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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Nick KY20.4 Lagulland’s Task
Opt. 1, 1st pub'd 1863-1927. I read The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux, 1st pub’d 1908.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 250
RAYNEBAIR10.6 - Let's Eat!
Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Peg W15.4 FROM A to Z
Option 2- Read a book the title of which begins with "A" AND Read a book whose author that has a "Z" in their name.
I read A Good Time To Die by Edward Lifshitz.
Length approved in message 7185
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book:1
Total Tasks: 7
Danibean30.5 A World of Books: "Read 2 books, each book must be from a different continent. Neither book can be set in your own country. Identify your own country when posting. Can be set on your continent, just not your country. All books written by a single author.
My country is the US.
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.
I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. The book is set in the Dominican Republic, and written by a Dominican author. D is the first letter of my readerboard name.
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.
I read The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories by Yukiko Motoya. Motoya is from Japan (J in Junot)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.9 - Goodreads choice award winners
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
This book received the Goodreads Choice Award for Humor. I have not read this book before.
Link to PB edition - The Last Black Unicorn
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 105 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-. Organized for Scheduled Sabotage by Ritter Ames
Ebook approved for length, line 2014 of spreadsheet
Total points: 5
REPOST OF #441Oma1229
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
I selected Option #3
Option 3:
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE. Middle initials can be ignored.
Gator's Challenge by Eve Langlais
Total Points-85/985
Total Tasks-8/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122915.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
February 20 is Hoodie-Hoo Day, when people go out at noon, wave their hands over their heads and chant "Hoodie-Hoo".
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
by Debbie MacomberTotal Points-135/985
Total Tasks-12/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma12295.8 - Go Short
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.
Lost and Found, Stories of Christmas by Wendell E. Mettey
This book was approved for number of stories in Message #13 on Help Page.
Total Points-140/985
Total Tasks-13/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
In honor of Stan Lee's time at Marvel Comics, read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
Total Points-150/985
Total Tasks-14/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 - This and That
I read These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
THESE is in the title.
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 470/985
Tasks completed: 30/57
Books read: 40
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5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
First published November 13, 2018: Debris Line by Matthew FitzSimmons
I read the kindle: Debris Line
total = 250
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10.10 - Happy Holidays!
initials DL in hoLiDay: Death and Judgment by Donna Leon
total = 260
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20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
option 2, initial letter ANE in chArlEs DarwiN: A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee, 384 pages
total = 295
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20.10 - Group Reads
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy
Discussion Post 11
total = 315
ElaineL5.9: 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).
Prince Joe Joe is a Navy SEAL (mentioned in GR book description)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 790
Total Tasks Completed: 47
Elizabeth PTask 25.1 - What Makes a Good Hero?
Option One - Book where sidekick plays a large role
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Main character is Veronica Speedwell
Sidekick/Partner is Stoker
Together they fight crime/solve mysteries
Option Four - MPG Fantasy
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
At 544 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Strange the Dreamer
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 2
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February BabiesOption 3b: Playing the Field by Elise Sax
Total points: 35
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 3: "Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE."
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Single author. Both initials (R and S) in Sylvester Stallone
Total Points: 55
25.1Option 1:
The Last of August
MC: Charlotte Holmes, Sidekick: Jamie Watson
Option 2:
Crazy Brave
Total: 160
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - Catch up with the SRC
Read a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never read before. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield I had not read this book before. (Found on p.2 of list #2 from bottom of page.)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
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For my first book, I chose option 2 and read Black Swan Rising - no a, an, and, the in title.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Lies Sleeping - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition. Fantasy is the top MPG.
Total points: 280
Elizabeth BTask 25.3
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in KIDDIELAND.
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - initials I, A can be found in kIddielAnd (301 pgs)
Book 2. Read a book that has a word in its TITLE of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EXCHANGERATE. The word is Rage Rage (368 pgs)
Pages total = 301+368=669>500 pgs
Points 25
Total 485
Task 10.9 Write Me A LetterIn honor of National Thank A Maui Carrier Day on February 4th (also my birthday!) read an epistolary novel.
I happened to stumble upon THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER: : My Life At Rose Red by Ellen Rimbauer,, edited by Joyce Reardon
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red
I think Stephen King may have actually written it since he worked on the TV mini series. The book is almost all diary entries except for a few notes writer by the editor, Joyce Reardon
total Points for Task: 10
Total Books read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge: 2018-19: 1
Total Points Earned for Winter Challenge 2018-19: 10
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge: 2018-19: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Winter 2018-19 Challenge: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2018=19: 0
Task 25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 1. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography (2018) by Eric Idle (Hardcover, 290 pages) [792.7028 or Bio/921]
Option 4. Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018) by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 226 pages)
45 + 25 = 70
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 45 + 25 = 70
Books read: 07
Pages read: 1,521
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis
As stated in the description, Aidan Kincaid is a firefighter and a rescue worker.
Link to MMP edition - Second Chance Summer
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – - Amy FL - Yo, Adrian!Option 1: Italian Stallion: A horse or dog on cover
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Sue T20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Erin NY - Goodreads choice award winners
Circe by Madeline Miller which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy. This is a new-to-me book
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75/985
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
DULCINELLA 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
3. My niece Deborah, Robert's oldest, is a college student in Oklahoma. In February she'll be 20 years old. She's my parent's only granddaughter and first grandchild.
a. read Book #1 in a series.
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer 195 p. 2 january 2018 2 starsSouthern Reach #1 , so first part of a series
Points in this task: 20 points
Total points: 565 points
4 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
Erin NY20.3 - 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.
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
* a stUdy In scarlET
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 265
Tasks completed: 18
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 22
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 7,929
Kayla C25.5
Option 2 from the list of Austrilian Authors
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
513 pages
AR level: IL: MY - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
*claiming 1 BB ticket 513 pages > 500*
Option 3
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
368 pages
5 star rating from 36174 people
513 + 368 = 818 > 750 pages
total points: 270
GO: 2
BB: 3
Julia10330.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (Lois is in the list of hero names)
I read the Kindle edition. The only mass market paperback is Paladin des âmes with 545 pages - claiming one BB ticket for this book
Book 2: In the Heart of Darkness
I generated these names:
The Purple Sniper
The Steel Catman
The Steel Wizard
The Elegant Raccoon
Doctor Crimson Eagle
Doctor Wise Wolf
Mister Magnificent Defender
Chief Fantastic Vulture
Red Heart
Deadnite
The word Heart in the title is in Red Heart.
This post: 30 points, 1 BB
Total points: 220
BB: 2
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 17
perletwo20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies - a. Read a book with "25" found intact in the number of pages. Ex. 254, 225.
Murder in the Woods - I read the kindle edition, but the paperback edition is 252 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 240
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 12
dakimel5.9 - Acts of Heroism
Witchmark - narrator Miles Singer is ex-military doctor now a doctor in a veteran's hospital in an imaginary land
TALLY -
This post - 5 points
Total - 150
dakimel15.4 - From A to Z
1: A Terrible Country
2: Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
TALLY -
This post - 15 points
Total - 165
dakimel15.10 - National Book Awards
There There
from the 2018 fiction long list
TALLY -
This post - 15 points
Total - 180
Pamela326530.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A: Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh -400 pages
Option D:
by Jill Kemerer – 4 babies on the cover - 224 pages624 total pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 220
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
Readerboard Name: Jammin Jenny30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Road to Redemption by David A. Simpson - using name David
Book 2: Name your own hero
Ten Generated Names:
The Marvelous Cat
The Blue Cricket
The Colossal Wonder
The Proud Starling
Huge Trident
Doctor Mammoth Raven**
Whispering Knuckles
Doctor Dramatic Illusionist
Hopewing
Moonshadow
Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas - using word "doctor" from Doctor Mammoth Raven - read 12/29
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin Jenny5.9 - Acts of Heroism
The Copernicus Connection - Major Donovan Stone is in the U.S. Military special forces/black ops
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
20.4 Everyday HeroesPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
I chose option 1. This book was first published in 1904.
(IL: MY, BL: 7.7, AR: 8.0)
Points: 20
Total points: 105
FANDURY10.6 - Let's Eat!
Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
Book is set more than 50% in Antarctica.
Points this post: 10
Total Points:115
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Task 15.2 - Winter or Summer?book 1: read a book with WINTER in the title
The Winters
book 2: read a book with SUMMER in the title
Summerland
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540 points
Task 30.4 - Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)NOTE: I'm changing my book 1. prev claimed in msg 1128
each book to be >200p; combined >500p
option 3
book 1: read a book with a female MC, written by a female author
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
MC is Gretel
277p
book 2: read a book by author named MARY
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
I read the audio; MMPB is Le Cercle littéraire des amateurs d'épluchures de patates - 411p
277 + 411 >500p
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no point change = 540 points
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20.3 TrishhartUK’s Elementary, My Dear Watson
Opt. B. Agatha Christie Agatha Christie is on the list. I read her Murder on the Orient Express.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 230