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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Sara G10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O. Genres may be stand alone or embedded and must be a genre (defined as a set of artistic characteristics) and not just a classification of format (such as ebook).
Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor
MPG Historical > Historical Fiction 109 users
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
Sara G20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 1. The first published Sherlock Holmes story was A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in the 1887 Beeton Christmas Annual, followed by publication as a stand-alone novel in 1888. 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.
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
A STUDY IN SCARLET
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Sara G20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 2: Rocky was an unknown boxer who was given a chance to fight for the title. Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
LaureY5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
Read a book with ALL the letters in DOT DASH (including 2 Ds) in the title and/or subtitle.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book as it has 505 pages.*
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Total Books: 9
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Pamela326525.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2: Christmas by Accident by Camron Wright – Title does not contain an article
Option 5: Jacob T. Marley by William Bennett – Jacob Marley helps Ebenezer Scrooge from the afterlife.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 105
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
perletwo25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats - Option 1: read a book with a main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Brief Cases
Option 2: read a book from my australian-author shelf.
Murder In Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood
Points this task: 25
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 09
Cordelia 5.9 Acts of Heroism
The Human Division by John Scalzi
Book is #5 in Old Man's War series. Main character is Harry Wilson who is on active service in the Colonial Union.
Points: 5
Total Points: 175
20.5 February BabiesLeaving by Karen Kingsbury.
(Option 3a, this is the first book in the bailey flanigan series)
Points: 20
Total points: 20
20.6 Remembering a Canadian HeroGirl, 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.)
Points: 20
Total Points: 40
30.1 Gotta Love the HeroThe 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.)
Points: 30
Total points: 70
Sara G20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
Read a book that won one of the goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before. If you read all of them before, then read one of the nominees that you have not read before.
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
This book won in the Young Adult Fiction category. I have not read this book before.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
15.10 - National Book AwardsRead one of the books that won the award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018.
Love by Hanne Ørstavik
(finalist in the Translated Literature category)
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 55
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
Delicious Dee10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Consumed
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 155
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Lara Rosen20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero Option 3
Read a book that was first published in 1981, the year of the first Terry Fox Run.
VALIS by Philip K. Dick (first published February 1981)
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 105 (yay!)
GO tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
PegW25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Option 1 - Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois
I read The Time Traveler's Wife it states in settings this is placed in Chicago.
Option 5 - Read a book with a picture of a paved road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover.
I read
I am claiming one BB ticket for The Time traveler's Wife 528 pages
I am also claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket for The A.B.C. Murders, published in 1936
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 90
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Laurah3020.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 2:
Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
A Redbird Christmas
ChARles darwin
Elizabeth BTask 5.9
MC is a former member of the armed forces (Former Delta Force leader)
Harley's Achilles
Points 5
Total 230
Elizabeth BTask 20.7
Option 3: author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE
BBQ, Bikes, and Bears by Lisa Oliver
L. O can be found in sylvester stalLOne
Points 20
Total 250
babbling c15.4 - From A to Z
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies both criteria for Option 1.
Assault and Pepper - kindle Assault and Pepper - paperback pgs 289 by Leslie Budewitz
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:65/985
Completed Tasks: 4/57
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,002
Books read this season: 5
Cordelia20.2 Darwin Day Option 1
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
First published in 1859
Points: 20
Total points: 195
Bookwrm526Task #15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover. I read A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole, you can see one of his hands on her waist and both of her hands on his shoulders.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 145
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 - Take the Stairs
I read
by Jennifer Payne.Points this post: 10
Total points: 235/985
Tasks completed: 17/57
Books read:22
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1: Elite by Rachel Van Dyken. 288 p.
Book 2: Burned by Ellen Hopkins. 544 p.
288+544=832 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265/985
Tasks completed: 18/57
Books read:24
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle. I read The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 150
Adallae20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3b - read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student".
Through a Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon
Read 12/25/18
Points: 20
Total points: 85
PegW5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
I read Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 95
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Coralie30.2 Feliz Navidad
Option A – book by a single author whose first name is Jose (an approved version of Joseph)
Death at Intervals by José Saramago 208 pages
Option B – book by a single author whose initials are in eydie gorme y los PAnchos
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer 384 pages
Total to date 140 points
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and OmegaBook 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel.
I read Eventide. It had 300 pages.
Book 2:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant, which does NOT have to be the same consonant.
I read Plainsong. It had 301 pages.
Total page count:601.
Task points:30
Total Points:35
Books read:3
Anja15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
Breaking Dragon by Jordan Marie
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 75
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 3: Read a book with snow on the cover.
Book read: 1225 Christmas Tree Lane
How it fits:
, approved in help thread in message 3Option 4: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
Book read: Perfect Strangers
How it fits: 240 pages (PB Edition: Sieben Tage voller Wunder)
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Total points: 125
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 10
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 1
Sophie5.9
Character is in the army or a vet
Naughty and Nice by Crystal Green
Length verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total: 210
Sophie15.3 option 2
Song title and artist
23. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt.1 - The Flaming Lips
The King and the Pawn by Lyssa Layne
Length verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total: 225
Anja25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
2. Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Verity by Colleen Hoover
4. Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright
Fantasy 20 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 100
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Mod
I read Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings.
DOT in anD, TOlkien
Dash in bAnDerSnatcH
Total points: 220
Sara G30.6 - 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.
The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels & Other Gentlemen by Victoria Alexander
I used the name Alexander from the list.
Book 2: Name your own hero
My results from the name generator:
The Gentle Soldier
The Fabulous Veteran
The Gigantic Swallow
The White Dragonfly
Doctor Wise Bear
Gentle Shepherd
Thundering Crow
Confident Prophet
Crazy Eight
Smoke
Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman
White from The White Dragonfly.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
KATRINAT **claiming GO**
5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas PUBLISHED 1938
Points in this post: 5
G.O: 1
B.B:
Total books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4 (5.2/5.4/10.2/15.10)
Total points: 35
Amy FL5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Heads You Win (Published November 2018)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code - All letters in DOT DASH in title/subtitleThe $1,000 Challenge: How One Family Slashed Its Budget Without Moving Under a Bridge or Living on Government Cheese
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee - A book published between 1941 and 1996The Handmaid's Tale
Published in 1985
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Delicious Dee5.10 - Book Blitz
Silent in the Grave
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 160
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee15.2 - Winter or Summer?
Book A - Winter - Winters Heat
Book B - Summer - Just for the Summer
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
hoodoomends15.5 - Secret Identity
❄ A book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Final Girls by Mira Grant (hardcover edition has 112 pp)
Mira also writes as Seanan McGuire
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Points: 15
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 15
GO: -
BB: -
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-. The SHADOw blackbirDs:
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 65
5.4 - A Dickens of a ChristmasMr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 70
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5.8 - Go Short
Friday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest night of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays (or any combination). It should be clear from the Goodreads main page that the book is a collection or anthology: genre, title, description, etc. The anthology or collection may be by a single author or by multiple contributors.
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance by Trisha Telep etc.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 175