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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Hana C.
10.1 Get a Clue
Letters C, L, U, E found in title and author's name.
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
magiC bUrns by iLona andrEws
**Ilona Andrews in a GRA
points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 2
Total points: 40
10.1 Get a Clue
Letters C, L, U, E found in title and author's name.
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
magiC bUrns by iLona andrEws
**Ilona Andrews in a GRA
points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 2
Total points: 40
Kathy G.15.8- No Time to Waste
Littles And Their Amazing New Friend by John Lawrence Peterson
Total Points- 35
Total Tasks- 2
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
10.9 White Sale!
by Jack London - dog's face and snow are white on the cover15.2 The Old and the New
Book 1 - Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier **who is a Goodreads author - claiming 1 GR author ticket** is an old favorite of mine
Book 2 - Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell - Autumn Cornwell is a new author to me
20.1 Most Improved: Anne (Booklady) Check...And Mate!
Option 2B - The Knight - Book #1 in a series: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund **who is a Goodreads author - claiming 1 GR author ticket** (402 pages)
Points this post: 45
Claiming 2 GR Author tickets
Total points: 45
Goodreads author tickets: 2
10.5 - SpeakeasyThe Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
(Book set in the 1930s )
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20
Task completed: 2
Goodread authors: 0
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
ANNA E15.2 The Old and the New
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave by John Boyne (an old favourite) GR author
The Emergence of Judy Taylor by Angela Jackson ( a new to me author)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Task completed: 1
Goodread authors: 1
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA 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.
Book Name: In December All Dreams Come to an End/ في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام by أثير عبدالله النشمي/ Atheer Abd Allah AlNashmy*
*Note: The book is in Arabic and hasn't been translated to any other language and it's written by a Saudi GR author.
Points claimed for this post:10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed so far: 2
Books Read for this challenge so far: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
Task #20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?Option 2
Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
"Science Fiction" as a genre on main page
Points this Post: 20
Totals:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Erin NY20.1 -- Option Knight: 1st book in series
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1949
Delicious Dee5.1 - In the Kitchen
Cooking with My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, from Bari to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani (GR Author) - lots of family recipes, as well as stories about growing up and cooking - I can't wait to try some of them
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 3
Delicious Dee15.3 - Happy Valentine’s Day!
Option 2
Accused - Lisa Scottoline (GR Author)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 4
Lauren Marie25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 2. The infamous score of The Nutcracker was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in TCHAIKOVSKY.
Option2: I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. S and C are are both in TChaikovSky.
Option 6. Revisit one of your literary traditions and reread one of your favorite books.
I reread Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1 — Riddle Me ThisI rolled 1 and 3.
1) It's Big:
There is a big hotel on the cover:
Gently Continental by Alan Hunter
3) It's Usually Fun:
I spend a lot of my spare time knitting. The main character knits:
Skein of the Crime by Maggie Sefton
Total points 100
Jessica PDX30.4 - Dlmrose's Task - Beyond Comparison
Book A - I compared with Sheila
by Agatha ChristieBook B - I compared with Dlmrose :)
by Louise ErdrichPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 95
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me ThisI rolled 1 and 2
option 1 - houses on cover
by Kristen Ashleyebook approved - line 641 on SRC ebook Verification googledoc
option 2 - more than 50,000 ratings (currently 128,180 ratings)
Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
Kristen Ashley and Sylvia Day are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
25.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Snow Is a Four Letter WordOption 1: Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Option 3, six words in the title: The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
Jamie Ford and Ann Weisgarber are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
GR authors: 5
Suzannesea5.7 - In the Hall
True North: A Memoir by Jill Ker Conway
Jill has four letters.
15.8 No Time to Waste
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett has 120 pages and is one of the ten shortest books on my TBR list that meets general SDC guidelines.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady's) Task: Check. . .And Mate!
Option 2B - The Knight
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly is not a reread for me. It is #2 in the Mickey Haller series, and it has 422 pages.
This post: 40 points
Total to date: 110 points
15.10- Celebrate!The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell - 12/10/13
Points this task: 15
Total: 15
GR authors:
Big Book Tickets: (0) 500+ (0) 700+ (0) 1000+
BRIAN20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option E - related to football
The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry by Mark Ribowsky
This is a biography about legendary Dallas Cowboy's football coach Tom Landry.
At 684 pages this is a big book!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Big Book: 1-0-0 (1)
Natalie CH30.5 Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 1
Required: I read a book on page four of my TBR:
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
Option 2
Required: I rolled a 2:
Cascade by Maryanne O'Hara
Maryanne O'Hara is a Goodreads Author
10.10 'Tis The Season
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
points this post: 40
Total points: 100
Big Book tickets: 0
GRA Authors: 3
Jessica PDX20.2 - Tea's Task - Mystery Sub-genres
Approved for Mystery > Historical Mystery in post #147 of the genre verification thread. This author is also new to me.
by Sandra DallasPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?I read The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. This was approved in the help thread -- as Tan is a color.
*******Amy Tan is a Goodreads author******* and at 608 pp this is a ***********Big Book ****************
Points: 35
Books read: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Big Books: 1
GR authors: 2
Pages read: 1041
10.2 - Sochi Sidekicks
➥Read a book with an image of one (or more) of the mascots on the cover: a leopard or wild "big cat", a bear (teddy bears are ok), a hare or rabbit, fire/flames, or ice/snow (snowflakes, snow-covered mountain peaks, ice in a glass,etc.)Required:Include the cover in your post.
by Edith Wharton (include book cover, snow)
10.9 - White Sale!
➥Read a book with something white on the cover. Titles, author names and graphics may be used.
Required: Include the cover when you post and identify the white thing
by Ryu Murakami (Title and author's name is in white)
Totals for challenge:
Points this task:20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors:1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥Read a book with an image of one (or more) of the mascots on the cover: a leopard or wild "big cat", a bear (teddy bears are ok), a hare or rabbit, fire/flames, or ice/snow (snowflakes, snow-covered mountain peaks, ice in a glass,etc.)Required:Include the cover in your post.
by Edith Wharton (include book cover, snow)10.9 - White Sale!
➥Read a book with something white on the cover. Titles, author names and graphics may be used.
Required: Include the cover when you post and identify the white thing
by Ryu Murakami (Title and author's name is in white)Totals for challenge:
Points this task:20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors:1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Alison20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option C:
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum: 101 Inspirational Stories for Parents of Children with Autism and Asperger’s by Rebecca Landa
=20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads author tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1/59
Chaitra5.9 In the Cellar
The Two Hotel Francforts: A Novel by David Leavitt. Set in Portugal.
Points: 5
15.5 Mysteries Can Be Real
Quiet Dell: A Novel by Jayne Anne Phillips. True Crime on the main page.
Points: 15
20.8 Skandia's Task - Famous December Birthdays!
Option 3. December 16 - Jane Austen. Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope. Classics on the main page. Approved in the Help Thread.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Claimed: 3
Pages Read: 1,098
Delicious Dee10.3 - Donors Wanted
Bite Me If You Can - 296 have it shelved as vampire
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 4
10.6 - SWLATFinger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
#64 on the Funniest Novels of all Time
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 10
Anne (Booklady)20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 4B - Train on Cover
, The Christmas Train by *David Baldacci *David Baldacci is a Goodreads Author - newly joined*
30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book 1: Criminal
Criminal by *Karin Slaughter
Book 2: Readers Also Enjoyed Date: 12/9
**Judgment Call by *J.A. Jance
*Karin Slaughter is a Goodreads Author*
*J.A. Jance is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: Judgment Call is 512 Pages**
Points in This Task: 50
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1248
Totals:
Total Points: 75
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4/59
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 1804
Sheila15.9 - First or Last?
Motion to Suppress by Perri O'Shaughnessy(First in series)
15.10 – Celebrate!
ANY BOOK -
Silent Honor by Danielle SteelTotal Points = 120
Hana C.
Task 10.7 Flip the Page
Name of a month in the title.
(I found this book because of another SRC member- thank you so much!)
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
**Lesléa Newman is a GRA
points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 3
Total points: 50
Task 10.7 Flip the Page
Name of a month in the title.
(I found this book because of another SRC member- thank you so much!)
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
**Lesléa Newman is a GRA
points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 3
Total points: 50
Kathy G.5.6 -- In the Billiards Room
#1 in a series-
The Mouse And The Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Total Points- 40
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Oma12295.1 -- In the Kitchen
Read a cookbook or a nonfiction book about food or food preparation.
The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cooking by Carolyn Keene
5.3 -- In the Ballroom
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: dance, dancer, ballroom, waltz, tango, foxtrot, samba, quickstep, rumba, mambo, jive, swing.
Quickstep to Murder by Ella Barrick
Claiming Ella Barrick as GR Author
30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 3: Author’s body of work
Choose an author. The author I chose was Alexander McCall Smith
Book A: Read author’s first full-length published book.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith
Claiming Alexander McCall Smith as GR Author
Book B: Read author’s most recently published full-length book
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
Claiming Alexander McCall Smith as GR Author
Points:40/1035
Tasks: 3/59
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:()500 pages; ()750 + pages
10.10 'Tis the SeasonStarry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber **who is a Goodreads author - claiming 1 GR author ticket** - "holiday" marked as genre on Goodreads page by 81 people.
Points this post: 10
GR author ticket this post: 1
Total points: 55
Goodreads author tickets: 3
Jenifer20.5 Out With the Old, In With the New
option C: book of choice with 400+pages
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
*This book has 544 pages*
Roth is a GR author so I'm claiming a GR ticket and this book is 544 pages so I am claiming one Big Book Ticket.
Task 20.6 I Love to Plan
I've chosen Task 10.2/Fall 2013: set in a different country
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James by PD James
*This book is set in England (I live in the USA). It has 291 pages*
30.1 Riddle Me This
I rolled 2 & 3.
Option 2: book with more than 50K ratings
Defending Jacob by William Landay
*This book has 76,893 ratings*
Option 3: main character participates in an activity I enjoy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
*the main character discusses how much he loves books and loves to read*
Landay and Gaiman are both GR Authors so I am claiming to two GR Author tickets.
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 70
GR Authors: 3
BBT: 1
Task #15.6 - Happy Birthday, Jim!Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean (GR Author)
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" - Break is in the title of the book and the song
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Delicious Dee30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
I started with Baby, Come Home because I had read the first book last season and was looking forward to continuing with it (plus, the author was a featured author in another group), from the readers also enjoyed page, I read Quinn, this book was present when Sassy's task was posted prior to the challenge starting (11/25ish), as well as yesterday (12/10) when I finished reading it
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 4
Lindy-Lanetask 15.2 old & new!
*read a book of "old favorite" author & a book of new author:
Grounded by Neta Jackson
*this is an "old favorite" author of mine
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
*this is a new for me author
**this is a GRA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 5
Andy P.Task #
15.5 - Mysteries Can Be Real.
A book with true crime listed on its main page
But I Trusted You and Other True Cases by Ann Rule
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads- American Gods
I posted my comments in message 2 of discussion thread
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I'm claiming a big book ticket for this book (656 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Suzanne(view spoiler)
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton - **** - 12/10/2013
Kinsey Millhone Book #3: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
30.3 - THE READERS ALSO ENJOYEDBOOK A - The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
BOOK B - Chosen Dec 2 - The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio which is still on the list as of posting.
Both of these books were new to me and both were 4* reads.
Sarah Jio and Susanna Kearsley are Goodreads Authors.
The Firebird is a Big Book with 539 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 30
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 1
Nick KY10.6 SWLAT I read Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda], which has ”humor” as a GR genre on its home page.
10.10 “Tis the Season. I read Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood, the entry in the Phryne Fisher series which takes place at Christmastime (#16), as the GR description explains.
15.5 Mysteries Can Be Real I read Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker, with “True Crime” in a genre name on its GR homepage.
Points this Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 150
Repostthis time in the right order!
Natalie CH
10.10 'Tis The Season
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
30.5 Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 1
Required: I read a book on page four of my TBR:
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
Option 2
Required: I rolled a 2:
Cascade by Maryanne O'Hara
Maryanne O'Hara is a Goodreads Author
points this post: 40
Total points: 100
Big Book tickets: 0
GRA Authors: 3
Director KatI hope this works as the add book/author link is not working for me.
20.4 Ode to Joy!
Option 3
[Book: Daughter of Smoke|13528340]
[Author: Laini Taylor|324620]
Laini Taylor is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 Love of Christmas Films
Option 3 Genre humor and Christmas
[Book: The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir]
[Author: Ken Harmon]
Points this post:40
Total points:40
Big book Tickets:0
Goodread Authors:1
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - White Sale!
Read a book with something white on the cover.
by Sue GraftonCover background is white
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
KAREN OZ15.10 – Celebrate!
Captivate by Vanessa Garden
~ARC (paperback)
Vanessa Garden is a Goodreads Author
This post: 15 points
Total to date: 15 points
Task #5.2 -- In the LibraryWeird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell (GR Author)
"books about books" as a genre on main page
Task #10.4 - A Really Big Show
All He Ever Desired by Shannon Stacey (GR Author)
All My Loving - The word "All" is in the book title and in the song
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
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Task 15.10 – Celebrate!
So, What's the Story?: Teaching Narrative to Understand Ourselves, Others, and the World by James E. Fredricksen
Points this task:15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read:1180
Goodreads authors:0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)