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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Cindy FTask 20.3 Art and Passion
Option 5: Cover depicts 2 or more children!
I read
by Jennifer WorthMust be >250 pages 336pages!
Points this post:20
Total points:285
Tasks completed:17
Books read:22
Golden Oldies:4
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
HINA25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia! -
Option 2: Destined for the Desert King by Kate Walker.
Lyrics: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair.
Option 3: The Goodbye Girl
by Angela Verdenius.
Author's Initials found in VAPORETTI.
Destined for the Desert King (Rhastaan Royals #1) with Bonus Novella (240 pages) + The Goodbye Girl (338 pages) = 578 pages
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 945
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Christine V15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Spirituality & Health Care: Reaching Toward a Holistic Future by John Shea
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
SpiderMac25.3 Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
This is a two book task. I flipped heads and so my alliance is USA. I chose option 3 and option 4.
Book 1 – option 3 - Read a fiction or non-fiction book with the main page genre "Espionage".
I read The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
This book is tagged as Spy Thriller > Espionage by 347 users, set mainly in East Germany, and was approved in message 17 of the task help thread.
/topic/show/...
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Book 2 – option 4 – Read fiction book that contains a word of 3 or more letters from the quote attributed to the leader of your alliance OR David Hasselhoff in the title.
I read Hanging Woman Creek by Louis L'Amour
I chose Hasselhoff: "I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me HANGING on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Check-Point Charlie." (lol!!!!!)
My word is "Hanging". HANGING Woman Creek
This is book is fiction.
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25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
This is a two book task. I chose option A and option C.
Book 1 – option A - Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.”
I read Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter
My word is “Sea” - SEA of Grass
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Book 2 – option C – Read a book with either the GR genre “Music” or the GR genre “Sports” on the main page.
I read Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones
This is book is about Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist of Queen, and was tagged with main page genre “Music” by 41 users as of 2.27.16.
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Points this post: 50
Points total: 1085/1185
Tasks completed: 62/65
Books read: 85
loafer30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
2 book task
Both of these books are new to me
option 1 Great Art:Read a book whose author shares initials (middle initials may be ignored) with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800.
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
mmpb:Suttree
painter: Claude Monet / author: Cormac McCarthy
at 620 pgs, the mmpb qualifies for a "Big Book" ticket
option 2 Great Building: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000) Ex: 263 pages, 300 pages, 436 pages, etc.
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard 400 pages/ nonfiction
points: 30
total points: 565
BB: 7
GO: 12
tasks completed: 33
JUKKA25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Read two books from female authors of diverse backgrounds.
Book 1: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Book 2: Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
Both writers were new to me.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 540/1185
Books Read: 41
Tasks Complete: 33/65
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies Option 1 Cover is primarily Duke (dark blue)
Read The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. Cover looks quite dark blue to me.
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 3 - Celebrates human artistry
Read The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art by Don Thompson. This whole book was about many aspects of contemporary art. While you may end up not agreeing with the astronomical prices of what may seem like crap (sometimes literally), it certainly celebrates modern and contemporary artists and the art they create.
Option 4 - Struggle for freedom of the individual from an oppressive society.
Read The Sea Wolf by Jack London. Though the 'society' in this book may seem small, being just aboard a ship, it was the whole society for the sailors and main character for quite a long time. The main character, Humphrey, definitely struggles against it, first because he was taken captive against his will, and then even more so after he quickly realizes how the captain, Wolf Larson, was a horrible, brutal tyrant. His struggle to regain his freedom by any way possible, from escape all the way to considering murder, is the essence of this story.
I wasn't sure whether a ship would be considered its own society, but, everything I read seemed to conclude that it was. The ship was a sealing ship, similar to a whaling ship. This quote was from the Whaling Museum website - "Learn about the isolated society and daily life aboard a whaleship."
The Sea Wolf was first published in 1904, so, I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
Thank you to all the moderators for your hard work and making sure we have this fun challenge!
Points these task: 45
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 12
Amy FL25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Book 1: Catch Me When I Fall - borrowed from the public library; author Nicci French is new to me
Book 2: The Reluctant Assassin - free audiobook download from Sync, author Eoin Colfer is new to me
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3: Corrupted by Lisa Scottoline (tranSpLant)
Option 4: Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Who Let the Dog Out? (approved in message 33 for this task)
Option 4: The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
- to me, this looks like The Guest Room in someone's house
- there are two Pretty Girls on this cover30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 1: The Bear - Two children are stranded in the wilderness (approved in message 96 for this task)
Option 3:
(also approved in message 96)Points this post: 140
Total points: 670
babbling c30.6 - 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.
1. Read a book with one of the following words in the title (title only, no subtitles): Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen. Plurals and the endings -er, -est, or -ing will work. No other variations are allowed.
Fury of Ice - Kindle - Furie de Glace - paperback pgs. 456 by Coreene Callahan
"Ice"
2. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY". Letters may be in any order, but may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase (i.e., the only letters that can be used more than once are R and S). Multiple authors are fine as long as at least one author has initials found in the phrase.
Embrace the Darkness - kindle Viper - paperback pgs. 416 by Alexandra Ivy
DressIng Warmly
416 + 456 = 872
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 565/1185
Completed Tasks: 34
Golden oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 14,605
Books read this season: 42
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loafer15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
a) main page genre "science fiction"
b) #3 in series
Messenger by Lois Lowry
AR bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5.0
points: 15
total points: 580
BB: 7
GO: 12
tasks completed: 34
25.1 - Beth NC - Art of ReadingOption A: Outdoor scene on cover - The Bridge Club, A Novel
by Patricia SandsOption E: M-O-N-E-T in title -
Mark of the LoonPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 250/1185
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
This will most likely be it for me. As always, a huge thanks to the mods and task creators for another great season.
M1NKS25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1 - read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA.
Miss Lonelyhearts Published 1933
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Option 4 - ead a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH
I, Robot Published 1950
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 2 - For this option read a book set between 1941 – 1945
The English Patient
Option 3 - read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING
The Big Sleep Published 1939
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3 - Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History
Option 4 - book of your choice
The Razor's Edge Published 1944
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
And that is me for another challenge. Thanks, as always, to the hard working moderators for their time and patience.
Points this post: 80
Total points: 1070
Golden Oldies: 29
Big Books: 500=7, 750=2, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 60
5.3 Water Lilies by Claude MonetThe Shock of the New by Robert Hughes
The book can be found on page 1.
15.10 A Reason to Party
dEaDINBURGH: Alliances by Mark Wilson
#2 in series
20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
My native language is English and the book was written in Swedish.
20.6 Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
20.9 Laura NT"S task: Art and 카지노싸이트
Option A
Disease: The Story of Disease and Mankind's Continuing Struggle Against It by Mary J. Dobson
(카지노싸이트>Biology)
Points this post: 80
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Kim O5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose
Points this task: 5
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30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
1. Great Art: Read a book whose author shares initials (middle initials may be ignored) with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800.
The Crossing (Claude Monet)
3. Great Location: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Subtitles may be ignored.
The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic
Both books are new to me.
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 4
Books read: 33
Reposting task 15.7 from message 306215.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
Book read:
by J. R. R. TolkienIL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
15.6 En Plein Air
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 1: Xenocide
My native language is Finnish, the book is written in English
Points this post: 35
Points total: 730/1185
GO total: 3
BB total: 5
Tasks completed: 38/65
Books read: 55
Readerboard name: List_addictTry again, with apologies:
5.10: Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
15.7: Here be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or a storyline involving dragons.
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Thanks
HINA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations -
Option 1: Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell.
Main character is an MMA fighter.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 965
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.4 Camilla's task: Lost in TranslationI would like to replace this task with A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Option 3 - The book takes place in Italy and England
Please move
by Katarina Bivaldto 20.5 Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1 - books on cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Sarah E20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 2: Non-fiction book by and about someone I consider heroic
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth Smart is heroic for the way she has survived her kidnapping, how she has rebuilt her life, and the work she now does to support other survivors of abuse.
I listened to the audio, most rated paperback (no MMPB) is My Story
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Catherine TTask 20.10 - Group Reads
read & comment on one of the chosen books
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Comment: /topic/show/...
Sarah E25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Author initials found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
From the omnibus edition The Lady Emily Omnibus (Books 1-4): And Only to Deceive, A Poisoned Season, A Fatal Waltz, Tears of Pearl
I read the isolated title A Fatal Waltz (no MMPB) by Tasha Alexander
Option D: Book of my choice
All Wrapped Up
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Sarah E20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: Dark blue cover
I used the colour extract tool in the help thread and I think this works. Main colour is #335373 Chathams Blue at 53.2%, which is darker than Duke Blue.
I read the kindle edition, MMPB is Call for the Dead
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545
SpiderMac50.1 Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!!
This is a three book task.
Book 1 – Read a book that is 4th in a series AND that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on 카지노싸이트.
I read A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow
This book is #4 in the KATE Shugak series.
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Book 2 – Read a book that was FIRST published in one of the last four leap years.
I read Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
This is book was first published in January this year (2016) which is a leap year.
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Book 3 – Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name.
I read The House of Owls (4 word title) by Tony Angell (TONY)
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Points this post: 50
Points total: 1135/1185
Tasks completed: 63/65
Books read: 88
This is the last task I am posting for the Winter Challenge. Sad to say that I am two tasks short of finishing. Mad props and respect to the Mods who manage to wrangle and keep track of us all. Thanks to everyone involved for creating such amazing tasks. Good times!
And to those of you who not only finished this challenge but finished early, I am just amazed. Nice work!
HINA10.1. This is Your Brain - Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Sharon Moalem.
Popular 카지노싸이트 for Smarties Position 20
Current post:
Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 975
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar DegasAlpine for You by Maddy Hunter
set in Switzerland
Total points: 170
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the YearOption A: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
One of my favorite Christmas carols is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The word "Christmas" is also found in the book's title: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor.
Option B: Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr
author's initials, RC, found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Total points: 230
Paige15.1: Lost & Found (Option 2)
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
Points this post: 15
Points total: 250
Sarah E25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Book 1: I borrowed this from the library
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
Patricia Harman is a new to me author
Book 2: This was a free kindle book
French Letters by George East
George East is a new to me author
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMPB) is French Letters
Points this post: 25
Total points: 570
Blueberry5.7 Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
Christmas Mourning
Pts: 5
Total pts: 340
10.7. Are you Up to Date?The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Book 1: "카지노싸이트 Fiction"
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke
Book 2: "three" in title
Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Three Men #1) by Jerome K. Jerome
1 x Golden Oldies -pub. 1889
Total this post: 25 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 7
Bigger is Better Tix: 11
Total points: 820 points
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM (last post this challenge! Thanks and hugs to all the mods :) )5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
I read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (paperback), found on the first page of the list.
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
I chose Options C and D.
Option C: I read Anatomies by Susan McCarty. The unifying theme is the human body, either as metaphor or actual physical object (approved here).
Option D: I read The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, it is set in France and the action of the book takes place entirely in the last half of the 19th century.
** The Queen of the Night is 561 pages long, I'd like to claim a Big Book ticket**
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: I read Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt.
Book 2: I read The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt.
A.S. Byatt's name length was approved here.
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: I read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, "snow" is in the title - 390 pages.
Option 2: I read The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra, A and M are in WARMLY - 352 pages.
390+352=742 pages.
Previous point total: 670
New points this post: 5+25+30+30
Total points: 760
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 37
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 5
Task 25.15 – Jamie NYC – Winter Challenge GoalsRequired: Roll two dice - I got 2 and 6
Book 1 – Series book # 2
Just Shy of Harmony: A Harmony Novel
Book 2 – 2015 카지노싸이트 Choice winner
Category #6 – Mystery/Thriller
The Girl on the Train
I listened to the audio / No MMP – Paperback: The Girl on the Train
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
loafer20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
paperback (no mmpb): The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir
The author recounts the positive influence his dynamic father had on him, raising him to be successful despite the negative environment of 1980's inner city Baltimore. As are all involved parents that guide and shape their children into accomplished adults, he is a superhero.
Thanks for hosting such an interesting challenge!
total points: 600
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 12
tasks completed: 35
books read: 46
CathyG5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle
The Art of Sinning by Sabrina Jeffries
카지노싸이트 Author
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
카지노싸이트 Author
10.1. This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists:
Popular 카지노싸이트 for Smarties
#52 Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
10.4. C'est ou?
Read a book with the name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
French Quarter by Lacey Alexander
30.6 - 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.
2. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson 272 pp
카지노싸이트 Author
4. Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore 306 pp
카지노싸이트 Author
50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
This is a 3 book task. Read 1 book from each option.
Book A: Read a book that is 4th in a series AND that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on 카지노싸이트.
No Longer a Gentleman (Lost Lords) by Mary Jo Putney
Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004
The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones
카지노싸이트 Author
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last). Articles like The, A, or An WILL count for words in the title. Subtitles should be ignored. They are not included in the word count.
You Don't Know Jack by Erin McCarthy
카지노싸이트 Author
Points this post: 110
Total points: 610
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 2
카지노싸이트 Authors: 30
MWEAVER10.7 Are you up to date?
Modern Romance, #15 on the Popular Books of 2015 list as of 2/29/16
20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option C: In the Woods
- I have not read any of the books in this series previously.
20.10
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Posted in the Discussion board for the Seasonal Reading Challenge on 2/29/16, Message #30.
30.1 Tis the Season for Giving Back
Option 3: Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Option 4: The Book of Aron
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 150
Dakimel5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
(length approved message 5489)
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
I read Soon I Will Be Invincible for option 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
I read Fighting for Keeps for option 1 - MC is an MMA fighter
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
option 2 - Welcome to Braggsville - "WELCOME" from the chorus "Welcome to the Hotel California" - 354 pgs
option 5 - The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson - 273 pgs
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
1 - Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
2 - Spellbound by Sylvia Day - 179 pgs
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
option 4 - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature from page 2 of list
option 5 - Last Chance to See from page 1 of the list
TALLY:
This post - 130 points
Total - 1185
Fun season! Thanks!
Finished with mere minutes to go (using midnight UK time...)25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
You may read one book or two books but the total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages. If you are using more than one book, you may use the same requirements for both books or you may choose different ones.
6. Holiday fun. Since my favorite holidays happen in the winter -- 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 01/01, read a book with a page count, as listed on 카지노싸이트, that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once. Ex: 245, 373, 500, 525, 944
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, 1273 pages
*With 1273 pages, War and Peace is an enormously Big Book, 3 tickets claimed*
*First published 1865, one Golden Oldie claimed*
Points this post: 25
Points total: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 8 - 500+(3) 750+(1) 1000+(1)
Total pages: 6789
Final post of the challenge, thank you Sandy, Kristina Simon and Dlmrose!
JUKKA25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2: Book with main page genre Western.
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy.
Option 4: Book by an author whose initials are in WHAT'S IT WORTH.
The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia, Vol. II by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Clocking in at 680 pages, this is a Big Book, and first published in 1886, it's also a Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 565/1185
Books Read: 43
Tasks Complete: 34/65
Big Books Total: 6
Golden Oldies Total: 3
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in TucsonOption 1, title initials in LUMINARIA: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
Option 3, a gemstone in the title: Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting by Ann Hood
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
Bluegrass Pam 20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
Option 2 - Heroic character
I find Edward Curtis, the subject of the book, to be heroic because of his perseverance and devotion over thirty years to his vision of “capturing on film the Native American nation before it disappeared.” It was a monumental anthropological task! Against all odds (but at the cost of his family and friends) he was successful, but yet died penniless, in creating “one of America's most stunning cultural achievements.”
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
In this post I am replacing the book originally used in task 15.10 - Reason to Party (read a book that is ...#2 in a series)I used The Story of a New Name. This book is being replaced with Children of God, which is #2 in The Sparrow Series.
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15.10 Reason to Party
Read a book that is #2 in a series
Children of God
I am moving The Story of a New Name from 15.10 to task 15.5 - Thats So Random
Read a book with a word in the title from one of the titles generated.
My six title are:
Red Witch
The Elemental Year
Dreamer of Servant
The Abyss's Heart
The Snake of the Silk
Name in the Elves
The Story of a New Name
"Name" is the first word in the last title generated.
Total new points this post: 15
Total points: 400
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20.7
Option 2: Book published between 1940 and 1965
Dune by Frank Herbert
First published in 1965
* Claiming 2 BB tickets* 883 pages
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogyOption 3 main page genre of "Biology."
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Option 4: Neurology
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
10th book listed on page one of Popular Neurology books.
Total this post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 485
GO's: 3
Thanks for another great challenge!
ESHAY20.6
Option 2: mostly brown (over 50%) colored-cover The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
*Claiming a GO ticket* published in 1922
30.4
Option 1: Mostly outdoor setting The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Book takes place in an outdoor cafe
Option 3: Green cover Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Points this post: 50
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 15
Book read: 19
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of ReadingOption B -
- moon on cover approved in task help threadOption E - The Story of a New Name - ThE StOry of a New NaMe
Points in this post: 25
Points so far: 560
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Task 25.2- It's that time of the year
Option 1- author shares your birthdate
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born in 1977
Option 3: cover with city scape
Points this post: 25
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Astonish Me (other topics)A Corner of White (other topics)
Lord of the Flies (other topics)
All the Light We Cannot See (other topics)
The Round House (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Anthony Doerr (other topics)William Golding (other topics)
Jaclyn Moriarty (other topics)
Maggie Shipstead (other topics)
Toni Morrison (other topics)
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15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Satisfies both A and B
Diary of an Accidental Wallflower by Jennifer McQuiston
LOSTFOUND in title and author’s name (including 2 O’s)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 620/1185
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 30/65