Monthly Challenges discussion

Please post the tasks you have completed in this thread.

The following format is greatly appreciated:

Scoreboard name (if different from GR name)
Task # and Title
Link to book AND Author
Date book was completed
Points for this task
Pages for this task
Total Points
Total Pages
Rating (optional)
Review (optional)
Total Books (optional)

Scoreboard
Updated: #39

Most Points
Bethany - 14
Amberly - 1
Tessa - 8
Linda C - 14
Marilyn - 6
**Amber - 11
Diana S - 5


Most Pages
Bethany - 4541
Amberly - 272
Tessa - 2892
**Linda C - 4016
Marilyn - 1983
Amber - 3351
Diana S - 1685

Missed finishing my O book for GOALS by Midnight and missed counting my 5 pointer :-(

That's such a bummer! It happens a lot to me. :(

Linda C wrote: "Missed finishing my O book for GOALS by Midnight and missed counting my 5 pointer :-("

Well, hopefully, it will fit a February task.

1.2 (Tessa's task) Pick A Genre
Celebrating Black History Month
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 2/2 (345 pgs)

1.3 (Diana S task) Reading Rainbow
2/2 (336 pgs)
I was about 20 pgs from finishing this for the History challenge last month :/

Points: 2
Pages: 681

1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day (2/17)
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in KINDNESS (The, A, An are excluded)

by Boria Sax 2/1 3 stars
^I actually had to read this for school and was pleasantly surprised. Side note: It was written by my professor.

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 272

Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 272

TESSA

Task 1.5 - Random Act of Kindness - Title begins with a letter in K I N D N E S S
It's All In The Frijoles ✔ - 03Feb18 - 336 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 336

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Task 1.7 - Tessa - Boo Hoo, I Have the Flu
Main character has an illness - cancer
Autobiography of a Face ✔ - 05Feb18 - 256 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 256 p

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Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 592 p

TESSA

2.1 Surprise Me - Linda C picked for me:
The Butterfly's Daughter ✔ - 01Feb18 - 382 p
You Remind Me of Me ✔ - 08Feb18 - 371 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 753

Total points earned to date - 4
Total pages read to date - 1345

1.6 Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday (2/13)
Read a book whose author's initials (first &last) are in the word MARDI GRAS
Slave of Lidir. (The Chronicles of Lidir, #1) – Aran Ashe (2 stars) 2/7/18 [226]

1.7 (Tessa's task) Boo hoo, I have the flu
Read a book in which a main character has an illness of any sort. (Tell us the illness .... NOTE: an injury, like a broken bone, is NOT an illness)
Cider with Rosie: A Memoir (Autobiographical trilogy, #1) – Laurie Lee (3 stars) 2/9/18 [240] – author was sickly as a child and one whole chapter deals with his near death experience

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 466

Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 466

TESSA

Task 1.4 - Rememberances: Valentine's Day
Heart on cover: ✔ - 09Feb18

(there is a series of hearts just under the title ... also her tattoo is a heart)

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 240


Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1585

Bethany wrote: "1.2 (Tessa's task) Pick A Genre
Celebrating Black History Month
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 2/2 (345 pgs)

1.3 (Diana S task) Reading Rainbow
[bookcover:Bl..."

Oh no! I can't count your book Parable of the Sower. It doesn't list African/African American in its MPG. Sorry :(

1.3 Is OK - the cover is 50% red. :)

From Q&C post#9

Two items to notice:
1. Pick A Genre (1.2)
make sure the book that you select for this task has African or African American listed on its MPG (main page genre); not all books by African/African American authors are listed that way.

2. Reading Rainbow (1.3)
This month your book color that you select is at less 50% not the usual 75%.

2.1 Surprise Me
Read Two Books

Thanks, Diana, for the picks:

The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney--2/7/18--341 pages

Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quinn--2/1/18--416 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 757

Total points: 2
Total pages: 757

1.6 Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday (2/13)
Read a book whose author's initials (first &last) are in the word MARDI GRAS

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer--2/13/18--M and S--279 pages

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 279

Total points: 3
Total pages: 1036

2.4 (Bethany's task) Anti-Challenge Challenge
Read Two Books

Read two books entirely of your choosing.

Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner--2/6/18--386 pages

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham--2/9/18--352 pages

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 738

Total points: 5
Total pages: 1774

Way to go! Marilyn

Task: 2.1 Surprise Me

Lilac Girls – Martha Hall Kelly (4 stars) 2/11/18 [512]
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey – Rinker Buck (4 stars) 2/15/18 [464]

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 976

Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 1442

TESSA


2.4 (Bethany's task) TBA

Book of my choice: The First Deadly Sin ✔ - 09Feb18 - 628 p

Another book of my choice: Big Little Lies ✔ - 13Feb18 - 486 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 1114

Total points earned to date - 7
Total pages read to date - 2699

TESSA

(Oops ... I forgot to post this one ...)

Task 1.3 - Reading Rainbow
Red cover: ✔ - 10Feb18 - 193 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 193


Total points earned to date - 8
Total pages read to date - 2892

1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day (2/17)
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
2/11

Points: 1
Pages: 304

Total points: 2
Total pages:646

2.4 (Bethany's task) Anti-Challenge Challenge
Read Two Books

Read two books entirely of your choosing.

Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor 02.14.18

Pages 304

Written Off by E.J. Copperman
02.17.18

Pages 329

Task points 2
Task pages 633

1.3 Reading Rainbow
(Red cover)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2/6/18) 342 pp. 3.5★★★

Point Earned: 1
Pages Read: 342

1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day
(Book starts with the letter S)
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (2/2/18) 252 pp. ★★★★

1.6 Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday
(MARDI GRAS)
David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (2/11/18) 515 pp. ★★★★

Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 767

Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 1109

2.4 (Bethany's task) Anti-Challenge

1. Book of your choice:
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan (2/8/18) 320 pp. 3.5★★★

2. Book of your choice:
Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell (2/16/18) 256 pp. 3.5★★★

Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 576

Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 1685

1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day (2/17)
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in KINDNESS (The, A, An are excluded)

News of the World by Paulette Jiles--2/21/18--209 pages

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 209

Total points: 6
Total pages: 1983

2.3 (Bethany's task) Alphabet Challenge--Least Used Letters
X by Ilyasah Shabazz 2/5 (348 pgs)
Jingo by Terry Pratchett 2/23 (461 pgs)

2.4 (Bethany's task) Anti-Challenge Challenge
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 2/2 (345 pgs)
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis 2/19 (352 pgs)

Points: 4
Pages: 1506

Total points: 6
Total pages: 2152

3.1 (Tessa's task) Love is in the air
1. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel 2/24/17 (512 pgs)
2. Only the Rain by Randall Silvis 2/25/17 (186 pgs)
3. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg 2/17/17 (460 pgs)

points: 3
Pages: 1158

Total points: 9
Total pages: 3310

Task 1.1 Kite Flying Day (2/8)
Read a book with something flying on the cover
Murder on Wheels (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #6) - Lynn Cahoon (3 stars) 2/20/18 [198] flying bird painted on side of bus

Task 1.4 Remembrances St. Valentine's Day
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover (show cover).
House of Scandal – Jeanne Savery (3 stars) 2/22/18 [264] – heart is on the tail end of the B in blush

Points these tasks: 2
Pages these tasks: 462

Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1904

Task 2.4 (Bethany's task) Anti-Challenge Challenge
Read two books entirely of your choosing.

Madeleine Murder (Seagrass Sweets Mystery, #3) - Sandi Scott (3 stars) 2/26/18 [188]
Pumpkins in Paradise (TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery, #1) - Kathi Daley (4 stars) 2/24/18 [292]

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 480

Total Points: 8
Total Pages: 2384

1.1 Kite Flying Day (2/8)
Read a book with something flying on the cover: like a bird, plane, person, kite, etc... (show cover)

by J.K. Rowling 02.18.18

Task Pages 435
Task points 1

Total points 3
Total pages 1068

1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day (2/17)
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in KINDNESS

Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany 02.08.18

Task pages 308
Task points 1

Total points 4
Total pages 1376

1.7 (Tessa's task) Boo hoo, I have the flu
Read a book in which a main character has an illness of any sort. (Tell us the illness .... NOTE: an injury, like a broken bone, is NOT an illness)

Umberland by Wendy Spinale 02.21.18 (characters have been infected with Horologia virus that they are trying to cure)

Task pages 288
Task points 1

Total points 5
Total pages 1664

2.1 Surprise Me
Read Two Books

The Twilight Wife by A.J. Banner 02.26.18

Pages 304

Ice Blue by Emma Jameson 02.20.18

Pages 173

Task pages 477
Task points 2

Total points 7
Total pages 2141

3.1 (Tessa's task) Love is in the air
Read Three Books

A) Read a book with a main page genre ROMANCE

Poisoned Prose by Ellery Adams 02.27.18

Pages 304

B) Read a book where the 1st letter of each title word can be found in LOVE IS IN THE AIR (all words count, 2-word minimum)

Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle 02.26.18

Pages 321

C) Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in VALENTINE (ignore middle names/initials, if used)

Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams 02.02.18

Pages 291

Task pages 916
Task points 3

Total points 10
Total pages 3057

1.4 Remembrances St. Valentine's Day
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover (show cover).

by Ellery Adams 02.28.18

Task Pages 294
Task points 1

Total points 11
Total pages 3351

5.1 Get Ready to Watch Some Football
S-Schmidt, Gary D Orbiting Jupiter 2/6 (183 pgs)
U-Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom: Modeling Effective Writing, Reading, and Thinking Strategies for Student Success by Cynthia D. Urbanski 2/28 (170 pgs)
P-Peter Godfrey-Smith Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness 2/4 (271 pgs)
E-Elison, Meg The Book of the Unnamed Midwife2/26 (291 pgs)
R-Reynolds, Jason All American Boys 2/13 (316 pgs)

Points: 5
Pages: 1231

Total points: 14
Total pages: 4541

Task 1.5 Random Acts of Kindness Day (2/17)
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in KINDNESS (The, A, An are excluded)

Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet – Xinran (4 stars) 2/2/18 [224]

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 224

Total Points: 9
Total Pages: 2608

Task 5.1 Get Ready to Watch Some Football
You may use the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the) -OR- the initials of an author's first or last name).

S- Sandi Scott - Cream Puff Murder (Seagrass Sweets Mystery, #1) (4 stars) 2/21/18 [279]
U- Uyen Nicole Duong - Daughters of the River Huong - (3 stars) 2/28/18 [276]
P- Pauline Baird Jones - Byte Me (Lonesome Lawmen, #2) (5 stars) 2/5/18 [286]
E- Eliza Graham - The One I Was (4 stars) 2/1/18 [319]
R- Rock 'n' Roll is Undead (Veronica Mason, #1) - Rose Pressey (2 stars) 2/18/18 [248]

Points this task: 5
Pages this task: 1408

Total Points: 14
Total Pages: 4016

Sky Burial and Daughters of the River Huong worked for the Vietnam task, but with the author's first name of Uyen I was able to get more points this way.