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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
DIANE L15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
#77 on page 1
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebration
Option 2: read a book with the genre "Disability" on the main page.
A Cousin's Promise by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Disability is the last genre on the page. Posting now before it drops off!
Points this post: 35
Points to date: 35
HINA25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year -
Option C:
Wanted: Christmas Mommy by Judy Christenberry.Drink on the cover.
Option D: The Ice Prince by Sandra Marton.
Reader's Choice
**Sandra Marton is a goodreads Author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 25
Total 카지노싸이트 Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Reader Name: Daphne10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings. The words must match EXACTLY - no variations.
Two Girls at the Piano (1892)
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 195
Natasha X10.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Mysterious Celtic Mythology In American Folklore by Bob Curran
296 pages. 296/4 = 74
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
25.9 Dakimel's task: Diversify Your Reading1 - Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
She is Iranian (Middle-Eastern/North African)
2 - Aya by Marguerite Abouet
She was born and raised in Ivory Coast (African) and is a new-to-me author.
POINTS: 65
Laura NT20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1. Read a book that has something to do with vampires. should be obvious from the book's main page description.
Iron & Blood
in the main page description: "But when hired killers come after Jake and a Ripper-style killer leaves the city awash in blood, Jake, Rick and Nikki realize that dark magic, vampire power struggles and industrial sabotage are just a prelude to a bigger plot that threatens New Pittsburgh and the world."
Optional: When you post, list your favorite seasoning(s).
Cumin, clove, cinnamon, garlic. All so yum!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
NARUMON10.10. Jump!
Page number divisible by 4
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. The paperback version has 152 pages and 152/4 is 38.
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 10
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 40 + 10 = 50
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
CYNBAXTERRepost from #188
Task # 5.08 – A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Book 1: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The word ‘Racism’ terminates in -ISM
PLEASE NOTE: While this book may have Children in its main-page genre, it is not a children's book and is not found on the ARBookFinder. It is book to help parents discuss racism to their children.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 65 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CHRISTINE US10.10
When You Give a Duke a Diamond by Shana Galen
356 pages in the paperback is divisible by 4.
Total in post: 10
Total: 25
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
Qualifier: bindING
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Books: 0
MEGD30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Chose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
REQUIRED: State options chosen and total number of pages in the two books.
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Terms of Use
Initials: SM
Pages: 384
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins".
A Biltmore Christmas
Genre: Christmas
Pages: 352
Total pages: 736
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - (Super)Heroes: I chose option 1, to read a book with the main page genre "Superheroes," sequential art allowed.
I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson.
Task #20.10 - Group Reads: I chose to read The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. My comment on the discussion is post #4.
Points this post: 40
Total points so far: 95
Sheila10.2. Art Appreciation
Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova10.10. Jump!
The Lost Witness by Robert Ellis340 pages
15.6 En Plein Air
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieTotal Points = 95
Kristen IA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Based on some other celebrations choose one option and read ONE book:
Required: State which option you used when you post.
Option 1: Boxing Day (December 26th) - For this option, read a book with the word BOX found intact in the title/subtitle, or that has a boxer as a main character (MMA fighters are also acceptable).
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55/1185
Tasks Completed: 3/65
Total Books Read: 3/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least three short stories. I read: The Bridegroom: Stories by Ha Jin.
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100 and no more than 200 pages. I read: Play With Me by Alisha Rai.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 125
SHELLEY UT5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
This was found on page 2.
Christopher Moore is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
카지노싸이트 authors: 3
Golden Oldies:0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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I chose option 1 and read
. Blue cover approved in the help thread and listed in post 2.20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
I chose option D and read The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende, a Hispanic author. According to her GR biography, "Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America."
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
I chose option 3, and read The Target. The book is set primarily in the U.S., but with significant plot action in North Korea, and even a little bit of action in France.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 120
20.10 Group ReadsA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - originally published in 1843 so claiming the Golden Oldie ticket. My comment is #23.
Points from this task: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Total points: 25
Golden Oldie: 1
Didi30235.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
page 1
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 5
Didi30235.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
The Sound of One Hand Killing by Teresa Solana
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Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 10
Didi302310.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as the first, middle, or last name of a U.S. Vice-President.
George Clinton (1805-1809)
Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George
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Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 20
Didi3023Arnaldur Indriðason10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in "a cold" country.
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason
Iceland
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Didi302310.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
400 pages
Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40
Didi302315.3 Lost and Found
Book A- Read a book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 55
Didi302315.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "카지노싸이트 Fiction"
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
c) Read a book with one of these words: [war] in the title or subtitle.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 65
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste RenoirBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
ING in Being
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
pub. 1897 -Golden Oldies Tix & set 100% in France
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option B: Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
by H.G. Wells ~moon on coverpub. 1896 - Golden Oldies Tix
Option E:read a book that has a title that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
M in Dream, O in Androids, N in Androids, E in Dream, T in Electric
Total this post: 35 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 2
Bigger is Better Tix: Nil
Total poinst: 35 points
Emsreviewsbooks15.3 Lost and Found
Book A: I read The GOLden Braid by Melanie DickerSon.
Book B: I read The DeceptiON oF the EmeralD Ring by LaUren Willig.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 4
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5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie by Jean Rhys10.1. This is Your Brain
Popular 카지노싸이트 for Smarties pg 1 #62:
In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius by Arika Okrent
20.10 Group Reads
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
discussion post 4
total = 90
Reader Name: Julia L20.10 Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - originally published in 1843 so claiming the Golden Oldie ticket. My comment is #23.
Points from this task: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Total points: 25
Golden Oldie: 1
perletwo25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System - Option 2: USS Arizona Memorial - For this option read a book set between 1941 – 1945, the years the U.S. was involved in World War II.
The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout - according to a chronology of Nero Wolfe cases found on , the events of this book take place in March and April of 1945.
The book was first published in 1946, qualifying it as a Golden Oldie.
Option 3: Glacier Bay National Park – For this option, read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING. Letter may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be ignored.
The Postman Always Purls Twice by Anne Canadeo
Points this task: 25
Total points: 185
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
Cait S30.7- A New Start In Art
Book 1: Option 1- Great Art
Read a book whose author shares initials with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800.
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Jonathon Tropper matches intials with Joesph Turner.
This book was new to me.
Book 2: Option 2- Great Building
Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures
Another Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass
This book was also new to me.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Task 15.1 Make the SwitchRead two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
Wolfe
Wolff
A Borrowed Man (2015) by Gene Wolfe (Hardcover, 300 pages)
And
A Vintage Affair (2009) by Isabel Wolff (카지노싸이트 Author) (Hardcover, 368 pages)
** Isabel Wolff is a 카지노싸이트 Author **
20 + 15 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 20 + 15 = 35
Books read: 03
Pages read: 1,039
Read but not claimed: 01
카지노싸이트 Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lindsey IL5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Selp-Helf by Miranda Sings
Trying 20.3 again with a long enough book - sorry for not double checking the task for further requirements!
20.3 - Book Concierge's Task: Art and Passion
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell
option B, memoir/autobiography by female author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Dakimel5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Kissin' Tell by Lorelei James (James S. Sherman (1909-1912))
10.10. Jump!
The Muralist - Hardcover, 352 pages (=88)
(there's some kind of possibly foreign-to-US paperback? I listened to audio - anyway it has the same page count: The Muralist)
15.3 Lost and Found
Lost for Words LOST FOr worDs by Edward St. AUbyN = option 2 has both words
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Enter a Murderer - #2
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
both from option 3
Fire Me Up - MC is a chef - celebrates cooking
All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue - MC is a caricaturist - celebrates drawing
TALLY:
This post - 80 points
Total - 80
SCHATZIE5.7: Luncheon of the Boating Party
ing word in title or subtitle
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
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10.7: Are You Up to Date?
Popular 2015 Books
At the Water's Edge
#21 on the list
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Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 140
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle--"TALKING":Smooth Talking Stranger
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 90/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.6 En Plein Air
Outdoor scene on the cover:A Heart's Disguise
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:105/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.10 A Reason to Party
Identified on 카지노싸이트 as #1, #2 or #12 in a series--Daughters of the Promise #1:Plain Perfect
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date:120/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
FANDURY20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes”
X-Men: Age of X by Mike Carey
This book has Superheroes > Marvel and Comics > Superheroes as genres on the main page.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
trishhartuk25.17 Tara Jo’s Task: Real Life Gets in the Way
The Fall 2015 Season was the first time I thought it would actually be possible for me to complete the SRC Challenge...In the end, most everything turned out okay, with a little icing on the cake. This is a TWO BOOK CHALLENGE; pick two books, from two different categories. Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 3: To honor my husband: Read a book where the Author’s Initials can be found in the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT in any order. If the author uses a middle name or initial(s), all initials should be found within the words.
Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday, Nancy Atherton
N & A are found in trANsplANt (twice!)
Option 4: Read a book where the Main Character is a musician OR a book that takes place in Oklahoma
Bookmarked for Murder, Marion Moore Hill
From the GR description: “Bookmarked for Murder features Juanita Wills, intrepid (aka nosy) public librarian in the small town of Wyndham, Oklahoma” and Oklahoma is listed as the setting in the GR record.
Read the kindle edition: the PB reference link is here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Sara2
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle
City of Thieves
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9 (personal goal: 35)
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle
City of Thieves
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9 (personal goal: 35)
DANIELLE M15.3 - Lost and Found
Option 2 - A book with all the letters L, O, S, T and F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed -- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
ALEXXY15.10 - A Reason to Party
Cinder book #1 in the series.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude MonetThe Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey
Required: Page 5
Total Points: 5
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONingsOption 1: The Color of Light by Helen Maryles Shankman (Horror)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option2: After the War by Daniel Stern (1965)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and 카지노싸이트
Option B: Stories: All-New Tales edited by Neil Gaiman
This post: 60
Total: 65
Delicious Dee15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
one book option
The Return of the King - 750ppl have it shelved as science-fiction-fantasy; identified as #3 in the Lord of the Rings series
points this post: 15
points total: 60
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving backOption 3: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Option 4: The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allen Poe
Book 2: Anthem by Ayn Rand (105 pages)
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2: Lightfall by Paul Monette
Option 3:
by Norman Maclean30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1: The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
Opton 4: St. Nick by Alan Russell (Christmas)
Required: Total pages: 785
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Option 1: Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe (Artist: John Constable)
Option 2: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (209 pages) (Non-fiction)
Required: Both books are new to me
This post: 150
Total: 215
Nick KY5.8 Folies Bergeres I read Font of Life: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism by Garry Wills “Baptism” is the “-ism” word in the subtitle.
10.10 Jump! -- I read Whisky and Scotland by Neil M. Gunn, with 208 pages, divisible by 4.
20.6 Emmalita’s Season opt 1. I read a book which deals with vampires, Dracula by Bram Stoker.
i did not have to post the bookcovers -- I just kinda liked them.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 115
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.03 – "Young Girl Reading"
Book 1: The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman – the word “Girl” in the title shares the same 4-letter word with Renoir’s Girl With a Watering Can (1876)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 90 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
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5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book on Popular Art Books
1st 5 pages (100 pages of text) - Book found on 2nd page about halfway down
The Lady and the Unicorn
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 185