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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Jessica PDX15.3 - Happy Valentine's Day
I chose the one-book option.
by Elmore LeonardPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 365
Mai25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
A. THE DECORATIONS: Book by an author whose initials are found in DECORATIONS
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
E. THE GIFTS: A book of your choice
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy
The page count for both books is 640
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
5.10- In The LoungeRead a book that has "book club" genre on first page.
I read These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen. She is a GR author.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 65
Good Read Authors: 3
Tasks Completed: 4
Delicious Dee5.9 -- In the Cellar
The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted - over 70% of the book is set in France
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 255
카지노싸이트 Authors: 10
Elizabeth B10.1 - Get a Clue
The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (e-book, approved at line #1380 of the spreadsheet)
CLUE: thE Untamed maCkenzie jennifer ashLey
10.9 - White Sale!
title letters are white20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and Ensemble
Opt 1:
, a collection of 6 short stories25.3 - Sandy's Task: Settlers of Catan
I rolled 2 and 6
Opt 2:
(341 pg - building and road on the cover)Opt 6: Murder Game by Christine Feehan (FC are adjacent in SETTLERSOFCATAN), 446 pg
Points this post: 65
Total points:120+65=185
Tasks: 9+4=13
Mod
5.1 -- In the Kitchen
Dining With The Doctor: The Unauthorized Whovian Cookbook by Chris-Rachael Oseland
5.8 -- In the Study
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Paddy Meehan is a Scottish Daily News reporter
10.2 - Sochi Sidekicks
flames on cover
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrelltotal = 325
Jayme VA30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Beyond Comparison
Book A: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
This was on Kristi's shelf and my TBR.
Book B: If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
This was on Tanya's shelf. She gave it 4 stars. Alafair Burke is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zerooption A: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a 카지노싸이트 Author
Book has 525 pages, 1 BB ticket
option B, scale C, 210 pages
Girl with Guitar by Caisey Quinn
Caisey Quinn is a 카지노싸이트 Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
카지노싸이트 Author: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (2); 1000(0)
MB30.6 Beginnings and Endings - option 3
A. Read author's first published book Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye 336 pages
B. and last published book Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye 464 pages
total points 120
total pages 2768
tasks completed 7
books read 8
10.10 'Tis The SeasonChristmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas is a 카지노싸이트 author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
GR authors: 11
20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and EnsembleEnsemble Option 1: The Frangipani Hotel: Fiction by Violet Kupersmith
ALICIA T10.9 White Sale!
I read
by Nora Roberts. The background of the book was white. Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
dawn99Task #15.8 -- No Time to Waste
Night by Elie Wiesel
120 pgs. #6 shortest on my tbr list
points this post: 15
Total to date: 75
Coralie5.6 In the Billiards Room
#2 in the Bastable Children
The Wouldbegoods
20.9 Love of Christmas Films
Option 3B – 3rd book in series
#3 in the Small Change series
Half a Crown
This post 25 points
Total to date 130 points
15.9 First or Last?I read Lily of the Nile, which is the first in a series. Stephanie Dray is a **카지노싸이트 Author**. This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 85
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 1
Pages read: 2033
JOLIEFive tasks posted below:
5.6 -- In the Billiards Room
The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin
Book numbered #1 through #9 in a series.
My book is #5 in series
5.7 -- In the Hall
Author with name of four letters
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson Hope has four letters
15.10 – Celebrate!
Book of my choice
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
I chose Pawn as my chesspiece, meaning my book must have a prominent military or ex-military character.
The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
This is a book of interviews with World War I veterans
It is also a BIG BOOK with 528 pages
20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
I chose option 3—book with exactly three “e”s in the title and author’s name combined.
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (ThE SirEns of Titan by Kurt VonnEgut)
Points this post: 65
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
카지노싸이트 authors this post: 0
카지노싸이트 authors (total): 0
Big books this post: 1
Big books (total): 1 (500+)
BRIAN20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
An uncompleted 10,15,20 point task from the fall or summer. I choose 15.6 -- Far East from this past fall (read a book set in the Far East).
Villain by Shūichi Yoshida
This book is set in Japan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Books read: 6
Big Books: 1-0-0 (1)
Jayme VA10.10 'Tis The Season
Shirley, Goodness and Mercy by Debbie Macomber
This book has Holiday and Holiday>Christmas on its main page. A very cute and quick Christmas story!
Debbie Macomber is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke, Debbie Macomber
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
15.2 - The Old and the NewBook 1 – read a book by an author who’s an “old favorite” of yours.
Coraline: Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman *(GoodReads Author)* and P. Craig Russell
Book 2 – read a book by an author who is new to you.
The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway *(GoodReads Author)*
Points this task: 15
Total: 55
GR authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.1 - Get a Clue House of Nicolaus
Clue in title: HoUsE of NiCoLaus
length approved line 602
10.5 - Speakeasy
set during the era- 1919, 1920’s or 1930’s for a significant portion of the book
But Not for Me
set in 1931 New York City
approved in task help thread
20.10 - Group Reads
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas ***GRA***
comment in the Group Reads discussion thread
25.8 - Oma1229's Task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Opt 1: Read a book that has a living creature (non-human, non-fantasy) that you might see in a zoo or petting zoo on the cover.
kitten on the cover
Option 3: Read book that has been nominated or won any literary award.
These Happy Golden Years
Newbery Honor 1944
books approved in task help thread
Points this post: 10 + 10 + 20 + 25 = 65
Total Points: 305 + 65 = 370
GRA: 19 + 1 = 20
Hurray!! I got my computer back from the computital!!! Poor dear had been laid up for over two weeks.5.2 In the Library:
Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, And Other Page Turning Adventures From A Year In A Bookstore by Suzanne Stremke Shea
5.3 In the Ballroom:
A Rhumba in Waltz Time by Robert S. Levinson has both Rhumba and Waltz in title.
5.5 In the Dining Room:
Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life by Kim Severson Eating utensil is a Spoon.
5.9 In the Cellar:
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang is set in China. This was VERY interesting as I was practically ignorant about the topic.
5.10 In the Lounge:
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost has Book Club on first page.
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 55
Nikki B10.2 Sochi Sidekicks: Read a book with one of the mascots for the 2014 winter Olympics on the cover
There is a rabbit on the cover of Watership Down which is one of the mascots.
Total Points To Date: 70
10.6 - SWLATAccidental Abduction - Eve Langlais
10.7 - Flip the Page
Wife by Wednesday - Catherine Busbee
10.8 - Take the Plunge!
Northern Rebel: Daring in the Dark - Jennifer LaBrecque
set in Alaska, book app'd in help thread
10.9 - White Sale!
- Anne Teninowhite tank, white sail; ebook app'd @751
10.10 'Tis The Season
Christmas is Cancelled - Aurelia Rowl
ebook app'd @254
Points this post: 50
Total points: 150
25.8 - Oma1229's Task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Option 1 - Read a book that has a living creature that you might see in a zoo on the cover.
Option 2 - Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native language.
My native language is English. Heidi was originally written in Swiss German.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Option 1 - Read a book that has a living creature that you might see in a zoo on the cover.
Option 2 - Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native language.
My native language is English. Heidi was originally written in Swiss German.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Oma122915.4 - Whodunit?
A. Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page.
B. Read a book whose author's first or last name matches the first or last name of an actor in the movie version of Clue.-Colleen Camp as Yvette
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies both A and B above.
Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble
Claiming Colleen Coble as GR author
Points:150/1035
Tasks: 11/59
GR Authors: 6
Big Books:(1)500 pages; ()750 + pages
Jenifer25.8 Children Make Christmas Fun
Option 1: animal on the cover
Wild Born by Brandon MullOption 3: red haired/freckled child on cover
Listening for Lions by Gloria WhelanPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 160
GR authors: 6
BBT: 1
Sheila10.3 - Donors Wanted
Undead and Unstable by MaryJanice Davidson10.8 - Take the Plunge!
Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow(set in Alaska)
Total Points = 320
Task #10.3 - Donors WantedClaimed by Rebecca Zanetti (GR Author)
"Vampires" as a genre on main page"
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
Total Points: 70
Total 카지노싸이트 Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 20.5 - Bigger is Better Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
C: January and February seem to take forever, read any book you choose, but it must be at least 400 pages in length.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Points this Task: 20
Total Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read this Challenge: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5 -- In the Dining RoomKnives and Feathers by Sage Marlowe has "knives" (eating utensil) in the title.
*** Sage Marlowe is a 카지노싸이트 Author ***
25.8 - Oma1229's Task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Option 1: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket has a snake on the cover.
Option 3: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket has won the Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book for Children's Literature (2001) award.
Points this Post: 30
카지노싸이트 Author(s): 1
Big Book Ticket(s): 0
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 415
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total 카지노싸이트 Authors: 29
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!option C (480 pages)
Russian Winter
by Daphne Kalotay
Daphne Kalotay is 카지노싸이트 Author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Task completed: 3
Goodread authors: 1
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Jayme VA25.3 - Sandy's Task: Settlers of Catan
I rolled a 2 and a 4.
Option 2. Timber:
by Nicholas Sparks has a building (barn) on the cover.Option 4: Wheat: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty takes place in Australia.
Nicholas Sparks and Liane Moriarty are goodreads authors.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke, Debbie Macomber, Nicholas Sparks, Liane Moriarty
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Lindy-Lanetask 20.1 check & mate!
*selected #2A option: knight-read a book with a horse on cover
A Lone Star Christmas by William W. Johnstone*400 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
카지노싸이트 Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 13
Post #915.2 - The Old and the New
Old favorite: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
New to me: Triptych by Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is a GR author
Points this task: 15
Total: 130
GR authors: 7
Books read:11
Tasks Done: 9
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Get a Clue
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
This book contains all the letters C, L, U, E in the title and author's name -
jUliEt immortaL - staCey jay
20.5 - Out With The Old And In With The New!
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Option B - Ellen Hopkins is one of my favorite authors, is over 250 pages (625 pages) and is not a re-read.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Task 25.11 - Showtime for Dogs1. Read a book with any one or more of these words intact in the title or subtitle of the book: Heel, Sit, Stay, Down, and Come.
Down
The Stars Down Under (The Outback Stars #2) (2008) by Sandra McDonald (Paperback, 331 pages)
3. Read a book by an author whose first name appears on this list of most popular male and female dog names: Top 100 Most Popular Male and Female Dog Names
Exact match; no variations.
Required:Specify whether the name is from a dog you know or from the list.
#4 Top Female Dog Name on the List = Maggie
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) (2013) by Maggie Stiefvater (카지노싸이트 Author) (Hardcover, 439 pages)
**** 카지노싸이트 Author **** Maggie Stiefvater
90 + 25 = 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 90 + 25 = 115
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,624
Read but not claimed: 4
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Completed Task 10.5 - Speakeasy by readingKing Kong by Delos W. Lovelace
This book was first published in 1932.
My Challenge Total = 45 points
카지노싸이트 Author = 2 tickets
Big Book = 1 ticket
10.9 - White Sale!Read a book with something white on the cover.
(skull)
(House) by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
카지노싸이트 authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.1 - In the Kitchen
I read cookbook:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond
Points this task: 5
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3113
카지노싸이트 authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Check...And Mate!
I decided to do option 2B and read a #2 book in a series:
Overbite by Meg Cabot
This is not a re-read.
**Meg Cabot is a 카지노싸이트 author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3388
카지노싸이트 authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.5 I love my tbrOption 2
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
GOODREADS AUTHOR
I rolled a 6 for my column
*chose this book 12/21
Option 3
The Bells
Richard Harvell
GOODREADS AUTHOR
*rating of 3.98 when chosen
this task 30 points
total points 180
Jayme VA25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours.
I currently live in the United States. I read The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane (set in Australia) and The Humans by Matt Haig (set in Great Britain).
Matt Haig is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke, Debbie Macomber, Nicholas Sparks, Liane Moriarty, Matt Haig
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
FANDURY30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
For this I rolled 1 & 6.
Option 1: Read a book with an object that is considered "large" on the cover.
by Maureen AshThis ebook was approved for length in the ebook verification thread in post 2939
On the cover is Canterbury Cathedral, which I think is considered a large object.
Option 6: Read a book of your choice
by Bill AmendGraphic novels are allowed for this task.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 12
카지노싸이트 Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
LeslieW**GR Author Alert**
5.9Read a book set in one of the top 10 countries for wine consumption
Your Scandalous Ways12/14/13
Set in Venice, Italy
GR Author:No
Points: 5
10.1Read a book with all the letters C, L, U, E found in any combination of the title, subtitle, series title or author's name
Succubus Blues12/19/13
C in Succubus; L in Blues; U in Succubus; E in Blues
GR Author:Yes
Points: 10
10.3Read a book featuring vampires. The genre Vampires should appear on the main book page
Single White Vampire12/20/13
GR Author: No
Points: 10
30.2 A: read a book with BOTH fantasy and science fiction as genres on the main page AND B: Choose any scale and read a book with a page count with digits from the chosen scale INCLUDING the digit 0. Chose -C
Dark Protector12/27/13
both Fantasy and 카지노싸이트 Fiction are listed on the home page
Falling Blind12/27/13
370 pages
GR Author: Yes AND Yes
Points: 30
Points This Post: 55
Points To Date: 125
GR Authors This Post: 3
GR Authors To Date: 8
Chunksters:0
Theresa~OctoberLace 25.9 - Alison's Task: All Things New
Option #1: New Authors For this task read a book by a 카지노싸이트 Author whom you have never read before.
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 12/27/13
Helene Wecker is a 카지노싸이트 Author and this is the first book I've read that was written by her.
Option #2: New Books For this option read a book that is no more than 6 months old by first publication.
Allegiant by Veronica Roth 12/28/13
This book was first published on October 22, 2013 and I finished it on December 28, 2013.
***Claiming One Big Book Ticket for Allegiant***
I listened to the audio version. There is not a MMP version listed on 카지노싸이트, so I am using the page count of 526 from the paperback version.
*** Claiming Two 카지노싸이트 Author Tickets***
Both Helene Wecker and Veronica Roth are 카지노싸이트 Authors.
This post: 25 points, 1 Big Book Ticket, and 2 카지노싸이트 Author Tickets
Total to Date = 180 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 7
카지노싸이트 Author Tickets to date: 4
Delicious Dee10.10 'Tis The Season
A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift - Jennifer Ashley (GR Author) - 22ppl have it shelved as holiday
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 265
카지노싸이트 Authors: 11
10.10 'Tis The SeasonShelved Holiday>Christmas and Holiday:
Let it Snow by John Green
+10 Points
Grand Total:155
5.7 In the HallAuthor Name: West
Theology of the Body for Beginners Christopher West
20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and Ensemble
Ensemble Option 1:
Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories Lisa Scott
Lisa Scott is a 카지노싸이트 author
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I have completed all of the tasks in the past two seasons. I chose the following book from my TBR. It was originally shelved on March 3, 2013.
Logan Linda Lael Miller
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 3 Part A Christmas
Twelve Days Teresa Hill
Teresa Hill is a 카지노싸이트 author
25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Page Count: 285 + 322 = 607
Option A: Wreath on cover Page Count: 285 pages
Sherryl WoodsOption C: Donna Page Count: 322 pages
Sweet Stuff Donna Kauffman
Donna Kauffman is a 카지노싸이트 author
30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 3: Author's Body of Work: Debbie Macomber
Book A: Starlight: A Novel Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber is a 카지노싸이트 author
Book B: Starry Night: A Christmas Novel Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber is a 카지노싸이트 author
Points this post: 120
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
카지노싸이트 authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker TraditionOption 1. Read a book whose page number contains two of the following numbers: 1, 8, 9, 2.
Cloud Nine by James M. Cain 178 pages
Option 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in TCHAIKOVSKY.
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison TCHAIKOVSKY
Task total=25
Grand total=165
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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.
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, The letters C,L,U,E are all found in the word "Lucifer" in the title of the book
Total Points To Date: 60