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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - 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. I read The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (Dx2 from dead, O from of, T from the, A from dead, SH from history).
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 10
perletwo10.6 - Let's Eat! - In honor of the Earl of Sandwich and the islands named after him, read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
Away With The Fairies - Australia
Points this task: 10
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 02
Tasks completed: 02
Louise B10.2 - Every Day Heroes
MC is a policeman (Detective Constable) as indicated in the Goodreads blurb
Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
I read the ebook but have linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 10
StaceyNC5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday. The genre may be embedded or standalone.
Book: Mrs. Scrooge (Rocky Hill Romance)
Completed: 12/3/18
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
CelesteR15.9 - At least ONE Hand
AEGIS, Vol. 1 (Aegis by Jinha Yoo
GN: 100+ < 174 pages
Total: 15 points
CelesteR5.9 - Imagined Military Forces Work
Aegis Volume 2 by Jinha Yoo
GN: 197 > 100+
The best description I can give, is that it is a galactical armed force that has taken connection-less American orphans and trained them into soldiers. Aegis is the name of the force and the main character is a deserter, that was formerly a troop commander.
Post: 2#, 5
Total: 20
CelesteR5.2 - December
Aegis Volume 3 by Jinha Yoo
GN: 200 > 100+
Published December 1st, 2006 by NETCOMICS.
Total: 25
DeborahPost 1
5.8 - Go Short
Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong
Points this post:5
Total Points:5
Books read:1
Tasks Done: 1
15.3 - Songs About HeroesOption 2, a book whose title initials can be found in the name of one of the 65 best songs about heroes AND the author's initials can be found in the name of one of the listed artists: The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs
The Bright Hour = #11 The Batman Theme
Nina Riggs= #13 Hero by Enrique Iglesias
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
10.8 - Take the Stairs Breaking Dead (Sophie Kent #1) by Corrie Jackson
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 10
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats1 book option
Option 3: read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers
Book read: Winter
How it fits: 85898 5 star ratings, 824 pages (PB edition: Winter)
Claiming 2 BB Tickets
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Total points: 25
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
5.6 - Read AloudI read Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56.
points: 10
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 514
Lara Rosen15.9 Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
El tercer hombre by Graham Greene
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Joanne MITask 10.1 Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O
The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America -MPG Historical Fiction
Points this task 10
Total Points 10
SaraG30.2. 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. Author name as it appears on the Goodreads record for the book you are reading is the name used for this task.
Only a Promise by Mary Balogh
Option B– Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS (letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase)
Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 2, an author from 50 Crime Writers to Read before You Die list with MGP mystery or crime: Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon, 176 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - Songs About Heroes
I chose the one book option, and read Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace
Criterion 1: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the name of one of these songs (song #15, hEOres Are hard to find)
Criterion 2: Read a book where the initial letters of the author's name can be found in the name of one of the listed artists (song is #15 is by fleetWood Mac)
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 25
Andy P.Task # 5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any yearThe Tommyknockers by Stephen King First published 11/10/87
Points this post: 5
Total points:25
25.5 Single-book selection, option 3.
4 3 2 1 (audio)
pagination: no mmpb; top pb edition has 1070 pages.
Big Books: Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets for 4321.
Total points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 3
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.6 Read Aloud
I read Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss. This is a history of popular teen paperback fiction published in the 80s and 90s (it is delightful), definitely in the vein of Well-Read Black Girl (which I also have on my TBR).
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total tasks completed: 1
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Suzannesea20.3 Best Review
Option 2.
Read a book by one of the authors on the Daily Telegraph's list of 50 crime writers to read before you die.
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell has Mystery and Mystery>Crime as main page genres.
280 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
Cordelia15.9 Hoodie-Hoo day.
Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq
Hand on cover
Points 15
Total points 40
15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 25
DULCiNELLA20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 2 Read any book by one of the authors on the list, which also has the MPG Crime or Mystery (stand-alone or embedded).
Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie 317 p. 4 december 2018 3 starsThis book was published in 1937 so I claim a golden oldie ticket
Points for this task: 20 points
Total points: 30 points
1 ticket GO
Scooter&Siam5.9 Acts of Heroism
Read Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
Points: 5
Total: 5
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Read a book with the main page genre Mythology (standalone or embedded). I read Domnall and the Borrowed Child by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (genre Fantasy > Mythology noted in help thread).
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 40
loafer5.5 - O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
points: 5
total: 15
DeborahPost 2
15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
The Unmapped SeaAR BOOKFINDER: IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this post:15
Total Points:20
Books read:2
Tasks Done:2
DeborahPost 3
5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
The Deal of a Lifetime Holiday > Christmas MPG
Approved in task help thread post #7
one 5-point task 80-99 page rule
Points this post:5
Total Points:25
Books read:3
Tasks Done:3
Task 15.5 - Secret Identityread a book by an author who also writes under other names
Icebound by Dean Koontz, originally published as David Axton
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15 points
Julia10310.6 - Let's Eat!
Who Is Vera Kelly? (set 50% in Argentina)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Read Aloud
I read How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen. It is about reading and why we love it and how it made her into a writer. It is my one book for a 5 point challenge that is between 85-100 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 From A to Z
Book 1: Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna. It starts with A.
Book 2: Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann. Suzanne has a Z in it.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
10.1 - Holding Out for a HeroGenre starts with E - Environment:
The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 10
Sara G15.10 - National Book Awards
The National Book Award winners for 2018 have been announced. Read one of the books that won the award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018. There are several categories, and you may choose a book from any of the categories. Normal SRC rules apply, so be sure to check page length and applicability of childrens book rules.
There There by Tommy Orange
There There is on the fiction longlist for the 2018 award.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
M1nks5.3 - The Far Side of the World
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
M1nks5.9 - Treason's Harbour - Ships Captain in the British Royal Navy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
M1nks10.2 - If Only They Could Talk: The Classic Memoirs Of A 1930s Vet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Golden Oldie Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
M1nks10.7 - The Man in the Brown Suit Pub 1924
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets:
Nick KY5.7 Crimson & Clover Three word title with “and” in the middle, I read Music and People by Ned Rorem.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 40
Ana20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 2
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb. Initials in title can be found in Charles Darwin.
Points this Post:20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed:1
Total Books Read:1
Total Pages 364
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 Secret Identity
I read Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.10 - National Book Awards
Read one of the books that won the award,
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
National Book Award Winner for Fiction 2018
Points this post: 15
Total points:40
Elizabeth BTask 5.5 author who does NOT have an O in his or her name
Blood From a Stoner by L.A. Witt
Points 5
Total points 35
Elizabeth BTask 5.7
a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&"
Fangs and Catnip
Points 5
Total points 40
Elizabeth BTask 20.3
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.
Dead and Lost (L.A. Paranormal)
D, A, L found in A stuDy in scarLet, book has over 150 pages
Points 20
Total 60
Elizabeth BTask 30.1
Option 1 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, genre Young Adult
Option 2 Daddy Needs a Date by Sean Michael, who shares a first name with actor Sean Connery, #2 in the list
the book was approved for not being a Chridren's book
Points 30
Total points 90
5.4 - A Dickens of a ChristmasRead a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Book read: Montana Secret Santa
How it fits: MPG Holiday
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Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
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Task # 15.6 - My Personal Hero
Read a NONFICTION biography or autobiography of someone who you consider to be a hero
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places by Elinor Burkett
Nonfiction(14 users), Autobiography>Memoir(8 users)
The author, a journalist, spent a year as a Fulbright Professor teaching a course in Journalism to University students in Kyrgyzstan after the USSR had been abolished. Even though other professors at the university urged and then demanded that she give passing grades to students that did not meet her standards. (Their idea of journalism was to repeat the party line).
That takes integrity and guts two qualities of a hero.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20