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 )

Most Points
Tessa - 4
**Amber - 7
Marilyn - 2
Linda C - 6
Diana S - 10

Most Pages
Tessa - 1553
**Amber - 2114
Marilyn - 1038
**Linda C - 2175 (passed)
Diana S - 3314

TESSA

Task 2.2 - We Bought a Zoo
Meerkat - Total pages include TWO of these digits: 2 0 5 0
Carnegie's Maid ✔ - 10Jan18 - 352 pg

Emperor Penguin - Set in Winter
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery ✔ - 06Jan19 - 320 p


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 672


Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 672

1.1 Happy New Year! (1/1)
To start the New Year - Read a book with a new author to you -OR- a new series to you. (Let us how you found the author or tell us the new series name)

The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan 01.06.19 (another groups monthly read)

Pages 336
Points 1

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Thanks, Amber, for the picks...better late than never!

The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri--1/10/19--398 pages

The Nix by Nathan Hill--1/7/19--640 pages

Points earned--2
Pages earned--1038

Total points--2
Total pages--1038

1.7 (Linda C's task) New Year's Resolution
Read a book related to a New Year's Resolution.
Tell us the resolution and how it fits.

I want to spend more time cross-stitching
Better Off Thread by Amanda Lee 01.19.19

Points 1
Pages 304

Total Points 2
Total pages 640

2.2 (Amber's task) We Bought A Zoo
Two Books
This month we're learning some fun facts about our Meekats and Emperor Penquins

c. A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members.
Read a book with a page number including at least two of the numbers from 2,0,5,0
The Chance by Karen Kingsbury 01.19.19

Pages 352

3. The female lays a single egg, which then is incubated by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents subsequently take turns foraging at sea and caring for their chick in the colony.
Read a book where the MC is a parent
A Brew to a Kill by Cleo Coyle 01.10.19

pages 382

Task Points 2
Task Pages 734

Total points 4
Total pages 1374

2.4 (Tessa's Task) Let's Build a Snowman
Read Two Books

1) Read a book with a predominantly WHITE cover (at least 60%)

by Rachel Hollis 01.02.19

pages 240

2) Read a book showing a circle or ball on the cover.

by Donna Andrews 01.06.19

pages 311

Task points 2
Task pages 551

Total points 6
Total pages 1925

TESSA

Task 1.1: Happy New Year
Book by a new-to-me author
Elizabeth Cobbs / The Hamilton Affair: A Novel ✔ - 16Jan19 - 427 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 427 p

Total points earned to date: 3 points
Total pages read to date: 1099 pages

TESSA


Task 1.3 Hot Tea Month
Someone drinks hot tea in book
Winter Solstice ✔ - 21 Jan 19 - 454 pg
"Carrie drank her tea, which was scalding-hot and..." (page 241)


THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 454 pg


Total points earned to date - 4
Total pages read to date - 1553 pg

1.3 Hot Tea Month
Read a book with a cup on the cover (show cover) -OR- someone drinking tea in the story (give sentence and page #).

Bed, Breakfast & Bones by Carolyn L. Dean 01.23.19

Points 1
Pages 189

Total Points 7
Total Pages 2114

Task 2.1 Surprise Me

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations - Georgina Howell (4 stars) 1/12/19 [512]

The Queen of the Night -Alexander Chee (3 stars) 1/27/19 [561]

Points: 2
Pages: 1073

Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 1073

Task 1.1 Happy New Year! (1/1)
To start the New Year - Read a book with a new author to you -OR- a new series to you. (Let us how you found the author or tell us the new series name)

The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1) - Rene Denfeld (4 stars) 1/30/19 [288]

Points: 1
Pages: 288

Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 1361

3.1 (Linda's Task) January Birthstone - Garnet

1. Garnet is generally dark red
Read a book with a red cover (more than 50% )
(Cookie Club Mystery #1) - Jessica Lansberry (2 stars) 1/19/19 [159]
2. Garnet was thought to keep the wearer safe during travel
Read a book where the MC takes a trip
The Christmas Kiss - Elizabeth Keys (3 stars) 1/31/19 [319] - Amelia travels from Boston to Illinois as mail-order bride
3. In Asia, bullets were once made from garnets because it was believed that they would cause enemies to bleed more.
Read a book where the first letter of the title is in BULLETS
The Lost Book of the Grail - Charlie Lovett (4 stars) 1/18/19 [336]

Points: 3
Pages: 814

Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 2175

3.1 (Linda's Task) January Birthstone - Garnet

1. Red Cover
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

(1/28/19) 304 pp. 4 stars****

2. MC takes a trip
Detective Arkady Renko travels from Moscow to Havana, Cuba
to investigates a death of a Russian citizen.

Havana Bay by Marin Cruz Smith
(1/29/19) 340 pp. 3.5 stars***

3. BULLETS
Title starts with B
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
(1/23/19) 307 pp. 3 stars ***

Points Earned: 3
Pages Read: 951

2.3 All About January

1. Pub. in January
(Pub.: January 7, 2014)

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
(1/6/19) 384 pp. 4 stars ****

2. JANUS
Title starts with A
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
(1/17/19) 272 pp. 3.5 stars ***

Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 656

Total Points: 5
Total Pages: 1607

2.2 We Bought A Zoo

1. Meekats
c. PP. 2, 0, 5, 0

Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy & Becky Hepinstall
(1/12/19) 256 pp. 4 stars ****

2. Emperor Penguins
a. cover: yellow

The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
(1/10/19) 326 pp. 4 stars ****


Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 582


Total Points: 7
Total Pages: 2189

1.1 Happy New Year!
New Series
(Series: Arc of a Scythe #1)
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
(1/31/19) 435 pp. 4 stars ****

Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 435

Total Points: 8
Total Pages: 2524

1.5 Listopia: Winter Book Covers

Pg. #1
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
(1/20/19) 454 pp. 4 stars ****

Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 454

Total Points: 9
Total Pages: 2978

1.7 New Year's Resolution
(planning on planting 3 types of berries this year: blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries)

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me by Sara Nickerson
(1/21/19) 336 pp. 4 stars ****

Points earned: 1
Pages read: 336

Total Points: 10
Total Pages: 3314