The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

If you would like a place to plan or share what you'll be reading for the Winter 2017 Challenge you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.

Diana K's Reading Plan

✔5.1 Lassie Come Home - Home Fire
✔ 5.2 Go Wild - Dance of the Happy Shades
✔ 5.3 Banished! - Cinnamon and Gunpowder
✔5.4 Best Laid Plans - Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink
✔5.5 Wonders of the Deep - The English Teacher
✔5.6 It's Alive - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
✔ 5.7 Power Pets - Strangers in Budapest
✔ 5.8 Animals Around Us - Birds Without Borders
✔ 5.9 Get It Done - The Painted Kiss
✔5.10 Born Free - The Great Passage

✔ 10.1 What a Zoo - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
✔10.2 No, It's a Three-Ring Circus - The Orphan's Tale
✔ 10.3 Sir Nils Olav - Norwegian Wood
✔10.4 It's a Llama, Mama - Dragon Teeth
✔10.5 Best Books- Swimming Lessons
✔ 10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge - The Dervish House (Read Harder #11)
✔10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby - Nighthawks on the New River
✔10.8 Here Kitty Kitty - Sugar
✔10.9 Good Dog - Golden Hill
✔10.10 Go'in On a Safari - Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture

✔15.1 Don't Make Me Choose - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
And the Mountains Echoed
✔15.2 February is For Romance -
The Wedding Officer: A Novel of Culinary Seduction
✔15.3 Hot or Cold -Big Dreams, Small Garden: A Guide to Creating Something Extraordinary in Your Ordinary
Space
✔15.4 Endangered Animals -The Ruins of Lace (Opt 2)
✔15.5 New Beginnings - The Prague Sonata
✔15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying... Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting—and Staying—Organized
✔15.7 Groundhog Day - Good on Paper
✔ 15.8 World Animal Day - Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
✔15.9 Let's Party! - The Sun Also Rises
✔ 15.10 Trash to Treasure - La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind

✔20.1 - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements Olive Kitteridge
✔20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
✔20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes Dear Mr. You
✔20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby ROSENCRANTZ & GILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
✔20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW! The Winter Queen
✔20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU! Summer Melody
✔20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
✔ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
✔20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
A Pomegranate and the Maiden
✔20.10 The House of the Spirits

✔25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery Eat Only When You're Hungry
The Full Cupboard of Life (opt 3)
✔25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats Amour Provence
Returning to Earth (Opt 2)
✔25.3 - 2 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
My Italian Bulldozer (Opt D)
A New York Christmas
✔25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
Yellow
✔25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front
Yard
Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust & Forbidden Fruit
✔25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
The Tao of Pooh
✔25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
A Fall of Marigolds
The Boo

✔30.1 Schatzie's Task - Animal Crackers Opt 1 Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
The Mother of All Questions (opt 4)
✔30.2 Mazza1's Task:Prolific Pensmiths the finch who stole Christmas
And Then There Were None
✔30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart The Shape of Water (Opt 2)
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (Opt 3)
✔30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day Sudden Death
Duck Season: Eating, Drinking and Other Misadventures in Gascony, France's Last Best Place
✔ 30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
✔30.6 TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting Opt. 2 The Forever Girl
Opt 3 The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
✔30.7 Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole The Rules Do Not Apply
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It The Living Infinite
A Slant of Light
✔30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession Red Kayak
The Red Badge of Courage
✔30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers The Good Luck of Right Now
The Revolution of the Moon
✔30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here? Paris Time Capsule
The Alice Network


✔50.1 Book 1 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Book 2 Beaches
Book 3 Breathe In, Breathe Out: Inhale Energy and Exhale Stress by Guiding and Controlling Your Breathing Goat

Winter 2017 Reading Plan

5.1 - The Painted Veil✔1061
5.2 - Sovereign✔655
5.3 - The Philosopher Kings✔118
5.4 - The Secrets She Keeps 5.6✔858
5.5 - Herland✔1150
5.6 - The Turn of the Screw✔881
5.7 - The Word for World is Forest✔490
5.8 - The Call of the Wild✔895
5.9 - Dissolution✔315
5.10 - A Room of One's Own✔858

10.1 - The Remains of the Day✔1190
10.2 - Tipping the Velvet✔754
10.3 - If on a winter's night a traveler✔1711
10.4 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court✔1788
10.5 - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness 12/12✔405
10.6 - Doctor Zhivago (Bingo challenge)✔1684
10.7 - The Library at Mount Char (approved)✔243
10.8 - The Eyre Affair Jasper✔315
10.9 - Dark Fire✔543
10.10 - Seven Years in Tibet✔1228

15.1 - 1: Commonwealth
2: Leviathan Wakes
15.2 - 1: Venetia
2: The Paris Wife
15.3 - 2: Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
15.4 - 2: The Grand Sophy✔1515
15.5 - All the Birds in the Sky
15.6 - 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
15.7 - Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House✔1011
15.8 - The Plague Dogs
15.9 - Tender Is the Night
15.10 - Macbeth✔1728

20.1 - 3: A Wizard of Earthsea
20.2 - 3: The Snow Child
20.3 - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
20.4 - 4: Everything That Rises Must Converge
20.5 - 3: Necessity✔118
20.6 - 1: Ulysses
20.7 - 4: American War✔2363
20.8 - Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
20.9 - 3: Rabbit Cake
20.10 - Artemis✔2055

25.1 - 1: Heir to Sevenwaters
3: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading (hoopla)
25.2 - 1: Magpie Murders (purr)
3: The Last Policeman
25.3 - A: The Bear and the Nightingale
C: The House on the Strand (house)
25.4 - 1B: The Children's Blizzard
2A: Half of a Yellow Sun
25.5 - B1: The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte
B2: Shirley
25.6 -3: Life of Pi
4: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
25.7 - 1: The Sunne in Splendour
2: The Fifth Season

30.1 - 1: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
4: Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
30.2 - 1: Murder at the Vicarage
2: The Three Musketeers
30.3 - 3: Revelation
4: The Art of Racing in the Rain
30.4 - 1: Sleep Donation
2: Dead Souls
30.5 - Option 1: 1: Burial Rites (Hannah)
2: The Enchanted April: A Trilogy (ant)
30.6 - 2: Frederica
4: The House of Mirth
30.7 - 1: Dune
2: The Man Who Knew Too Much
30.8 - 1: The Book of Strange New Things
2: Growth of the Soil (growth)
30.9 - 4: Americanah
30.10 - 1: The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
2: The Little Stranger
30.11 - 1: Daughter of Fortune
2: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

50.1 - 1: All the Pretty Horses✔
2: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith✔
3: Radio Silence (Rat)✔2308

Ann's Plan: Almost exclusively books I own (will be checking a few audiobooks out from the library)

Final Stats: 225 points, 14 tasks, 18 books, 1 GO, 3 BB, 5737 pages

✔5.1 - Lassie Come Home - Tell the Wolves I'm Home
5.2 - Go Wild - James Herriot's Yorkshire
✔5.3 - Banished! - A Bollywood Affair
5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Growing Up Again: Life, Love and Oh Yeah, Diabetes
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep - The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
✔5.6 - It's Alive! - The Hound of the Baskervilles
✔5.7 - Power Pets - Fever Dream
5.8 - Animals Around Us - The Cat Who Sang for the Birds
5.9 - Get IT Done - A Passage to India
✔5.10 - Born Free - The Hippopotamus Pool

10.1 - What a Zoo - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus -
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav - The Little Drummer Girl
✔10.4 - It's Llama, Mama - I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists
10.5 - Best Books -
10.6 - Who's Up for a Challenge? - Open Secrets
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby? - Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty - Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
10.9 - Good Dog! - Dogs of the Cariboo and other stories
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari - Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose! -
15.2 - February is for Romance -
15.3 - Hot or Cold? - The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable and Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
15.4 - Endangered Animals - The Carrier
✔ 15.5 - New Beginnings - The Song of Achilles
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying - Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
15.7 - Groundhog Day - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
15.8 - World Animal Day -
15.9 - Let's Party! - The Sound and the Fury
15.10 - Trash to Treasure - The Rosie Effect

20.1 - A Year of Improvements - Neverwhere
20.2 - RARE18 London - Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
20.3 - Titles and Suffixes - Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday To Friday . . . In 12 Days
20.4 - My February Baby - Gorky Park
✔20.5 - LET IT SNOW! - 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
20.6 - IT'S BEHIND YOU! - Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
✔20.7 - Animal Lovers Unite - Uncommon Type: Some Stories
20.8 - Coins for Christmas -
✔20.9 - Bringing Pets and People Together - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
20.10 - Group Reads - The House of the Spirits

25.1 - Hurricane Recovery - Root, Petal, Thorn and An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
25.2 - Big Cats - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and Uncle Tom's Cabin
25.3 - SANTA CLAUS... - The Burgess Boys and That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
✔25.4 - White Winter, Yellow Moon - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus and The Yellow Birds
25.5 - All in the Family - Chronicles, Vol. 1 and Shakespeare: The World as Stage
25.6 - Winnie the Pooh Day - Bunner Sisters and The Looking Glass War
25.7 - My Second Favorite Pastime - The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds and The Enigma of Arrival

30.1 - Animal Crackers - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood and Double Down: Game Change 2012
30.2 - Prolific Pensmiths -
30.3 - Mad Max;My Heart - Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes and The Best American Travel Writing 2016
30.4 - Backward Day - Dead Souls and Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
✔30.5 - Word Play on a Few... - Family Matters and A Matter of Time
30.6 - 25 Years and Counting - The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Hand of Ethelberta
30.7 - Down the Rabbit Hole -
✔ 30.8 - Anagram It - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and Fire Watch
30.9 - Obsession - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
✔30.10 - By the Numbers - Ubik and You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump
30.11 - Is There a Pattern Here? - Paula and The Glass Palace

5.1- Lassie Come Home - The Painted Veil
5.2 - Go Wild - California
5.3 - Banished! - Crazy Rich Asians
5.4 - Best Laid Plans - At the Mountains of Madness
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
5.6 - It's Alive! - Fingersmith
5.7 - Power Pets- The Crying of Lot 49
5.8 - Animals Around Us - Timbuktu
5.9 - Get It Done - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
5.10 - Born Free - Illumination Night

10.1 - What a Zoo - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus - The Night Circus
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav- Zuckerman Unbound
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama - book with a non-human mammal on cover.
10.5 - Best Books - one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge? - Journey to the Center of the Earth
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby? - novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty -book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
10.9 - Good Dog! - Good as Gone
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
Book 1: nominee or the winner from a different category than you chose for your Task 20.10 selection.
AND
Book 2: Read EITHER (1) a nominee or the winner from the 3d category (not your 20.10 selection or book 1 selection) or (2) a nominee from the category of your Task 20.10 selection.
15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: MPG Romance.
AND
Book 2: book with a ring on the cover.
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Option 2 - North and South
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - The Torrents of Spring by [author:Ivan Turgenev|36338549]
15.5 - New Beginnings - The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........ - Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
15.7 - Groundhog Day - Child of God
15.8 - World Animal Day - The Art of Racing in the Rain
15.9 - Let's Party! -book from this list of books: Drunken Masters
15.10. Trash to Treasure - read a book that your friend gave only 1 or 2 stars

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 1: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
3. The Ghost Writer
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes -A Clue to the Exit by Edward St Aubyn
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: A Drink Before the War
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 1. Winter's Tale
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 1: THE CAST - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Zoo - Mr. Fox
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
ONE book that meets BOTH the following criteria:
1) 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers.
2) on its cover an item that reflects the categories chosen this year.
Extravagant - jewelry, a crown, or a stack of money
Recycle - the recycle symbol, a cardboard box, or a soda can
Southern - a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 3: Peaches- Last Night at the Lobster
20.10 group read

25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
1. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
3: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 1: The Throwback Special
Option 4: Absalom, Absalom!
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
OPTION B - THE ELVES - The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
OPTION C - THE POEM - House of Thieves
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1.
Option A. The Woman in White
Book 2.
Option A. book with “Yellow” in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Option B. book from one of these Sun and Moon oriented listopias:
Moon, Sun, and Stars
Solar System Opera
Cosmology
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A- book 1: Pines by Blake Crouch
book 2: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
1. Summer by Edith Wharton
4. Story of O
25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
Book 1: Lowcountry Bonfire
Book 2: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris

30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 2:
Option 4:
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one - Black Dahlia White Rose: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
Book two - Joyland by Stephen King
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 3: Work> The Blinds
Option 5: Travel>Into the Wild
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: My Ántonia
Book 2: Astonish Me
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 1: Book 1: book with a palindrome of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Book 2: animal name
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 1:Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road by Willie Nelson
Option 4: Cane
30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Book 1- Sing, Unburied, Sing
Book 2- Too Much Happiness
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - The Distant Hours
Book 2 - A God in Ruins
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession (1 500+ or 2)
Option 6: Outlander
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Little Fires Everywhere
Book 2: The Iron Heel
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1. Unless
Book 2. The Quiet American

50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
Book 1: Monkey: In Watermelon Sugar
Book 2: News of the World
Book 3: Goat: All the President's Men

Christmas + Summer Reading Plan


Lisa NZ
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0

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Book 1: Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
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20.3 - Anything regency - Heyer?
20.4 - Mister Pip Lloyd Jones - TBR
20.5 - A Spell of Winter - Helen Dunmore - CCL
20.6 - Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall - Anna Funder -e
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Group Read: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Bryony’s winter reading plan
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Progress
Points: 55
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0

5 point tasks

5.1- Lassie Come Home
Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles by Clare Balding

✔️5.2 - Go Wild
A Wayne in a Manger by Gervase Phinn

✔️5.3 - Banished!
Miss Kane's Christmas by Caroline Mickelson

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
⭐️Task 10.10: This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

✔️5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
The Little One by Lynda La Plante

✔️5.6 - It's Alive!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

✔️5.7 - Power Pets
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

5.8 - Animals Around Us
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

5.9 - Get It Done
⭐️ Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt

5.10 - Born Free

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10 point tasks

10.1 - What a Zoo
⭐️No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez

10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (published 1984)

10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
⭐️ Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

10.5 - Best Books
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
(February 2017 list)

10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
⭐️ News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez

✔️ 10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty

10.9 - Good Dog!

10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace

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15 point tasks

15.4 - Endangered Animals
⭐️ Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

✔️ 15.5 - New Beginnings
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
⭐️ It's a Don's Life by Mary Beard

15.10. Trash to Treasure
⭐️ The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (move from 5.4)

20 point tasks

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
⭐️ Option 2: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
⭐️ Option 3: The Scandal by Fredrik Backman

20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
⭐️ Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One by Deborah MacNamara

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
⭐️Option 2: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
BB tickets

20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
⭐️ Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
⭐️ Option 1: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
⭐️ Option 4: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
GO ticket

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
🔔 Option 3: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Kathy G's Winter 2017 Reading Plan

5.1- Lassie Come Home
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
5.2 - Go Wild
Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
5.3 - Banished!
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark (10.1)
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
5.6 - It's Alive!
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
5.7 - Power Pets
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
5.8 - Animals Around Us
Charlie's Raven by Jean Craighead George
5.9 - Get It Done
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
5.10 - Born Free
The Martian by Andy Weir

10.1 - What a Zoo
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Ladybugs and Fireflies by Cheryl Alldredge
10.5 - Best Books
Legend by Marie Lu
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
The Ultimate Guide to Journaling by Hannah Braime
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington
10.9 - Good Dog!
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
North and South by John Jakes
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
15.2 - February is for Romance
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
Madame Serpent by Jean Plaidy
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich
15.4 - Endangered Animals
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel
15.5 - New Beginnings
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider
15.7 - Groundhog Day
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
15.8 - World Animal Day
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson
15.9 - Let's Party!
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
15.10. Trash to Treasure
Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
(1 star- Nicole)

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Northern Borders by Howard Frank Mosher
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
(Regency)
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
(page # contains a 3)
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
The Last Star by Rick Yancey
(Has 3 T's.)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer
(beach on cover and 240 pgs.)
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
20.10- Group Reads
Artemis by Andy Weir

25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks
Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Texas by James A. Michener
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
Reboot by Amy Tintera
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
Thunder Heights by Phyllis A. Whitney
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber
Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
***Both books over 500 pgs. total***
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Long Trail Home by Vickie McDonough
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden

50.1-

Sheila's Winter Reading Plan



5.1- Lassie Come Home
Home by Harlan Coben


5.2 - Go Wild
Backfire by Catherine Coulter
⬛ USA: California ⬛


5.3 - Banished!
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron


5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose to do task 5.1 - Only Natural from Fall 2017
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL
The Redeemers by Ace Atkins


5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson


5.6 - It's Alive!
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
⬛ Page 1 ⬛


5.7 - Power Pets
Endangered by C.J. Box
⬛ Paperback, 432 pages ⬛


5.9 - Get It Done
The Enemy by Lee Child
⬛ added to on pc tbr list on March 12, 2010. On list for 7 and a half years ⬛
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10.1 - What a Zoo
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
⬛ ZOO in Horowitz ⬛


10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
⬛ Page 1 ⬛


10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker


10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
One Dog Night by David Rosenfelt


10.5 - Best Books
The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons
⬛ December 2015 ⬛


10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright
⬛ 2. Tiger ⬛


10.9 - Good Dog!
Darkness First by James Hayman
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15.3 - Hot or Cold?:
Option 1 -
Book 1:
The Owl Always Hunts At Night by Samuel Bjork
and
Book 2
Never Say Die by Tess Gerritsen
⬛ Always/Never ⬛


15.4 - Endangered Animals
OPTION 1:
Book 1
The Target by David Baldacci
⬛ Ivory-Billed Woodpecker ⬛
and
Book 2
Man Overboard by J.A. Jance
⬛ Northern Sportive Lemur ⬛


15.5 - New Beginnings
Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman
⬛ Author is new to me ⬛


15.7 - Groundhog Day
The Skeleton Road by The Skeleton Road
⬛ Road ⬛


15.10. Trash to Treasure.
Die a Stranger by Steve Hamilton
⬛ Rated 2 stars On Dlmrose's Read list ⬛
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perletwo's tentative winter list


05.01 - Careless People (Great)
05.02 - The Best Man to Die (England)
05.03 - Bones Never Lie
05.04 - The Language of Houses (fall 5.1)
05.05 - No One Will Hear You
05.06 - The House Next Door (p.4)
05.07 - Secret History of Twin Peaks
05.08 - Play Dead (verified)
05.09 - Celebrity Inc. (12/2/13)
05.10 - Survival of the Fittest


10.01 - Family Don't End With Blood
10.02 - Funland (p.1)
10.03 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy (1979)
10.04 - Going Postal
10.05 - the Sherlockian (12/10)
10.06 - Read Harder 6: all-ages comic - Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 1
10.07 - Yarned & Dangerous
10.08 - The Princess Diarist
10.09 - Died in the Wool
10.10 - Married with Luggage


15.01 - 1. Pride & Prejudice (GO); 2. Packing for Mars
15.02 - 1. The Truth About Forever; 2. The Kept Woman
15.03 - 1. A Bad Day for Scandal; 2. A Good Man is Hard to Find
15.04 - Option 2: (RBP, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker) Hush Money (Chinese Giant Salamander)
15.05 - Lowcountry Boil
15.06 - Yes, Chef (cook better)
15.07 - gun Games
15.08 - A Street Cat Named Bob (p2)
15.09 - Beautiful & the Damned (1922 GO)
15.10 - Making Toast (2 stars by dlmrose)


20.01 - 1. Asylum (N.H.)
20.02 - 2. The Grave's a Fine & Private Place
20.03 - Aunt Erma's Cope Book
20.04 - 2. Murder In Adland
20.05 - 2. The Botany of Desire (p.2)
20.06 - 1. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (3S)
20.07 - 4. The Snack Thief (Acrobat, AC)
20.08 - Surfeit of Lampreys (this pb ed 320 pgs) (1940 GO)
20.09 - 1. The Coffin Dancer (p.4)
20.10 - Artemis


25.01 - 1. Just One Damned Thing After Another; 3. The Case of the Late Pig (1937 GO)
25.02 - 3. The Wrong Side of Goodbye (top pb ed 480 pgs); 4. The Boyfriend List (top mmp ed 227 pgs) (list p. 3)
25.03 - A. Fire Study (verified); B. Still Waters (VS)
25.04 - 1A. Black Rednecks & White Liberals; 2B. The Sirens of Titan (SSO)
25.05 - A. 1. Turtles All the Way Down (John); 2. A Lesson in Secrets (Jacqueline)
25.06 - 1. A Guilty Thing Surprised; 2. Snuff (verified)
25.07 - 1. Breakfast of Champions (top mmp 296 pgs); 2. Spook, Mary Roach (top pb 311 pgs)


30.01 - 1. Hillbilly Elegy; 2. Cat and Mouse
30.02 - 1. Everybody Dies; 2. Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
30.03 - 2. Terra-Cotta Dog (AC, top pb ed 352 pgs); 3. The Mapping of Love & Death (368 pgs) (genre verified)
30.04 - 1. Callander Square; 2. Second Child
30.05 - O3: 1. Wylding Hall; 2. Louder Than Hell
30.06 - 2. How the Finch Stole Christmas (51 dws); 3. The Mummy Case (1985)
30.07 - 1. Proven Guilty; 2. Too Many Clients
30.08 - 1. Dark In Death (hc 384 pgs); 2. The Devil Knows You're Dead (top pb ed 338 pgs)
30.09 - 3. Leper of St. Giles; 3. Bones of the Lost
30.10 - 1. Labors of Hercules (314 pgs) (1947 GO); 2. Anansi Boys (top mmp ed 384 pgs; 3=128, 1=384, 4=96)
30.11 - 1. Kissed A Sad Goodbye (top mmp 400 pgs); 2. Split Image (top pb ed 299 pgs)


50.01 - 1. The Gate Keeper (2018); 2. Calendar of Crime (dog); 3. (rabbit) The Virgin In the Ice (#6)

Winter 2017/18 Completed!

5.1 A Darker Shade of Magic
5.2 The Upside of Unrequited
5.3 Little Fires Everywhere
5.4 Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent
5.5 A War of Gifts
5.6 We Have Always Lived in the Castle
5.7 Beacon 23
5.8 Eating Animals
5.9 Find Me
5.10 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

10.1 The Girl from the Garden
10.2 Stardust
10.3 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
10.4 Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
10.5 The Flame Alphabet
10.6 Black Panther: World of Wakanda
10.7 The Library at Mount Char
10.8 All the Birds in the Sky
10.9 One of Us Is Lying
10.10 From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

15.1:
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Leviathan Wakes

15.2:
Across the Universe
The Paris Wife

15.3: The Ask and the Answer

15.4:
14
Swimming Lessons

15.5: How I Live Now

15.6: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

15.7: So You Want to Talk About Race

15.8: Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

15.9: Revolutionary Road

15.10: Rooms

20.1 First & Then
20.2 The Snow Child
20.3 Last Night in Montreal
20.4 The Aeronaut's Windlass
20.5 The Rest of Us Just Live Here
20.6 Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
20.7 Terminal World
20.8 Furthermore
20.9 The Country of Ice Cream Star
20.10 Artemis

25.1:
Replica
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

25.2:
The Collapsing Empire
A Reunion of Ghosts

25.3:
The Last Days of Magic
The Crown's Game

25.4:
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran

25.5:
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
One Man Guy

25.6:
The Wonder
Before We Were Yours

25.7
Everything I Never Told You
The Wangs vs. the World

30.1:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Princess Diarist

30.2:
MaddAddam
Ubik

30.3:
Sleeping Giants
Assassination Vacation

30.4:
Good Luck
Lab Girl

30.5:
Borne
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

30.6:
Specials
Time Out of Joint

30.7:
Coming Clean
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading

30.8:
The Three-Body Problem
The Mother of All Questions

30.9
Outlander

30.10:
Anatomy of a Misfit
The Girls

30.11:
The Violets of March
Salvage the Bones

50.1:
The Dispatcher
Lock In
The Last Colony

My tentative plan:


5.1- A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro or Come Back, Dr. Caligari by Donald Barthelme
5.2-The Small House at Allington, Vol. 1 by Anthony Trollope or The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
5.3- Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf or Lucia on Holiday by Guy Fraser-Sampson or Goodbye to Berlin* by Christopher Isherwood
✔5.4- The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West- using Fall 5.3 task
5.5- Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
5.6- Wuthering Heights* by Emily Brontë-if not used for 30.8
5.7- Strait is the Gate by André Gide 104p.
5.8-Animals
5.9- book on my TBR at least a year.
5.10-book of my choice

10.1- Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig or Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
10.2- Wise Children by Angela Carter
10.3- Queer by William S. Burroughs or Rabbit Redux by John Updike
10.4- Black Dogs by Ian McEwan or Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus by Alexander Pope
10.5- The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen or The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story* by Douglas Preston
10.6- another group's challenge
10.7- fiction about my hobby-
10.8- The Mill on the Floss* or Daniel Deronda* - both by George Eliot
10.9- maybe Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien- but many options
10.10- 1000 Places to See Before You Die Traveler's Journal by Patricia Schultz

15.1- book 1=Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
book 2= probably Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
15.2- book1=?
book2=Ring of Guilt by Judith Cutler
15.3- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell or Life and Death of Harriet Freane by May Sinclair
15.4- requires 2 books but many options- perhaps 1 book option with Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
✔15.5- Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
15.6- Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces
15.7- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson or Rob Roy* by Walter Scott
15.8-Artemis Fowl* by Eoin Colfer
15.9- probably A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (if not used for 30.6)
15.10 - Brand by Henrik Ibsen

20.1-opt.4- The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih
20.2- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
20.3- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
20.4- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
20.5- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
20.6- The Would-Be Gentleman by Molière
20.7- The First Man by Albert Camus
20.8-Desert Children by Waris Dirie
20.9-
20.10 The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

25.1-✔Book 1 (option 3)- A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe AND
Book. 2-option 1- An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
25.2-Book 1 (option 2)- A Change of Skin by Carlos Fuentes AND ????
25.3- Book 1- (Option 1)- The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier- approved in help thread
AND
Book 2- perhaps Option 3- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini OR
perhaps Option 4- The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
25.4-Book 1- opt.B- A Rumpole Christmas by John Mortimer or The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Book 2- Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
25.5-Book 1: The Plague by Albert Camus
Book 2: The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar
25.6-Book 1 Opt. 1- Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar
Book 2 Opt.4- The Miser / George Dandin - Volume I by Molière

30.1- Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters by John Waters AND Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka
30.2- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie AND The Misanthrope and Other Plays by Molière
30.3- Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair by A.B. Curtiss AND 1000 Places to See Before You Die Traveler's Journal by Patricia Schultz if not used for 10.10
30.4- Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth AND City Primeval
30.5- Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille AND Al Franken, Giant of the Senate or Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
30.6- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (if not used for 15.9) AND perhaps Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
30.7-✔ The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg MG 5.9 7.0 AND So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance by Gabriel Zaid
30.8- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë AND Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand
30.9- Don Juan by Molière AND The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal
30.10- War and Peace and The Miser / George Dandin - Volume I
30.11-Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin AND The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy

50.1

*= also good for Pop Sugar

I’m determined to finish this time!

5 Point Tasks

5.1- Lassie Come Home
Phoning Home

5.2 - Go Wild
Tea Cups and Carnage (California)

5.3 - Banished!
Many a Twist

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Uncommon Type: Some Stories (Task 5.5)

5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Inherit the Word by Daryl Wood Gerber

5.6 - It’s Alive!
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Page 1)

5.7 - Power Pets
A Turn for the Bad (293 Pages)

5.8 - Animals Around Us
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse

5.9 - Get It Done
Origin (9/29/16)

5.10 - Born Free
Cruel Winter

10 Point Tasks

10.1 - What a Zoo
Fool's Puzzle

10.2 - No, It’s a Three-Ring Circus
Water for Elephants (Page 1)

10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom (1986)

10.4 - It’s a Llama, Mama
The Vicious Vet (Cat)

10.5 - Best Books
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World (Feb. 2013)

10.6 - Who’s Up For a Challenge?
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (BookRiot Task 11)

10.7 - What’ Your Favorite Hobby?
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (Reading)

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Cookie Dough or Die (Cookie)

10.9 - Good Dog!
Death of a Dyer

10.10 - Goin’ on a Safari
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

15 Point Tasks

15.1 - Don’t Make Me Choose!
Commonwealth (Family Saga)
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (Non Fiction Space)

15.2 - February is for Romance
An Amish Love
Parchment and Old Lace

15.3 - Hot or Cold?
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
Final Sentence

15.4 - Endangered Animals
A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon (The Saola-An Asian Unicorn)
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Western Lowland Gorilla)

15.5 - New Beginnings
The Long Quiche Goodbye

15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying....
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (Travel)

15.7 - Groundhog Day
Meet Your Baker

15.8 - World Animal Day
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Page 2)

15.9 - Let’s Party!
The Princess Diarist (Page 2)

15.10 - Trash to Treasure
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Sandy)

20 Point Tasks

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
A Question of Murder (Option 2)

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Raspberry Danish Murder (Option 2)

20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Carbs and Cadavers (Option 2)

20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Option 3)

20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Majoring In Murder (R)

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's United
Fudge and Jury by Ellie Alexander (Option 4)

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
Lethal Licorice (Southern)

20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Caught Bread Handed (Option 3)

20.10 - Group Reads
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

25 Point Tasks

25.1 - Dakimel’s Task - Hurricane Recovery
The Deep End by Julie Mulhern Option 1
A Batter of Life and Death Option 4

25.2 - Anne’s Task - Big Cats
Murder Past Due Option 1
Crowned and Moldering (California) Option 2

25.3 - Santa Claus is Coning to Town
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Option B
Not a Creature Was Purring (Creature) Option C

25.4 - White Winter Yellow Moon
State of the Onion (A White House Chef Mystery)
Evil Under the Sun (Moon, Sun, & Stars Page 1)

25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A
Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
Criminal Crumbs by Jessica Beck

25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander Option 1
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed Option 3 (Rabbit)

25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
Scones and Scoundrels (Scoundrels)
Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane

30 Point Tasks

30.1 - Animal Crackers in my Soup
A Bed of Scorpions Option 1
Scandal in Skibbereen Option 4

30.2 - Prolific Pensmiths
A Fatal Feast
Camino Island

30.3 - Mad Max My Heart
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly Option 2
We Wish You a Murderous Christmas Option 3

30.4 - Backward Day
Plaid and Plagiarism
Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged

30.5 - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
A Little Yuletide Murder
Magpie Murders

30.6 - 25 Years and Counting
Bruno, Chief of Police Option 2
A Farewell to Yarns Option 4

30.7 - Down the Rabbit Hole
Aunt Dimity's Death
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Much)

30.8 - Anagram It
Irish Stewed (Side)
Wrong Side of the Paw

30.9 - Obsession
Cocaine Blues Option 3
Flying Too High Miss Fisher TV Series

30.10 - By the Numbers
Patterns in the Sand (304 pages)
The Borrower (324 pages)
324/3=108 324/4=81

30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?

Book 1: Murder at the 42nd Street Library
Lehane: L = Consonant E = Vowel H = Consonant A = Vowel N = Consonant E = Vowel

Book 2: Sugar Coated Sins
Sugar: S = Consonant U = Vowel G = Consonant U = Vowel R = Consonant

50 Point Task

Book 1: An Early Wake
Book 2: An Amish Heirloom: A Legacy of Love, The Cedar Chest, The Treasured Book, A Midwife's Dream
Book 3: A Crafty Killing

My spot!

SRC Winter 2017/18 Reading Plan

5.1- Lassie Come Home
5.2 - Go Wild Birds of a Feather post 1889
5.3 - Banished! Tower of Thorns post 2156
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
5.6 - It's Alive!
5.7 - Power Pets Mightier than the Sword post 250
5.8 - Animals Around Us
5.9 - Get It Done The Vanishing post 2385
5.10 - Born Free The Monk Who Vanished post 2385

10.1 - What a Zoo
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav The Elementals post 653
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
10.5 - Best Books
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
10.9 - Good Dog!
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
15.2 - February is for Romance
15.3 - Hot or Cold? Last First Snow post 1451
15.4 - Endangered Animals The Darkest Secret post 2385
15.5 - New Beginnings On Night's Shore post 2221
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
15.7 - Groundhog Day You Can Run post 2156
15.8 - World Animal Day
15.9 - Let's Party!
15.10. Trash to Treasure.

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements Magic Strikes post 364
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London Magic Bleeds post 1017
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle post 1463
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby The Haunting of Highdown Hall post 1017
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW! The End is Now post 818
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU! The Private Life of Elder Things post 464
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite Rags & Bones post 1552
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas Out of the Dawn Light post 818
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together Rolling in the Deep post 281
20.10 - Group Reads

25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery The Whitechapel Demon Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans post 1981
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats The Ruins Full Wolf Moon post 873
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys Hammered post 2385
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day From Dark PlacesThe Memory of Trees post 2385
25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime

30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers Flying Too High Every Secret Thing post 1153
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart The Tavern in the Morning Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron post 1552
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting The Gunslinger Unnatural Causes post 1609
30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers Into the Drowning Deep Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis post 725
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here? MARY: Unleashed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms post 1842

50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI! Act of Mercy Murder on the Minnesota The Seeker post 2430

Total Points: 575
Books Read: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

5 point tasks - 1 book per task
complete all with 10 point tasks for Nickels and Dimes reward

5.1 Small Great Things
5.2 The Bluebell Killer
5.3 The Passion Thief
5.4 Consequences pub 2011 (5.3)
5.5 Derailed in Chancey
5.6 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer OR Jamaica Inn
5.7 A New Beginning
5.8 The Horse Whisperer
5.9 The Rush Cutter's Legacy
5.10

10 point Tasks
see above re Nickels and Dimes
1 book per task

10.1 Marina OR Roomies
10.2 Nights at the Circus
10.3 The Worthing Chronicle
10.4 Blue Dog OR The Trouble with Goats and Sheep **
10.5 Defending Jacob (Feb 2012) OR OR
The Death of Bees (Jan 2013)
10.6 The Reluctant Baker
10.7 The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
10.8 Shadow OR Butterfly's Shadow
10.9 Disconnected
10.10 Watermark

15 Point taks
First 2 usually 2 book tasks
.3 and .4 often 1 OR 2 book options

15.1
a The House of the Spirits
b Packing for Mars: The CuriousScience of Life in the Void
15.2
a. Delirium
b. Ring of Guilt (library)
15.3 For Better, For Worse ORFor Better, for Worse both in Library **
15.4 Cracks in the Sidewalk 03/12/2017
15.5 Riot Days
15.6 [ book:On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft OR The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing both in Library **
15.7 Children of the Salt Road OR You Had Me At Hello
15.8 Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story **
15.9 Tender Is the Night
15.10 Spicy Lasagna Murder


20 Point tasks Usually 1 book tasks
20.1 Room 119: The Whitby Trader
20.2 Nefertiti's Heart op 2
20.3 Doctor Sally BB
20.4 The Amateurs op 2
20.5 Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles op 3
20.6 The Woman Who Wouldn't Die op 1
20.7 Fools and Mortals op 4
20.8 Lighthouse Bay library ***** want to read as much as a hole in the head
20.9
20.10 Artemis

25 Point tasks
Often 2 book tasks can come with Page Requirement

25.1 Page Requirement
a) Reservoir 13 option 1
b) Champions of the Dragon option3
25.2 Page Requirement 550 **
a) The Purr-fect Crime option1 = 190 pages
b) N is for Noose option 2 = 368 pages
25.3 Page Requirement
a) Anatomy of a Scandal: A Novel op 2
b) About the Night op3
25.4 Page Requirement None
a) White Fur
b) An Accidental Murder
25.5 Page Requirement option 1
a) In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills
b) Neil Armstrong in North Somerset And More Than 50 Other Short Tales for a Fast World
25.6 Page Requirement
a) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness option 1
b) The Brimstone Wedding option 4 page 1
25.7 Page Requirement
a) The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
b) Saving Septic Cyril: The Illegal Gardener Part II
Sara Alexi


30 Point tasks
Often 2 book tasks can come with Page Requirement
30.1 Page Requirement None
a) The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society (option1 )
b) The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte (option 3) 01/12/2017
30.2 Page Requirement 250 per book
a) Elephants Can Remember 299 pages
b) Every Inch a King 297 pages
30.3 Page Requirement 500
a) The Run-Out Groove option 2 320 pages
b) The Body in the Library option 3 191 pages
30.4 Page Requirement - None
a) Riot Days (netgalley)
b) Dead Ringer (library)
30.5 Page Requirement None - option 2
a) Tales From The Crib
b) Least Said
30.6Page Requirement - None
a) Radium Halos: A Novel about the Radium Dial Painters option 1
b) Elizabeth and Her German Garden option 4
30.7 Page Requirement - None **
a) Chasing Paris 01/12/2017
b) So Many Ways to Begin (BB)
30.8 Page Requirement 500 pages
a) The Betrayals
b) The Hanging Tree TREE
30.9 Page requirement 500 if using one book option
a) Wolf Hall one book option
b) OR 2 miss fisher / rizzoli and Isles
30.10 Page requirement 500
a) Jonathan Livingston Seagull
b) The Bricks that Built the Houses
30.11 Page requirement 501
a) The Moonglow Cafe 252 pages 02/12/2017
b) The Music Shop 320 pages note words that could be easily searched - woman/ women/ music/ savage /carol / menace



50. 1
a.
b.
c.
Page Requirement

E-book approvals


IN google doc

line 883 Fake Kate
post 6450 Least Said https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
post 6544 Champions of the Dragon https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Read but not used

** leave till last not really bothered

LAVENDER


SRC Winter Challenge 2017/2018 Reading Plan: DONE!

This list is subject to change based on pending validation, availablility of planned books and general whims.

BOLD books are finished. ITALICS books are in progress.
UNDERLINED books are finished, but not yet posted.
{GO} denotes Golden Oldie ticket. {BBx1} {BBx2} {BBx3} denotes Big Book ticket.

05.02 Murder in the Tenderloin (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #2) by M.L. Hamilton

05.03 The Great Shadow by Arthur Conan Doyle {GO}

05.04 Crooked House by Agatha Christie {GO}

05.05 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson {GO}

05.06 The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3) by Alexandre Dumas {GO}

05.07 The Dispatcher by John Scalzi

05.09 The Four-Night Run by William Lashner

05.10 Murder in Chinatown (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #5) by M.L. Hamilton

10.01 Book of the Night (The Black Musketeers #1) by Oliver Pötzsch, Lee Chadeayne

10.07 Rockin the Bronx by Larry Kirwin

10.9 Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie {GO}

15.03 Death in the Mind's Eye by Rick Acker
AND
15.03 The Secret Life of Your Microbiome: Why Nature and Biodiversity are Essential to Health and Happiness by Susan Prescott

15.04 Legalizing Plural Marriage: The Next Frontier in Family Law by Mark Goldfeder

15.05 Hard Road (Jon Reznick, #1) by J.B. Turner

15.06 Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science by Clair Brown

20.02 The Draper's Daughter by Ellin Carsta, John Brownjohn

20.03 Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas {BBx1} {GO}

20.04 Bury the Living (The Revolutionary, #1) by Jodi McIsaac

20.05 Harbingers (Repairman Jack #10) by F. Paul Wilson

20.06 Murder on Alcatraz (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #4) by M.L. Hamilton

20.09 Infernal (Repairman Jack #9) by F. Paul Wilson

25.01 Whence Chaos Born by E. A. Rappaport
AND
25.01 Murder in the Presidio (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #6) by M.L. Hamilton

25.02 Essential Calculus-based Physics Study Guide Workbook: Waves, Fluids, Sound, Heat, and Light (Learn Physics with Calculus Step-by-Step Book 3) by Chris McMullen
AND
25.02 Murder on Russian Hill (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #3) by M.L. Hamilton

25.06 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #9) Arthur Conan Doyle {GO}
AND
25.06 Crisscross (Repairman Jack #8) by F. Paul Wilson {BBx1}

30.01 Wild Man's Curse (Wilds of the Bayou, #1) by Susannah Sandlin
AND
30.01 Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor

30.06 Black Diamond (Wilds of the Bayou, #2) by Susannah Sandlin
AND
30.06 Special Relativity by Anthony P. French

30.08 Murder on Treasure Island (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #7) by M.L. Hamilton
AND
30.08 The Special Power of Restoring Lost Things by Courtney Elizabeth Mauk

30.10 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas {GO}
AND
30.10 The Jekyll Revelation by Robert Masello

30.11 Louise de La Vallière (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3) by Alexandre Dumas {GO} {BBx1}
AND
30.11 Basic Concepts in Relativity and Early Quantum Theory by Robert Resnick

50.01 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie {GO}
AND
50.01 The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown {BBx1}
AND
50.01 Moby Dick by Herman Melville {BBx2} {GO}

COMPLETE
Total Planned Points: 525
Current Points: 525
Total Planned Books: 41
Current Books: 41
Total Planned Tasks: 30
Current Tasks: 30
Total Planned Big Book Tickets: 6
Current Big Book Tickets: 6
Total Planned Golden Oldie Tickets: 11
Current Golden Oldie Tickets: 11

Michelle GA's Winter 2017 Reading Plan




5.1 Lassie Come Home Half of a Yellow Sun Hold on Overdrive {The Sun Comes Up
5.2 Go Wild The Reader Hold on Overdrive {Germany}
5.3 Banished! Sugar Cookie Murder Need to add to holds on Overdrive {3 word title}
5.4 Best Laid Plans Fall 2017 5.1 - Only Natural
Help Thread
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. A last name is a name in the final position preceded by a space. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works. Blood Orchids by Toby Neal on my Kindle {N & T in Natural}
5.5 Wonders of the Deep Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick on my Kindle {author has 3 names}
5.6 It's Alive! The Metamorphosis Need to place hold on Overdrive {Page 1 of list}
5.7 Power Pets The Invisible Man Need to place hold on Overdrive {138 pages}
5.8 Animals Around Us Dog on It Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.9 Get It Done Faithless Need to place hold on Overdrive {added 11-21-2015}
✔ 5.10 Born Free Broken On hold on Overdrive

10.1 What a Zoo The Zombie Room Read on Kindle {contains Z, O, and O}
10.2 No, It's a Three-Ring Circus Something Wicked This Way Comes Need to place on hold on Overdrive {Page 1 of list}
10.3 Sir Nils Olav A River Runs Through It {1976, male}
10.4 It's a Llama, Mama A Shot in the Bark Get from Amazon for Kindle {show cover with dog on it}
✔ 10.5 Best Books No One is Here Except All of Us On hold on Overdrive {February 2012}
10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge? Will choose a book after challenge begins.
10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby? Caching In Get from Amazon for Kindle {Geocaching}
10.8 Here Kitty, Kitty The Lilly Stars Get from Amazon for Kindle {#57 on list}
✔ 10.9 Good Dog! D is for Deadbeat on Overdrive
10.10 Goin' on a Safari An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic Need to place on hold on Overdrive {approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...}

15.1 Don't Make Me Choose! Book 1: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Need to place on hold on Overdrive {Winner from a different category: Non-Fiction - Space}; Book 2: Artemis Place a hold on Overdrive {Winner from different category: Space Opera} [[Book for 20.10 Task is [book:The House of the Spirits|9328]]]
15.2 February is for Romance The Hidden On Overdrive {approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...}
15.3 Hot or Cold? Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Need to place on hold on Overdrive {one book option}
15.4 Endangered Animals The Wonder by Emma Donoghue Need to place hold on Overdrive {T, W, E, D found in Western Lowland Gorilla - one book option}
15.5 New Beginnings The Wisdom of Hair On hold at the library {new to me author}
15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying........ How to Find Selfless Joy in a Me-First World On hold at the library {Spiritual growth and better relationships}
15.7 Groundhog Day Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Need to place a hold on Overdrive {word = hour}
15.8 World Animal Day Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds {Page 1 of list}
15.9 Let's Party! The Rum Diary On hold on Overdrive {Page 1 of list}
15.10 Trash to Treasure. One less thing to worry about: uncommon wisdom for coping with common anxieties On hold at the library {Dlmrose's read list - new to me}

20.1
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London How to Woo a Wallflower {Option 4}
20.3 Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes The Island of Dr. Moreau
20.4
20.5 Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW! Little Women {Option 2; Page 1}
20.6 Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU! No Place Like Home {Option 2}
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 Group Read The House of the Spirits Need to place a hold on Overdrive {Winner for Family Saga}

25.1 Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery Book 1: Modern Lovers by Emma StraubOn hold on Overdrive {Option 1: E & S are in JUST ONE MORE}; Book 2: Their Eyes Were Watching God Need to put on hold on Overdrive {Option 2: Set in the Everglades, FL}
25.2 Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats Book 1: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Need to place on hold on Overdrive {Option 1: Contains CHIRP, 331 pages}; Book 2: Slaughterhouse-Five On hold on Overdrive {Option 4: Page 1 of list, 275 pages} [[331 + 275 = 606 > 550]]
25.3 Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Book 1: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Listen on Overdrive {Option A} [[Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Book 2: A Christmas Secret Read on Overdrive {Option C, word is Christmas}
25.4 Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon Book 1, Option B: Doctor Zhivago {Ice & Snow List, Page 1; 592 pages}; Book 2, Option B: 2001: A Space Odyssey {Solar System Opera List, Page 1; 297 pages}
25.5 Tien's Task: All in the Family Book 1: Shiftless by Aimee Easterling; Book 2: A New York Christmas by Anne Perry {Option A: Aimee and Anne both start with A.}
25.6 Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day Book 1: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Place a hold on Overdrive {Option 1: C & N are in HUNDRED ACRE WOOD}; Book 2: All Quiet on the Western Front On hold on Overdrive {Option 4: Page 1 on Concealed Authorship list}
25.7 Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime Book 1: Deadly Stillwater {S, T, I, L, W, A, T, E, & R}; Book 2: A World Without You by Beth Revis {9 letters in author's name}
25.8
25.9
25.10

30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers Option 3: Cloudstreet Place hold at the library; Option 5: The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight Place a hold on Overdrive {word from lyrics = wolf}
30.2 Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths Book 1: The Currents of Space Place a hold at the library. {part of series - 304 pages} Book 2: The Gods Themselves Place a hold at the library. {stand alone - 288 pages} Link to # of books here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_A...
30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart Book 1: Option 1 The Silent Death Listen on Audible {Set in Berlin, Germany, 530 pages}; Book 2: Option 3 K is for Killer Place a hold on Overdrive {MPG of Mystery, 292 pages} [[822 total pages]]
30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day Book 1:Something Blue On hold at the library; Book 2: Back Story Read on Kindle
30.5 Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things Option 2; Book 1: Baker Towers Need to place a hold on Overdrive; Book 2: If I Break Read on Kindle {Baker -> Break}
30.6 TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting Option 3: The House Of Trembling Leaves Read on Kindle; Option 4 H is for Homicide Place on hold on Overdrive {1991}
30.7 Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole Book 1: Roses Need to add to read list on Overdrive {R, O, S, E, and S are in the definition.} Book 2: My Not So Perfect Life Need to place hold on Overdrive {So, the modifier, is in the title.}
30.8 Sandy's Task: Anagram It Book 1: The Things They Carried Place a hold at the library, 246 pages; Book 2: No Way to Treat a First Lady Place a hold at the library, 288 pages {word = treat; 534 pages}
30.9 Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession Written in My Own Heart's Blood On hold on Overdrive {One book option; 825 pages; Show = Outlander}
30.10 Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers Book 1: The Last Coyote 400 pages Book 2: Buck Fever 288 pages {288/4 = 72; 400 + 288 = 688 > 500}
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here? Book 1: Waiting for Summer's Return by Kim Vogel Sawyer 348 pages {Vogel = CVCVC}; Book 2: The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 233 pages {Hotel = CVCVC} [[348 + 233 = 581 > 501]]

My plan

5.1 Lassie Come Home - Home, & more
✔ 5.2 Go Wild - The Necessary Deaths
✔ 5.3 Banished! - The Husband's Secret
✔ 5.4 Best Laid Plans - Murder of a Quack fits 10.5, guest star George Chakiris
✔ 5.5 Wonders of the Deep - Agent Bayne
5.6 It's Alive! - Poe stories in various editions (p1), & more
✔ 5.7 Power Pets - The Bucket
5.8 Animals Around Us - Worthy, verified. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.9 Get It Done - Carwash or Solace of the Road, see 10.6
5.10 Born Free - any book: books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task

✔ 10.1 What a Zoo - Ever Fallen in Love
10.2 No, It's a Three-Ring Circus - Stranger in a Strange Land (p2), Le Grand Meaulnes (p3), Mr Vertigo (Auster, p3)
✔ 10.3 Sir Nils Olav- World's End
✔ 10.4 It's a Llama, Mama - Tarka The Otter
10.5 Best Books - [Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year. https://www.goodreads.com/best_books_... ]
✔ 10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge? - The Godwits Fly
✔ 10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby? - An Unnecessary Woman
✔ 10.8 Here Kitty Kitty - Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven
10.9 Good Dog! - Dead Babies, & more
✔ 10.10 Goin' on a Safari - A Sentimental Journey

15.1 Don't Make Me Choose! - (1) ? (2) Packing for Mars?
15.2 February is for Romance - (1) ; (2) Anna and Her Daughters
15.3 Hot or Cold? - single book: Girl Meets Boy
✔ 15.4 Endangered Animals - single book: The Spinning Heart
✔ 15.5 New Beginnings - The Dead Shall Be Raised
✔ 15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying - Maximum Willpower
✔ 15.7 Groundhog Day - Miss Julia Stands Her Ground
15.8 World Animal Day - [a book from this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...]
15.9 Let's Party! - [a book from this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...]
15.10 Trash to Treasure - The Return of the Soldier

✔ 20.1 A Year of Improvements - (4) Portrait of a Murderer
✔ 20.2 RARE18 London - (2) Tribute Act
20.3 Titles and Suffixes - Miss Julia Paints the Town, & more
✔ 20.4 My February Baby - (4) City Sister Silver
✔ 20.5 Let It Snow! - (3) A Boy's Own Story
20.6 It's Behind You! - (1) Eastern Standard Tribe, & more
✔ 20.7 Animal Lovers Unite - (2) The Swarm
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - The American Lover (approved), Miss Julia Renews Her Vows.
✔ 20.9 Bringing Pets and People Together - Bad Dreams and Other Stories
✔ 20.10 Group Reads - Hidden Figures

25.1 Hurricane Recovery - (1) ? ; (3) Choke & more
✔ 25.2 Big Cats - (1) Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine; (3) Thin Air 223 pp;
✔ 25.3 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - (B) Tracks; (C) The House of Mirth
25.4 White Winter, Yellow Moon - (1B) Missing Joseph (ice p3); (2B) 2001: A Space Odyssey (solar p1).
✔ 25.5 All in the Family - (A) The House of Birds(Morgan) & The Casino (Margaret)
25.6 Winnie the Pooh Day - (1) ; (4) Robinson Crusoe & more; & more options
25.7 My Second Favorite Pastime - (1) The Yiddish Policemen's Union, & more; (2) The Go-Between, & more

30.1 Animal Crackers - 2 of (1) Missing Boyfriend, Bletchley Park, Broadmoor; (2) Shock of the Fall, Inside the Shadow City, Long Earth; (4)
30.2 Prolific Pensmiths - (1) These Old Shades, Mortal Engines, Human Stain, & more; (2) The Book of Illusions & more
✔ 30.3 Mad Max, My Heart - (2) My Name is Lucy Barton; (3) Himself
30.4 Backward Day - Hidden Secrets & Sugar Hall, & more
✔ 30.5 Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things - Op1 (1) The Eagle's Mate (2) The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents
✔ 30.6 25 Years and Counting - (1) Junkyard Heart (2) Memories of Rain
30.7 Down the Rabbit Hole - (1) ; (2) [title contains so/much/very/such/many].
✔ 30.8 Anagram It - The Blithedale Romance (225) & Mort (317)
30.9 Obsession - 2 of: (1) Now In November, & more; (3) Pretty Little Liars; (4) My Brilliant Friend
✔ 30.10 By the Numbers - (1) The Outsider; (2) 2666
✔ 30.11 Is There a Pattern Here?(1) How to Bang a Billionaire; (2) Homer & Langley

✔ 50.1 - (1) Love Medicine; (2) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; (3) Anne of Green Gables

✔05.01 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
✔05.02 - The Book of Eve
✔05.03 - Where or When
05.04 - (5.2) The Moccasin Telegraph or wenjack
05.05 - Speak
✔05.06 - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
✔05.07 - Funny Boy (paperback has 320 pages)
✔05.08 - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
05.09 O Pioneers!
05.10 - xx


10.01 - Zone One
10.02 - The Light Between Oceans
10.03 - Less Than Zero
10.04 - Snow Walker, The
✔10.05 - The Boston Girl (dec 2014)
✔10.06 - Tempest-Tost 2018 bingo N1
10.07 - The Jane Austen Book Club
✔10.08 - Kitty and the Midnight Hour
10.09 -
10.10 -


15.01 -
15.02 -
15.03 - First Love, Last Rites or Girl Meets Boy
✔15.04 - The House of Mirth
15.05 - The Boat People or American War
15.06 -
15.07 -
15.08 - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
15.09 -
15.10 -The House of Mirth (dawn 2*)

✔20.1Practical Magic
✔20.2(2) Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
✔20.3 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
✔20.4 New Boy
20.5
✔20.6 My Secret Sister
✔20.7Cutting for Stone
✔20.8 The Shape of Water
20.9
✔20.10Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space

✔25.1(1)Just One Damned Thing After Another
✔(2) Midnight Crossroad
25.
25.4
25.52Option A] 2 of:
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson
The Book of Eve by Constance Beresford-Howe
25.3

25.6
25.7
25.8

30.1
30.2✔The First Confessor
Margaret Atwood
30.3
30.4
30.5
30.6✔Deadlocked
✔Memento Mori
30.7
✔30.8 Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings
The Reason You Walk
✔30.9Written in My Own Heart's Blood
30.10
30.11

50

5.1: Read a book with one of the words in the book's title or subtitle. - Come, Home, Hills, Sun, Comes, Up, Challenge, Painted, Great, Magic - Words must match exactly.
5.2: set at least 50% in - Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA: California, Nebraska, New York, Washington DC
5.3: La Belle Sauvage
5.4: Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks
5.5: Don't Look Now and Other Stories
5.6: Best Gothic Books of All Time
5.7: All My Friends are Superheroes
5.8: Watership Down
5.9: book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year
5.10: book of your choice

10.1: book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name
10.2: Circus/Carnival Books list
10.3: book by a male author first published during 1972–1987
10.4: non-human mammal on the cover
10.5: Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year
10.6: The Cornish Coast Murder
10.7: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
10.8: top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name
10.9: book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count
10.10: The Penguin Lessons

15.1: North and South & The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
15.2: main page genre of Romance & ring on the cover
15.3: book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list
15.4: Treasure Island
15.5: new-to-you author
15.6: NONFICTION book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018
15.7: title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY
15.8: Best Animal Rights Books
15.9: Drunken Masters
15.10: read a book that your friend/mod gave only 1 or 2 stars

20.1 Sabriel
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5 Bad Blood
20.6 The Darling Buds of May
20.7 Wild Strawberries
20.8
20.9
20.10 Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Total points: 145
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1

Candy's Reading Plan

5-Point Tasks

5.2 - Go Wild
Winterspell

5.9 - Get It Done
Never Never

10-Point Tasks

15-Point Tasks

15.10. Trash to Treasure.
Sandy: Annihilation

20-Point Tasks

25-Point Tasks

30-Point Tasks

50-Point Tasks

Other books to read:
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Miniaturist
Never Never
Lullaby
NOS4A2

Points: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0

Total Points: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

Points total: 135
GO total: 0
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11


5.1- Lassie Come Home
Read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles in the book's title or subtitle.
Lassie Come Home, Son of Lassie, Courage of Lassie, Hills of Home, The Sun Comes Up, Challenge to Lassie, The Painted Hills, Lassie's Great Adventure, The Magic of Lassie.
The, of, to may not be used. Words must match exactly.

+5.2 - Go Wild
The Walk Los Angeles, California

+5.3 - Banished!
Stone and Water: Walking the Spiritual Variant of the Camino Portuguese
ebook only, get approval

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.
Required: When you post, indicate which Fall 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.

✔5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

5.6 - It's Alive!
Blood Borne p. 4
Shining in Crimson p. 3

5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
*Remember the page number rules.

+5.8 - Animals Around Us
Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

✔5.9 - Get It Done
Snowblind
I used my "Want to read" list, I have shelved the book there on 13th February 2014, so it's been on the list for almost 4 years

5.10 - Born Free
Read a book of your choice.

10.1 - What a Zoo
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.

10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
Nights at the Circus p. 1
Attic Clowns: Complete Collection p. 2

10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.

✔10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama


10.5 - Best Books
Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year. Required: State the month and year when you post.

✔10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
End of Watch
Group: Around the Year in 52 books
Link to challenge tracking thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured. Required: State your hobby when you posts AND, if it's not obvious from the book's main page, explain the connection to the task.

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name. Possessives will work, but no other variations.

✔10.9 - Good Dog!
Onnellisesti perille: Kävelyn alkeet Santiago de Compostelaan

10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."

15.1 Skip

15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: United
AND
Book 2: Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover. NOTE: The ring need not be shown on a finger. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.

15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Option 1 -
Book 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word from this list of opposite word pairs: Opposite Word Pairs.
AND
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains the opposite word from the word you used for book 1.
OR
Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
The word pair used MUST appear on the list and the words must match exactly. If the word listed is an infinitive form ("to begin," "to end"), the "to" need not be included in the title.

15.4 - Endangered Animals
This is a list of the 10 most endangered animals in the world: 10 Most Endangered Animals.
OPTION 1:
Book 1 - read a book whose author's initials are found in the name of one of these animals.
AND
Book 2 - read a book with a title of at least two words in which the initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a different animal from the list. Subtitles may be ignored.
OR
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.

✔15.5 - New Beginnings
Tie, mies ja tähtitaivas: Pyhiinvaellus - Santiago de Compostela by Jukka Salminen
I have not read this author before.

15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
Read a NONFICTION book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018, a goal or an aspiration or even a faint hope! While you may not achieve this goal, it should be one that is realistically possible - no time travel, books involving zombie attacks, etc.
REQUIRED: Tell us what your goal is, and if it's not obvious, explain how the book relates to it.

✔15.7 - Groundhog Day
Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes
word: AND
PB (no MMPB available) Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes 534 pages
*claiming one BB ticket*

15.8 Skip

15.9 - Let's Party!
This Side of Paradise p. 1

15.10. Trash to Treasure.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Kristina Simon's Read list
The Amber Spyglass Kristina Simon's Read list
The book is new to me.

✔20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2: Tappava salaisuus

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
2. Songs for the Deaf: stories first published 18 February 2014

20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in either the Title, Sub-Title or Author's name as presented on Good Reads.
Examples: Mister or Mr.; Mrs.,, Ms., Fr., Sir, Lord, Monseigneur or Msr., Doctor or Dr.,President, Senator or Sen, etc. or Esquire or Esq., Jr., Sr., III, etc. The name of the person being modified must be present.

✔20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 4:

+20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3. Alku 463 p.

+20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 1: The World Ends at Five & Other Stories 3 x S
ebook only, get approval

+20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: Circus
Civil War Two: The Coming Breakup of America by Thomas W. Chittum
initilas TC found in TeaCher

20.8 Skip

+20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: Mini Merlin
Hidden

✔25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
1: Vanish by Sophie Jordan
3: Fried Eggs with Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventure into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own

25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
>550 p.
Option 1: read a book that has the letters PURR or CHIRP in the Title (not subtitle).
Option 2: read a book set in Canada - Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and territory of Yukon; USA States: Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, South Dakota, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, and Maine; and Mexico. REQUIRED: Specify the location, and if it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting.
Option 3: read a book with a Night Scene on its Cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Option 4: read a book on Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books

25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
1. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
2. read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age.
3. Read a book whose cover shows a bear, an owl, a kangaroo, a tiger, a pig, a rabbit or a donkey. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.

30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 1: Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores
Option 4: The Stand by Stephen King

Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Minimum required page count of 250 pages per book, no kids
Book one
Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books (i.e., at least 26 books). The author must have published at least 26 book-length books, at least 100 pages (not short stories, essays, etc.). This book may be standalone or part of a series.
Book two
Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books (at least 26). The author must have published at least 26 book-length books, at least 100 pages (not short stories, essays, etc.).
This book must be a standalone book, not part of a series

30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
>500 p., no kids
Option 1: Germany
Read a book set at least 50% in Germany.
Option 2: Schnauzer
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER. Middle name initials may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine name.
Option 3: Work
Snowblind 420 pages
Option 4: Lists
Read a book from one of these lists.
Best Books About Animals
or Best Animal Books That Are Based on a True Story.
Required: Include in your post the name of the list and the page on which you found your book.
Option 5: Travel
Read a book with main page genre travel.

30.4 Skip

30.5 Skip

30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
No kids
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN. You may ignore middle initials and one author in a work with multiple authors works.
+Option 2: Nainen joka käveli auringossa by Alexander McCall Smith 248 distinct works credited to him on GR
Option 3: What’s in a title?
read a book that has exactly 25 letters in the title. Subtitles should be ignored. ALL words are counted. Ignore any kind of punctuation, numerals, or any other non-alphabetic characters.
Option 4: Read a book published in 1992 or before.

30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Book 1
Charlotte Gray
Book 2
Too Much Happiness: Stories

30.8 Skip
30.9 Skip
30.10 Skip

30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
>500 p., no kids
For the purpose of this task, the letter "Y" will be considered a consonant
Book 1. Read a book by a single author in which the letters of the author's first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants. The target word must be of at least five letters or more. Example: Peter Robinson
Book 2. Things We Thought We Saw in the Water
target word: WATER
262 pages

Anja's Reading Plan

5 Point Tasks (0/10)
5.1 - Lassie Come Home: A SEAL's Courage by J.M. Stewart
5.2 - Go Wild: My Seduction by Connie Brockway
5.3 - Banished!: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
5.4 - Best Laid Plans: Until Harry by L.A. Casey
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep: Until Sage by Aurora Rose Reynolds
5.6 - It's Alive!: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
5.7 - Power Pets: The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter
5.8 - Animals Around Us
5.9 - Get It Done
5.10 - Born Free

10 Point Tasks (0/10)
10.1 - What a Zoo: A Matter of Scandal by Suzanne Enoch
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav: The Physician by Noah Gordon
✓10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama: Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair
10.5 - Best Books
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?:
✓10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?: At Your Service by Lexi Blake
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty: Whiskey Burning by Bella Jewel
10.9 - Good Dog!: Over the Fence by Melanie Moreland
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari: The Tour by Jean Grainger

15 Point Tasks (0/10)
15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
15.2 - February is for Romance
✓The Contract by Melanie Moreland
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Before I Ever Met You by Karina Halle
Alpha Ever After by Jessica Sims
15.4 - Endangered Animals
I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk
15.5 - New Beginnings
Take Me Under by Rhyannon Byrd
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
15.7 - Groundhog Day
Rough and Rowdy by Hayley Faiman
15.8 - World Animal Day
15.9 - Let's Party!
15.10 - Trash to Treasure
A Gentleman's Honor by Stephanie Laurens

20 Point Tasks (0/10)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Every Little Kiss by Marina Adair
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Unsuitable by Samantha Towle
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Devoted by Lexi Blake
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Nineteen Letters by Jodi Perry
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Gray Back Alpha Bear by T.S. Joyce
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Propositioned by the Billionaire Moose by Eve Langlais
20.10 - Group Reads
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

25 Point Tasks (0/7)
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Rider’s Revenge by Jamie Begley
Raine Falling by Paula Marinaro
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Six of Hearts by L.H. Cosway
When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Crow by A. Zavarelli
Brighter Than the Sun by Maya Banks
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Dirty Scoundrel by Jessica Clare
North and South by John Jakes
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
Untouchable by Elizabeth SaFleur
Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright
25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
Uncivilized by Sawyer Bennett
The Dangerous Billionaire by Jackie Ashenden

30 Point Tasks (0/10)
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Hear Me Out by Lila Rose
The Ending I Want by Samantha Towle
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Luca by Sarah Castille
Silent Fear by Lance Morcan
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Wicked Rush by Kym Grosso
Rock Wedding by Nalini Singh
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey
Rules of Harte by Brooke Harris
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Nauti Angel by Lora Leigh
Lovely by Elizabeth SaFleur
30.7 - Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Thrust by Victoria Ashley
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Broken Heart Syndrome by Susie Tate
Black Keys by Rose B. Mashal
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
The Seduction of a Duke by Donna MacMeans
Hate to Love You by Tijan
30.11 - Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh
The Devil's Kiss by Gemma James

Super excited for my first challenge in SRC. The list is growing neat so far. Will add more when 20.x challenges arrive and as the year turns hopefully work here along with the BR read harder challenge for 2018.


5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6 - It's Alive!
Wuthering Heights
5.7
5.8
5.9 - Get It Done
The Three-Body Problem
added to my GR Want-to-Read list on 17 January 2015.
5.10 - Born Free


10.1 - What a Zoo
Magpie Murders
ZOO in hOrOwitZ

10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5 - Best Books
Best Books of January 2015
Golden Son

10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
BookRiot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge
One Hundred Years of Solitude

10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Page Check at 1st of December - Pg 54 out of 237.

10.8
10.9
10.10

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
Book 1 Commonwealth

Book 2 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5 - 1Q84
15.6 - Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
Studying the unconscious to become more conscious in everyday life.

15.7
15.8 - World Animal Day
Animal Farm

15.9 - Let's Party!
Down and Out in Paris and London

15.10. Trash to Treasure.
From Dlmrose's Read list, I Am Number Four

20.10 Artemis

30.1
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one
The Shining
Book two
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1
Low Town

Book 2
The Light Between Oceans

30.6
30.7

30.8
Book 1 The Way of Kings or The Stars Are Legion
Book 2 Blood Song Page Check at 1st of December - Pg 195 out of 591.

30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Book 1 - Option 1 - Taylor Shift’s Album Red
Red Rising

Book 2 - Option 4 - Salvage the Bones

30.10
30.11
Book 1 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Book 2 - Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self Page Check at 1st of December - Pg 56 out of 208.

My Points: 180


5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.8
5.10

10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10

15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4 COMPLETED
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9 COMPLETED
15.10

20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10

30.1 COMPLETED
30.2
30.3 COMPLETED
30.4
30.5
30.6 COMPLETED
30.7
30.8 COMPLETED
30.9
30.10 COMPLETED
30.11

5 Point Tasks

5.1: Read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles in the book's title or subtitle: Lassie, Come, Home, Son, Courage, Hills, Sun, Comes, Up, Challenge, Painted, Great, Adventure, Magic. Words must match exactly. The Long Way Home Worth the Coming Home

5.2 Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA: California, Nebraska, New York, Washington DC.

5.3 Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words. Spaces determine words.

5.4 Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1-15.4.

5.5 Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last. Spaces determine names. Names with initials may not be used.

5.6 Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time (The Night Circus #86 And Then There Were None #68)

5.7 Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235. NO EBOOKS
*Remember the page number rules.

5.8 Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.

5.9 Read a book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year (added on/before 11/18/16.) An off-GR list may be used, such as "Books I Own"or "On Kindle".
Required: State the list you used and how long the book has been on the list.

5.10 Read a book of your choice.

10.1 Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.

10.2 Read a book found on the Circus/Carnival Books list. (The Night Circus #1)

10.3 Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.

10.4 Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.

10.5 Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year. (The Love That Split the World 1/16)

10.6 Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge. You MUST be a member of the challenge group and provide a link to your challenge tracking thread.

10.7 Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.

10.8 Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name. Possessives will work, but no other variations.

10.9 Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.

10.10 Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."

15 Point Tasks

15.1 Book 1: Read a nominee or the winner from a different category than you chose for your Task 20.10 selection.
Book 2: Book 2: Read EITHER (1) a nominee or the winner from the 3d category (not your 20.10 selection or book 1 selection) or (2) a nominee from the category of your Task 20.10 selection.

15.2 Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
Book 2: Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover.

15.3 Book 1: Book 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word from this list of opposite word pairs
Book 2: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains the opposite word from the word you used for book 1.

15.4 Working It 12-2-17

15.5 Read a book by a new-to-you author.

15.6 Read a NONFICTION book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018, a goal or an aspiration or even a faint hope! While you may not achieve this goal, it should be one that is realistically possible

15.7 Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY.

15.8 Read a book from this list: Best Animal Rights Books (Some We Love, Hate, Eat OR Dark Hills Divide OR Dewey Cat)

15.9 COMPLETED
Wishful Drinking

15.10 Read a book that your friend gave only 1 or 2 stars, but that sounds like a book you might like. This must be a book that you’ve never read before.

Alternately, you can use the "read" list of one of the SRC mods and choose a 1 or 2 star book from one of those lists: Dlmrose's Read list, Kristina Simon's Read list, Sandy's Read list.

20 Pt Tasks

20.1 1) read a book that has either “Mathematics” or “Economics” as a Main Page Genre
2) read a book set at least 50% in one of the six states of New England- Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.
3) read a book from the first five pages of the Most Interesting Magic System Listopia.
4) read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the word (and dog breed) MALTESE

20.2 1. Read a book from one of the attending authors found on the list here. There can be cancellations during the challenge, so the authors are listed in post 2 of the Help Thread.

20.3 Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in either the Title, Sub-Title or Author's name as presented on Good Reads.

The word may be spelled out or abbreviated.
Examples: Mister or Mr.; Mrs.,, Ms., Fr., Sir, Lord, Monseigneur or Msr., Doctor or Dr.,President, Senator or Sen, etc. or Esquire or Esq., Jr., Sr., III, etc. The name of the person being modified must be present.

20.4 Option 1: read a book that retells one of Shakespeare's plays. REQUIRED: if it's not evident in the GR description, explain how it relates.
Option 2: read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Option 3: read a book from the list Best Zombie Books
Option 4: read a book with a bird's wing or a planet on the cover, OR with the word SILVER in the title/subtitle

20.5 Option 1. Read a book with the word WINTER or SNOW in the title or subtitle. Plurals, possessives, participles, and past tense variations of these words are OK, but the word or its variation must stand alone, not be part of a compound word.
Option 2. choose a book from the list White as the Driven Snow.
Option 3. read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.

20.6 OPTION 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times OR the title/subtitle contains all of B, G and D. "Y" is considered a consonant for purposes of this task.
OPTION 2: Read a book with at least one of the words “Yes”, “No” or “Behind” in its title/subtitle. The words must stand alone, with no variations.
OPTION 3: Read a book with a four-legged animal on the cover, but only the front half (head and front legs) or the back half (tail and back legs) is visible, not both.

20.7 Option 1: Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover (lion, tiger, bear, raccoon, wolf, deer, reptile, bird, etc). Since the animals must be wild animals, domestic dogs and cats or other pets, farm animals, etc. are not acceptable for this task. The wild animals should be those found in a zoo, so extinct animals (like dinosaurs) and fantasy animals (like dragons) cannot be used.
Option 2: Read a book with a fish or aquatic animal (shark, octopus, dolphin, lobster, crab etc) on the cover.
Option 3: Read a book from this list: Best Books for an African Safari.
Option 4: Read a book where the author's first and last initial (ignore middle initials) can be found in either ACROBAT or TEACHER.

20.8 Sea of Love

20.9 Option 1: Read a book from list of great books with black covers. The Hunger Games, Twilight (or other books in the series), Salt: A World History #93, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife #90-something
Option 2: Read a book that has the letters B O S S in the title (not subtitle). Letters can appear in any order as long as all four can be found in the title.
Option 3: Read a book that has a food or drink in the title. The food must be in a form that might be found on a typical menu, for instance, beef works, cow does not; pork works, pig does not.
Option 4: Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre

20.10 Artemis

25 Pt. Tasks

25.1 Two Book Task
1. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE
3. Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author. (Leopards Blood by Christine Feehan)

25.2 Two Book Task 550 p. mimimum NO EBOOKS
1. Read a book that has the letters CHIRP in the Title (not subtitle). Archangel's Viper
2. read a book set in a place where Cougars can still be found: Canada - Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and territory of Yukon; USA States: Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, South Dakota, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, and Maine; and Mexico
3. read a book with a Night Scene on its Cover

25.3 Two Book Task
1. Read a book that has Magic or Magical as a main page genre. The genre may be embedded and may be paired with another word such as Magical Realism.
2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in ELVES. All initials count and letters may only be used as often as they appear. Lace-Covered Compromise by Silvia Violet 12-1-17 (ebook verification request message #6549)
3. Read a book that contains a word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) that is found in the first stanza of the poem as listed below. Words must match exactly.

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads
4. Read a book set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.

25. 4 Two Books
Book 1.
Option A. Read a book with “White” in the title, subtitle, or series title. The word must stand alone.

Option B. Read a book from one of these “White” listopias:

Ice and Snow - Murder on the Orient Express
Books With Black and White Covers - Twilight
Books White People Need to Read - The Hate U Give

Book 2.
Option A. Read a book with “Yellow” in the title, subtitle, or series title. The word must stand alone. Ghost Wore Yellow Socks #1 or #2

25.5 Two Book Task - select one option and read both books for that option
Option A
We are a family of T; that is, all 4 of us have names that start with the letter T.

For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial. Books must be written by a single author. Names must be different but starting with same letter.

For example, Trinity Doyle & Thomas Mann work as they both have T as their first initials. Victoria Hislop & Victoria Purman do NOT work as their first name is identical.

Option B
Family usually will have the same last name.

For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same last name. Books must be written by a single author. Their last names must be exactly the same.

For example, these do not work:
Richard Adams and Jane Addams
Steve Berry and Dave Barry
Amanda Smyth and James Smythe

Option C
"Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern - they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound. For example, at, cat, hat, and fat are a family of words with the "at" sound and letter combination in common."

For this option, read 2 books with:
Book 1. word in title/subtitle that can be found (exact word only) in the Word Families table;
Book 2. word in title/subtitle within the same family of the word from Book 1. Word must also be found (exact word only) in the Word Families table.
REQUIRED: Please state the family group's name that you are using.

For example, from the family group: "ake"
Crimson Lake Lake - Lake
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake- Cake

25.6 Two Book Task
1. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.

2. Read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age. Genres may be standalone or embedded. Year One

3. Read a book whose cover shows a bear, an owl, a kangaroo, a tiger, a pig, a rabbit or a donkey.

4. Read a book from the list Concealed Authorship.

30 Point Tasks

30.1 COMPLETED
After the Dark
With a Kiss

30.2
Leopard's Blood
More than 25 distinct works...stand alone title NOT SERIES

30.3 COMPLETED
A Honeybun and Coffee
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

30.4 Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words. The title words must begin with at least 2 different letters. Spaces determine words. Subtitles should be ignored.

Book 2: Using the book title from Book 1, read a book where the same beginning letters of each word in the reverse order from book 1 are the beginning letters of the words in the title. All words count, including articles. Spaces determine words

Book 1 and Book 2 must have the same number of words in their titles.

30.5 Two Book Task
Option 1: Book 1 - Read a book with a palindrome of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle or author's name (list available on task) AND Book 2 - Read a book where the name of a type of animal is contained within a word of the title and/or subtitle. The animal name must be part of a larger word that is not a plural or possessive of the animal’s name. Dogwood would work but not dogs or dog’s.
Option 2 Book 1 - The word garden can be anagrammed into the word danger. Choose a word of at least 5 letters and read a book with that word in the title/subtitle. AND Book 2 - Read a book with an anagram of the word you chose in Book 1 in the title or subtitle.
Option 3 Book 1: Read a book that includes a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle.

Book 2: Take that word and add one letter, change one letter or drop one letter to create a new word. Read a book with that new word in the title/subtitle

30.6 COMPLETED
Totally His
Swan and the Bear

30.7 Two Book Task
1. Read a book where all the letters in the title (not subtitle) can be found in the definition:
"lolcat (NOUN) (on the Internet) a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English." Nine-Tenths of the Law 12-2-17

2. Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).

30.8COMPLETED
Heart on the Line
The Handmaid's Tale

30.9 One Book w/ 500 page minimum or Two Books w/ NO Min.
1. Pick a book with a word from the name of one of Taylor Swift's albums in the title, subtitle, series name, or author name. If using the series name, it must be using the series name as listed on goodreads. No variations or plurals.

The names of Taylor Swift's studio albums are: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation.
Fever, For Now and Forever, Hearths of Fire (Red Starr #1), Cry Sanctuary (Red Rock Pass #1)

30.10 COMPLETED
Fangs and Catnip 12-3-17
Hope Ignites 12-7-17

30.11 two book task.
3. For the purpose of this task, the letter "Y" will be considered a consonant
4. The total page count for both books must be over 500 pages (i.e. 501 or more) NO EBOOKS

Book 1. Read a book by a single author in which the letters of the author's first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants. The target word must be of at least five letters or more. Marcus Z-U-S-A-K (book thief), M-A-S-A-J-I (river of darkness), F-E-L-I-C-E stevens (two books on Kindle), R-I-L-E-Y hart (Kindle), A-L-E-X-A land (Kindle)

Book 2. Read a book in which the title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants. First Comes Marriage C-O-M-E-S 262 p.

Elise's Winter Plan

5.1 - Lassie Come Home The Saucier's Apprentice: An Amateur's Adventures in the Great Cooking Schools of Europe (great in title)
5.2 - Go Wild The Mad King: The Life and Times of Ludwig II of Bavaria
5.3 - Banished ! Five Red Herrings
5.4 - Best laid plans Call for the Dead (task 10.3)
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
5.6 - It's Alive Rebecca page 1
5.7 - Power Pets Thrones, Dominations
5.8 - Animals Around Us Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales Of A Botswana Safari Guide
5.9 - Get It Done The Tudors: History of a Dynasty (added 06/17/16)
5.10 - Born Free

10.1 - What a Zoo The House of Silk
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav The St. Albans Poisoner: Life and Crimes of Graham Young
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
10.5 - Best Books Moriarty (December 2014)
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge ?
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby ?
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (Baby is the 6th most given name)
10.9 - Good dog ! Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA

15.1 - Don't make me choose ! Pride and Prejudice (nominee for "family saga") and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
15.2 - February is for Romance Wuthering Heights and
15.3 - Hot or Cold ? Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany and The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad (heat and cold).
15.4 - Endangered Animals
15.5 - New Beginnings The Miniaturist
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying...
15.7 - Groundhog Day Thirsty Dragon: China’s Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World's Best Wines
15.8 - World Animal Day
15.9 - Let's Party !
15.10 - Trash to Treasure

30.1 - Schatzie's Task - Animal Crackers
30.2 - Mazza1's Task - Prolific Pensmiths
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task - Backward Day
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task - 25 Years and Counting
30.7 - Catherine T's Task - Down the Rabbit Hole
30.8 - Sandy's Task - Anagram It
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task - Obsession
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task - By the Numbers
30.11 - Andy P's Task - Is There a Pattern Here ?

My Winter Challenge Reading Plan

5 Point Tasks: 50/50
5.1 Lassie Come Home: The Rules of Magic - DONE
5.2 Go Wild: The Upside of Unrequited - DONE
5.3 Banished: Ein schlichtes Herz - DONE
5.4 Best Laid Plans: Ein Mann namens Ove - audiobook - DONE
5.5 Wonders of the Deep: Paladin of Souls - DONE
5.6 It's Alive: And Then There Were None - DONE
5.7 Power Pets: Alone - DONE
5.8 Animals Around Us: The Astonishing Thing - DONE
5.9 Get It Done: The Night Rainbow - audiobook - DONE
5.10 Born Free: Jumping Jude - DONE

10 Point Tasks: 100/100
10.1 What a Zoo: Bored and Brilliant: How Time Spent Doing Nothing Changes Everything - DONE
10.2 No, it's a Three-Ring-Circus: Water for Elephants - DONE
10.3 Sir Nils Olav: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - DONE
10.4 It's a Llama, Mama: How to Howl at the Moon - DONE
10.5 Best Books: The Fault in Our Stars - DONE
10.6 Who's Up for a Challenge: Mind Magic - DONE
10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby: Autoboyography - DONE
10.8 Here Kitty, Kitty: Midnight Rising - DONE
10.9 Good Dog: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - DONE
10.10 Goin' on a Safari: The Art of Travel - audiobook - DONE

15 Point Tasks: 90/150
15.1 Don't Make Me Chose: SKIP
15.2 February Is For Romance: SKIP
15.3 Hot or Cold: Beautiful Music for Ugly Children - DONE
15.4 Endangered Animals: Nothing Special - DONE
15.5 New Beginnings: Dirty Mind - DONE
15.6 Hoping, Whishing, Trying: The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients - DONE
15.7 Groundhog Day: As You Are - DONE
15.8 World Animal Day: All Creatures Great and Small - DONE
15.9 Let's Party: The Great Gatsby - audiobook
15.10 Trash to Treasure: The Orphan Master's Son

20 Point Tasks: 180/200
20.1 Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements: Freckles (Option 4) - DONE
20.2 Anja's Task: RARE18 London: Six of Hearts (Option 1) DONE
20.3 Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
20.4 Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby: Fish and Ghosts (Option 2) - DONE
20.5 DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!: Valor on the Move (Option 3) - DONE
20.6 Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!: Illegal Contact (Option 1) - DONE
20.7 Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite: I.N.E.T. - DONE
20.8 Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas: His Lordship's Mistress - DONE
20.9 Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together: Among the Living (Option 4) - DONE
20.10 Group Reads: Artemis - DONE

25 Point Tasks: 75/175
25.1 Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery: Almost A Bride (option 1) + Facing West (option 2) - DONE
25.2 Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats:
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6 Winnie the Pooh Day: Wherever You Go (option 1) + Hunting Lila (option 2) - DONE
25.7 Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer + Little Fires Everywhere - DONE

30 Point Tasks: 120/330
30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers: Lovers Like Us (Option 4) + New Directions in Progressive Relaxation Training: A Guidebook for Helping Professionals (Option 1)
30.2 Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths: Fair Game + Tell No One - DONE
30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart: Maisie Dobbs (Option 3) + Solang die Welt noch schläft (Option 1) - DONE
30.4
30.5
30.6 TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting: Ready For Love (Option 1) + Romancing the Ugly Duckling (Option 2) - DONE
30.7 Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole:
30.8 Sandy's Task: Anagram It:
30.9 Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession: American Gods (Option 3) - DONE
30.10 Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers: Big Mushy Happy Lump + Damaged Like Us
30.11

50 Point Task: 0/50
50.1

Bluegrass Pam's Winter Plan

*- Working on Task
R - Reported

5.1 -
5.2 - Sweetland or Icefields- Canada
NY - Billy Bathgate
5.3 - Title of 3 words: The Human Stain
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
5.5 - Single author w 3 part name: Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
5.6 -
5.7 - 2 Page #s in 1235:Billy Bathgate
5.8 -
5.9 - on TBR for 1 year (11/18/16): An American Tragedy
5.10 -

10.1 - ZOO: Zorro, Zuckerman Unbound, Magpie Murders by Horowitz
10.2 - Circle/Carnival List: The Night Circus
10.3 - God Emperor of Dune, The Key to Rebecca
10.4 - Animal on cover:
Penguin Island, A Wolf Called Romeo
10.5 - The Girl on the Train
10.6 - Another challenge group read
10.7 - Novel featuring your hobby
10.8 - Kitty Names: The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin
10.9 - Title begins with D-O-G: Gilead
10.10 - MPG travel: 23 Degrees South: A Tropical Tale of Changing Whether...
* Sightlines

15.1 -
15.2 -
15.3 -
15.4 -
15.5 - New to you author:Smoke, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
15.6 - Non-fiction something you want to do: A tourist Guide to the Real Germany or similar travel book
15.7 - Independence Day
15.8 -
15.9 - On the Road
15.10 - The Pillars of the Earth (Andrea 2*)

20.1 -
20.2 - #2 Pub in 2018 The Night Masquerade
R 20.3 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
20.4 -
20.5 - #1 Winter of the World #3 Billy Bathgate
R20.6 - Tash Hearts Tolstoy
20.7 - Relativity or Archangel by ANdrea Barrett
*20.8 - Nation
20.9 -
20.10 - Group Read skip???

25.1 -#2: Lonesome Dove - Texas
25.2 - #1 George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster - CHIRP
#4 Speak
25.3 - 2 books
A: Magical Realism:
D: 50% in Greece, Italy, Turkey: The Island (Italy)
25.4 -Bk1B: Ice Station Zebra or Doctor Zhivago
Bk2B: The Moons of Jupiter or The Moonstone
25.5-
25.6- #3 Acceptance (owl)
#4 Penguin Island or Middlemarch

30.1 - #3 50% in Austalia: Cloudstreet, The Daughters of Mars (50%?), Utopian Man
#4 Initials in STOCKING STUFFER: Ken Follett, Richard Ford, Neal Rabin (23 Degrees South: A Tropical Tale of Changing Whether...), The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

30.2 - prolific Writers
BK1- Stand alone or series
BK2- standalone
Authors: Ken Follett The Key to Rebecca, Larry McMurtry, Ursula K. LeGuin Lavinia
30.3 -#1 50% set in Germany: While the World Is Still Asleep or Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
#3 MPG mystery, thriller, detective, crime: Moonshadows

*30.4 -
BK1: Orphan Train
BK2: The Overneath or The Odyssey

30.5 -Option #3 Travel
BK1: All That Is
BK2: What a Carve Up! (Requested ILL on 12/4) (THAT changed to WHAT)

*30.6 -
#2 Author w at least 26 distinct works: Thank You, Jeeves
#4 Pub in 1992 or earlier: God Emperor of Dune

30.7 - BK1: Away by Jane Urquhart
BK2: Title with: so/much/very/such/many: The Man Who Knew Too Much
30.8 -500 pages min
BK1: A Man Called Ove
BK2: Lonesome Dove (DOVE) or The Deep End of the Ocean (OCEAN)
OR
BK1: The Book of Strange New Things
BK2: Growth of the Soil
30.9 - 2 books or 1 with 500 pages (no page limit if 2). Can use same option.
#3 tv show based on the book list
American Gods, The Colorado Kid, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, A Serpent's Tooth (Longmire)
#5 MC name: Eva, Time, Andrew, Lloyd, Juan: Winter of the World (Lloyd)
30.10-
30.11- 2 books, 501 page min, min 5 letter word
BK1- Author: PETER Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
BK2- Title: EXILE: The Invention of Exile or PETAL: The Crimson Petal and the White

50.1 -

5 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3. Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer
4. Fall challenge task: 5.5 - September, October, November: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
5.

Total Points: 10
Total Books: 5

Phantomswife Reading Plan
5.1 Lassie Come Home - The Painted Drum L
5.2 Go Wild - Three Sisters, Three Queens L
5.3 Banished! - The Ivy Tree P
5.4 Best Laid Plans - (15.6) River of Dust P
5.5 Wonders of the Deep - Epitaph K
5.6 It's Alive - The Canterville Ghost or The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton P
✔ 5.7 Power Pets - The Story of the Other Wise Man
5.8 Animals Around Us - Wild Heart: The Story of Joy Adamson, Author of Born Free L
5.9 Get It Done - A Beautiful Blue Death P
5.10 Born Free - Whatever Doesn't Fit Somewhere Else

10.1 What a Zoo - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet P
10.2 No, It's a Three-Ring Circus - Big Fish K
10.3 Sir Nils Olav - The Big Rock Candy Mountain
10.4 It's a Llama, Mama - The Power and the Glory
10.5 Best Books- The Boston Girl
✔ 10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge - The Death of the Heart
10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby - Still Life with Bread Crumbs
10.8 Here Kitty Kitty - 1984
10.9 Good Dog - Divining Women
✔ 10.10 Go'in On a Safari - Travels with Charley: In Search of America L

15.1 Don't Make Me Choose - And the Mountains Echoed / The Right Stuff

15.2 February is For Romance - The Phantom of the Opera / The Marriage Pact

15.3 Hot or Cold - The Life and Death of Crazy Horse L
15.4 Endangered Animals -Little Dorrit Option 2
15.5 New Beginnings - Testament of Youth
15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying...
15.7 Groundhog Day - Children of God
15.8 World Animal Day - Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story L
15.9 Let's Party! - Lie Down in Darkness
15.10 Trash to Treasure - Brave New World

20.1 The Monk
20.2 RARE18 London - Everyone Brave is Forgiven
20.3 Titles and Suffixes - The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens or East Lynne
✔ 20.4 The Constant Princess
20.5 Let is Snow - Blindness
20.6 It's behind you - No Name
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - A Man for All Seasons
20.8 Nickels and Dimes -
20.9 Moderator's Pet - The Road or Barchester Towers
20.10 Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

25.1 - Dakimel’s Task: Hurricane Recovery
(1) The Scarlet Pimpernel AND Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet

25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
(1) The Practice House
(2) Empire Falls -or-
(3) Cage of Stars

25.3 - 2 - Bluemoon's Task: Santa Clause is Coming to Town
(a) A Christmas Carol
(d) Fugitive Pieces

25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
(1) Middlesex
(2) The Moonspinners


25.5 Red Pottage
Golden State

25.6 The Touchstone Absolute Friends

25.7 Tender Is the Night or Dr Zhivago
Plainsong

30.1 Schatzie's Task - Animal Crackers
(1) The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens AND
(4) The Trial

✔ 30.2 Mazza1's Task:Prolific Pensmiths
(1) The Black Tulip AND
(2) Murder on the Orient Express

30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
(1) All Quiet on the Western Front AND
(3) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Everything I Never Told You

30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day

30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
(3a) The Night Circus
(3b) Dear Mr. Knightley

30.6 TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
(2) Thomas Hardy or George Eliot or Doctor Zhivago
(4) Marianne

30.7 Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
(1) A Man Called Ove
(2) So Big

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
(1) The Beautiful and Damned
(2) Death Comes to Pemberley

30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
A Morbid Taste for Bones
In a Summer Season

30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
(1) The Virgin in the Garden
(2) A Whistling Woman or My Century

30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
(1) A Summons to Memphis
(2) The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand

50.1

My Reading Plan

5pt Tasks
Aim 10 tasks
✔️5.1 Lassie Come Home The Knocked up Plan
✔️5.2 Go Wild Fever of the Bone set in England
✔️5.3 Banished Lady of Devices 2/12/17
✔️5.4 Best Laid Plans A Job From Hell (5.2 Location, location, location) Scotland
✔️5.5 Wonders of the Deep Chosen by Denise Grover Swank
5.6 It's Alive The Shadow of the Wind page 1
✔️5.7 Power Pets - The Token pgs 156 1/12/17
5.8 Animals Around Us Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
✔️5.9 Get It Done Alone
5.10 Born Free

10pt Tasks
Aim 10 tasks
✔️10.1 What A Zoo Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
10.2 No It's A Three-Ring Circus Daughter of the Burning City #157
10.3 Sir Nils Olav Black Market 1986
✔️10.4 Its a Llama, Mama Six Moon Summer
10.5 Best Books The Fault in Our Stars Jan 2012
✔️10.6 Who's Up For A Challenge? Resisting the Bad Boy - Nice Girl to Love, Vol 1
✔️10.7 What's Your Favourite Hobby? Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
✔️10.8 Here Kitty Kitty The Brands Who Came For Christmas by Maggie Shayne
✔️10.9 Good Dog! Old Loves Die Hard
✔️10.10 Goin' On A Safari Eat, Pray, Love

15pt Tasks
Aim 5 tasks
15.1 Don't Make Me Choose
15.2 February Is For Romance
15.3 Hot or Cold? Big Little Lies
15.4 Endangered Animals Long Time Coming by Edie Claire (LeaTherbaCk sea turtle/ Javan rhinoCEros)
✔️15.5 New Beginnings The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying - Strangers by Paul Finch
✔️15.7 Groundhog Day - Why Did You Lie?YOU
15.8 World Animal Day -
15.9 Let's Party - The Art of Racing in the Rain pg 2
15.10 Trash to Treasure

20pt Tasks
Aim 2 tasks
✔️20.1 A Year of Improvements option 3 The Hobbit pg 1
20.2 RARE18 London option 2 The Troop 25/2/14
✔️20.3 Titles and Suffixes
20.4 My February Baby Option 2- #1 in series Virgin River
20.5 LET IT SNOW!
20.6 IT'S BEHIND YOU!
20.7 Animal Lover's Unite
20.8 Coins For Christmas
20.9 Bringing Pets and People Together

20.10 Group Read

25 point Tasks
Aim 1 Task
25.1 Hurricane Recovery
25.2 Big Cats -✔️ Option 1: CHIRP The Unpredictable Consequences of Love 400pgs,
✔️Option 2: Texas The Christmas Cowboy Hero 320 pgs

25.3 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
25.4 White Winter, Yellow Moon
25.5 All In The Family
25.6 Winnie The Pooh Day
25.7 My Second Favorite Pastime

30 point tasks
Aim 1 Task
30.1 Animal Crackers
30.2 Prolific Pensmiths
✔️30.3 Mad Max, My Heart option 3 One of Us Is Lying Mystery mpg
30.4 Backward Day
30.5 Word Play on a Few of my Favourite Things
✔️30.6 25 Years and Counting Option 2: The King 91 distinct works;Option 4:Curse of the Pharaohs 1981
30.7 Down the Rabbit Hole
30.8 Anagram It [closer than you think], Court Court of the Last Resort
30.9 Obsession
✔️30.10 By the Numbers The Skeleton in the Closet 250pgs The Haunted Heist 320pgs 320/2=160; 320/5=62 320 + 250 =570
30.11 Is There A Pattern Here?

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5.1 The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
5.2 The Cruelest Month
5.3 Elephants Can Remember
5.4 After the Funeral
5.5 The Mysterious Benedict Society
5.6 list of Best Gothic Books of All Time Frankenstein
5.7 Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
5.8 Black Beauty
5.9 Homegoing
5.10 book of your choice. Saga, Vol. 8

10.1 Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name. The Book Thief
10.2 Circus/Carnival Books list. Geek Love
10.3 published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and male author. The Shining
10.4 non-human mammal on the cover. A Walk in the Woods
10.5 Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year. Red Rising (Jan 14), The Hate U Give (Feb 17)
10.6 The Color Purple
10.7 (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
10.8 top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name. A Storm of Swords
10.9 Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
10.10 genre "Travel." In a Sunburned Country

15.1
Book 1: nominee or the winner from a different category than you chose for your Task 20.10 selection. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Book 2: nominee or the winner from the 3d category (not your 20.10 selection or book 1 selection) And the Mountains Echoed
15.2
Book 1: genre of Romance. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Book 2: ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover. The Marriage Plot
15.3 Or one book with opposite pairs in title
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
15.4 The Bat
15.5 A Man Called Ove
15.6 NF book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018 Wired to Eat: How to Rewire Your Appetite and Lose Weight for Good
15.7 title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY.
15.8 list: Best Animal Rights Books The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
15.9 list Drunken Masters Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
15.10 friend gave only 1 or 2 stars The Da Vinci Code (James)

20.1
Option 1: “Mathematics” or “Economics” Genre Capitalism and Freedom
20.2 A Darker Shade of Magic
20.3 title or suffix is used in either the Title, Sub-Title or Author's name Mrs. Dalloway
20.4 The Eyre Affair
20.5 Boy, Snow, Bird
20.6 Murder in Mesopotamia
20.7 Cards on the Table
20.8 Criteria:
1 -32, 24, or 41 intact in the page numbers.
2 - On the cover: jewelry, a crown, or a stack of money, the recycle symbol, a cardboard box, or a soda can, a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science
20.9 Cress
20.10 Artemis

25.1
Option 1: Tower of Dawn
Option 3: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
25.2 at least 550 pages
Option 1: letters PURR or CHIRP in the Title (not subtitle).
Option 2: set in Canada - Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and territory of Yukon; USA States: Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, South Dakota, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, and Maine; and Mexico.
Option 3: Night Scene on its Cover.
Option 4: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Perks of Being a Wallflower
25.3
Option A: Magic or Magical as a main page genre. Goldenhand
Option B: author initials in ELVES.
Option C: word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) found in the first stanza of Night before Christmas
Option D: set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.
25.4
Book 1: Op A: “White” in the title, subtitle, or series title. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Book 2: Op B: list Moon, Sun, and Stars Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
25.5 Option A:
Winter
Exit West
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Option 2: Scarlet
Option 4: Jane Eyre
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Book 1: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Book 2: The Tie That Binds

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Option 1: letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle. I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Option 3: set at least 50% in Australia.
Option 4: initials in STOCKING STUFFER. The Long Goodbye
30.2 250 pages/book
Book 1: author who has published > 25 books After the Funeral
Book 2: author who has published > 25 books not in a series Nick Hornby, Issac Asimov Mercedes Lackey
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Option 3: genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller. Appointment with Death
Option 4: Best true animal stories list Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
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Book 1: title of at least 2 words, begin w/ 2 different letters.
Book 2: from Book 1, read a book where the same beginning letters of each word in the reverse order from book 1 are the beginning letters of the words in the title.
30.5 Option 2:
Book 1: word of at least 5 letters and read a book with that word in the title/subtitle LISTEN What to Listen for in Music
Book 2: anagram of word you chose in Book 1 in the title/subtitle. SILENT Out of the Silent Planet
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Option 1: I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
Option 4: The Martian Chronicles
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Book 1: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Book 2: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
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Book 1: book of choice
Book 2: word of at least 4 letters in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in the title (not subtitle) of Book 1.
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Option 1: word from one of Taylor Swift's albums in the title, subtitle, series name, or author name. Red Rising
Option 3: list: Best TV Shows Based on Books. American Gods
Option 4: list: 29 Books with Strong Female Protagonists Special Topics in Calamity Physics
30.10 +500 pages
Book 1: book of choice. Fobbit (384)
Book 2: page count that is divisible by each of the digits found in the page count of Book 1 Sand Queen (312)
30.11 +500 pages
Book 1: author in which the letters of the author's first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Denise)
Book 2: title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It

50.1 Dog
Book 1: Sharp Objects
Book 2: The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
Book 3: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Daphne's Challenge:

𝓜𝒾𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓀𝒶


20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London.
✓ Option 3: The Shining by Stephen King (12/15)

25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Big Cats.
Book 1: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 🌟
Book 3: Some Enchanted Evening by Christina Dodd

30.1 - Schatzie's Task: Animal Crackers.
✓ Option 2: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (12/3)
✓ Option 4: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (12/9)

30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths.
Book 1: Night Game by Christine Feehan
Book 2: Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs

30.3 - Ava Catherine's Task: Mad Max; My Heart.
✓ Option 2: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (1/16)
✓ Option 3: The Confession by John Grisham (1/14)

30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting.
✓ Option 2: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1/13)
✓ Option 4: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 📚 (12/25)

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It.
✓ Book 1: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 📚📚 (2/4)
✓ Book 2: The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (12/28)

30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession.
Option 3: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin 📚📚

30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers.
✓ Book 1: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (2/20)
Book 2: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

30.11 - Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
✓ Option 1: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (2/16)
✓ Option 2: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2/7)







Goal: 170/285 points
Pages Read: 4,735
🌟 Golden Oldies: 🌟
📚 Big Book: 📚📚📚

Now that I’m not being thrown all over the place for my audit job…and not working 10 hours a day and weekends, I think I’m back. Maybe.
Goal: to reach 300 points. Maybe I’ll reach it this season. :)

15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Option 2 - Read 1 book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe

15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2: Read 1 book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
Criteria 1: Author's initials are found in the name of listed endangered animal. - Leatherback Sea Turtle
Criteria 2: Initial letter of at least 2 different words in title of book found in a different animal. - Javan Rhinoceros
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

15.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure by Diane Kelly

15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
Read a NONFICTION book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018. REQUIRED: Tell us what your goal is, and if it's not obvious, explain how the book relates to it.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

15.7 - Groundhog Day
Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY.
Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte by Diane Kelly - "AND"

15.8 - World Animal Day
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

15.9 - Let's Party!
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

15.10. Trash to Treasure.
Alternately, use the "read" list of one of the SRC mods and choose a 1 or 2 star book from one of those lists: Kristina Simmon's List.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - Rated as 2* on her list.

20.1 - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 1: Read a book that has either “Mathematics” or “Economics” as a MPG.Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt MPG Economics

20.2 - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 4: Read a book with a mpg Regency.
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean

20.3 - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy by Ellen Datlow

20.4 - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 4: Read a book with a bird's wing or a planet on the cover.
by Becky Chambers
Cover approved here.

20.5 - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
1984 by George Orwell

20.6 - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains all of B, G and D.
A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

20.7 - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover.
by Frans de Waal

20.8 - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams

20.9 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a MPG.
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik MPG: Fantasy

20.10 - Group Reads
Artemis by Andy Weir

30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Magic Under Stone by Jaclyn Dolamore

Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 1: Author initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN
Meaty by Samantha Irby
Option 2: Author that has 25 or more distinct works.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Option 3: Read a book that has inspired a tv series from the following list.
House of Cards by Michael Dobbs
To Play the King by Michael Dobbs

30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Book of choice.
Changeless by Gail Carriger pg 400
Book 2: Read a book with a page count that is divisible by each of the digits found in the page count of Book 1 (zeroes excluded).
How a Gunman Says Goodbye by Malcolm Mackay pg 384 384/4=96

30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1: Author's first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants.
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik pg 398
Book 2: title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants.
The Final Cut by Michael Dobbs pg 478

I finally got my computer back and ready to go, I had loads of books for the Fall Challenge but it is hard to post on my phone.
I am hoping to get most of these tasks done this challenge! I will update my goal after I get my plans posted. :)

5 Point Tasks

5.1- Lassie Come Home

Read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles in the book's title or subtitle.
The Painted Hills ~ I used Painted ~ A Painted House by John Grisham finished 12/16/17

5.2 - Go Wild I used CA ~ The San Diego Zoo. A lovely place to which I have visited. :) I also visited the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington D.C. in the 1980s.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler published in 1939 ~ Golden Oldie ~ finished 12/18/17

Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA: California, Nebraska, New York, Washington DC.

5.3 - Banished! Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane finished 12/21/17

Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words. Spaces determine words.

5.4 - Best Laid Plans Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman finished 12/23/17
Fall Task 10.7 ~ 10.7 - Mosi-oa-Tunya

Victoria Falls is also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya— The Smoke That Thunders. Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title or subtitle.
Required: When you post, indicate which Fall 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.

5.5 - Wonders of the Deep Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger

Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last. Spaces determine names. Names with initials may not be used.

5.6 - It's Alive! The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Frankenstein was first published Jan 1, 1818. Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time
Required: State the page of the list. page 1, #15

5.7 - Power Pets The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235. Big Book ~ 535 pages
*Remember the page number rules.

5.8 - Animals Around Us

Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.

5.9 - Get It Done

The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) is the sponsor of February is National Time Management Month. The concept recognizes that the holidays are over and we are well into the New Year and it is time to sit down and set your plans to accomplish your goals.
Read a book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year (added on/before 11/18/16.) An off-GR list may be used, such as "Books I Own"or "On Kindle".
Required: State the list you used and how long the book has been on the list.

5.10 - Born Free Deadly Night by Heather Graham finished 12/ 27/17
Read a book of your choice.

10 Point Tasks

10.1 - What a Zoo

Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name. Diacritical/accent marks may be ignored.
Ex: The Zookeeper's Wife; The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Z in Zusak; OO in bOOk)

10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus

Read a book found on the Circus/Carnival Books list.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.

10.3 - Sir Nils Olav

Brigadier Sir Nils Olav, a king penguin, is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. Nils Olav I served from 1972–1987. Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.

10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama

Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Ex: Born Free A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) by Joy Adamson Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond Listening to Whales What the Orcas Have Taught Us by Alexandra Morton Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #1) by Vicki Delany All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Required: Include the cover when you post.

10.5 - Best Books

Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
Required: State the month and year when you post.

10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?

Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge. You MUST be a member of the challenge group and provide a link to your challenge tracking thread. For tips on how to add a link to a post, click on the (some html is ok) above the comment box (next to add book/author). If you don't belong to any other Goodreads challenge groups, read a book that fits into the BookRiot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge. This thread might be helpful: Other Goodreads reading challenges?
Required: Include a link to your challenge tracking thread or to BookRiot's Read Harder Challenge when you post.

10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?

January is National Hobby Month. A hobby is an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure. It is not essential to life, though you may enjoy doing it, and can be put aside, if necessary. Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
Ex: A Killer Plot (writing); The Secret, Book and Scone Society (reading); The Quilter's Apprentice (quilting); The Shop on Blossom Street (knitting); Ready Player One (playing video games); The Art of Fielding (playing baseball)
Required: State your hobby when you posts AND, if it's not obvious from the book's main page, explain the connection to the task.

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty

Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name. Possessives will work, but no other variations.
Required: Specify the name you used when you post.

10.9 - Good Dog! Orfeo by Richard Powers

Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.

10.10 - Goin' on a Safari Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier

The Swahili word safari means journey. Read a book with the main page genre "Travel." The genre may be stand alone or embedded.

15.5 The Alice Network

15.6 Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right

15.7 A Day at the Office

20.6, opt 3 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

20.9 opt 4 Kingdom Blades

30.3 opt 1 Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
30.3 opt 3 Lie to Me

expected
15.10 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame one star by MA
5.1 A Land More Kind Than Home or pair with Burning Chrome for 25.5A
pair with The Left Hand of Darkness for 30.5(3)

20.1 opt 4 Alias Grace
20.10 Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

**This Post** 1861
points: 20
books: 1
BBT: 2
**Totals**
points: 85
books: 5
BBT: 2

LAVENDER


SRC Winter Challenge 2017/2018 Reading Plan

This list is subject to change based on pending validation, availablility of planned books and general whims.

BOLD books are finished. ITALICS books are in progress.
UNDERLINED books are finished, but not yet posted.
{GO} denotes Golden Oldie ticket. {BBx1} {BBx2} {BBx3} denotes Big Book ticket.

05.02 Murder in the Tenderloin (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #2) by M.L. Hamilton

05.03 The Great Shadow by Arthur Conan Doyle {GO}

05.05 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson {GO}

05.06 The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3) by Alexandre Dumas {GO}

05.07 The Dispatcher by John Scalzi

05.09 The Four-Night Run by William Lashner

05.10 Murder in Chinatown (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #5) by M.L. Hamilton

10.01 Book of the Night (The Black Musketeers #1) by Oliver Pötzsch, Lee Chadeayne

10.07 Rockin the Bronx by Larry Kirwin

15.03 Death in the Mind's Eye by Rick Acker
AND
15.03 The Secret Life of Your Microbiome: Why Nature and Biodiversity are Essential to Health and Happiness by Susan Prescott

15.04 Legalizing Plural Marriage: The Next Frontier in Family Law by Mark Goldfeder

15.05 Hard Road (Jon Reznick, #1) by J.B. Turner

15.06 Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science by Clair Brown

20.02 The Draper's Daughter by Ellin Carsta, John Brownjohn

20.03 Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas {BBx1} {GO}

20.04 Bury the Living (The Revolutionary, #1) by Jodi McIsaac

20.05 Harbingers (Repairman Jack #10) by F. Paul Wilson

20.06 Murder on Alcatraz (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #4) by M.L. Hamilton

20.09 Infernal (Repairman Jack #9) by F. Paul Wilson

25.01 Whence Chaos Born by E. A. Rappaport
AND
25.01 Murder in the Presidio (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #6) by M.L. Hamilton

25.02 Essential Calculus-based Physics Study Guide Workbook: Waves, Fluids, Sound, Heat, and Light (Learn Physics with Calculus Step-by-Step Book 3) by Chris McMullen
AND
25.02 Murder on Russian Hill (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #3) by M.L. Hamilton

25.06 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #9) Arthur Conan Doyle {GO}
AND
25.06 Crisscross (Repairman Jack #8) by F. Paul Wilson {BBx1}

30.01 Wild Man's Curse (Wilds of the Bayou, #1) by Susannah Sandlin
AND
30.01 Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor

30.06 Black Diamond (Wilds of the Bayou, #2) by Susannah Sandlin
AND
30.06 Special Relativity by Anthony P. French

30.08 Murder on Treasure Island (Peyton Brooks' Mystery #7) by M.L. Hamilton
AND
30.08 The Special Power of Restoring Lost Things by Courtney Elizabeth Mauk

30.09 Hild by Nicola Griffith {BBx1}

30.10 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas {GO}
AND
30.10 The Jekyll Revelation by Robert Masello

30.11 Louise de La Vallière (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3) by Alexandre Dumas {GO} {BBx1}
AND
30.11 Basic Concepts in Relativity and Early Quantum Theory by Robert Resnick

50.01 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie {GO}
AND
50.01 The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown {BBx1}
AND
50.01 Moby Dick by Herman Melville {BBx2} {GO}

Total Planned Points: 550
Current Points: 365
Total Planned Books: 41
Current Books: 32
Total Planned Tasks: 30
Current Tasks: 21
Total Planned Big Book Tickets: 7
Current Big Book Tickets: 6
Total Planned Golden Oldie Tickets: 10
Current Golden Oldie Tickets: 7