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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian HeroOption 3:
Read a book that was first published in 1981, the year of the first Terry Fox Run.
The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwan 127 p. 4 january 2019 4 starsFirst published 1981
Points in this task: 20 points
Total points: 585 points
4 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday HeroesOPTION 2: Read a book that is at least 350 pages long and that was first published in 2007.
Book read: In the Land of the Long White Cloud
How it fits: first published in 2007, 754 pages (MMPB Edition: Le Pays du Nuage Blanc)
Claiming 2 BB Tickets
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Total points: 220
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Four-Legged Heros
I read Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien.
This book is found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480/985
Tasks completed: 31/57
Books read: 41
Task 5.5 - O? No!NOTE: I previously claimed this task in msg 152; I'll reuse that book later
read a book whose author name does not contain O
Firework Fiasco by Kathi Daley
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no point change = 540 points
Nick KY25.6 Sandy’s “They Go Together”
Book 1. I read The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, TOD in euDOra welTy.
Book 2. I read The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum, RL in the title word “ciRcLe.”
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Matarese Circle at 544 pp.
The Optimist’s Daughter = 180 pp
The Matarese Circle = 544 pp
Total pp = 724 > required 600
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 275
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Read 60 15.9 Hands Up 
by Tony Hellerman. Cover shows hands.
Points: 15
Total: 20
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Slaughterhouse-Five - has won the Chicago Publisher's Award (1970)
I read the kindle edtion. The mass market paperback edition has 215 pages.
Points: 125
25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in JapanBOOK 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (First, Middle if applicable, and Last) can be found in KIDDIELAND.
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
I listened to the audio version above. The MPPB is the dutch version De monnik van Mokka, which has 336 pages.
BOOK 2: Read a book that has a word in its TITLE (not subtitle) of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EXCHANGERATE.
Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford (word=GREEN) (192 pages)
*This is a GOLDEN OLDIE (published 1935)*
Total pages = 336 + 192 = 528 > 500.
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 80
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 5
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 2b: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The letters TGI are found in "conTractInG officer"
I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) has 560 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Elizabeth BTask 5.8
Comfort and Joy, e-book only, verified for length in post#7226 in the verification thread
Points 5
Total 490
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I read The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top hardback edition (no MMPB or pb). This was the 2018 GR choice award winner in History & Biography, and I had not read it before.
Total points: 300
MEGAN RAE15.5 - Secret Identity
Task: Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name. You may read a book written under any of the names that the author uses.
- Completed 4th JanuaryHow it fits: Author M.R.Carey also writes as Mike Carey (as stated on the author page)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 100
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - Yo, Adrian!
Option 3 - Author's initials in Sylvester Stallone
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
syLvesTer stallone
At 514 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Muse of Nightmares
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
The Crown by Kiera Cass
R = Romance is a main page genre
Link to PB edition - La corona
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 125 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.5 - O? No!Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name
Barbecue and a Murder: A Rainey Daye Cozy Mystery by Kathleen Suzette
Date Read: 8/12/18
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: No O in author Name
Ebook: Approved for length #353
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
5.6 - Crimson and CloverRead a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&"
Reindeer & Robberies by Hope Callaghan
Date Read: 22/12
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: 3 word title including &
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask : 15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover. The cover need not show a complete hand, but it must be CLEARLY a hand, not just a suggestion of a hand.
I read
(pages=128)
Points this post: 15
Total points:30
Tasks completed:2
Books Read: 3
5.9 - Acts of HeroismRead 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).
My Best Friend's Girl by Patricia Ryan
Date Read: 1/1/19
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Dean served in the Army
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
10.6 - Let's Eat!Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
Some Girls Do by Amy Andrews
Date Read: 20/12
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Set in Australian Outback
Ebook: Approved for length #2509
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 12
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: O
15.5 - Secret IdentityRead a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Christmas in the Mountains: A Mountains Trilogy Novella by Phoebe Alexander
Date Read: 24/12
Rating: 2*
How It Fits: Also writes as K. L. Montgomery Author Website
Ebook: Approved for length #619
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 13
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Janice CA30.2: - Feliz Navidad
Option A: an author named "Mary"
Rudy's Rules for Travel: Life Lessons from Around the Globe by Mary K. Jensen
pages : 256
and
Option B: Author's initials found in "EYDIE GORME Y LOs PANcHOS".
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife
pages: 256
total pages: 512
+30
total: 60
tasks: 3
books: 4
30.3 - 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
Escape by Jay Crownover
Date Read: 31/12
Rating: 4*
Pg Count: MMP 247
How It Fits: One word title beginning and ending with E
Book 2: Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant.
Bossman by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 16/12
Rating: 4*
Pg Count: MMP 326
How It Fits: One word title starting and ending with consonant, B & M
Page Count Total: 573
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 15
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Diana K.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
The Danish Girl Rosenthal Family Foundation Award 2001
Total points: 95
10.5 - Remembering Stan LeeSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
first published 1968
Total points: 75 + 10 = 85
Cait S30.1- Gotta Love The Hero!
Option 1
Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Option 3
Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero.
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine
I have read this series before although the book is new to me. The series title is Stillhouse Lake.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 85
SALLY M.25.2 Winter Sports!
Option 1: author initials in “ice HocKey”
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
326 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Cordelia25.5 Reading Stats
OPTION 1: Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
Book of stories 352 pages
OPTION 3: Red Mars
18020 people gave it 5 stars 671 pages
Total pages: 1023 pages
I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for Red Mars
Points: 25
Total points: 330
BB tickets: 1
Laurah3025.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
opt 1 Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY.
Home Front by Kristin Hannah
opt 2 Read a book featuring a Main Character athlete who competes in a winter sport found on the Wikipedia Winter Sport list. The athlete does not have to be a professional.
Us Against You. Benji, Vidar, Amat, Bobo are all on a hockey team.
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - This and That
Book with word "that" in title
Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 4
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.4 A Dicken's of A Christmas
The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans
Holiday-Christmas- 275 users as of 11/19/18
Task +5
Books Read: 2
Grand Total: 10/910
20.4Option 1: published between 1863 and 1927
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
*Claiming a GO ticket pub in 1911*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50/985
Tasks completed: 5/57
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.8 Option 1: published in the same Month AND Year you joined GoodReads: Sep 2011
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
422 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70/985
Tasks completed: 6/57
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.1 This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75/985
Tasks completed: 7/57
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.1 - Holding Out for a HeroThe Power Game (The Monsarrat Series #3) by Meg Keneally & Tom Keneally
H for Historical Fiction
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 355
Coralie25.2 Winter Sports
Option 1 Book by an author whose initials are found in iCE hockey
The Secret City by Carol Emshwiller
Option 4 Book that has the number 24 intact in the number of pages
The Parfit Knight 248 pages
Total to date 240 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 1: Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta. It has Short Stories as MPG. 256 pages
Option 3: Triangles by Ellen Hopkins. 529 pages. Received 5 stars from 3,125 readers.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505/985
Tasks completed: 32/57
Books read: 43
25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together 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.
The Nightingale 440 pages
T and N found in author Kristin Hannah
Book 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials.
Women Talking (240 pages) contains Miriam Toews's intials M and T
440+240=680 pages
New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 240
GO's: 5
Elizabeth BTask 20.4
Option 2: book that is at least 350 pages long and that was first published in 2007
Die For Me, published in 2007, 558 pgs
Points 20
Total points 510
Sophie30.6
Option 1 - author matches heroes name from list
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
Matching name Maeve
p597 - claiming 1 BB
Option 2
Name matching title
Lady Mysterious by Wendy Soliman
The Marked Rhinoceros
The Mysterious Wonderman - matched name
The Marvelous Spy
The Terrific Warrior
Magical Mongoose
Messy Trident
Impossible Robin
Captain Smooth Macaw
The Hunter
Wild Tornado
length verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total: 325
BB: 3
GO: 1
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."A book that has won a literary award: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction 2017
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
MEGSCL15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
TOTAL TO DATE:
200 points
2 big books
StaceyNC15.3
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1. The title initials and author initials can be from the same or different songs. REQUIRED: Specify the song/artist you are using and their numbers on the list.
Book: Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
Completed: 1/5/18
Song: WaIting for SuperMAn by the FlAmIng Lips
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 12
30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz NavidadOption A: Choosing to SEE by Mary Beth Chapman
Page number: 279
Option B: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Page number: 317
**Claiming GO ticket: first published 1928**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 115
GO tickets: 2
loafer5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
first published October 1962
points: 5
total: 210
BB: 3
GO: 1
tasks completed: 17
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
OPTION 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927 (this is the Golden Oldies task, after all).
Germinal by Émile Zola
This book was first published in 1885.
**Germinal is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1885). I claim one GO ticket.**
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 608 pages.
**Germinal is a Big Book (608 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Ava Catherine20.10 - Group Reads Cozy Café: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
participated in group discussion thread post# 6
total=20
Elizabeth BTask 20.6
Option 2: the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title and subtitle
Bound Gods: The Chimera
bOUnd Gods: the ChimERA
Points 20
Total 530
ElaineL30.5: Mazza1's Task: A world of books
Book 1: Book SET IN a country whose initial can be found in your readerboard name.
Sweet Revenge by Zoe Archer is SET IN England (ElaineL)
Book 2: Book WRITTEN BY an author born in a country found in Book One's authors INITIALS...
Marcus WRITTEN BY Anna Hackett who was born in Australia (Archer)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 820
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NOTE: this book previously claimed in 1128 for 30.4, but since replaced as above
read a book with a hand on the cover
Nerve
approved in help thread
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no point change = 540 points