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5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
10.1. This is Your Brain
10.2. Art Appreciation
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
10.4. C'est ou?
10.5. Curl Up and Read
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
15.1 Make the Switch
15.2 Word For Word
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
15.5 That’s So Random
15.7 Here Be Dragons
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Total Points: 600
Books Read: 40
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kathy G's Winter 2016 Reading Plan5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System by Jerry Mander
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
DONE Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea by Mary Higgins Clark
10.1. This is Your Brain
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
10.2. Art Appreciation
Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
10.4. C'est ou?
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
10.5. Curl Up and Read
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Silas Marner by George Eliot
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke
10.10. Jump!
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
384 pgs. / 4 = 96 (Number of pages divisible by 4)
15.1 Make the Switch
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Still Life by Louise Penny
15.2 Word For Word
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
15.3 Lost and Found
Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Sci-Fi and #3 in series
15.5 That’s So Random
Book List: Weeping Time, The First Woman, Edge of Wind, The Emerald's Moon,
The Wizard of Abyss, Thorns of the Dream
(I used Moon)
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
15.6 En Plein Air
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
15.7 Here Be Dragons
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Dancing On Air by Nicole Hurley-Moore
15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Marvels by Kurt Busiek
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Miner In Petticoats by Paty Jager
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Flabbergasted by Ray Blackston
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
In Times Like These by Nathan Van Coops
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Crown of Ice by Vicki L. Weavil
20.10- Group Reads
DONE A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Rolled a 2 and 16
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
Beloved by Toni Morrison
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
The Thorn by Beverly Lewis
That Holiday Feeling by Debbie Macomber
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (List 1- #6)
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
The Glass of Time by Michael Cox
Creative Journal Writing: The Art and Heart of Reflection by Stephanie Dowrick
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews
Wish Upon A Star by Trisha Ashley
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
Rolled a 5 & 6
Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Sabriel by Garth Nix
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Skye by Linda Lael Miller
Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins (Opt. 2)
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (Opt. 3)
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
In My Dreams by Sarah Addison Allen
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg (biology)
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Zoology)
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Paper Towns by John Green
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
50.1
10/10 = 50Swords and Deviltry
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro - The Shamutanti Hills
10/10 = 100
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There! - Beowulf
9/10 = 120
15.1 Make the Switch
Play It as It Lays
9/10 = 180
20.3 Art and Passion - Centuries of Change
20.4 Lost in Translation - Dangerous Liaisons
20.10 - Group Reads - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
15/17 = 375
25.4 - Christmas Movie Bonanza
4 - First, Home, Town, Meet, Story, Year, Christmas, Shiny, Snow, Frost
18 - Wife, Three, Days, Midnight, Landing, Escape, Nice, Naughty, Christmas, Carol, Brain, Freeze,
25.8 - My Favorite Impressionism - A. Sea/Water/Sunken; B. Spanish; C. Music/Sports; D. Deb/Rav/Sat/Gri
25.15 - Jamie NY's task:
3 + 5
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
25.17 - Real Life Gets in the Way - 2. Dog Breed The Hundred and One Dalmatians? 3. KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT Small Gods
6/7 = 180
30.3 - Celebrate Short Fiction - The Martian Chronicles; Death of a Gossip
30.4 - Plein Air - 1. Lord of the Flies? Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station; 3. The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property
30.6 - Winter in Iowa circa 1950s - 1. Love in a Cold Climate; 2. 4. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
30.7 - A New Start in Art - 1. Coetzee; 2. 46,396; 6; 2,000 Two Years in the Forbidden City; 3. Book TRAFALGAR SQUARE. The Scarlet Letter
Points Total: 118510/10
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Winter Challenge PlansPoints total: 730/1185
GO total: 3
BB total: 5
Tasks completed: 38/65
Books read: 55
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Approved in task help thread msg #7
✔5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Approved in task help thread msg #45
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Animal Farm
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB Animal Farm
Found on page 1 of the list.
*Golden Oldie, first published 1945*
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Candy
Found on page 3 of the list.
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
City of Heavenly Fire
*733 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
✔5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
✔5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Ebola K: A Terrorism Thriller: book 1
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
✔5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
The Bridge over the River Kwai
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
10.2. Art Appreciation
Best New Horror: 25th Anniversary Edition
*512 pages*
✔10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Painting: "Girl with a watering can" -> Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life word: girl
10.4. C'est ou?
Paris to the Moon
10.5. Curl Up and Read
The Martian Chronicles
Found on p. 3 of the list (14Nov)
*Golden Oldie, first published 1950*
✔10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Kellari, eli Kertomus poikkeuksellisista ja järkyttävistä tapahtumista, jotka aikoinaan herättivät suurta huomiota Ruotsin kuningaskunnan Turun kaupungissa
Set in Finland
✔10.7. Are you Up to Date?
The Water Knife
#161 on the list (14Nov)
✔10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland by John Dwyer
Vice-President: John Adams
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
The Golden Compass
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
The book is new to me, not a reread.
✔10.10. Jump!
The Painter
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) The Painter 384 pages
15.1 Make the Switch
Taking Pictures by Anne Enright
AND
Wings of Shadow by Anna Kyss OR Elixir by Anna Abner
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
✔15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Kuolleiden puolustaja (The Ender Quintet #3)
Fulfills options 1 and 2
✔15.5 That’s So Random
Titles:
1. Sharp Bride
2. The Which Swords
3. Stream of Luck
4. The Waves's Wife
5. The Academy of the Ice
6. Star in the Way -> The Way the World Ends Too
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔15.6 En Plein Air
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Wings of Fire
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Wild Life Page 3, position 272 (17Nov)
✔15.10 - A Reason to Party
Broken Promise #1 in series
✔20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3: read a book identified on Goodreads as #5 in a series.
Desert God CD: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB: Zeul Deşertului *512 pages*
✔20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option C:
293 pages✔20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 1: Xenocide
My native language is Finnish, the book is written in English
✔20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
3. My youngest son Jack
✔20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1. Wayward
✔20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2- To Kill a Mockingbird first published 1960
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB To Kill a Mockingbird
20.8 - Skip
✔20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option B: The Penguin Book Of Modern Fantasy By Women *560 pages*
✔25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A:
outdoor activity: riding; approved in task help thread msg #30Option E: In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic
✔25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
3. Holiday Vacation: Leijonankesyttäjä
4. New Year's Eve: Son
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Link to series (The Giver Quartet): https://www.goodreads.com/series/4360...
✔25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
3, 14
Timestamp: 2015-12-02 06:27:08 UTC
Both authors are new to me.
3. day:
Movie: "Snow 2: Brain Freeze" -> The Snow and The Darkness
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
14. day:
Movie: "Frosty’s Winter Wonderland" -> Kaiju Winter: An End Of The World Thriller
✔25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith initials RG
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB The Silkworm *576 pages*
D. Palava huone
✔25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1. Unthinkable & Incomprehensible
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4. Haukka ja kyyhky by Taavi Soininvaara initials TS in whaT'S
✔25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 3. A Stranger North
Option 4.
✔25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Option A. Sea of Dreams
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option D. Dinosaur Lake by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
✔25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 3 - Jäätyvä helvetti by Ilkka Remes initials IR, 412 pages
Option 5 - The Year Of The Flood *575 pages*
✔25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 3:Mortis by Logan Rutherford initials LR in gLacieR
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4: Twice Dead by George Magnum
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.13 - Skip
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
6. In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom 454 pages
The Glimpse 411 pages
454 + 411 = 865 pages
✔25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both authors are new to me.
BOOK ONE
Pines by Blake Crouch
I got it for free from the library
BOOK TWO
The Void by Dillon Bontrager
I got it free as a Kindle freebie
Ebook approved for length msg #5367
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3: Tulikivi by Douglas Preston *695 pages*
Option 4: Interrupted Aria MC is a musician (opera singer)
✔30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins Initials RH found in HeaRt
Option 4: Verkossa
✔30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Book 1: Inspiration
the picture shows a lot of sky and it looks like it will rain soon, so I chose The Sky So HeavyBook 2: Inspiration
shows a room with a window, so I chose A Room with a ViewI listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB A Room with a View
*GO, first published 1908*
✔30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Division: A Collection of Science Fiction Fairytales by Lee S. Hawke
Book 2: The Island by Jen Minkman
✔30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2 - Shadows in Flight
Approved in help thread msg #29
Option 3 -
Approved in task help thread msg #28
✔30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
1. Ecology - A Walk in the Woods
Found on page 1 of the list, shelved 12 times as ecology (15Nov)
3. Biology - The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
Biology verified in genre verification thread msg #3
✔30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
2. Into the Wasteland by Lisa Shea initials LS in dreSsing warmLy, 110 pages
4. Chestnut Street Family genre
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB with 448 pages Chestnut Street
Total number of pages: 110 + 448 = 558 pages
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books are new to me.
2. Great Building:
3. Great Location: Almost French: A New Life in Paris Letters AF found in trAFalgar; non-fiction
5.1 - Thirteen Reasons Why READ5.4 - Slaughterhouse-Five
5.5 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
5.7 - Home Is Burning: A Memoir
10.2 - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
10.3 - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl READ
10.5 - The Night Circus
10.7 - An Ember in the Ashes READ
10.9 - Code Name Verity
15.3 - No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
15.8 - The Stranger
15.9 - Pointe
20.10 - The 5th Wave
✿✿ Home of Sheila's Winter Plan ✿✿
5.1 - Death Masks by Jim Butcher
5.2 - The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler
5.3 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
5.4 - Invisible City by Julia Dahl
5.9 - The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker
10.2 - Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
10,3 - Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart
10,4 - The Paris Mysteries by James Patterson
10.5 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
◆ 10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Hostage by Kristina OhlssonSweden
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Memory Man by David Baldacci#90 on 11/14/15
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Cross Justice by James PattersonJames S. Sherman (1909-1912)
◆ 10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher MooreThis book is new to me
◆ 10.10. Jump!
The Lost Witness by Robert Ellis340 pages
15.1 Make the Switch
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidsonand
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana GabaldonDiane/Diana
15.2 Word For Word
The Dark Tide by Andrew Grossand
That Old Black Magic by Mary Jane Clarkdark/black
15.3 Lost and Found
Worst Fears Realized by Stuart WoodsAll letters for Lost in title
and
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay◆ 15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option b
Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron(Deborah Knott Mysteries #3)
and
Option c)
To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman(three)
15.5 That’s So Random
I generated this list:
Title 1: Grey Thorn
Title 2: The Deep Name
Title 3: Legacy of Flowers
Title 4: The Body's Dreamer
Title 5: The Magic of the Dream
Title 6: Servant in the World
and went with Name from book 2
Name Withheld by J.A. Jance◆ 15.6 En Plein Air
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz#350 page 4
◆ 15.10 - A Reason to Party
Evil Games by Angela Marsons(D.I. Kim Stone #2)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3:
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber(Cedar Cove #5)
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION C
Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2:
Mind's Eye by Håkan NesserBook was written in Swedish and my native language is English
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
3. My youngest son Jack:
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmanncar
◆ 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1.
Undead and Unforgiven by MaryJanice Davidson20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3- Oils
Coming Out by Danielle Steel20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Option 1: Boxing Day (December 26th)
The Black Box by Michael Connelly20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C:
Oath of Office by Michael Palmer(Dr. Lou Welcome #1)
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A:
The Silent Hour by Michael Korytaand
Option B:
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
1. Birthdays:
Flowering Judas by Jane Haddam1951 - author born the same year as me
and
4. New Year's Eve:
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet EvanovichStephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
I rolled a 5 and a 10
The movie on the 5th is The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Girl Without a Name by Sandra Block(without)
AND
The movie on the 10th is Frosty’s Winter Wonderland,
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet(Winter)
Both authors are new to me
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option A.
Winter Prey by John SandfordSong is Winter Wonderland
and
Option B.
Driving Heat by Richard Castleauthor whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2.
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnsonand
Option 4.
L.A. Dead by Stuart Woods25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Option C. Satie.
Darkest Fear by Harlan Cobenand
Option D. Griffes.
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 2 - Rome.
The Highway by C.J. Box(highway in line 1)
ppb = 440 pages
and
Option 3 - Venice.
The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinsonppb - 324 pages
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book 1 Option A - Page 1
Murder Freshly Baked by Vannetta Chapmanand
Book 2 Option C: from Mystery and Thriller List
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: Yellowstone National Park
Stone Cold by C.J. Boxand
Option 3: Glacier Bay National Park
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
I chose to do Option 1. Sculptures twice
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silvaand
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 3.
Dead Watch by John Sandford(initials in Jeans)
Paperback, 406 pages Dead Watch for page count
and
Option 4:
Chill Factor by Sandra BrownPaperback, 560 pages Chill Factor for page count
◆ 25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 1 and a 5
Book 1:
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves(Lizzie Snow #1)
and
Book 2: Fiction
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
::BOOK ONE::
Death's Door by Meryl Sawyerlibrary book and new author
and
::BOOK Two::
Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerneykindle freebie and new author
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2:
The English Girl by Daniel Silva(American English Coonhound)
and
Option 3:
Saint Odd by Dean Koontzor
Blind Spot by Terri Persons30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3:
Tilt by Ellen Hopkinsand
Option 4:
Cuts Like a Knife by M.K. Gilroy30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
- to me this depicts a lady getting ready for bed so for book one I chose to read:
Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrewsand
- depicts fruit so for book 2 I read:
Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1:
Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country by C.J. Boxand
Book 2:
I read the kindle version:
A Highland Christmas by M.C. BeatonPaperback is 121 pages
A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2
A Whole New Light by Sandra Brownand
Option 3
Force Of Nature by C.J. Box30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1:
Cold Hit by Stephen J. CannellPaperback, 384 pages - Cold Hit
and
Option 4:
The Christmas Bouquet by Sherryl WoodsPaperback, 368 pages - The Christmas Bouquet: Bayside Retreat
Heather 's Winter Plan5.1The Invisible Man
5.2 Written On The Body
5.3Girl With a Pearl Earring
5.4The Color of Magic
5.5 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
5.6 City of Thieves
5.7 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5.8 Capitalism: A Ghost Story
5.9 Heidi children-quote AR
5.10 Anything goes
10.1 Last Chance to See
10.2 The Blue Horse
10.3 Summer
10.4 Paris Trout
10.5 The Fault in Our Stars
10.6 A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
10.7 The Girl on the Train
10.8 The Sea
10.9 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
10.10
15.1The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (need Ar #) byJohn Boyne
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
15.2 Beautiful Wreck
All the Pretty Horses
15.3 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
15.4 MaddAddam
15.5 Sharp Objects
15.6 Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
15.7 Saved by the Dragon
15.8 Ella Minnow Pea
15.9 The Painted Girls
15.10 A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris
20.1 Clara Barton: Courage Under Fire: Heroes of History
20.2 Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
20.3 at least 250 pages
20.4 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
20.5 I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
20.6 The Adoration of Jenna Fox(or the next Sookie Book)
or The Illegal
20,7The Haunting of Hill House
20.8 Night
20.9 Option B Life's Little Ironies: Selected Short Stories 208 pages
20.10 A Christmas Carol
25.3
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
25.5 Option B Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Option D-Book of choice
25.6 The Outlander
Indian Horse
25.7 Fifteen Dogs
The Hound of the Baskervilles
25.9 Birdie by Tracey Lindberg(aboriginal Cree woman)
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga African woman from Zimbabwe
Both authors are new to me
25.10 Option 5 In the Garden of Iden
30.1 Option 3: Breathing Lessons
Option 4:The Fishermen 304 pages
30.2 Garden Spells
The Piano
30.3 The Martian Chronicles
Scarlet Song
30.4 The Kappa Child
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
30.5 neurology-Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
biology-The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
30.6 Option 2 A Bridge of Years
Option 4 An Amish Second Christmas
30.7 Option 1-Foe (JC)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
5.1-
5.2-
5.3- The Passion of Artemisia
5.4- 1984
5.5- Moll Flanders
5.7- Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to Ostara: Lore, Rituals, Activities, and Symbols
5.9- Thérèse Raquin
10.1- O Homem que Confundiu a Mulher com um Chapéu
10.2-
10.3- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
10.4- La lavanda silvestre que iluminó París
10.5- O Nome da Rosa
10.6- Almas Mortas
10.7- First Frost
10.8- As Aventuras do Sr. Pickwick by Charles Dickens
10.9- O Pessegueiro
10.10- Cien años de soledad
15.1- Toda poesia by Paulo Leminski & La soledad de los números primos by Paolo Giordano
15.3- Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols: A Handbook by Cassandra Eason
15.5- Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft
15.6-
15.8- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
15.10- La dama del castillo
25.1- Option B: Midsummer: Magical Celebrations of the Summer Solstice
Option E: O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes by Emily Brontë
30.1- Option 3: Brújulas que buscan sonrisas perdidas by Albert Espinosa
Option 4: O Segredo de Cibele
30.3- Book 1:El libro negro de los cuentos
Book 2: Oito sabás para bruxas
Winter 2015-2016 Seasonal Reading Challenge12/1 -
5.1-person wearing hat on the cover
5.2-nude or partially-nude figure on the cover
5.3-Book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
5.4-Book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books.
5.5-Book from the Underclass List.
5.6- CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle.
5.7-word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle. The word must terminate in -ING..
5.8- word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle. The word must terminate in -ISM.
5.9- set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
5.10-Book of your choice (adult).
10.1-Nonfiction book from specified lists.
10.2-Book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover.
10.3-Book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings. The words must match EXACTLY
10.4-Book with the name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
10.5-Book from Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
10.6-Book set at least 50% in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
10.7-Book from Popular 2015.
10.8- author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as the first, middle, or last name of a U.S. Vice-President. Names must match EXACTLY.
10.9-Book from SRC List
10.10-# of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
15.1-Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter. Names for both books must be in the same position, have the same number of letters and may NOT be initials.
15.2- Read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles. Syn List
15.3- Read 2 books, one book A and one book B OR ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B
a) Book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
b) Book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
15.4-Choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books) OR Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
a)main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b)identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
C)one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle
15.5- Book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle. *Articles (A, An, The, etc) and prepositions (in, on, of, etc) may NOT be used. TITLES: Final Sorcerer, The Trembling Thoughts, Blue Truth, The Fire's Moon, The Men of the Storms, Sword in the Thorn
15.6- outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7- dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8- Book from Epistolary Fiction
15.9- features dancers (obvious from main page).
15.10- identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
20.1-Choose ONE
a) genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
b) non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
20.2-Read ONE
a)cover is primarily (over 50%) dark blue
b)AIs can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
c)#5 in a series
20.3-ONE of the options below; minimum of 250 pages long.
a-cover that depicts two or more children.
b-memoir or autobiography written by a female author.
c-cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train.
d-Hispanic author.
20.4 ONE
b-originally published in a language other than your native language.
c-takes place in at least two different countries.
20.5 ONE
a- books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
c-motorized vehicle on the cover.
20.6 ONE
a- something to do with vampires OR one that has "Horror" as a main page genre.
b- mostly brown (over 50%) colored-cover.
c- author whose name is "Rose," "Mary," or "Rosemary.
20.7 ONE
a-main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
b-FIRST published between 1940 and 1965
c-AIs can be found in LINSEED.
20.8 ONE
a- word BOX found intact in the title/subtitle
b- genre "Disability" on the main page.
c-Read a book from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights.
20.9 ONE
a-non-fiction book with the Main Page Genres of: Science>Biology, Science>Natural History, Science>Evolution, Science>Chemistry, Science>Environment, or Science>Genetics.
b-short story collection.
c-#1 in a series.
20.10-Group Reads: A Christmas Carol
25.1 TWO book task. Pick 2 different options
- shows people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover.
-sun or the moon on the cover.
-Read an anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme.
-set entirely in France between 1800 and 1899.
-a title (title only, no subtitles) that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T.
25.2 TWO book task. Pick 2 different options
- Pub yr you were born OR written by an author born the same year you were
- received as a gift.
- cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
- reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
25.3 USA; 2 books
- Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir about one of the men who lead your alliance.
- Read a non-fiction book about a topic listed under your alliance.
- Read a fiction or non-fiction book with the main page genre "Espionage", with additional specifications based on your alliance.
- Read a fiction book that contains a word of 3 or more letters (excluding "the") from the quote attributed to the leader of your alliance
25.4 2; 2 and 10
- word (4+ letters) much match titles of ABC family movies on the 2nd and 10th
25.5 2
-Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the song title of your favorite Christmas carol or song in the title or subtitle.
-Christmas decoration on the cover (Christmas tree, lights, ornament, wreath etc.) or AI in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
-food or drink on the cover.
-book of your choice.
25.6 2
- initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA. The title must be at least two words long.
- book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page.
- gemstone in its title/subtitle.
- AI can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
25.7 2
- main page genre GLBT.
- name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
- first word of the title 'A'.
- someone with a tattoo on the cover
25.8 2
- one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.” The word may be embedded in another as long as it retains the original meaning
- book originally written in Spanish.
- GR genre “Music” or the GR genre “Sports” on the main page.
- single author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.”
25.9 Read two books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture. Both books can be by the same author, but at least one must be a new-to-you author.
25.10 2; page count total 500+
- set in Europe during the Renaissance.
- the title (title only, no subtitles) of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California.
- author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
- cover picture of one of the famous Italian monuments from this list.
- 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined.
25.11 2 book Fiction task.;
1- A or B
Read a book from the Best Amish Fiction List or Read a book from My GLBT shelf
2- C or D
GR Choice Awards 2011 that was either a winner or a nominee or something pertaining to Christmas on the cover
25.12 2
- set in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming.
- set between 1941 – 1945
- AI appear in GLACIER CALVING.
- author’s first or last name is George, Washington, Thomas, Jefferson Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore, or Roosevelt.
- main page genre of "American History."
- read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature
25.13 2 (can repeat option)
- has some statuary on the cover
- book of poetry
- book, fiction or non fiction, which you think celebrates any form of human artistry
- book, either fiction or non fiction, which expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society
25.14 1-2 books; 800 pages min
- read a book that has one of these things pictured on the cover: apple, pie, fireplace or campfire, or an outside winter scene.
- "Cozy Mystery"
- AI can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS.
- word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle.
- book off of the Winter Break for YA list.
- page count w/ least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
25.15 2
- Read #1 or #4 in series
- Goodread's Best Book of 2015 nominee or winner : 1. Non Fiction or 4. Romance
25.16 2
- book that you got for free ; new author
- second book that you got for free, but in a DIFFERENT way than book one; new author
25.17 2
- book about cancer or one where the main character is battling or has battled cancer OR where the MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya.
- word in the title found in the list of dog breeds on this list: AKC Dog Breeds.
- AI can be found can be found in words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT
- MC is a musician OR a book that takes place in Oklahoma
30.1- This is a two book task. Pick two different options and read a book for each.
a)Book about animal rescue
b)Book with a word in the title that means “give.”
c)Book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
d)book of your choice
30.2- 2 . Titles to match paintings.
30.3- 2 books-FICTION and each must be written by an author who uses a short first or last name of no more than 3 letters (Initial will work).
a) anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
b)Book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages
30.4 2
- book with an outdoor setting.
- word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle.
- green cover (80%)
30.5 - 2 book, non-fiction challenge. Choose 2 different options from the choices below.
a) non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as ecology from specific list
b) " geology
c) non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology.
d) non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as neurology from specified list
e) " zoology
30.6- Chose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
a)one of the following words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen.
b author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY"
c)obviously outdoor winter activity on the cover.
d)main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."
30.7-2 books, both books must be new to you, not rereads. And because it's a job, one must be non-fiction.
a) 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. Initials: PC, GS, CM, VG, JT, JC
b) 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.
c) Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. One wrd titles are fine
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5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet: Nude or partially-nude figure on the cover. Lady Chatterly's Lover
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte: Book from the Underclass list. The Grapes of Wrath OR The Jungle
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte: Word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle. City of Thieves
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet:-ISM in the title or subtitle.
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas: Set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
10.2. Art Appreciation: Framed painting or photograph on the cover.
10.4. C'est ou?: Name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle. The Paris Wife
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!: Set in one of these "cold countries": Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
10.7. Are you Up to Date?: book from Popular Books 2015. The Nightingale
15.1 Make the Switch: two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
15.2 Word For Word: read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options Messenger
15.7 Here Be Dragons: dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
1) main page genre “Superheroes”
2) non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
1. main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
2. book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965
3. author's initials can be found in LINSEED.
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
3. book from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights. Man's Search for Meaning, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Option C: #1 in series not read before My Brilliant Friend
20.10 Group read selection
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A: people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover. Hoot
Option E: title that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T. The Year of Magical Thinking
1. Birthdays: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
3. Holiday Vacation: A Thousand Splendid Suns
25.3 Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
2 books, both books must be by single authors (no anthologies etc) and both authors must be new to you.
1. Click the Random.org Integer Generator to draw 2 numbers from 1 to 25.
2. Click on the ABC Family link and find the days of the 25 Days that correspond to the 2 random numbers that you drew.
3. book where one word in the title of the book, corresponds with a one word in a movie title/subtitle on your chosen day.
A. Gathering Blue
B. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Option 3. gemstone in its title/subtitle. The Christmas Pearl
Option A. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Option B. originally written in Spanish. Love in the Time of Cholera
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
**min 500 pgs**
Option 2 - Rome. title (title only, no subtitles) contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California. Seventh Heaven 272 pgs
Option 5 - Siena. 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined. The One That Got Away289 pgs
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
1. Sculpture on cover
2. poetry
3. human artistry activity
4. struggle for individual freedom
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
**min 800 pages
1. on the cover: apple, pie, fireplace or campfire, or an outside winter scene.
2. "cozy mystery" genre
3. author's initials in: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
4. word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle
5. book off of the Winter Break for YA list.
6. book with at least 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
rolled:
1.
2.
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 1: MC is battling cancer (any kind) or where the MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya.
Option 2: word in title found in this list: AKC Dog Breeds.
Option 3: Author’s Initials found in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT
Option 4: Main Character is a musician OR book takes place in Oklahoma
Option 3: author initials in HEART. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Option 4: The Short Drop
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Examine the masterpieces pictured below. If you were tasked with naming, or captioning, one of these masterpieces, what would you call it? What possible titles or captions come to mind? Locate and read a book with the title you imagined. Pick 1/ 2 books or 2/2 books Still Life
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
1. book has outdoor setting
2. "light" in title A Trick of the Light
3. green cover
1. Ecology - The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
4. Neurology - Popular Neurology Books. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s 500 pages+
1. words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen. Smilla's Sense of Snow
4. genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins." Comfort & Joy
Kristen IA's Winter reading plan:5.1 Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
#★5.2 The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet: Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
#5.3 Water Lilies by Claude Monet: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
5.4 Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet:
5.5 The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5.6 Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte: Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
✔5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Waiting On You by Kristan Higgins
5.8 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
5.9 The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas:
✔5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro: The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado
10/50 Points
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✔10.1 This is Your Brain: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
✔10.2 Art Appreciation: Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
10.3 "Young Girl Reading": Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
✔10.4 C'est ou?: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
10.5 Curl Up and Read: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
10.7 Are you Up to Date?: Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica (119) OR Hero by Samantha Young (108) OR Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (94)
✔10.8 Hey, We Were There, Too!: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
#★10.9 Catch Up With the SRC: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
✔10.10 Jump!: Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (360 pages)
50/100 Points
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15.1 Make the Switch
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.2 Word For Word
Book 1: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Book 2: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
✔15.3 Lost and Found: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
✔15.4 The Force, It's Calling To U: The Last Town by Blake Crouch
15.5 That’s So Random: Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs
✔15.6 En Plein Air: The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
15.7 Here Be Dragons: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
✔15.8 Please Mr. Postman: Ain't We Got Fun by Emily Chapman (#41)
15.9 Degas and the Dancers: Bunheads by Sophie Flack
✔15.10 - A Reason to Party: 12th of Never by James Patterson
75/150 Points
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20.1 (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes
✔20.2 The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
~20.3 Art and Passion
Option C: The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
✔20.4 Lost in Translation
Option 3: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (France and US)
✔20.5 Winter Birthdays
Option 1: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
✔20.6 Favorite SEASONings
Option 1: Wayward by Blake Crouch
~20.7 Painting 101
Option 3: Running on Empty by L.B. Simmons
✔20.8 December's Celebrations
Option 1: The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
✔20.9 Art and Science
Option C: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
✔20.10 Group Reads: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
140/200 Points
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25.1 Art of Reading
✔Option A: Now You See Her by James Patterson
✔Option E: Christmas in Vermont: A Very White Christmas by Bryan Mooney
25.2 December: It's That Time of the Year
#★Option 1: The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel (born in same year as author - 1979)
✔Option 3: Divergent by Veronica Roth
25.3 Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side! (USA)
3Option 3:
#★Option 4: With This Heart by R.S. Grey
25.4 Christmas Movie Bonanza
Book 1: (9)
~★Book 2: (25) Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
25.5 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
✔Option B: Christmas in Cupid Falls by Holly Jacobs
✔Option D: Xavier: St Griswold College for Abandoned Boys by E.M. Cooper
25.6 Winter in Tucson
Option 1: Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
#Option 4: Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis
25.7 Summer at the Stadium
Option 3: A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
~Option 4: Meant to Be by Laramie Briscoe
25.8 My Favorite Impressionism
#Option A: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Option C: Captive by Brenda Rothert
25.9 Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Book 2: The Warmest December by Bernice L. McFadden
25.10 Bella Italia
~Option 2: (Like) On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy (200 pages)
~Option 3: Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (320 pages)
25.11 My Favorite Things
#★Book 1-Option 1: Lamb to the Slaughter by Karen Ann Hopkins
Book 2 - Option 1:
25.12 Celebrating the National Park System
~Option 1: Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson
~★Option 5: Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
25.13 Art Can Set You Free
Option 3.1: The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
Option 3.2: A Quilter's Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini
25.14 Winter Wonderland
Option 2: Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Option 6: Kaleidoscope Hearts by Claire Contreras (306 pages)
25.15 Winter Challenge Goals!
~Book 1: Anything for You by Kristan Higgins
~★Book 2: Hero by Samantha Young
25.16 Don't Say I Never Got You Anything!
~Book 1: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid (Kindle Free)
Book 2: Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs (Library Book)
25.17 Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 1: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
~Option 3: The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
50/425 Points
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30.1 'Tis the Season For Giving Back
✔Option 3: The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
✔Option 4: The America Ground by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
30.2 You think you saw what?
✔Book 1: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
✔Book 2: The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury
30.3 Celebrate Short Fiction
#★Book 1: A Frost Family Christmas Anthology by C.J. Carmichael (and others)
Book 2:
30.4 Plein Air
★Option 2: Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
Option 3:
30.5 Exploring the World of -ogy
Option 3: The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes
Option 4: Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt
30.6 Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
✔Option 1: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
✔Option 4: Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
30.7 A New Start in Art
✔Option 1: The Quilter's Kitchen by Jennifer Chiaverini
✔Option 2: I Am America by Stephen Colbert (240 pages)
120/210 Points
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50.1 It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
✔Book A: In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins (Blue Heron #4)
~★Book B: Contessa by Lori L. Otto (2012)
~Book C: Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
0/50 Points
Total Points: 445/1185
Tasks Completed: 25/65
Total Books Read: 33/93
✔★
5.1 Out of Africa, 5.2 Love in the Time of Cholera,
5.3 Agony & the Ecstasy, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Picture of Dorian Gray
5.4 Catch-22, Lamb, Cold Comfort Farm, Fluke, Serpent of Venice,
5.5 Angela's Ashes, Les Miserables, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Lepers of Molokai, Lonesome Dove, The Crossing, The Beet Fields
5.6 City of Women, Tale of Two Cities
5.7 Land of Love & Drowing, The Challenge of Jesus..., She Flew the Coup..., Good life Lab:..., Adventure of Living, Kalahari Typing School for Men, Telling Room, Walking the Rez Road, Year of Reading Dangerously, Chasing Windmills, Like Trees Walking, Driving the King, Dead duke his Secret Wife & Missing Corpse, YonahLossee Riding Camp for Girls, Art of Mending
5.8
5.9 Elegance of the Hedgehog, Chocolat, The Paris Wife
10.1
10.2 The Forger's Spell, The Art Detective,
10.3 Cold Comfort Farm, Like Trees Walking, Bean Trees, Mannequin Girl, Girl Waits w/ Gun,
10.4 The French House
10.5 Ethan Frome, White Queen, Historian, Constant Princess, David Copperfield, Far Pavillions, I Capture the Castle, Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, A Nun it the Closet
10.6 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Shipping News, Jo Nesbo
10.7
10.8 Journal of John Woolman, Sweet Thursday, Constant Fear, Manila Demon, Dear Luke We need to talk Darth, Thorn mysteries, Don't ever look back, Here is where, Boys in the Boat, Little Big Man
10.9 Thirteenth Tale, Rebecca, Historian
10.10
15.1 The Thirteenth Tale
15.2 Thirteenth Tale, Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Someone Else's Love Story, Rescue Artist:..., A Tale of Two Cities
15.3
2. She Flew the Coup, The Bohemians: Mark Twain, Before They're Gone
15.4
2.
15.5 Japanese Lover, Secret Rooms:..., Dead Duke His Secret Wife & missing Corpse, Secret Place, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, My Salinger Year, Valley of Amazement, Year of Reading Dangerously
15.6
15.7 Harry Potter (1), Dragons Gate
15.8 The Martian, I Capture the Castle, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Daddy Long-legs, Father Christmas Letters, Lacuna
15.9 China Dolls,
15.10 Christopher Moore, Philippa Gregory,
20.1
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.10
25.1
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. Importance of Being Earnest, Golem & the Jinni, Bohemians, To the Moon & Timbuktu, Kalahari Typing School..., Kitchens of the Great Midwest, City of Women, Name of the Rose, YonahLossee Riding Camp..., Art of Mending
25.2
1. Chris Bohjalian, Neil Gaiman, Jo Nesbø, Linda Sue Park, Jeannette Walls
2. any
3.
4.Janet Evanovich, Robert Crais
25.3
25.4
25.5
a.
b.
c. Kitchens of the Great Midwest,
25.6
1.
2. Lonesome Dove, Longmire
3. Escape of the Pearl
4. Japanese Lover, Hero on a Bicycle, Herbie's Gone, Like Trees Walking, Driving the King, Rise & Fall of Great Powers, Girl Waits w/ Gun, The Farm,How to be both, Good Life Lab, Valley of Amazement, Apple Orchard, Golem & the Jinni, Love & Treasure, Fingersmith
25.7
1.
2.
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Cry from the Dust
25.8
a. Claire of the Sea, Like Water for Chocolate,
b. Like Water for Chocolate, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera
c.
d. Like Trees Walking, Driving the King, Vertigo 42
25.9
25.10
1.
2.
3. Japanese Lover, Dead Duke his Secret Wife & Missing Corpse, Things they Carried, Shipping News, Alena, Vaness & her Sister, Sate of Wonder, Amity & Sorrow, Gauguin Connection
4.
25.14
1.
2.
3. Saint Maizie
4. Cold Comfort Farm,
5. Silas Marner,
6.
30.1
1.
2.
3. Like Trees Walking, Driving the King, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Gauguin Connection
30.7
1. Junnis & Albert's Adv in the Confederacy, Wild Truth,
2.
3. Life Stories, Accidental Apprentice, Amity & Sorrow, Evergreen, Troublemaker, Alena, Trash, Angela's Ashes, The Son, The Three, Rosemary, The Stand, Tuesday's Gone, Rebecca, Rescue Artist, Arthur & George
30.8
30.9
30.10
5 Point Tasks
2. A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
3. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Found on page 1
5. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Found on page 1
8. Book of Isms: From Abolitionism to Zoroastrianism by John Andrews
10.
10 Point Tasks
1. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Found on A Nerd's Guide to Reading #12
2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
3. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Lise with a parasol, "with"
4. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
6. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
9. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
15 Point Tasks
1.
The Body Electric by Beth Revis
2.
Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty by Jane Yolen IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
Story, Tale
3. Option 1: Book A - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Book B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Red Hustler, The Sleeping Savior, Flame of Bridge, The Snow's Emerald, The Past of the Wife, Healer in the Rainbow
7. Eragon by Christopher Paolini IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25.0
8. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding Found on page 1, #3
9. A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin
20 Point Tasks
3. Option D: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
4. Option 2:
6. Option 1: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
7. Option 3: Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
8. Option 2: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
9. Option B: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
10. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
25 Point Tasks
1. Option B: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Option E: The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham
2. 1. Birthdays: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi Birth year: 1988, written by an author born the same year as myself, link to author's birth year
4. New Year's Eve: Winter by Marissa Meyer The Lunar Chronicles
I am removing the book Unravel Me from task 5.10 and shifting it to task 20.2.
3. Tails
Option 3: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Option 4: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
4. 6: Little Drummer Boy: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
16: Three Days: 24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley
Both authors are new to me.
6. Option 3: Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Option 4: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
7. Option 2: Lord of the Flies
Option 3: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
8. Option A: The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
Option B: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez This author is new to me.
Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Option 2: Light: "Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light." A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Option 3: An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
11. Book 1: Option B: Every Day by David Levithan
Book 2: Option C: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Favorite Book of 2011
30 Point Tasks
1. Option 3: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Option 4: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
3. Book 1: This Is Push: New Stories from the Edge by David Levithan Coe Booth is a contributor
Book 2: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
4.
5. 1. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger Found on page 1.
4. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan Found on page 1.
6. 1. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
2. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
7. These books are both new to me.
1. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Total Points: 215
Total Books: 20
OK, let's give this a shot:5.1 - Cold Days
5.2 - Binary approved
5.3 - Girl With a Pearl Earring (p.1)
5.4 - The Stepford Wives (p.5)
5.5 - Life at the Bottom
5.6 - City of Bones (M.C.)
5.7 - Vanishing Girls
5.8 - Send in the Idiots: Tales from the Other Side of AutISM
5.9 - A Moveable Feast
5.10 - As If! An Oral History of Clueless
10.1 - The Panic Virus (Pop.Sci.Smarties #37)
10.2 - Eternal Beauty (approved on help thread)
10.3 - A Death in Summer ("In Summer")
10.4 - French Women Don't Get Fat
10.5 - To All the Boys I've Loved Before (#322, p.4)
10.6 - The Stranger
10.7 - All the Rage (11/14/15 #91 on list)
10.8 - Horns (Joe Hill, Joe Biden)
10.9 - The Passage
10.10 - The Problem of Pain (176\4=44)
15.1 - The World Has Curves (Julia); Dumplin' (Julie)
15.2 - Murder Must Advertise; Slay It With Flowers
15.3 - Among the Janeites (option 2)
15.4 - Second Star (option 2)
15.5 - Death Masks
15.6 - Faux Paw
15.7 - Her Majesty's Dragon
15.8 - The Martian (#98)
15.9 - Life In Motion
15.10 - Supernatural: Nevermore (Supernatural #1)
20.1 - (#4) Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
20.2 - Gaudy Night
20.3 - (C) Thief of Time
20.4 - (#2) The Redbreast, Norwegian
20.5 - (#1) Lending A Paw
20.6 - (#2) The Secret Adversary
20.7 - (#3) Sybil Exposed
20.8 - (#3) The Forgotten Man (p.1)
20.9 - (A) Written In Stone (sci>biol)
20.10 - A Christmas Carol
25.1 - (C) My True Love Gave to Me (holidays); (E) Go Set A Watchman
25.2 - (#3)A Thousand Pieces of You; (#4) A Fine Summer's Day
25.3 - (heads) (#2) Astro Turf; (#4) Til the Butchers Cut Him Down
25.4 - (9,7) 12/7: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation = The Twelve Clues of Christmas; 12/9: Rudolph's Shiny New Year = The Year of Living Biblically
25.5 - (A) Christmas Mourning (We Wish You A Merry Christmas); (D) Brotherhood In Death
25.6 - (#3) Diamonds Are Forever; (#4) 52 Loaves (W.A.)
25.7 - (#2) Along Came A Spider; (#3) A Question of Blood
25.8 - (A)Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters; (D) A Share in Death (Deb- = Deborah Crombie)
25.9 - Blanche On the Lam; The Wrath and the Dawn
25.10 - (#2) Yes, Please ("please bring me my wine"); (#3) Snuff (vaPoreTti = Terry Pratchett); 329+476= 805 pgs
25.11 - (A) A Gift of Grace; (D) The Christmas Pearl
25.12 - (#2) The Silent Speaker, set in 1945 (); (#3) The Postman Always Purls Twice
25.13 - (#1) A Lonely Death; (#3) Tough Cookie
25.14 - (#2) Sweet Tea Revenge; (#5) Let It Snow (page 1)
25.15 - rolled 2 & 5; Lola & the Boy Next Door (#2); The Royal We (#5 best fiction nominee)
25.16 - Big Girl; Solitaire
25.17 - (#3) I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I've Ever Had (t.d.); (#4) Where She Went (musicians)
30.1 - (option 1) A Small Furry Prayer; (option 4) Crimson Peak
30.2 - Coming Clean (pic 1); The Bucolic Plague (pissarro)
30.3 - Three For the Chair (Rex Stout, 3 shorts); The Spy Who Loved Me (Ian Fleming, 156 pages)
30.4 - #2, To The Lighthouse (1927); #3, The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
30.5 - #1, Food Rules (5 shelves, p.4); #2, Atlantic (5 shelves, p.2)
30.6 - #1, Ice Cold; #2, Blue Lily Lily Blue (M.S.)
30.7 - #1, Coyote Blue (C.M.); #3, the Searchers (G.F., nf)
50.1 - A. Lord Peter Views the Body; B. Mortality (2012); C. A Matter of Justice
5.1 - Hollow World5.2 - City of Bones
5.3 - The Goldfinch (Page-1)
5.4 - Gulliver's Travels (Page-1)
5.5 - Oliver Twist (Page-1)
5.6 - City of Ashes
5.7 - Looking for Alaska
5.8 - Everyday Sexism
5.9 - All the Light We Cannot See
5.10 -
10.1 - A Brief History of Time (Best science books - Nonfiction only) (No. 2)
10.2 - The Young Elites
10.3 -
10.4 - French Lessons
10.5 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Page-1)
10.6 - Anne of Green Gables
10.7 - Miss Mayhem (No. 195)
10.8 - 1984
10.9 - Fangirl
10.10 - Throne of Glass
15.1 -
15.2 -
15.3 - Lost and Found (option-2)
15.4 - Allegiant (option-2)
15.5 - Heir of Fire
(Weeping legacy, the silken kiss, princess of fire, the waves' sorcerer, the door of the planet, the slave in the waves)
15.6 -
15.7 -
15.8 -
15.9 -
15.10 -
Winter Challenge Reading Plan5.1 - The Return of the Native*
5.2 - Oryx and Crake, On Immunity: An Inoculation
5.3 - The Birth of Venus
5.4 - Emma*
5.5 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
5.6 - Beyond the City*
10.1 - read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer^, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
10.2 - Jane Eyre
10.3 - Girl With a Pearl Earring - Young Woman Arranging Her Earring
10.4 - The Paris Wife
10.6 - Growth of the Soil*
10.9 - The Name of the Rose^
15.1 - Mark Twain* & Mary Stewart
15.2 - The Grand Sophy* & Great Expectations*
15.4 - Option 2: MaddAddam (A&B)
15.5 - Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Ravaged Dreaming
The Ragged Man The Man in the High Castle
Year of Witch The Year of the Flood^
The Wizards's Moon
The Flight of the Ashes
Emerald in the Flight
15.6 - And Then There Were None (approved)
15.7 - A Clash of Kings^
15.8 - Gilead
15.9 - China Dolls
20.1 - Option 2: Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
20.2 - Option 1: Exodus (approved)
20.4 - Option 2: The Divine Comedy
20.5 - Option 1: How To Be a Heroine
20.6 - Option 1: My Life as a White Trash Zombie
20.7 - Option 3: Wisdom's Daughter: A Novel of Solomon and Sheba
20.8 - Option 3: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
20.9 - Option A: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
20.10 - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
B. Half of a Yellow Sun
D. The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
1. Peter the Great: His Life and World, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Michelle Moran
2. The Kitchen House
25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side! (Flipped heads - USA)
1. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
4. USA: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." This Side of Paradise*
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza (#s 3 and 25)
3: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (Snow 2: Brain Freeze)
25: The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life (The Year Without a Santa Claus)
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
B. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
D. Read a book of your choice.
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
1. I Am Livia
2. All the Pretty Horses
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
1. Maurice
3. A Burnable Book
25.8 - Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
A. Still Waters
C. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
1. Purple Hibiscus
2. The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia! - NO KIDS - Total must be =/>500pp
2. The Two Chambers - "chambers" (260pp)
3. The Garden of Evening Mists (335pp)
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
B: Tipping the Velvet
C: The Sense of an Ending
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
1. Fourth of July Creek
6. Exodus
2. Read a book of poetry. The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems✔& Sonnets From The Portuguese✔
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland - One or two books, minimum 800 pages
3.
6.
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals! (Rolled 3 & 2)
#2: Second in a series The Pale Horseman, The Year of the Flood, The Hollow Hills
#3: History & Biography: The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
1. Book borrowed from library
2. Free Kindle book
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
1. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (approved)
3. Flowers for Algernon
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
3. An Unnecessary Woman
4. Read a book of your choice.
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
1. A Room of One's Own (Inspiration #2)
2. The Enchanted April (Inspiration #13)
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
1. The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales
2. The Time Machine
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air - NO CHILDRENS
1. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Life of Pi
2. To the Lighthouse
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy - NO CHILDRENS
1. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
4. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s - Combined total must = 500 pages
1. The Ice Palace MMP=190pp
2. Margaret Atwood (minimum 310pp)
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
2. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
3.
50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
A. The Wicked Day
B. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
C. The Cider House Rules
moved to end
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
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.
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
10.1. This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading.
10.2. Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or photograph on the cover.
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
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.
10.5. Curl Up and Read
Read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or Finland
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from Popular Books 2015.
10.8. 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.
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Read a book from the SRC Bookshelf that you have never read before.
10.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
15.1 Make the Switch
Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
15.2 Word For Word
Read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English
15.3 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
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Or
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 1: choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books)
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
c) Read a book with one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations
OR
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with lost, wife, final pleasure, flames, butterfly, game's, beginning, rings, vision, dying or birth
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
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.
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
10.1. This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading.
10.2. Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or photograph on the cover.
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
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.
10.5. Curl Up and Read
Read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or Finland
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from Popular Books 2015.
10.8. 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.
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Read a book from the SRC Bookshelf that you have never read before.
10.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
15.1 Make the Switch
Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
15.2 Word For Word
Read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English
15.3 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
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Or
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 1: choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books)
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
c) Read a book with one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations
OR
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with lost, wife, final pleasure, flames, butterfly, game's, beginning, rings, vision, dying or birth
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Karen D. 5.1: Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
5.4 Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
5.5 The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
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.
5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
5.8 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
5.9 The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
10.1 This is Your Brain
read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading.
10.2 Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or photograph on the cover.
10.3 "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
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.
10.5 Curl Up and Read
Read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or Finland
10.7 Are you Up to Date?
Catch up on your reading by reading a book from
Popular Books 2015.
10.8 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.
10.9 Catch Up With the SRC
Read a book from the SRC bookshelf that you have never read before.
10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4
15.1 Make the Switch
Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
15.2 Word For Word
Using this list Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's - The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 1: choose 2 different options and read a book for each (two books)
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
c) Read a book with one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations
OR
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Titles generated: Professional Someone; The Seventh Courage; Husband of Lover; The Flame's Force; The Crying of the Angel; Fire in the Sons
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
15.10 A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
Option 2: Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: read a book where the cover is primarily (over 50%) Duke blue
Option 2: read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Option 3: read a book identified on Goodreads as #5 in a series (series title, #5).
20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that depicts two or more children.
Option 2: Read a memoir or autobiography written by a female author. If there is a co-author, the co-author must also be female.
Option 3: Read a book with a cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train.
Option 4: Read a book written by an Hispanic author.
20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Option 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
Option 3: Read a book that takes place in at least two different countries.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre. Example:
Option 2: Read a book with a professional tennis, football, baseball, or basketball player, or golfer as a main character.
Option 3: Read a book that has a motorized vehicle on the cover.
Option 1: Read a book that has "Horror" as a main page genre. - Twisted
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 1 - Watercolors: Read a book with a main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
Option 2 - Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Option 3 - Read a book in which the author's (first/last) initials can be found in LINSEED
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Option 1: 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).
Option 2: read a book with the genre "Disability" on the main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
Option 3: Read a book from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights.
Option 3: Read a book that is #1 in a series. This must be a series you have not read before. - A Darker Shade of Magic
20.10 Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: The Professor and the Madman; The 5th Wave; A Christmas Carol
25.1 Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading(Pick 2)
Option A: Read a book that shows people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover.
Option B: Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
Option c: Read an anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme. (A collection of stories written by the same author or that fit the same genre is not a theme.)
Option D: read a book set entirely in France between 1800 and 1899.
Option E: Read a book that has a title (no subtitles) that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T (any order, can appear more than once)
25.2 Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options below.
Option 1: read a book published the year you were born OR written by an author born the same year you were
Option 2: read a book you received as a gift.
Option 3: read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
Option 4: read the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
25.3 Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
Heads = USA
Read 2 books
Option 1: Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir about one of the men who lead your alliance. (Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; or George H.W. Bush)
Option 2: Read a non-fiction book about NASA; Astronauts; Space Race; Apollo program; Space Exploration; Aviation; Physics
Option 3: Read a fiction or non-fiction book with the main page genre "Espionage". The book must be set at least 50% in the USSR or Eastern Bloc (Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, East Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland)
Option 4: Read a fiction book that contains a word of 3 or more letters (excluding "the") from "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in the title or subtitle OR from "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."
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Read 2 books, both by single author, both authors new to you, book titles must contain two different words
Numbers drawn: 2,8
Read a book where one word in the title (not subtitle) of the book, corresponds with a one word in a movie title/subtitle on your chosen day.
Movies:
Day 2: The Christmas Shoes, The Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, A Miser Brothers Christmas, Jack Frost, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Santa Clause, Snow
Day 8: Fred Claus, Secret Santa, The Mistle-Tones, Pinocchio's Christmas, Disney's A Christmas Carol, The Polar Express, Snowglobe, The Santa Clause, Frosty's Winter Wonderland
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Read 2
Option 1: Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the song title of your favorite Christmas carol or song in the title or subtitle. O Holy Night
Option 2: Read a book with a Christmas decoration on the cover (Christmas tree, lights, ornament, wreath etc.) or a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
Option 3: Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
Option 4: Read a book of your choice
25.6 Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Two book task
Option 1: read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA. The title must be at least two words long.
Option 2: read a book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page.
Option 3: read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
Option 4: read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH. If an author uses a middle name or initial(s) all three (or more) letters must be included.
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Two books
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre GLBT.
Option 2: Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
Option 3: Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'.
Option 4: Read a book with someone with a tattoo on the cover.
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Two books
Option 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.” The word may be embedded in another as long as it retains the original meaning
Option 2: Read a book originally written in Spanish.
Option 3: Read a book with either the GR genre “Music” or the GR genre “Sports” on the main page.
Option 4: read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Read 2 books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture. Both books can be by the same author, but at least one must be a new-to-you author.
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Read 2 books
Option 1: read a book set in Europe during the Renaissance (1350-1550)
Option 2: read a book the title (title only, no subtitles) of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California
Option 3: read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI." (All initials)
Option 4: read a book with a cover picture of one of the famous Italian monuments from this list.
Option 5: read a book with 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Two book options
Book One option A: Read a book from the Best Amish Fiction List
Option B: Read a book from My GLBT shelf
Book Two option C:Read a book from GR Choice Awards 2011 that was either a winner or a nominee (Fiction)
Option D: Read a book with something pertaining to Christmas on the cover
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Two books
Option 1: read a book set in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming.
Option 2: read a book set between 1941 – 1945
Option 3: read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING.(Can ignore middle)
Option 4: read a book whose author’s first or last name is George, Washington, Thomas, Jefferson Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore, or Roosevelt.
Option 5: read a book with the main page genre of "American History."
Option 6: read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Read two books (can be from same option)
Option 1: Read a book which has some statuary on the cover (or gargoyle, busts, ornate fountain)
Option 2: Book of poetry
Option 3: Read a book which celebrates any form of human artistry (sewing, cooking, metalwork, dance, music)
Option 4: Read a book which expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society.
Option 6: read a book with at least 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once,
Book 1: The Lake House - 593 pages
Book 2: Trust No One - 342 pages
Rolled a 3 and 1
Book 1: Read 1st in series: Me Before You
Book 2: Read GR 2015 best book/nominee:history/biography - The Witches: Salem, 1692
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Two books
Book one: book you got for free where author is new to you
Book two: Book you got for free (but in a different way), where author is new to you
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Two books
Option 1: Read a book about cancer or one where the main character is battling or has battled cancer; OR
*where the MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya. (No spelling variations).
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds
Option 3: Read a book where all Author’s Initials can be found in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
Option 4: read a book where the Main Character is a musician OR a book that takes place in Oklahoma
30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title that means “give.”
Option 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Under the Udala Trees
The Summer of Good Intentions
30.3 Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages.
Both books must be FICTION and each must be written by an author who uses a short first or last name of no more than 3 letters.
30.4 Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Two books
Option 1: read a book with an outdoor setting. At least fifty percent of the book must occur outdoors.
Option 2: read a book with the word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle.
Option 3: read a book with a green cover (80%)
30.5 Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 1: read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as ecology from this list: Popular Ecology Books.
Option 2: read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as geology from this list: Popular Geology Books
Option 3: read a non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology."
Option 4: read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as neurology from this list: Popular Neurology Books.
Option 5: read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as zoology from this list: Popular Zoology Books.
30.6 Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
2 books (together >500 pages)
Option 1: Read a book with one of the following words in the title (no subtitles): Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase DRESSING WARMLY
Option 3: Read a book that shows an obviously outdoor winter activity on the cover
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."
Option 2: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000) - Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone (396 pages)
Option 3: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. - Legend
50.1
Bluegrass Pam's 2015 Winter Plan5.1 person wearing hat on cover - SKIP
5.2 nude or partially-nude figure on cover
Kassandra and the Wolf
5.3 first 5 pages of Popular Art Books
The Goldfinch(page 1)
5.4 first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal p.1
5.5 from Underclass list
Hunger p.1
or The Jungle p.1
5.6 CITY or CITIES found intact in title or subtitle
The City of the Second Chance by Barry Jonsberg (on Amazon only) or City of Thieves
5.7 word ending in -ING in title or subtitle
Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
5.8 word ending in -ISM in title or subtitle
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
5.9 set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France
I'm Not Stiller- Swiss
The Post-Office Girl
***5.10 book of your choice ***
10.1 nonfiction book from Popular Science for Smarties, Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages(Pop Science for Smarties #21)
10.2 framed painting or photograph on cover
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
10.3 title/subtitle shares word (4 or more letters long) with Renoir's Paintings
One Summer America 1927 (In Summer painting)
10.4 name of French city or town or word "France" or "French" in title/subtitle
The Little Paris Bookshop
Paris Red
10.5 from Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Rebecca
Outlander
The Winter Sea
All on page 1.
10.6 set at least 50% in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, or Finland
Anne of Green Gables
10.7 from Popular Books 2015
A Little Life, A Spool of Blue Thread, In the Unlikely Event, Fates and Furies, Golden Son, In a Dark, Dark Wood
10.8 author whose first, middle, or last name is exactly the same as first, middle, or last name of U.S. Vice-Presidents
Dick Francis, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson , John Green
10.9 from SRC Bookshelf, no re-reads
All the Light We Cannot See Not a re-read.
10.10 number of pages evenly divisible by 4
Along the Infinite Sea – 464, The Door – 272, Three Moments of an Explosion - 400
15.1 TWO books by authors with names in same position that differ by exactly one letter, no initials
Stoner by John Williams and TheRoad to Avalon by Joan Wolf, Weir and Wein, Neil Peart and Neal Shusterman
15.2 TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles, must match listed words exactly Synonyms
15.3 Option 1: TWO books, book A with L, O, S, T and book B with F, O, U, N, D in title, subtitle and/or author's name; or
Option 2: ONE book with LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
Option2: Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel
15.4 Option 1: TWO books from 3 options
a) main page genre "Science Fiction"
b) identified on GR as #3 or #7 in a series
c) one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations
OR
Option 2: ONE book that fulfills two different options
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace
15.5 Random title generator Book with a word from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle
15.6 outdoor scene on cover
The Camel Bookmobile or The Rocks or The True Adventures of Charley Darwin. Carolyn Meyer (L)
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 14.0
15.7 dragon on cover or in storyline
The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
15.8 Popular epistolary novels
84, Charing Cross Road Page 1 , position 57
Speak, Cloud Atlas(363), A Tale for the Time Being, The Ides of March
15.9 book that features dancers- SKIP
15.10 #1, #2 or #12 in a series, whole numbers only
Elric
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 2: non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic. Required: Include an explanation of who you think is heroic and why.
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
1- cover is primarily (over 50%) Duke blue
2- author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI
3- #5 in a series
20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Min of 250 pages & no childrens
A- cover that depicts two or more children
B- memoir or autobiography written by a female author
C- cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train.
D- Hispanic author
20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
no childrens
2- originally published in a language other than your native language. state your native language and the original language of the book.
3- in at least two different countries. Required: In your post, state the countries where the book is set.
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
1- books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre
3- motorized vehicle on cover
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
1- vampires OR one that has "Horror" as a main page genre
2- over 50% brown cover.
3- author whose name is "Rose," "Mary," or "Rosemary."
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 1 - Watercolors - genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants
Option 2- Acrylics - FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Option 3- Oils - author's initials can be found in LINSEED. Middle names/initials should be ignored.
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
1- BOX found intact in the title/subtitle, or that has a boxer as a main character
2- Disability on main page
3- from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights.
Night, Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl), The Gulag Archipelago
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
A- non-fiction book with the Main Page Genres of: Science>Biology, Science>Natural History, Science>Evolution, Science>Chemistry, Science>Environment, or Science>Genetics.
B- short story collection
C- #1 in a series & new to you.
20.10 Group Reads
The 5th Wave
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
2 books
A:Cover: People participating in an outdoor setting
B:Cover: sun or moon
C:Subject: Anthology on 1 theme
D: set entirely in France between 1800 and 1899
E:title: M-O-N-E-T (all letters)
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
2 books
1.Published year born or author same year – Ice Station Zebra, The Game Players of Titan
2.Gifted book – Penguin Island
3.Cover: cityscape or city Yiddish Policeman
4.Last/recent in series
25.3 skip
25.5 Amanda A’s task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2 books
A: 4 or more letter word in Christmas carol title
Night
B: Christmas decoration on cover or author’s initials in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
C: Food or drink on the cover
D: Book of your choice
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
1. 1st letters of title: LUMINARIA
2. Western
3. gemstone in title/sub – The Emerald Key
4. initials: WHAT'S IT WORTH- Thornton Wilder
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
2 book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each.
Option 1. main page genre GLBT. Middlesex
Option 2. name of an insect in the title.
Option 3. Title starts with the word 'A'. A Little Life or A Tale for the Time Being
Option 4. Read a book with someone with a tattoo on the cover.
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
2 books which fit two of the following options
Option A. Debussy. one of these words in the title: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.” The word may be embedded in another as long as it retains the original meaning
Option B. Ravel. originally written in Spanish.
Option C. Satie. genre “Music” or the GR genre “Sports” on the main page.
Option D. Griffes. single author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.”
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
two books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture. Both books can be by the same author, but at least one must be a new-to-you author. State which author is new to you
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia! Skip for now.
25.11 skip
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
TWO book task. Can repeat an option
Option 1. statue on the cover.
Option 2. book of poetry.
Option 3. fiction or non fiction, which you think celebrates any form of human artistry. Required: State what activity your book celebrates.
Option 4. fiction or non fiction, which expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society. Book 1- We The Living
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
1 0r 2 books - total pages minimum of 800. May use the same requirements for both.
1. on the cover: apple, pie, fireplace or campfire, or an outside winter scene.
2. "Cozy Mystery" as a main genre.
3. author's initials can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS. 4. WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
5. Winter Break for YA list.
6. at least 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once, but there must be at least 2 of these specific numbers in the page numbers.
25.15 - Skip
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
TWO books
BOTH authors are NEW TO YOU. STATE how you came by the book and that the author is new to you.
BOOK ONE- free book
Emma and the Big Hoom Free from the public library.
BOOK TWO- free book, but in a DIFFERENT way than book one.
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Two books
1: MC is battling cancer OR MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Read 12/6/15
2: Title: Dog Breed (1 word) http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/ American Pastoral “American Foxhound”
3: Initials: KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT
4: MC musician OR Oklahoma setting
30.1 Option 1: About animal rescue
Option 2: Word in the title that means “give”
Option 3: Author initials in HEART
Thomas Hardy
**Option 4: Book of your choice
***ANYTHING***
30.2 Jonquil's task: You think you saw what? Reported
30.3 author with short first or last name of no more than 3 letters
Book 1: anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas
Book 2: 100-200 pages
30.4 Ava Catherine’s Task: Plein Air
2 books with no children’s
1. 50% outdoor SETTING
The Expedition to the Baobab Tree
2. Word “light” in the title/subtitle
3. 80% green cover
One Hundred Years of Solitude
30.5 2 books, both non-fiction
Option 1: shelved at least 3 times as ecology from Popular Ecology Books
Walden(page 1 19 users)
Option 2: shelved at least 3 times as geology from Popular Geology Books
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (p.1
58 users)
Option 3: main page genre of "Biology", embedded or stand alone
Option 4: shelved at least 3 times as neurology from Popular Neurology Books
Option 5: shelved at least 3 times as zoology from Popular Zoology Books
30.6 Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Chose 2 books, using 2 different options. Total of at least 500 pages.
1. ➜ one of the following words in the title, no subtitles: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen. Plurals and the endings -er, -est, or -ing will work.
2. ➜ Author’s initials in "DRESSING WARMLY".
Notes from the Internet Apocalypse
3. ➜ outdoor winter activity on the cover.
4. ➜ genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."
30.7 2 books, no rereads, one must be non-fiction
Option 1: author initials CM, GS, JC, JI, JT, PC, VG
China Mieville (fiction)
Option 2: page numbers any combination of 46,396; 6; 2,000
Option 3: first letter of each word in title in TRAFALGAR SQUARE, subtitles may be ignored, one word titles ok
Spin (Fiction)
NEED a non-fiction
50.1
Bea's Plan:5.1 The Mapping of Love and Death
5.2 The Madhouse Nudes
5.3 Girl in Hyacinth Blue pg 2
5.4 The Screwtape Letters pg 1
5.5 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn pg 1
5.6 A City Called July
5.7 Mommy in the Making
5.8 Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
5.9 The Pledge Switzerland
5.10 TBD - multiple possibles
10.1 The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World #48 on list
10.2 Portrait of a Dead Guy
10.3 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant for painting Lunch at the Restaurant Fourcaise
10.4 The Little Paris Bookshop
10.5 The Bungalow #49 on list
10.6 The Ice Princess - Sweden
10.7 First Frost #59 on list
10.8 The Sign of the Book (author name & VP name = John)
10.9 The Invention of Wings
10.10 Sacred Earth: The Spiritual Landscape of Native America (176 pp)
15.1 2 books: Good Girls by Karen Young & A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
15.2 2 books: The Kill Room & Hooked on Murder (kill-murder)
15.3 1 book option: The Final Opus Of Leon Solomon by Jerome Badanes
contains both LOST and FOUND
15.4 1 book option: Speaker for the Dead has both genre Science Fiction and is #3 in series
15.5 Cold Case - six titles: Cold Slave, Sword of Women, The Elemental Servants, The Silence's Sparks, The Flowers of the Death, and Twilight in the Touch
15.6 Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
15.7 The Silver Crown
15.8 Love Letters to the Dead (p.2, #157)
15.9 Step into the Light
15.10 Dipped, Stripped, and Dead (#1 in series)
20.10 Group Read: A Christmas Carol
30.1 2 books: Rescue Ink: How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck,and a Few Turtles (option 1) & Mercy (option 3 - EH)
30.2 2 books: The Cider House Rules & Acceptable Loss
30.3 2 books: Twenty-One Stories & Port Eternity (Age of Exploration, #1) (191 pp)
30.4
30.5 2 books: (ecology) Silent Spring & (neurology) Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
30.6 2 books: Cold Ridge (376 pp) & God Game (304 pp)
30.7 2 books (both new to me): The First Fig Tree (VG-1) & Sweet Grass: Lives of Contemporary Native Women of the Northeast (SG-3, non-fiction)
BriKie's Winter 2016 Reading Plan5 point tasks: 1/10
5.1
5.2
5.3 The Goldfinch
5.4 Slaughterhouse-Five
5.5 The Working Poor: Invisible in America
5.6 City of Stairs
5.7 Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
5.8 This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
5.9 All the Light We Cannot See
5.10 Landline
10 point tasks: 0/10
10.1 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
10.2 I Shall Be Near to You
10.3 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
10.4 The Paris Wife
10.5 The Yiddish Policemen's Union
10.6 A Man Called Ove
10.7 After You
10.8 Euphoria
10.9 The Invention of Wings
10.10 One Plus One
15 point tasks: 0/10
15.1 Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
15.1 A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
15.2 Big Little Lies
15.2 Small Wonder
15.3 The Museum of Extraordinary Things
15.4 The Magician's Land
15.5 The Boston Girl
15.6 Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
15.7 dragons
15.8 Gilead
15.9 The Painted Girls
15.10 A Discovery of Witches
20 point tasks: 0/10
20.1 Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
20.2
25 point tasks:
25.2 The Book of Life
25.15 Shadow of Night
25.15 Fates and Furies(Dice 5 & 2)
Oma's Reading Plan5.1-The Herbalist
5.2-Sora's Quest
5.3Clara and Mr. Tiffany-page5
5.4-Ella Minnow Pea-page 5
5.5-Fair and Tender Ladies-page 1
5.6
5.7-Giving Thanks for Baby
5.8
5.9-Coastliners
5.10-The World Above
10.1
10.2
10.3-Three From Galilee: The Young Man from Nazareth
10.4-The Paris Vendetta
10.5-The Bungalow-page #1
10.6-Red Square
10.7-Circling the Sun
10.8-Rogue Lawyer
10.9-The Forgotten Garden
10.10-The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of The Arabian Nights
15.1-Voodoo River-Robert Crais
Roselynde-Roberta Gellis
15.2-The Story Girl- IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14.0
15.3
15.4-'B'-Corrupted
15.5*The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan"
15.6-Winter's Bone
15.7
15.8-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall-page 1#32
15.9-Dancing for Degas
15.10-Scarlet
30.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10
30.1-#4-A Separate Peace
30.6-#1-A Cold Legacy
#2-Her Dark Curiosity
Amy O.'s reading plansTop reads:
The Road
Station Eleven
The Night Circus
Challenger Deep
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Sisters in Law
Astoria
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet - An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
10.1. This is Your Brain
10.2. Art Appreciation
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
10.4. C'est ou?
10.5. Curl Up and Read
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
10.7. Are you Up to Date? - The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood or Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC - Wolf Hall
15.1 Make the Switch
15.2 Word For Word
15.3 Lost and Found
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
15.5 That’s So Random
15.6 En Plein Air
15.7 Here Be Dragons
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
15.10 - A Reason to Party
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation - Option 1: 1Q84
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option B: Smoke and Mirrors
20.10 - Group Reads - The Professor and the Madman
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option C: Mothers and Sons
Option E: The Island of Dr. Moreau
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Option D: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System - Option 3: book by Agatha Christie
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything! - Year of Yes (Christmas gift);
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Mothers and Sons or Fragile Things
Book 2: The Old Man and the Sea
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950 - Option 2: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Option 4: The Stupidest Angel
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Option 2: Furiously Happy
Option 3: Station Eleven
50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Maya's Reading Challenge5 POINTS
5.7 - (-ING) - Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
5.8 - (-ISM) - The Black Prism - Brent Weeks 1 BB
5.9 - (50% France) - Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
5.10 - (Book of Choice) - Sellevision - Augusten Burroughs
10 POINTS
10.3 - (Matches Painting)(Two Girls at a Piano) - Bennington Girls Are Easy - Charlotte Silver
10.5 - (Snow is Falling) A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin 2BB
10.6 - (50% in Cold)(Russia) - The Secret History of Moscow - Ekaterina Sedia
10.7 - (Popular 2015)(page 1) In the Unlikely Event - Judy Blume
10.9 - (SRC Bookshelf)(page 1) - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
15 POINTS
15.1 - (Name Switch) - The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes - Marcus Sakey
15.1 - (Name Switch) - Underdogs - Markus Zusak 1 BB
15.2 - (Synonyms)(Make/Do) - Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread - Chuck Palahniuk
15.3 - (LOST & FOUND) - Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs
15.5 - (MAGIC) (FIRST NOBODY/ROUGH SECRETS/GIRL OF FIRE/THE DREAMING'S TOUCH/THE SILENCE OF SILENCE/MAGE IN THE MALE) - The Innocent Mage - Karen Miller 1 BB
15.6 - (Outdoor) - The Long Earth - Terry Prachett
15.7 - (Dragon) - Reign of Shadows - Deborah Chester
15.8 - (Epistolary)(Page 1) - The Pox Party - M.T. Anderson
15.10 - (1/2/12 in series) Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews
20 POINTS
20.3 - (Hispanic Author) - The Corpse Reader - Antonio Garrido
20.4 - (Two different countries) - Leaving Berlin - Joseph Kanon
20.5 - (Books About Books) - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
20.6 - (Rose) - The Witch of Painted Sorrows - M.J. Rose
20.7 - (LINSEED) - Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch 1 BB
20.8 - (People Rights list) - Night - Elie Weisel
20.9 - (1st in series) - The Sword of Summer - Rick Riordan
25 POINTS
25.1 - (Outdoor Activity Cover) - The Outstretched Shadow - Mercedes Lackey 1 BB
25.1 - (MONET) - The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman
25.2 - (Cityscape) - City of Dark Magic - Magnus Flyte
25.3 - (AND) - Lords and Ladies - Terry Prachett
25.4 - (Days of Christmas)(6)(Little Drummer Boy) - A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
25.4 - (Days of Christmas)(14)(Twas the Night Before Christmas) - The Night Sister - Jennifer McMahon
25.5 - (Book of choice) - Need - Joelle Charbonneau
25.5 - (CHRISTMAS LIGHTS) - Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire
25.6 - (Gem) - The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Neal Stephenson
25.6 - (WHAT'Z IT WORTH) - Back to Blood - Tom Wolfe 1 BB
25.7 - (Tattooed) - Demon's Bride - Zoe Archer
25.7 - (Starts with A) - A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
25.8 - (Originally in Spanish) - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
25.9 - (Ethnic - Old to me) - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 2 BB
25.9 - (Ethnic - New to me) - Shanghai Girls - Lisa See
25.10 - (17 letters) - The Alchemist's Door - Lisa Goldstein
25.11 - (GBLT) - Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 1 BB
25.12 - (List) - Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
25.12 - (GLACIER CALVING) - Gemini - Carol Cassella
C/P : Children's Book - IL: MG+
25.13 - (Poetry) - Paradise Lost - John Milton GO
25.15 - (Rolled a 5)(Fiction nom) - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Fredrik Backman
25.15 - (Rolled a 1)(#1 in series) - John Dies at the End - David Wong
25.16 - (Free)(Won) - Tabula Rasa - Kristin Lippert-Martin
25.16 - (Free)(ARC) - Some Luck - Jane Smiley
25.17 - (KIDNEYDIALYSISTRANSPLANT) - Life After Life - Kate Atkinson 1 BB
30 POINTS
30.4 - (LIGHT) - To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolfe
30.4 - (Green cover) - Out of the Easy - Ruta Septys
30.6 - (Outdoor Winter Scene) - Dreamcatcher - Stephen King 1BB
30.6 - (DRESSING WARMLY) - The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
30.7 - (TRAFALGAR SQUARE) - The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson 1BB
50 POINTS
50.1
mayazoe
(view spoiler)
5.1 - hat on cover5.2 - partially nude pic on cover
5.3 - Popular arts book list
The Art Forger - Barbara A. Shapiro
5.4 - Popular satire book list
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
5.6 - CITY in title
The City - Dean Koontz
5.7 - word ending in -ING in title
Knitting Under the Influence - Claire LaZebnik
5.8 - word ending in -ISM in title
5.9 -50% set in Switzerland or France
5.10 - your choice
10.1 - nonfiction on list
10.2 - framed painting on cover
10.3 - shares a word with Renoir's painting
Painting: "In Summer" Book: Summer Rental - Mary Kay Andrews
10.4 - French city, France, or French in title
10.5 - Best Books to read when snowing
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
10.6 - 50% in foreign country on list
10.7 -Popular books of 2015
Nightshade - John Saul
10.9 - group read from SRC
The Silent Girls - Eric Rickstad
Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky
You Wish - Mandy Hubbard
mIndy and mAndy
15.2 - Word for Word (2 books with synonyms in titles)
Dark — shadowy, unlit, murky, gloomy, dim, dusky, shaded, sunless, black, dismal, sad
A Dark Lure - Loreth Anne White
Cold Black Earth - Sam Reaves
15.3 - 1 book with LOST, one with FOUND, or one with both in title
15.4- b) #3 or #7 in series - Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
c) seven in title - 77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz
15.5 - one word from the following in the title:
Blue Tower, The Smooth Illusion, Consort of Years, The Soul's Flame, The Consort of the Voyage, Servant in the Time
15.6 - outdoor scene on cover
15.7 - dragon on cover, story involving dragons
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
15.8 - popular epistolary novel list
15.9 - a book that features dancers
Forever Odd - Dean Koontz
20.1 - "superhero" genre
20.2 - dark blue cover, author initials in KRZYZEWSKI, or #5 in series
20.3 - 250+ pages, 2 or more kids on cover, mother and child, horseback rider, or train
20.4 - originally pub. in different language, set in 2 countries
20.5 - book on cover, book about books, main character professional athlete, or motorized vehicle on cover
Little Bitty Lies - Mary Kay Andrews
20.7 - pub. between 1940 and 1965, or initials in LINSEED
20.8 - BOX intact in title
20.9 - #1 in new series
20.10 - The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
25 points - 2 books
25.1 - A) outdoor scene on cover, B) sun or moon on cover, D) set in 1800-1899, E) letters M-O-N-E-T in title
25.2 - 1) pub 1988 or author born 1988, 2) book received as gift, 3) skyline on cover, 4) final book in series
25.3 flipped heads: USA
3) espionage genre set in the USSR, 4) word matching quote
25.4 - #s picked: 17, 5
books matching movie titles on those days
25.5 -
A- word matches song from Christmas carol
B- author initials in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
C - food or drink on cover
25.6 -
1) book initials are found in LUMINARIA
3) gemstone in title
4) author initials in WHAT'Z IT WORTH
25.7
2 - insect name in title
3 - first word is "A" in the title
4 - someone with a tattoo on cover
25.8
A) words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.
D) author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.”
25.9 - 2 books by females of diverse ethnic backgrounds
25.10
2) word in title matches lyrics from Hotel California
3) author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
combined pages 500+
25.11
25.12
3)author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING
4) author’s first or last name is George, Washington, Thomas, Jefferson Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore, or Roosevelt
25.13
1) statue on cover
3) celebrates any form of human artistry (sewing, cooking, acting, dance, music, gardening, landscaping, even carpentry and metalwork)
25.14
1)apple, pie, fireplace or campfire, or an outside winter scene on cover
2) "Cozy Mystery" as a main genre
3)author's initials can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS
4)Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle
6) 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
25.15 - rolled 3 and 4
#3 in series
2015 nominee or winner in Romance
25.16
read 2 books you got for free - in different ways, both new authors
2 -
25.17
1) where the MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya (or battling cancer)
3) Author’s Initials can be found in any order and in any combination of the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT
30.1 -
2) word in title means to give
3)author whose initials can be found in the word HEART
4)read a book of your choice
30.2
30.3 - author name less than 3 letters, one collection of short stories and one book between 100 and 200 pages
30.4
1) read a book with an outdoor setting
2)reading a book with the word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle
3)read a book with a green cover
30.5 (nonfiction options)
30.6
1) Read a book with one of the following words in the title (title only, no subtitles): Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen
2)first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY"
3) outdoor winter activity on the cover
30.7
1) read a book with author initials PC, GS, CM, VG, JC, JT
2)Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000)
3) first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
50.1
A)Read a book that is 4th in a series AND that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on Goodreads.
B)Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004
C)Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last)
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books: 8
BB: 1
ESHAY5.2 - nude/partially-nude figure on the cover Frankenstein
5.3 - first 5 pages of Popular Art Books
5.4 - first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books Breakfast of Champions
5.5 - book from the Underclass list Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
5.6 - Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
5.7 - Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle The Sense of an Ending
5.8 - Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
5.9 - Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland/France A Tale of Two Cities
5.10 - Read a book of your choice
10.1 - read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading Thinking, Fast and Slow
10.2 - framed painting or photograph on the cover
10.3 - title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings: Summer, woman, party, alice, elizabeth, reading, flowers
10.4 - name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle My Life in France
10.6 - set at least 50% in one of these countries: Russia Eugene Onegin
10.8 - 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: William King The Shining
10.9 - The SRC Bookshelf lists all the books that have been group reads for the SRC American Gods
15.1 - Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter
15.2 - Using this list Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles. A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
Farewell, My Lovely
15.3 - Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
OR Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
15.4 - Option 2: Read ONE book that genre Science Fiction and #3/7 in series
15.5 - word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Splintered Girl
The Cracked Memory
Name of Flames
The Birch's Mists
The Ice of the Flames
Years in the Academy
15.6 - outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 - dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8 - list Popular epistolary novels The Perks of Being a Wallflower
15.9 - book that features dancers.
20.1
20.2
Option 1: cover is primarily (over 50%) Duke (dark) blue
Option 2: author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI
Option 3: #5 in a series
20.3 Book 250 pgs min
Option A: cover that depicts two or more children
Option B: memoir or autobiography written by a female author I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Option D: written by an Hispanic author
20.4
Option 1: written in a language other than your native
Option 2: originally published in a language other than your native
Option 3: takes place in at least two different countries.
Option 1: books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre What We See When We Read
20.6
Option 2: mostly brown (over 50%) colored-cover The Man Who Knew Too Much
Option 2: published between 1940 and 1965 Dune
20.8
Option 3: from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights. Infidel
Option C: #1 in a series Throne of Glass
25.1 two books
Option A: people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover
Option B: sun or the moon on the cover
Option C: anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme
Option D: set entirely in France between 1800 and 1899
Option E: title that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T
25.2 two books
Option 1: published the year you were born OR written by an author born the same year you were
Option 2: book you received as a gift
Option 3: cityscape or city skyline on the cover
Option 4: final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books
25.3 USA
Option 2: Book on space, aviation, NASA, Astronauts The Wright Brothers
Option 3: main page genre "Espionage" 50% set in USSR/Eastern bloc Gorky Park
25.4 1 & 14
Book 1: "The life and adventures of Santa Claus The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
Book 2: winter, toy story, escape, snow
25.5 two books
A: word of at least four letters from the song title of your favorite Christmas carol or song in the title or subtitle
C: food or drink on the cover
D: Book of choice
25.6 two books
Option 1: initial letter of each word (at least 2 words) in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA
Option 2: genre "Western"
Option 3: gemstone in its title/subtitle
Option 4: author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
25.7 two books
Option 2: name of an insect in the title/subtitle
Option 3: first word of the title 'A'
25.8
Option B: originally written in Spanish
Option C: genre “Music” or genre “Sports” Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Option D: single author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.”
Why Not Me?
Americanah
25.10 Combined for 500 pages
Option 2: title of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California Night Film
Option 3: initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI." The Shipping News
25.11
Book 1: Option B: Carry On or Fingersmith
Book 2: Option C: GR choice award 2011 Steve Jobs or A Dance with Dragons
25.12 two books
Option 4: author’s first or last name is George, Washington, Thomas, Jefferson Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore, or Roosevelt Schindler's List
Option 5: genre of "American History." One Summer: America, 1927
Option 6: from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
25.13
Option 3: celebrates any form of human artistry On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Option 4: expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society The Color Purple
25.14 total 800 pgs min
Option 5: Winter Break for YA list The Book Thief
Option 6: page count that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
25.15 Rolled 2 & 5
Book 2: Fiction GR nominee or winner Go Set a Watchman
25.16
Book 2: Free a different way and new author - Library Abhorsen
25.17
Option 2: word in the title found in the list of dog breeds The Dog Stars
Option 3: author initials in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT Ancillary Sword
30.1
Option 3: author initials can be found in the word HEART. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
30.2 Two books associated with the inspirational paintings
30.3 Two fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas. This Is How You Lose Her
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages. Interpreter of Maladies
30.4
Option 3: green cover Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
30.5 Two non fiction
Option 1: Popular Ecology list Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Option 4: Popular Neurology list This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Option 1: words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen Smilla's Sense of Snow
Option 2: initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY" The Magicians
30.7 Two books, one non fiction both new to you
Option 1: Share initials w/painter (non fiction) Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Option 3: first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
50.1
Book A: 4th in a series AND that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on Goodreads Lord Peter Views the Body
Book B: FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 The Light Between Oceans
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last) The Orphan Master's Son or Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
ESHAY5.1 - person wearing hat on the cover.
5.2 - nude/partially-nude figure on the cover
5.3 - first 5 pages of Popular Art Books
5.4 - first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
5.5 - book from the Underclass list
5.6 - Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle
5.7 - Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle
5.8 - Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle
5.9 - Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland/France
5.10 - Read a book of your choice
10.1 - read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading
10.2 - framed painting or photograph on the cover
10.3 - title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings
10.4 - name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle
10.5 - List Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
10.6 - set at least 50% in one of these countries: Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
10.7 - Popular Books 2015.
10.8 - 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
10.9 - The SRC Bookshelf lists all the books that have been group reads for the SRC
10.10 - Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4
15.1 - Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter
15.2 - Using this list Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
15.3 - Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
OR Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
15.4 - Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options.
15.5 - word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
15.6 - outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 - dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8 - list Popular epistolary novels
15.9 - book that features dancers.
15.10 - Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series
20.1
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20.8
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20.10 - The 5th Wave
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5.15.2
5.3 Seven Days in the Art World
5.4 Where'd You Go Bernadette
5.5 Tobacco Road
5.6 City of Dreams
5.7
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5.10
10.1 An Entirely Synthetic Fish
10.2
10.3 The girl who wrote in silk
10.4 My Life in France
10.5 Rebecca
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10.7 Go Set a Watchman
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20.10 A Christmas Carol
30.1
30.2 Mastering the Art of French Eating and xxxxx
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50.1
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5 Points5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Guild - Jean Johnson
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Tall, Silent & Lethal - R.L. Mathewson
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet ~ SKIP
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet ~ SKIP
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte ~ SKIP
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Terminal City - Linda Fairstein
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Burning Skies - Caris Roane
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet ~ SKIP
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas ~ TBD
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro ~ TBD
10 Points
10.1. This is Your Brain ~ SKIP
10.2. Art Appreciation ~ SKIP
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin
10.4. C'est ou? ~ SKIP
10.5. Curl Up and Read
One in a Million - Jill Shalvis
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
The Enchantment Emporium - Tanya Huff
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
The Family Trade - Charles Stross
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Divergent - Veronica Roth
10.10. Jump!
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon
15 Points
15.1 Make the Switch ~ TBD
15.2 Word For Word ~ SKIP
15.3 Lost and Found
The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
B: Saint Odd - Dean Koontz
C: Spoil of War - Phoenix Sullivan
15.5 That’s So Random
The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz
15.6 En Plein Air
The Highlander Next Door - Janet Chapman
15.7 Here Be Dragons
The Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb
15.8 Please Mr. Postman ~ SKIP
15.9 Degas and the Dancers ~ SKIP
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Heart of Obsidian - Nalini Singh
20 Points
25 Points
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A: Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
Option B: The Reluctant VampireThe Reluctant Vampire - Lynsay Sands
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 1: Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman
Option 4: Forged - Jacquelyn Frank (World of Nightwalkers #4 - conclusion)
25.3 -
Option :
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25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Book 1: Snow In April - Rosamunde Pilcher
Book 2: TBD
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option C: The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones
Option D: TBD
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 3: Dark Ruby - Lisa Jackson
Option 4: Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1: TBD
Option 3: A Potion to Die For - Heather Blake
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Option A: Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea - Nancy Atherton
Option C: Melting the Ice - Jaci Burton
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25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 3: Mortal Stakes - Robert Parker
Option 5: English Passengers - Matthew Kneale
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25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 1: Forbidden Fruit - Erica Spindler
Option 4: Shield of Winter - Nalini Singh
30 Points
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb
Option 4: TBD
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what? ~ SKIP
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists - Ann & Jeff Vandermeer
Book 2: Tarnished Knight - Bec McMasters
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 1: Mindspeaker's Call - Gayle Greeno
Option 3: Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy ~ SKIP
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1: An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris
Option 2: Bound to Darkness - Lara Adrian
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art ~ SKIP
50 Points
50.1
5.1 - person wearing hat on the cover.5.2 - nude/partially-nude figure on the cover
5.3 - first 5 pages of Popular Art Books
5.4 - first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
5.5 - book from the Underclass list
5.6 - Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle
5.7 - Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle
5.8 - Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle
5.9 - Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland/France
5.10 - Read a book of your choice
10.1 - read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading
10.2 - framed painting or photograph on the cover
10.3 - title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings
10.4 - name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle
10.5 - List Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
10.6 - set at least 50% in one of these countries: Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
10.7 - Popular Books 2015.
10.8 - 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
10.9 - The SRC Bookshelf lists all the books that have been group reads for the SRC
10.10 - Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4
15.1 - Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter
15.2 - Using this list Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
15.3 - Option 1: Read 2 books, one book A and one book B
Book A- Read a book with all the letters L, O, S, T in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book B- Read a book with all the letters F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
OR Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
15.4 - Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options.
15.5 - word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
15.6 - outdoor scene on the cover.
15.7 - dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
15.8 - list Popular epistolary novels
15.9 - book that features dancers.
15.10 - Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series
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20.10 - The 5th Wave
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25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Minimum 800 pgs
Book 1:Read a book where the author's initials can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS.
The Bold and the Dominant by Shayla Black
# of pgs:366
Book 2:Read a book with a page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds
# of pgs: 434
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
Rolled 5,4
Book 1: Read a book in a series.(Using 4)
Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley (4th in Dream Man series)
Book 2: Using whichever number you did not use for book 1, read a Goodread's Best Book of 2015 nominee or winner as determined by the numbers below. (#5. Fiction)
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
::BOOK ONE::
Read a a book that you got for free (library, netgalley, borrowed from a friend, received as a gift, $0 on Kindle/Nook/etc.) where the AUTHOR is new to you.
Both Authors are new to me
*Booklending.com ~ Eighteen: 18 by J.A Huss
::BOOK TWO::
Read a second book that you got for free, but in a DIFFERENT way than book one. Remember the author still has to be new to you.
*Hoopla ~ Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
25.17- Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3:Read a book where the Author’s Initials can be found in any order and in any combination of the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
Option 4:*read a book where the Main Character is a musician
Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh
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.
Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
Option 4:My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Cooper by Harper Sloan
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50.1
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20.5
randomly generated titles:
Entwined Snakes
The Bold Secret
Legend of Waves
The Wizard's Wife
The Truth of the Night
Sky in the Prince
ideas:
10.6 set mostly in russia/siberia: Between Shades of Gray
10.7. Red Queen
10.9 The Handmaid's Tale OR The Golden Compass
15.3 Lost & Found
20.4 2 countries Brooklyn
25.8 C J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockey
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Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Total Points: 75
Total Points Read: 655.1
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5.6 - Untamed City
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10.7 - The Witch Hunter
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10.10 - Mysterious Celtic Mythology In American Folklore
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15.7 - Seraphina
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15.10 - Maid of Secrets
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5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- (cover showing someone wearing a hat)5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet -- (cover showing partial nudity or nudity)
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet --Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (123 pages)
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte -- ("City" or "cities" in the title.)
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- (Word ending in -ing in title.")
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet -- (Word ending in -ism)
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas -- (Takes place in 50% Switzerland and/or France)
10.1. This is Your Brain
10.2. Art Appreciation -- (Framed painting or photograph on cover)
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
10.4. C'est ou?
10.5. Curl Up and Read
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too! -- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (John Tyler, John Adams, John C. Calhoun) (229 pages) (GoodReads Author)
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC -- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (330 pages) (GoodReads Author)
10.10. Jump!
15.1 Make the Switch
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.2 Word For Word
Book 1:
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15.3 Lost and Found
Book 1:
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15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Book 1:
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15.5 That’s So Random
15.6 En Plein Air
15.7 Here Be Dragons
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
15.10 - A Reason to Party -- Come Hell or Highball by Maia Chance (307 pages) (GoodReads Author)
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science -- Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon (Option C: First in a series) (232 pages) (GoodReads Author)
20.10 - Group Reads
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Book 1:
Book 2:
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (218 pages)
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia (272 pages)
KTKIZZIEWinter 2015
Duration: December 1, 2015 - February 29, 2016
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5.4 The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Required information: Found on page 1 of the Popular Satire Books list.
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15.5 Required information: Broken Thoughts; The Magnificent Dreamer; Gate of Shadow; The Female's Scent; The Soul of Silk; Servants in the Woman
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15.8 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Required information: Page 1, position 8; Jan 1, 2016
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Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/65
Total Points Claimed: 20/1185
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books Read: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
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10.7. Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
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15.5. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
15.7. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
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20.4. Holy Cow by David Duchovny
20.5. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
20.6. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
20.7. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
20.9. Dark Lover by J. R. Ward
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30.4.
30.7.
Total points accumulated: 460
Big books ticket: 2
Golden Oldies: 7
Obs. 15.5: Magnificent Healing, The Sharp Scent, Snow of Stones, The Fire's Name, The Destruction of the Servant, Wind in the Kiss.
Bold: read
Italic: college
Underline: reading
5.1: Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover. To the Lighthouse
5.2 -Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
The Awakening
5.3 - Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
The Moon and Sixpence
5.4 Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
White Noise
5.5 Read a book from the Underclass list.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5.6 Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle. City of Thieves
5.7 Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
The Sense of an Ending
5.8 Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
The End of Vandalism
5.9 Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
Thérèse Raquin
5.10 Read a book of your choice.
10.1 This is Your Brain The Family Fang
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
10.2 Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or photograph on the cover.
The Family Fang
10.3 "Young Girl Reading" Summer
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.
10.5 Curl Up and Read Jane Eyre
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Fall on Your Knees
10.7 Are you Up to Date? The Girl on the Train
10.8 Hey, We Were There, Too! Avenue of Mysteries
10.9 Catch Up With the SRC
All the Light We Cannot See
10.10 Jump! The Story of Lucy Gault
15.1 Make the Switch
Rabbit, Run
Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play it as it Lays
15.2 Word For Word
The History of Love
Peace Like a River
15.3 Lost and Found
The Lottery and Other Stories
How They Were Found
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
The View from the Seventh Layer
15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle. (Forgotten Son, Kissing History, Women of Shadow, the Slave's Dreamer, The Butterfly in the Lights, Theft of the Flying)
15.6 En Plein Air Outer Dark
15.8 Please Mr. Postman We Need to Talk About Kevin
15.10 A Reason to Party
Fifth Business
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: read a book where the cover is primarily (over 50%) Duke blue
I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories
20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
The Stranger
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
S.
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
A Head Full of Ghosts
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
The Vet's Daughter
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
What is the What
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option 2: Read a short story collection.
25.1 Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
(Pick 2)
Nothing Gold Can Stay
My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro
25.2 Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Siege 13
Option 3: read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Read 2 books, both by single author, both authors new to you, book titles must contain two different words
Numbers drawn: 1 (winter, year, life, once), 15 (baby, maybe, little)
My Life Among the Apes
Lullabies for Little Criminals
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Read 2
Option 1: Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the song title of your favorite Christmas carol or song in the title or subtitle. O Holy Night
Tender Is the Night
Option 4: Read a book of your choice
25.6 Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Two book task
Option 1: read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA. The title must be at least two words long.
Option 2: read a book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page.
Option 3: read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
Option 4: read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH. If an author uses a middle name or initial(s) all three (or more) letters must be included.
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Two books
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre GLBT.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Option 2: Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Two books
Option 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.” The word may be embedded in another as long as it retains the original meaning
Option 2: Read a book originally written in Spanish.
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Read 2 books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture. Both books can be by the same author, but at least one must be a new-to-you author.
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Read 2 books
Option 2: read a book the title (title only, no subtitles) of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California
Option 3: read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI." (All initials)
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Two book options
Option B: Read a book from My GLBT shelf
Book Two option C:Read a book from GR Choice Awards 2011 that was either a winner or a nominee (Fiction)
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Two books
Option 1: read a book set in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming.
Option 2: read a book set between 1941 – 1945
Option 3: read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING.(Can ignore middle)
Option 4: read a book whose author’s first or last name is George, Washington, Thomas, Jefferson Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore, or Roosevelt.
Option 5: read a book with the main page genre of "American History."
Option 6: read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Read two books (can be from same option)
Option 1: Read a book which has some statuary on the cover (or gargoyle, busts, ornate fountain)
Option 2: Book of poetry
Option 3: Read a book which celebrates any form of human artistry (sewing, cooking, metalwork, dance, music)
Option 4: Read a book which expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society.
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 6: read a book with at least 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once,
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Two books
Book one: book you got for free where author is new to you
Book two: Book you got for free (but in a different way), where author is new to you
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Two books
Option 1: Read a book about cancer or one where the main character is battling or has battled cancer; OR
*where the MC’s or Author’s name is Sonya. (No spelling variations).
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds
Option 3: Read a book where all Author’s Initials can be found in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
Option 4: read a book where the Main Character is a musician OR a book that takes place in Oklahoma
30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title that means “give.”
Option 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
30.2 Jonquil's task: You think you saw what? . Titles to match paintings.
30.3- 2 books-FICTION and each must be written by an author who uses a short first or last name of no more than 3 letters (Initial will work).
a) anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
b)Book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages
30.4 2
- book with an outdoor setting.
- word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle.
- green cover (80%)
Eating Animals
30.5 - 2 book, non-fiction challenge. Choose 2 different options from the choices below.
a) non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as ecology from specific list
b) " geology
c) non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology.
d) non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as neurology from specified list
e) " zoology
30.6- Chose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
a)one of the following words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen.
b author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY"
c)obviously outdoor winter activity on the cover.
d)main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."
30.7-2 books, both books must be new to you, not rereads. And because it's a job, one must be non-fiction.
a) 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. Initials: PC, GS, CM, VG, JT, JC
b) 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.
c) Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. One wrd titles are fine
50.1
10.10 - The Rose Rent (page count Il roseto ardente (216/4))
15.3 - LOSTFOUND
15.5 - Red Obsession; Bound Flowers; Bride of Serpents; Snake's Birch; The Future of the Lord; Mage in the Name (My Name Is Lucy Barton)
15.6 -
15.8 - Thus Was Adonis Murdered (#97)
15.10 - The Raven in the Foregate
20.4 - My Brilliant Friend (Option 2)
20.6 -
(Option 2 - cinnamon)20.7 - Edison's Alley (Option C - LINSEED) (IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0)
20.9 - Consider Phlebas (Option C - #1)
25.1 -
(Option B - cover with sun or moon) and The Story of a New Name (Option E - MONET)25.2 - Metroland (Option 1) and
(Option 3)25.4 - 2 and 24 (new-to-you authors)
25.6 - LUMINARIA (title) or Western or WHAT'Z IT WORTH (author) (no kids' books)
25.10 - In the Night Garden (Option 2 - night) and An Excellent Mystery (Option 3 - VAPORETTI) (483+219=>500 pages)
25.11 - Teeth (1B) and The Running Dream (2C)
25.14 - The Truth Commission (Option 3 - JEANS/SWEATER/BOOTS, at least 100 pages) and Wives and Daughters (Option 6 - 720 pages)
25.15 - 6 and 1 - Consider Phlebas (#1) and Mr. Kiss and Tell (nominee in category #6, mystery)
25.16 - The Story of Awkward (freebie on Amazon) and ? (library book) (new-to-you authors)
30.2 -
- The Pilgrim of Hate and Fates and Furies30.3 - 20th Century Ghosts and The Rider
30.4 - option 2 - Light & option 3 (green cover)
30.7 -
pg. 26, pg. 29, pg. 31, pg. 36, pg. 43, pg. 50, pg. 52, pg. 58, pg. 61, pg. 63
Total: 560 points
5.1 - 5.2 -
5.3 - Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
5.4 -
5.5 - The Color Purple
5.6 - The Just City
5.7 - Brown Girl Dreaming
5.8 - Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
5.9 - The Nightingale
5.10 -
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
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10.7
10.8
10.9
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15.1
15.2
15.3 -
15.4 - (Option A & B)
15.5
15.6 -
15.7
15.8 - The Color Purple
15.9
15.10 -
20.1 -
20.2 -
20.3 -
20.4
20.5
20.6 - House of Leaves
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10
30.1
30.2
30.3
30.4
30.5
30.6
30.7
50.1
Boston KateTotal points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
5.1 Skin Game (view spoiler)
5.2 (view spoiler)
5.3 The Goldfinch (view spoiler)
5.4 The Color of Magic (view spoiler)
5.5 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (view spoiler)
5.6 City of Women (view spoiler)
5.7 The Art of Racing in the Rain (view spoiler)
5.8 King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (view spoiler)
5.9 Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution (view spoiler)
5.10 The Grey King (view spoiler) - read 2/22/15 - post 2885
10.1 The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (view spoiler) - read 12/31/15 - post 883
10.2 Inside the O'Briens (view spoiler)
10.3 The Girl in the Spider's Web (view spoiler)
10.4 Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (view spoiler)
10.5 Wuthering Heights (view spoiler)
10.6 (view spoiler)
10.7 Go Set a Watchman (view spoiler)
10.8 Finders Keepers or Revival (view spoiler)
10.9 The Handmaid's Tale (view spoiler)
10.10 (view spoiler)
15.1
Book 1: I Am the Messenger (view spoiler) - read 1/14/15 - post 2106
Book 2: Written in Fire (view spoiler) - read 1/26/15 - post 2106
15.2
Book 1: The Story of Beautiful Girl (view spoiler) - read 2/10/15 - post 2885
Book 2: Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase (view spoiler) - read 1/27/15 - post 2885
15.3 The Keeper of Lost Causes (view spoiler)
15.4 Life, the Universe and Everything (view spoiler)
15.5 Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science (view spoiler)
15.6 Career of Evil (view spoiler) - read 1/8/15 - post 3005
15.7 The Great Zoo of China (view spoiler)
15.8 The Color Purple (view spoiler)
15.9 China Dolls (view spoiler)
15.10 Traffick (view spoiler) - read 12/12/15 - post 883
20.1 Avengers: The Initiative, Vol. 1: Basic Training (view spoiler)
20.2 First Among Sequels (view spoiler)
20.3 (view spoiler)
20.4 (view spoiler)
20.5 Something Rotten (view spoiler)
20.6 NOS4A2 (view spoiler)
20.7 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (view spoiler)
20.8 We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (view spoiler)
20.9 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (view spoiler)
20.10 The 5th Wave (view spoiler)
Boston Kate, cont.25.1
Book 1: Dangerous Women (view spoiler)
Book 2: Something from the Nightside (view spoiler)
25.2
Book 1: Broken Monsters (view spoiler)
Book 2: Acceptance (view spoiler)
25.3 - flipped tails (USSR)
Book 1: Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (view spoiler) or The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet or How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (view spoiler)
Book 2: Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (view spoiler)
25.4
Book 1: (view spoiler)
Book 2: My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park (view spoiler)
25.5
Book 1: Silver on the Tree (view spoiler)
Book 2: (view spoiler)
25.6
Book 1: Maya's Notebook (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Pearl that Broke Its Shell (view spoiler)
25.7
Book 1: Carry On (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Bees (view spoiler)
25.8
Book 1: Concussion (view spoiler)
Book 2: Sycamore Row (view spoiler)
25.9
Book 1: The Ghost Bride (view spoiler)
Book 2: Purple Hibiscus or The Bluest Eye (view spoiler)
25.10
Book 1: The Secret Place (view spoiler) - read 12/17/15 - post 2885
Book 2: Armada (view spoiler) - read 2/18/15 - post 2885
25.11
Book 1: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (view spoiler) - library
Book 2: Doc or When She Woke (view spoiler)
25.12
Book 1: Son (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Joy Luck Club (view spoiler)
25.13
Book 1: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (view spoiler)
Book 2: A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines (view spoiler) or The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan (view spoiler)
25.14
Book 1: Princeps' Fury (view spoiler)
Book 2: First Lord's Fury (view spoiler)
25.15 - rolled 1 & 6
Book 1: The Winter Sea (view spoiler)
Book 2: (view spoiler)
25.16
Book 1: (view spoiler) - library
Book 2: (view spoiler)
25.17
Book 1: (view spoiler) - library
Book 2: Finders Keepers (view spoiler)
30.1
Book 1: The Dovekeepers (view spoiler)
Book 2: (view spoiler)
30.2
Book 1: Delicious Foods (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Sandcastle Girls (view spoiler)
30.3
Book 1: Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Illustrated Man (view spoiler)
30.4
Book 1: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Condition or Rogues (view spoiler)
30.5
Book 1: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth (view spoiler)
Book 2: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (view spoiler)
30.6
Book 1: Let It Snow (view spoiler)
Book 2: The Magician's Land (view spoiler)
30.7
Book 1: Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales (view spoiler)
Book 2: Triangles (view spoiler)
50.1
Book 1: Something Rotten (view spoiler) (20.5)
Book 2: You Were Here (view spoiler) - arc
Book 3: A God in Ruins (view spoiler)
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