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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Suzannesea25.1 Minks's Task
Option 1.
Read a book with the mpg Mystery where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane has Mystery as an mpg. Patrick Kenzie, a private investigator, is the main character and narrator. Angie Gennaro is his partner and helps him to solve the mystery.
Option 2.
Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Zoli by Colum McCann
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 140
DULCINELLA30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names. Names must match the bold blue leading entries exactly. See post 2 for a list of the names that can be used. The name may be found in any name position.
Bring Me Back
B.A. Paris 304 p, 9 december 2018 2 starsREQUIRED: State the name that you are using.
Name: Paris
Book 2: Name your own hero
Using the Superhero Name Generator
The Royal Magician
The Silver Panther
The Hot Macaw
✔️The Giant Cat
Defiant Oxman
Misty Bat
Master Thundering Grasshopper
Agent Heavy Nightowl
Shadowleaf
Scarlet Horse
The Giant, O'Brien
Hilary Mantel 208 p. 22 december 2018 4 starsPoints in this post: 30 points
Total points: 370 points
4 tickets GO
DULCINELLA5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Winter in Gloster Huis Vonne van der Meer 101 p. 14 december 2018 3 starsfirst published October 1st 2015
Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 375 points
4 tickets GO
DULCINELLA10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Read a book with a main character who is an everyday hero.
Dark Saturday Nicci French 400 p. 2 december 2018 4 starsFrida Klein is psychotherapist and helps people with severe trauma
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 385 points
4 tickets GO
5.10 - Book BlitzThe Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1) by Dervla McTiernan
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 280
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I read an ARC of Kingdom of Needle and Bone - I read the kindle edition, linked to the hardcover edition. Publication date 12/18.
Total points: 215
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15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!
book 1, From Strong Heroines page 1, #23: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
I read the kindle: Magic Bites
book 2, From Kick Butt Heroines page 1 #12: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
I read the kindle: Halfway to the Grave
total = 150
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20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
option 4, Sherlock Holmes by another author: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, 294 pages
total = 170
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
GR Choice Best of the Best: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
I read the kindle: The Hate U Give
I had not read this book before.
total = 190
20.5 Leaving by Karen Kingsbury.
(Option 3a, this is the first book in the bailey flanigan series)
20.6
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis
(Option 2, the letters from the word courage can be found in the title.)
30.1:
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
(Option 2, superhero actor #36 John Wayne) (This is a golden oldie, as this book was first published in 1947)
AND
Learning by Karen Kingsbury
(Option 3, this is the second book in the bailey flanigan series, this book is new to me.)
Total points this post: 70
Total points: 70
JoanneMITask 5.6 Read Alound-Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Book was approved in Post # 19 in Help Thread
Points this task 5
Total points 75
Total BB's 1
PegW20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
b. read a book with at least a three word title, where the first initials of all words in the title can be found in "lieutenant colonel" OR "contracting officer"
Using "ConTracTing officer, I read The Christmas Train
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 65
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
JoanneMiTask 5.10-Book of Choice
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
Points this task 5
Total points 80
Total BB's 1
JoanneMITask 5.4 Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday
The Christmas Train
Points this task 5
Total Points 85
Total BB's 1
StaceyNC5.9 - Acts of Heroism
Read a book with a main character or subject who is an active-duty or former member of the armed forces of any nation (real or imagined).
To Tempt a SEAL
Completed: 12/22/18
How it Fits: H is active Navy SEAL
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 9
Sophie25.2
Option 1: author initials in ICE HOCKEY
Cole For Christmas by Kelly Collins
Option 3: snow on cover
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
Total: 125
Sophie25.5
Option 2: Australian author shelf selection
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Option 3: at least 27 readers given 5*
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
Total 150
Sophie30.3
1. Start and finish with the same vowel
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
2. Start and finish with a consonant
Persuasion by Jane Austen
First published 1817
Claiming 1 GO
Total 180
Kayla C5.3 a the letters of DOT DASH in the title and subtitle
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
The power of HAbit: why we DO what we Do in life and busineSs
total point: 135
GO: 2
BB: 2
Kayla C15.6 Read a Nonfiction Biography or Autobiography
Becoming by Michelle Obama
I consider Michelle Obama a hero, overcoming adversity, becoming the first Black First Lady
total points: 150
GO: 2
BB: 2
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 2: Because of the Messiah in a Manger by Brad Wilcox
beCaUseOfthemessiahinamAnGER
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DULCINELLA15.7 - Catch up with the SRC
Read a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never read before.
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado 248 p. 23 december 2018 4 starsI had never read this book before, so the book is new to me
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 400 points
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Coralie20.3 My Dear Watson
Option 3 Book by an author who shares a name with Lucy Liu
Death's End by Liu Cixin
Total to date 95 points
RAYNEBAIR5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Never-Tied Nora by Cheyenne Blue
published Dec 2015
points this post: 5
Total points: 125
RAYNEBAIR30.1 - Gotta Love the Hero
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of Young Adult.
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
MPG Young Adult
AR IL: UG
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from the list of movies: Greatest Movie Heroes
Just For You by Rosalind James
From the list I'm choosing:
8. George Bailey (James Stewart) - It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
points this post: 30
total points: 155
perletwo ************REPOST************30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books - Each book must be from a different Continent; • Neither book can be set in your own Country -please identify your own country when posting.
I'm in the U.S.
Book 1. Read a book that is SET IN or WRITTEN BY an author from a country starting with ANY letter of your READERBOARD name.
Jane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie Barron - England (pErlEtwo)
Book 2. Read a book that is SET IN or WRITTEN BY an author from a country starting with one of the initials of the author of Book 1, including middle initials.
The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho, who is from Brazil, South America
Points this task: 30
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 08
10.1The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (History)
Total Points: 90
Delicious Dee25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
Book A - Death on the Nile - first published 1937; 214pgs; Golden Oldie
Book B -
- 320pgsPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 145
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Erin NYMoving a book to a different task... From 5.4.
5.7 - Crimson And Clover
February 1, 1969, Tommy James and the Shondells started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crimson And Clover'. Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&". Subtitles are excluded. Brownies & Betrayal, Fire & Blood, Night and Day
Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber
Unchanged:
Points this post: 5
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 150
Tasks completed: 11
Tasks in progress: 4
Books read: 15
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 5,424
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - Crimson and Clover
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&". I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 130
Adallae20.1 - "And the winner is....."
A Dance with Dragons
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel - 2012
Points: 20
Total points: 65
Coralie15.4 From A to Z
Option 2 – one book with a title which begins with A, written by an author with a Z in their name
Apricot Jam: And Other Stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Total to date 110 points
Elizabeth BBook Replacement
Task 5.5
Author who does NOT have an O in his or her name
Replacing Blood From a Stoner with Bromantically Yours by K.C. Wells
e-book only, approved at post#7175 in the verification thread
Elizabeth BTask 15.5
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name
Blood From a Stoner by L.A. Witt
The auhor also writes using the names Lauren Gallagher, Ann Gallagher, Lori A. Witt (http://www.gallagherwitt.com/)
Points 15
Total 225
30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming NamesBook 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
Name Used: KIM
Jewel Sea by KIM Kelly
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE that includes one of the words
Generated Names:
The Vengeful Shepherd
The Ethereal Sniper
The Marked Defender - using this name
The intelligent Watcher
Warden Awesome Raccoon
Master Old Mole
Captain Ethereal Devil
Warden Pink Mastermind
Mad Manta
Red Heart
MARKED for life (Jana Berzelius #1) by Emelie Schepp
1x Bigger is Better tix (506p)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 310
trishhartuk5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
December 19, 2018 is the 175th anniversary of the first publication of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday. The genre may be embedded or standalone.
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
Read the kindle edition. Top PB reference link here
Holiday > Christmas 1,951 users (as of 19/12/18)
First published in 1843
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – first published in 1843
Big Book: No
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
OPTION 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927
Heidi, Johanna Spyri
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
UK AR Quiz No. 206688 EN Fiction. AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16.0, AR Quiz Types: RP.
First published in 1880
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – first published in 1880
Big Book: No
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
Laurah3025.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Opt 2 For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 476 pages
Opt 3 read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Let Me Lie (has received 3226 five star ratings); 400 pages
Total pages: 876 pages
5.10 - Book BlitzRead a book of your choice
Book read: Zwiebelchen
How it fits: Childrens MPG, the book is not found in AR BookFinder
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Total points: 100
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 1
Sophie20.4
Option 2 - 1st published 2007, over 350p
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
p662 - claiming BB
Started before challenge - had read to page 263
Total: 200
BB 1
Sophie 5.4
Holiday MPG
Not-So-Blue Christmas by Bonnie Edwards
Verified for length post 7179 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Total 205
DULCINELLA25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together
This is a 2 book task.
Book 1 - Read a book with a title of at least two words, where the initial letters of all of the words in the title can be found in its author's name.
Nooit meer slapen Willem Frederik Hermans 330 p. 16 december 2018 3 starsBook 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials. All initials must be included.
Self-Portrait with Boy: A Novel
Rachel Lyon 400 p. 24 december 2018 4 starsPoints in this post: 25 points
Total points: 425 points
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10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero - Main Page Genre starts with HERODangerous Passage by Lisa Harris
MPG: Romance
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 10
15.7 - Catch up with SRC - read a book on SRC Bookshelf that you've not read beforeA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I've always wanted to read this one but have never taken the time to read it.
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 25
ElaineL20.2:Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 3: Read a book that has one of these three words in the title/subtitle: VERSUS or VS., AGAINST, or DEBATE. The words must match EXACTLY - no variations.
Against the Wild
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 585
Total Tasks Completed: 35
MEGAN RAE20.3 - Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 1. Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in A STUDY IN SCARLET.
- Completed 24th DecemberHow it fits: Letters TSD all found in A STUDY IN SCARLET
Points this post: 20
Tasks Completed: 6
Total points: 80
Sara G5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday. The genre may be embedded or standalone.
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
MPG Holiday > Christmas 204 users
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
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30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A – Read a book by a single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus. ONLY acceptable variations: Joe, Jose, Josef, Josephine, Josie, MARIA, Marian, Marie, Marion, and Maryann.
Still Lives by Maria Hummel
no mmpb. pb: Still Lives 288 pp
Option B– Read a book by a single author whose initials are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
eydie gorme y los paNchoS
no mmpb. pb: The Friend 224 pp
288 + 224 = 512 pages
points: 30
total: 150
BB: 1
GO: 1
tasks completed: 12