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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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MEGSCL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
A Monster Calls
Won the Kate Greenaway Medal (2012) and Red House Children's Book Award (2012) among others
TOTAL TO DATE:
90 points
2 big books
MEGSCL25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 1: initials in ICEHOCKEY
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Option 4: 25 in page number
Waking Gods - 325 pages
TOTAL TO DATE:
115 points
2 big books
MEGSCL30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A - Extinctions by Josephine Wilson
Option B - The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham (author initials in EYDIEGORMEYLOSPANCHOS)
TOTAL TO DATE:
145 points
2 big books
perletwo25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero? - 1. For this option, read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick. This help must be reasonably substantial and take active form (just talking about a case with someone doesn't qualify). Animal sidekicks do not work for this task.
The ABC Murders - Hercule Poirot & Capt. Hastings
First printed in 1936, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
2. Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
Nine Lessons
Points this task: 25
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10
Pamela326510.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
A Cowboy Christmas: Snowbound Christmas\Falling for the Christmas Cowboy by Linda Goodnight, Ruth Logan Herne – Holiday MPG
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 145
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
Sophie5.5 Oh no, no O!
No o in author"s name
8 Hounds a-Howling by Marcia James
Length verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total 225
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
Book read: The Boys of Summer
How it fits: MPG Young Adult
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from this list of movies Greatest Movie Heroes.
Book read: The Summer Bride
How it fits: Author's (Anne Gracie) first name is the same as #31 on the list - Anne Bancroft.
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Total points: 170
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 11
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 1
Julia10325.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 3:
(snow on cover, approved in task help thread post #24)Option 4: Dragon's Code (251 pages)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 145
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 11
Elizabeth BTask 10.10
author's first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY
Just a Bit Gay, e-book only. approved at post#7195 in the verification thread
The author's (Alessandra Hazard ) initials A, H can be found in HolidAy
Points 10
Total 275
Elizabeth BTask 25.4
Option 1. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois.
Dead Man and the Restless Spirits
Option 5. A picture of a road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover
Points 25
Total 300
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.5 - O? No!
Read a book by an author who does not have an O in their name.
Phèdre by Jean Racine (96 p.) * **
*I would like to use this as my one acceptable book between 80-99 pages for this season.
** I would like to claim one GO ticket for this play.
➸ Points: 55
➸ Total Pages: 1,123
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel 1997)
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Option 2: Meet Your Spiritual Father by Mark Mirivalle
Option 4: Airman by Eoin Colfer
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz NavidadOption B, a book by an author whose initials are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS: Wild Life by Molly Gloss, 272 pages
Option D, a book with four or more people on the cover: Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes
mass market paperback edition Passé imparfait 645 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Julia1035.10 - Book Blitz
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
This book is not in AR Bookfinder. (Currently it doesn't have Children as a MPG, but it did when I looked last week.)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 150
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 10
Total books read: 12
10.1 - Holding Out for a HeroJump Into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall
How it fits: MPG Historical
Tagged as Children's:
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 35
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 1: Breathe by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Horse on cover behind girl:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Sara G10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Falling Into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watsonoption 1: A Twist in Time
initial letters of the title: A, T, I, T can be found in "A sTudy In scarleT"
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 464 pages.
Total points: 105
Sara G5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Iceland looks forward to Jólabókaflóð which translated means “The Book Flood of Christmas” the common practice of giving and receiving books as Christmas gifts. Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
This was first published on December 19, 2006.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 511 pages.
**Silent in the Grave is a Big Book (511 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 305
5.5 - O? No!Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name
Book read: Mr. Dickens and His Carol
How it fits: Author's (Samantha Silva) name doesn't have an O in it
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Total points: 175
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 12
BB Tickets: 5
GO Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
I read Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
It was first published inn1941.
AR INFO: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310/985
Tasks completed: 21/57
Books read:28
Abbie DiscoSuperFly10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O
Icebound
12/1/18
GENRE: HORROR
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Abbie DiscoSuperFly5.5 - O? No!
Oh no, no O! Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
The Trespasser
12/7/18
3 stars
AUTHOR: Tana French
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Abbie DiscoSuperFly5.10 - Book Blitz
January is Book Blitz Month. Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Left To Die
12/8/18
3 stars
PAGES: 496
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Sue T25.2 - SandyL - Winter Sports!
Option 1: a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Option 2: a book featuring a Main Character athlete who competes in a winter sport found on the Wikipedia Winter Sport list
Crossing the Line by Lisa B. Kamps - the sport is Ice Hockey and the character is Alec Kolchak
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55/985
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Kayla C30.7
book 1 Self Care
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
ARiStotLE and dantE disCover the secrets oF the universe
book 2 Exercise MORE
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming
the word matching exactly is MORE
total points: 210
GO: 2
BB: 2
Kim O10.7 - Brown Shoes? Read a book with the word BROWN or SHOE intact in the title/subtitle, series title, or author's name as it appears on Goodreads.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Golden Oldie -- first published in 1940
Points this task: 10
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
SCHATZIE5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
---letters DOT DASH in title/subtitle
OMD: The Simple, Plant-Based Program to Save Your Health, Save Your Waistline, and Save the Planet
SCHATZIE5.5 - O? No!
---no O in author's name
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
by Mur Lafferty
SCHATZIE5.6 - Read Aloud
---Non fiction about education, reading or literacy
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Delicious Dee25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 1 - Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology - shelved as anthologies by 83ppl and short stories by 19
Option 3 - A Heart in a Body in the World - 356ppl have given it 5 stars as of 29 Dec
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Kayla C25.2
Option 2
Top Ten by Katie Cotugno
a main character plays ice hockey
Option 3
byDavid Beniofftotal points: 235
GO: 2
BB: 2
SCHATZIE10.2 - Every Day Heroes
---MC is an everyday hero
A Spark of Light
approved in msg 17 of help thread. The hostage negotiator remains a prominent character throughout the whole story.
Mod
I read Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You, a collection of Miranda's daily tweets.
Total points: 250
SCHATZIE10.3- Four-Legged Heros
---book from given list
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him
--found on pg. 1
SALLY M.5.2 The Book Flood Cometh (FIRST published October, November or December any year)
First published December 2017
Roomies by Christina Lauren
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
SALLY M.5.5 O? No! (no O in author name)
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
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