I enjoy playing the blues, though I do it on the piano and Miles Davis did it on the trumpet, and I enjoy listening to the Miles Davis album, "Kind of Blue."
Roll of 4. A-R-G-H in the title -- I read The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey.
tHe AlGieRs motel incident
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 195
Kristi CO20.7 Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Option 2: science fiction
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.7 Swim, Bike RunI rolled a 1 and a 2 on the dice.
Option 1-Read a book where the authors initials are in the word TRIATHLON.
I read Outside the Linesby Amy Hatvany. A and H are in the word. She is a GR author.
Option 2-Read a book where there is a picture of body of water big enough to swim in on the cover.
I read
by Dana Precious.Task Points: 30
Total Points: 30
Good Read Authors: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And MateOption 2B - In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #2) December 14
***Claiming ŷ Author***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total ŷ Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.4 - A Really Big Show
➥February 9, 1964, the Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show Read a book with a word from one of the songs they performed on that show in the title or subtitle.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (word: There)
10.5 - Speakeasy
➥Read a book first published during the era: 1919-1933
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (published 1932)
10.7 - Flip the Page
➥Read a book with a day of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.; or the name of a month: January, February, March, etc in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives only, no other variations.
April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton
10.8 - Take the Plunge!
� Read a book set in a location where real polar bears plunge: Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Alaska.
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (set in Sweden)
Totals for challenge:
Points this task:40
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
ŷ authors:1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥February 9, 1964, the Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show Read a book with a word from one of the songs they performed on that show in the title or subtitle.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (word: There)10.5 - Speakeasy
➥Read a book first published during the era: 1919-1933
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (published 1932)10.7 - Flip the Page
➥Read a book with a day of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.; or the name of a month: January, February, March, etc in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives only, no other variations.
April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton10.8 - Take the Plunge!
� Read a book set in a location where real polar bears plunge: Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Alaska.
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (set in Sweden)Totals for challenge:
Points this task:40
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
ŷ authors:1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.6 I love to plan Fairytale of New York by Miranda Dickinson / from 2013 summer challenge, task 20.8
Task points 20
Total points 80
Nikki B.5.2 In the Library
A Discovery of Witches, in the genre of "books about books"
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Big Book Tickets for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Goodread Authors for Task: 1
Total Goodread Author Tickets: 1
Nikki B5.3 In the Ballroom
The Dance, Has "dance" in the title
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 15
Task Big Book Tickets:0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Task Goodread Author Tickets:0
Total Goodread Author Tickets:1
MANDY YTask 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
Summer 2013: Task 20.7, Option 1- A book first published in 2013
Published October 2013:
Coreyography: A Memoir by Corey Feldman, 288 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points:50
Tasks completed:5
Books read:5
Pages read: 1756
ŷ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Janice CA10.10 'Tis The Season
I read a book shelved under "holiday" on its main page. Christmas is also mentioned in the description.
The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas- How a Cat Brought a Family the Gift of Love by Julia Romp
+10
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
Lulu5.4 -- In the Conservatory
The Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman
Cover has a dandelion
Andrew Kaufman is a ŷ author.
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
Option #2 (It's Popular)
1984 by George Orwell
This book has over a million reviews.
Option #6 (And We Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys
I have wanted to read this book for ages! Glad I got a chance.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
ŷ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!Option C: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (405 pages)
not a reread
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 3 - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation:
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (308 pages)
genre humor on main page
20.10 - Group Reads
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
posted to the discussion thread at message 13
Points this post: 60
Season Total: 110
JeniferTask 5.1 In the Kitchen
Your Personal Paleo Code: The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life by Chris Kessler
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 75
GR Authors: 3
BBT: 1
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, RunI rolled 2 and 6
Option 2 : Lake on the cover
Sam's Letters to Jennifer
by James Patterson (claiming ŷ Author)OPtin 6:Romance genre on the main page
Birthright by Nora Roberts(claiming Big Book : 544 pages)
Points this task: 30
Total: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
ŷ authors:1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.4 -- In the Conservatory
Flowers can be found in the bottom right of the page
10.1 - Get a Clue
Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular Activities
15.4 - Whodunit?
one:
two:
by Kieran Kramer
Jeffrey Kramer as The Motorist
points this post:30
total points:60
Flowers can be found in the bottom right of the page
10.1 - Get a Clue
Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular Activities
15.4 - Whodunit?
one:
two:
by Kieran KramerJeffrey Kramer as The Motorist
points this post:30
total points:60
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option D: Start a new series
Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Mai20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 3: Book with 3 E's in title and author's name combined
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.9- White SaleI read
by Erica Bauermeister. The curtain is white.She is a GR author
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 40
Good Read Authors: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Tea10.6 - SWLAT
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
- humor on main book page
*** Meg Cabot is GR author ***
15.8 - No Time to Waste
A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley
- it has 200 pages (ebook edition I've read has 137) and it actually is shortest book on my TBR
*** Jennifer Ashley is GR author ***
20.6 - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I haven't finished task 15.5. - All Fall Down from Fall challenge
Life Lessons by Kaje Harper (276 pgs)
- first letters in the title can be found in the word FALL
*** Kaje Harper is GR author ***
20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
December 21 - Florence Griffith Joyner
Ethan in Gold by Amy Lane (350 pgs)
- E, I & G can be found in GRIFFITH JOYNER
*** Amy Lane is GR author ***
Points This Post: 65
Total points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
ŷ Authors: 4
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (/)
Mod
I read Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown: America's Classic Joints and Killer Comfort Food.
10.3 - Donors Wanted
I read After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse - vampires listed as a main page genre.
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
I chose option 2B and read Parasite, #1 in a new series, Parasitology. The book is not a re-read for me and has 504 pages, so exceeds the 225 page requirement.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 100
Lulu5.4 -- In the Conservatory
The Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman
Cover has a dandelion
Andrew Kaufman is a ŷ author.
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
I rolled a 2 and a 6.
Option #2 (It's Popular)
1984 by George Orwell
This book has over a million reviews.
Option #6 (And We Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys
I have wanted to read this book for ages! Glad I got a chance.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
ŷ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.7 Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?Read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green's name contains a color
John Green is an GR Author
Tasks completed this post: 1(15 points)
Total tasks completed: 3
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Total Points: 40
Sheila5.8 -- In the Study
Deadly Heat by Richard Castleapproved in help thread here
/topic/show/...
25.8 - Oma1229's Task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Option 1 - (zoo) -
The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene approved in help thread here /topic/show/...
AND
Option 2:
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenMy native language is English and this book was originally published in Swedish
Total Points = 195
Kathy G.15.7- Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?
Authors' name a color- I chose SAGE
approved here:
/topic/show/...
Magyk by Angie Sage
*** Claiming big book- 564 pages***
Total Points- 40
Total Tasks- 3
ŷ Authors- 0
Big Books- (500 +)- 1
KAREN F5.3 In the Ballroom
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
15.6 Happy Birthday Jim!
The Other Side of Us by Sarah Mayberry
Song: Break On Through (To the Other Side)
**Sarah Mayberry is a ŷ Author**
20.9 Love of Christmas Films
Option 5: Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster
437 Pages
Added to my TBR list 6/30/13.
**Bec McMaster is a ŷ Author**
Points this Post: 40
Total Challenge Points: 40
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Elizabeth B10.4 - A Really Big Show
Keeping Her (I Saw Her Standing There)
15.6. Happy Birthday, Jim.
Fire Inside (song: Light my fire)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
Opt 5: The king - A Clash of Kings (761 pg)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films (>250 pg)
Opt 1, book A: The Ugly Duchess (334 pg, retelling of The ugly duckling, written by H.C. Andersen, published at 1843, approved at the task thread)
Points this post: 65
Total points:55+65=120
Tasks: 5+4=9
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
2013 YA
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell (GR Author) - msg 12/17 in the thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145
ŷ Authors: 7
Task 20.7 - Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?Option 2. Read a book that has the genre alternative history or science fiction on the book's main page genre list.
Ariel (Change #1) (1983) by Steven R. Boyett (Paperback, 435 pages)
20 + 20 = 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 20 + 20 = 40
Books read: 02
Pages read: 777
Read but not claimed: 3
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Theresa~OctoberLace 5.8 -- In the Study Read a book that features a writer.
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 12/12/13
One of the main characters, Eliza Makepeace, is a Victorian authoress whose stories are crucial to the plot.
I listened to the Audiobook linked above. There is no English MMP version listed in GR, but the most rated paperback , The Forgotten Garden, has 648 pages.
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
This post: 5 points, 1 Big Book Ticket
Total to Date = 50 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 3
ŷ Author Tickets to date: 2
Theresa~OctoberLace 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle 12/15/13
This book has the nested sub-genres
Mystery>Crime and Mystery>Detective.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a new-to-me author.
This post: 20 points, 1 Big Book Ticket
Total to Date = 70 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 3
ŷ Author Tickets to date: 2
Theresa~OctoberLace20.9 - Love of Christmas Films
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 12/14/13
Your book must be at least 250 pages
I listened to the audio version linked above. The MMP version, The House of Mirth, has 350 pages.
Option 1-B. Read a book that takes place in New York City
The setting per the GR page is New York City, New York (United States)
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 90 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 3
ŷ Author Tickets to date: 2
MANDY YTask 10.3 - Donors Wanted
American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder (ŷ Author), 192 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1948
ŷ authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lanetask 5.7 in the hall!
*read a book written by an author with 4 letters in name:
Who Is My Shelter? by Neta Jackson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
ŷ Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed:8
Eepa5.3 In the Ballroom
Read a book with one of the stated words in the title or subtitle.
My word: dance
Dance in the Dark by Megan Derr
Megan Derr is GR author.
10.1 Get a Clue
Read a book with all the letters C, L, U, E found in any combination of the title, subtitle, series title or author's name.
Inertia by Amelia C. Gormley
C, L and E in author name.
U in series name: Impulse #1
Paperback version says 182 pages.
Amelia C. Gormley is GR author.
15.6 Happy Birthday, Jim!
Read a book the title of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from the title of one of the songs from the The Doors.
Until Forever Comes by Cardeno C.
Song name: Take It as It Comes
Cardeno C. is GR author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
GR author tickets: 3
Lindy-Lanetask 5.4 in the conservatory!
*read a book with plant parts on cover:
House of Clouds by K.I. Thompson*leaves on trees
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
ŷ Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 9
Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Option 1 If you have a favorite conspiracy theory, read a book related to that subject
Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky
The back story involves the competition for the secrets of atomic energy and the alliances that were made and/or broken to achieve this goal.This book was approved in message 27 of the help thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Repost to 275 20.6 I love to plan
Fairytale of New York by Miranda Dickinson, from 2013 Summer Challenge, Task 20.8, option 2"endings" , word in title finished with k = York
Task points 20
Total points 80
Kimber30.6 Beginnings and Endings
Option 3:
Book A: Black Diamond Death by Cheryl Bradshaw
Book B: Bed of Bones by Cheryl Bradshaw
Cheryl Bradshaw is a GRA
This task: 30
# of tasks completed: 2
GRA: 3
Total points: 50
Mod
10.3 - Donors Wanted
vampires in description
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
option 5A, king in title
Kings of Midnight by Wallace Stroby
272 pages
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I finished all the Summer and Fall tasks
This book was on my TBR the longest- since September 17, 2009
Last Bite: A Novel of Culinary Romance by Nancy Verde Barr
308 pages
total = 165
Jayme the ghostreader15.0 Celebrate-Any book of choice
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Tasks: 2
Books Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
ŷ authors: 1 Alex Flinn
Total Points: 20
20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!Option 4 - The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau December 15
***Claiming ŷ Author***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.9 First or LastFirst in Series
Hired Lily Harlem
Lily Harlem is a ŷ author.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option B: Love Julia Quinn!!!
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is a ŷ Author
25.8 Oma1229's Task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Option 3: Newberry Honor
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Shannon Hales is a ŷ author
Option 4: Pirates
Treasure Hunters by James Patterson
James Patterson is a ŷ author
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
Rolled a 2 and a 4
Option 2:
by Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks is a ŷ Author.
Option 4: Read this book to improve my skills with young infants at work. Wonderful book.
Bright From the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3 by Jill Stamm
Points this post: 90
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
ŷ authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BRIAN10.10 'Tis The Season
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
15.9 - First or Last?
Rasputin's Shadow by Raymond Khoury
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-0 (1)
STACIE MITask 5.9 - In the Cellar
I read a book set in France:
Joan, Volume 1 by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 733
ŷ authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?To Have and to Hold by Jane Green
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
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20.9 LOVE OF CHRISTMAS FILMS
Option 5: Added to my TBR list on GR on October 28, 2013.
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Pages read: 344