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[Emurphy]

EMurphy

25.1 Dakimel's Task: Hurricane Recovery
Option 1: Single Author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE After You by Jojo Moyes
Option 3: Every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title/subtitle/author's name Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
*Golden Oldies Ticket - First published in Dec of 1938

This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1

Total:
Points: 235
Books Read: 15
BB Ticket: 2
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 10

[Darlene]

Queen Bee Darlene

5.5 Wonders of the deep
Book with single author that uses 3 part name

The Shack by William Paul Young The Shack

5 points

points this post: 5

Total points: 350

[Melanie]

Dakimel

10.10 - Goin' on a Safari

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

Tally:
This post - 10 points
Total - 1055

Thanks for another fun session of the SRC! <3

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Congratulations, Dakimel! Task 25.8 in the spring challenge is yours.

[Kim]

Kim O

50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!

My sign is the rabbit.

Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.

The Bell Jar

Book 2: Rabbit: Read a book that is number 3, 4, or 6 in a series AND in which the page count does not include any of the unlucky numbers 1,7,8.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

This book has 252 pages.
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1864

Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal.
Snake: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of art, science, psychology, health, or self-help.

New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century
This book has 656 pages.

Points this task: 50
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book 500+ tickets: 1
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Cumulative Totals


Big Books - 500+: 2
Golden Oldies: 4

[Theresa]

Theresa 

10.6 - Who's Up for a Challenge 
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon 
Bookriot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge – Debut Book 

 10.7 - What’s Your Favorite Hobby? 
The Christmas Quilt– Jennifer Chiaverini 
 Hobby - Quilting 

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty 
The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel – Jennifer Chiaverini 
Sugar 

10.9 - Good Dog! 
Girls Who Travel– Nicole Trilivas 

10.10 - Goin on Safari 
Under The Tuscan Sun– Frances Mayes 

15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose 
    Book 1 – Commonwealth – Ann Patchett 
    Book 2 – Artemis – Andy Weir 
Planned to use Hidden Figures for 20.10 

15.2 - February is for Romance 
    Book 1 – – Donna McDonald 
    Book 2 – – Donna McDonald 

Points this post –80 
Total Points - 180 
 

[Lois]

30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things


Option 1-1, a book with a palindrome in the author's name: Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Hannah is a palindrome.

Option 1-2, a book in which the name of an animal is contained intact within a word of the title: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Lowland

Points this post: 30
Total points: 805

[Book Concierge]

Task 25.5 –Tien – All in the Family
REQUIRED: BOTH books from the same Option

Option A - A Family of "T"s
1 – Any book
David Grann / Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

2 – Author first initial matches that of Author above – but must be a DIFFERENT first name
Donna VanLiere / The Christmas Shoes


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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 605 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2


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And that does it for me for this challenge! See you next season ...

[frugalitymom]

5.5 - Wonders of the Deep

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.

Inherit the Word by Daryl Wood Gerber


Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 835
Total Tasks: 38
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2

[Shala]

5.2 - Go Wild

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.

Grievous Sin - set in California

This post - 5 points
Total - 115 points

[Cathy]

CathyG

5.3 - Banished!
Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words.
The English Wife by Lauren Willig

25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
This is a two book task. Pick two of the following options and read a book for each.

OPTION A - MAGIC
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.
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews


OPTION C - THE POEM
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

REQUIRED: State in your post the word you are using.
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
chimney


Points this post: 30

Total points: 595
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 43
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0

[Deana]

DEANA

5.1- Lassie Come Home
HOME in title
A Land More Kind Than Home

5.3 - Banished!
Three word title
Lie to Me

15.10. Trash to Treasure.
Rated one star by my friend Mary Anne
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket (first pub 1831)
I have never read this book before. It gets a 3* rating for me... so neither trash nor treasure I guess :)

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
OPTION 4: Author initials in MAltise
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

20.10 - Group Reads
Link to my post: here
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space

**This Post**
points: 65
books: 5
BBT: 0
GO: 1
**Totals**
points: 150
books: 10
BBT: 2
GO: 1

[Lois]

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


Book 1, an author whose first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants: The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott, 256 pages
Alice alternates vowels and consonants

Book 2, a title word consists of alternating vowels and consonants: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, 306 pages
Music alternates vowels and consonants

Points this post: 30
Total points: 835

That's it! Thank you moderators and task creators!!

[Julia]

Julia103

25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day

Option 1: Eleven Stories High: Growing Up in Stuyvesant Town, 1948-1968 by Corinne Demas (C in ACRE, D in WOOD)

Option 2: The Harrowing of Gwynedd (genre = Fantasy)

This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 635
BB: 8
GO: 4
Tasks completed: 30

[Amy]

Amy FL

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: Without Merit (wiThouT meriT)

30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Deep Freeze by John Sandford (author page lists 87 distinct works; I've read over 40 full-length books by this author)
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown - author page states: "Sandra Brown is the author of more than sixty New York Times bestsellers..."

Points this post: 50
Final total: 510

Thanks, mods, for another great challenge!

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth P

Task 50.1 - GONG XI FA CA!!!
I was born in a year of the HORSE

Book one - book first published in one of the same zodiac years as your birthday

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
This book was first published in 2014, which was the last year of the horse (same zodiac sign as me)

Book Two - Using horse as the task identifier, read a book from Best Friendship Books list

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Page one, currently number 15 on the list
This book has a rating of MG, a BL of 6.8, and an AR Pt of 32 on AR Bookfinder, because children/kids were not exempt from this task it fits SRC Requirements

At 734 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*

Book Three: Book that fits a task using one of the other zodiac animals

The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
This book fits the Monkey task - page ct divisible by 12
Paperback version to be used for page count: Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead
Paperback version has 456 pages - 456/12 = 38 - evenly divisible
This has a designation of MG+ on AR Bookfinder, and as such can be used without restrictions as childrens/kids were okay for this task.


Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 530
Total Tasks: 29
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 11
Total Books: 38

Thank you so much!

[Sandi]

Sandi
Completed Tasks

20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Using Option 4 where total page count includes a 9
Kindle edition I read: Eternal Vows
Paperback edition: Eternal Vows 292 pp

25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Using Option A where the author's first initial is the same for both books. First initial used is an M
★Book #1: Worth the Weight by Mara Jacobs (kindle edition I read)
Paperback edition: Worth the Weight
★Book #2: Midnight Fire by Melody Anne (kindle edition I read)
MMPB edition: Midnight Fire

**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 495
Points Earned this Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 540

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

And that's it for the winter challenge!

Thanks to everyone for playing - see you in the spring challenge.