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10.6 Better Check That Gift Horse's Mouth

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

Points This Post: 10
ŷ������ Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total for Winter Challenge:
Total Points: 370
Total ŷ������ Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

My final post for Winter 2014-15. Thanks to the mods and task-makers for a fun challenge!

By Peakles


20.10 - Group Reads

Laugh Out Loud Funny: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

I discussed in Message #46 of the Group Discussion.

*** Neil Gaiman is a GRA ***

Total Points : 415
GRA: 14

THE END for Winter 2015. Woo hoo! Over 400 points this time.

Anna T

30.1 It’s All Greek to Me

I rolled 2 & 5

Option 2 - love, romance, or music as a main page genre

The Perks of Being a Wallflower


Option 5 - horror as a main page genre

Marina
Marina MMP for page count


30.6 Twice the Fun

I rolled a 6 - same top genre

Divergent

Veronica Roth is a ŷ������ author


School's Out—Forever

James Patterson is a ŷ������ author


30.8 Make Your TBR List Say Uncle

Option 3 Double Rainbow (LGBT)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe


Option 4 An Oldie, but Hopefully a Goodie

The Ring of Solomon

Added to TBR on 5/20/13, joined 5/13

Jonathan Stroud is a ŷ������ author

This post:
Points - 90
GRA - 3

Total:
Points - 260
GRA - 13

perletwo
15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U - Read a book with a word that begins with the letter "U" in the title or subtitle.

An Unkindness of Ravens: An Inspector Wexford Mystery

Points this task: 15
Total points: 315
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 19

DEANA

5.2 - Clio
Historical Fiction on main page
Half Blood Blues

30.6 - Elizabeth B's task: Twice the Fun
Rolled 1: Matching word is WAR
Book 1: The Chocolate War
Book 2: The Mapmaker's War by Ronlyn Domingue ŷ������ Author


This Post:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
ŷ������ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 35

Totals:
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
ŷ������ Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 180


Thanks for another great season! Not my best, but high hopes for Spring!

Mel

5.1 Calliope

Emily Dickinson: Poems by Emily Dickinson

5.10 Who's Your Muse?

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

10.7 You Can Do It!

The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin by Greg Critser

20.2 Feminism for Everybody!

Opt. 2 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Found on Page 1 #85

Total Points: 40

Anna T

20.1 January and Janus

Option 2 - Historical Fiction

Riot

Takes place in 1863


20.2 Feminism is for Everybody

Option 2 - Best Feminist Fiction list

Insurgent

It is #582 on page 6

Veronica Roth is a ŷ������ author


20.6 Deployment

Option 1: Far Abroad

A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance by Tim Curry
A Christmas Carol MMP for page numbers

I live in North America, it takes place in Europe.

This book is new to me.


20.8 - Nickels & Dimes

Not Exactly a Love Story

Fits tasks 5.2 and 5.4 (and 5.5)

Audrey Couloumbis is a ŷ������ author

This Post:
Points - 80
GRA - 2

Total:
Points - 340
GRA - 15

Kim O

30.8 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle

Option 1 : I HEARD YOU LIKE BOOKS : Read a book with the main page genre “Books about Books��.

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Option 4 : AN OLDIE, BUT HOPEFULLY A GOODIE : Go to your to-read shelf. Look at the 10 books that have been sitting on there the longest. Choose one of them to read.

The God of the Hive -- I joined ŷ������ in April, 2012; I added this book on April 25, 2012

Laurie R. King is a ŷ������ author

Points this task: 30
ŷ������ author ticket: 1
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Totals


Big Books - 500+: 3
ŷ������ authors: 18
Books read: 40

REPOST

5.3. Euterpe

I read by Paula Byrne. There is a piano in the background.

Points: 5
ŷ������ Author this post:
Big Books: Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()


Winter Totals
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 23
Total ŷ������ Authors: 15
Total Big Books: 1

Anna T

15.2 Roman Numerals

A Dog Named Boo: How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other--and the Lives They Transformed Along the Way I, C, D, L, M, V

The Angel Experiment X

James Patterson is a ŷ������ author


15.6 My Way

We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story

Josh Sundquist is a ŷ������ author


15.10 All I Want For Christmas is U

Undivided

Neal Shusterman is a ŷ������ author


This post:
Points - 45
GRA - 3

Total:
Points - 385
GRA - 18

NICOLE OH

5.10 Who's Your Muse?

The Art Forger

B.A. Shapiro is a ŷ������ author.


POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 38
ŷ������ Authors: 26
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

I am done for Winter! I had hoped to get halfway but I came pretty darn close, so that's good enough for me! :)

Jenn IL

5.10 Who's Your Muse?

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

***ŷ������ Author***


10.2 A New Year and a New Number

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport

512 pages

***Big Book***

15.6 My Way

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

15.8 Under My Thumb

by Alice Hoffman

15.9 Public Enemy

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

***ŷ������ Author***

25.6 Let It Snow!

Opt. C Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux

Opt. D by Heather Gudenkauf

***ŷ������ Author***

30.9 You are an Ironman

Opt. 3 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

***ŷ������ Author***

Opt. 5 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

***ŷ������ Author***

Total Points: 115
ŷ������ Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1

Anna T

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?

The Outside of a Horse

IL: MG+


10.7. You Can Do It!

Madness: A Bipolar Life


This post:
Points - 15

Total:
Points - 400
GRA - 18

25.10 - Lois's task: Book Group Books

Book 1 - The Bean Trees (read for Around the World in 80 Books Group Reads for December 2014-January 2015)

Book 2 - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Most popular in the world this month, generated Dec 3, 2014, #43)

Points in this post: 25
Points so far: 775

Teresa Jo

10.6. Better Check that Gift Horse's Mouth! Spy Thriller

American Assassin by Vince Flynn

This Post
Points: 10
ŷ������ Author: No
Big Books: No

Winter Totals
Total Points: 725 / 1045 (69.37%)
Total ŷ������ Authors: 29
Total Big Books: 1

20.1-January and Janus

I chose Option 3, a main page genre of "coming of age" (this genre is embedded under Young Adult on the main page)

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Jean Kwok is a ŷ������ Author


20.6-Deployment

I chose Option #2, a book where the main character is a parent or guardian. In this book, the main character is both a mother and a guardian

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Books Read:2
Total Challenges Completed:2
Total Pages Read:674
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:1
Total Points:40

I had my second baby this season and had almost no reading time, but I had to post the couple of books I did manage to read. Hoping for more reading time this spring!

20.6 Alicia T's task: Deployment
Option 3

Alienated by Melissa Landers*GRA
The genre Romance is on main page.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
ŷ������ Authors: 7

50.1: let's start the new year off right

Option 1: close, but not quite: not allowed for 30.8-option 3 (double rainbow; main character lesbian) not 250 pages
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Option 2: try try again: not a reread; abandoned December 2013
The Cellist of Sarajevo

Option 3: bandwagon: sci fi category; not a reread
The Martian

Current post: 50 points

Elizabeth P

Task 30.3 - Greek Key

Option One: Book with lock and/or key on the cover

by Catherine Fisher

Option Two: On list Best Twists

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Page 1, number 39 on the list

Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 785
Total Tasks: 39
ŷ������ Authors: 35
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 58

Thank you so much, you guys are amazing and this challenge has made my time so much more enjoyable. Here's to the spring!

30.9 you are an ironman

4. First time winners: Cinder

5: hitting the wall: s.a.l.t in the title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Current post: 30 points
Total points: 80

MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 5.2 Clio
Read a book with the genre "History" or "Historical Fiction" on its main page.

The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florence by Elizabeth Loupas

Qualifier: Genre - Historical Fiction on main page.

Claiming GRA for Elizabeth Loupas

Points this task: 5
Points Total: 245
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Author: 12
Big Books: 1

30.8 make your tbr list say uncle

3. Double rainbow: Middlesex

6. As you wish: Scarlet

Current post: 30 points
Total: 110

MELANIE C

TASK NAME: 15.2 Roman Numerals
Read TWO books whose titles and/or subtitles together contain ALL 7 symbols/letters: I, C, D, L, M, V, X

Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison

Qualifier: Title contains the letters I, D, L, M and V

Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings

Qualifier: Title contains the letters C and X

Claiming GRA for C.C. Benison

Points this task: 15
Points Total: 260
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Author: 13
Big Books: 1

15.8 - Under My Thumb
This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, a ŷ������ author
Both her thumbs are visible on the edition I read on my Kindle, MMP edition has 432 pages.


Points: 720

30.7 hang the Christmas stockings with care

4. Luxury item: not a reread
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

5. Surprise: found on page 2
Cress

Current post: 30
Total points: 140

25.1 New and Old
Option 2 - new author to me
The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life
GRA Melanie Shankle

Option 4
The Last Battle

Total: 150 points
GRA: 1

5.5 Thalia: read a book with the comedy genre
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Current post: 5
Total points: 145

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Erika’s Task: Feminism is for Everybody!
Option 1: Moranthology by Caitlin Moran
A non-fiction collection of essays with the genre "Feminism" on the main page.

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Berls's Task: Back to High School
Option 3 - The Best YA: Rumble by Ellen Hopkins
2014 Best YA Fiction nominee

50.1 - Teri-K's task: Let's Start the New Year Off Right
Option 1) Close, But Not Quite - Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Doesn't fit 20.9 because there is an S in Jonathan Safran Foer, but fits this task because there are no other letters from SLUMP in the name.

Option 3) Jump on the Bandwagon - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Nominee for best fiction. This was not a reread for me.

Option 5) Be Resolved - The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
I want to do more creative writing this year. This book contains strategies to help get around writer's block, defeat procrastination, and tame the other things that get in the way of creating. Some very helpful advice. This was not a reread for me.


Points this post: 90
Season Total: 345

Nicole
20.7-option 3-Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 2013 Young Adult Fiction winner

Point this task:20
Total points:370

Amy FL

5.10 - Who's Your Muse?
Paw and Order

Points this post: 5
Total points: 680

The Winter Challenge has ended. Thanks to all who participated.

Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM (ETA: oh foot, serves me right for forgetting about Eastern vs Central time and ordering dresses instead of getting my post done)

25.5 -- Dakimel's task: Lucky Number Twelve
I chose options C and D.
Option C: I'm a Leo (lion) - I chose to read by Maaza Mengiste.
Option D: I was born in the Year of the Horse - I chose to read by Georgette Heyer.

Thanks for another great season, moderators! :)

Previous point total: 530
New points this post: 25
Total points: 555

New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 31

GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 16
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

READ 60

10.7 Typhoid Mary

The Brief History of the DeadThe Brief History of the Dead

By: Kevin Brockmeier

This book was on Page one #59 on Apocalypse by Epidemic


10 points

Dana, I tried to send you a PM to tell you this is the wrong thread but your profile does not accept messages. Please repost in SPRING Completed thread.