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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Ava Catherine5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle.
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
this=title word
total=30
Colin's MomTask: 10.2 Everyday Heroes
Book: Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
The main character Susannah is a teacher it states in chapter one of the book "Today was the last day of classes and her fifth-grade students had been overjoyed at the prospect of summer vacation."
Points the task: 10
Point Total: 30
Ava Catherine5.5 - O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene
total=35
Ava Catherine30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
mpg young adult 11063 users
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.
#8 on list: James Stewart=actor
Henry James=author
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
total=65
Ava Catherine30.2. 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.
The Stories of Mary Gordon by Mary Gordon 480 pages
Option C: Read a book with FOOD or FOOD AND DRINK on the Goodreads main page genre list.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser mpg food and drink=1293: 368 pages
480+368=848 total pages
total=95
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20.6 - 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.
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
Ava Catherine30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel.
Exposure by Helen Dunmore
400 pages (vowel=e)
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.
Falconer by John Cheever 221 pages
400+221=621 total pages
total=125
DULCINELLA25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
1. A Good Hero knows when to accept help. You don't have to do everything yourself!
For this option, read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.
A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane 282 p. 5 january 2018 3 starsPatrick Kenzie &Angie Gennaro
2. A Good Hero is Interesting. Even if they pretend to be boring! Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
Census
Jesse Ball 280 p. 17 december 2018 4 starsPoints in this task: 25 points
Total points: 610 points
4 tickets GO
3 tickets BB
Sara G15.3 - Songs About Heroes
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.
Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt
Initial letters from the title, TOS, are found in 50. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts, and the author's initials EH are found in 28. Marianne Faithfull.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Ava Catherine30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Task 2: New Year
Book 1 - a book from one of the given lists
Epistolary Fiction: page 1, #36
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 542 pages
Book 2 - read a book in which the page number contains at least two of these numbers 3 1 2. The page count must include at least 2 different numbers.
A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore 320 pages (page number has required 2 and 3)
542+320=860 total pages (each book is more than 200 pages long)
total=155
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.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
Has a MPG of Children's.
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Total BB points: 2
Ava Catherine30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Roy=hero name/author name
Book 2: Name your own hero
Generated names:
The Proud Champion
The Swift Whiz
The Broken Whiz
The Copper Leader
Yellow Trident
Warden Fiery Wolverine
Agent Fire
Agent Elegant Eagle
Iron Archer
Iron Archer
Name used: Agent Fire (title word=fire)
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
total=185
Queen Bee Darlene15.10 National Book Awards
Winner, finalist, or longlisted for National Book Award 2018
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement Gun Love
This book was longlisted in the fiction category
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
15.9 - Hoodie Hoo Day Read a book with one or more hands showing on the cover.
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
Points this Post: 15
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Ava Catherine30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Book 1: read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/ subtitle.
Resolution 1. Eat better.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
thE sATurday Big TEnT wEdding paRty
Book 2: Pick a different resolution and read a book that has a word of at least 3 letters from that resolution in the title/subtitle.
Resolution 5. Read more books.
Read=word selected
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom
total=215
Task 20.8 - Membership Required300+pages
option 2 - read a book published the same month & year I joined SRC
I joined in Sep 2014
I'll Give You the Sun
429p
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560 points
Delicious Dee15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!
Book A - Dead Witch Walking - #38 on the Kick Butt Heroines list
Book B - The Vixen and the Vet - #86 on the Books with Disabled Heroes list
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Ava Catherine5.6 - Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
total=220
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
I read A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris Hill. DO in Bound, T in Thing, DAS in Dangerous, and H in Thing.
Previous point total: 160
New points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Total tasks completed: 12
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.2 - Every Day Heroes
I read When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua Mezrich, MD (I read an advance copy). Dr. Mezrich is a transplant surgeon; in this combined biography and history he is both the main character of his own story as he recounts his journey to become a transplant surgeon and also tells the stories of the doctors and surgeons who worked to overcome barriers to make solid organ transplantation a reality.
Previous point total: 165
New points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Total tasks completed: 13
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Melanie C5.4 A Dicken's of a Christmas
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Melanie C5.5 O? No!
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
Qualifier: No O in author name
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
ElaineL25.9: Brooke Tx's Task Winter Solstice
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 the phrase THE LONGEST NIGHT.
SEAL's Honor
Book 2: 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 the phrase THE SHORTEST DAY.
The Ship Engineer
Required: Book 1 must have a higher page count than book 2
Book 1: 352 pages > Book 2: 166 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 845
Mod
I chose option two and read Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. I read a kindle ARC, but linked to the top paperback.
Title initials, OUAR, are in song # 2 - Holding Out for a Hero.
Author initials, DS, are in song #5 - 3 DoorS Down.
Total points: 315
ElaineL25.4: Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Required: State the options you chose.
Opt 1. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois.
Something About You
Opt 5. Read a book with a picture of a road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover
For Never and Always
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 870
LaureY25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 2: For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf.
The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
Total pages: 486
Option 3: For this option, read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
Total pages: 422
5* Ratings: 2866
Previous Post Points: 25
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Total Books: 15
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
5.2 - The Book Flood ComethA book first published in October, November or December of any year: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, published October 1st 2001
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
5.4 - A Dickens of a ChristmasA book with a main page genre of Holiday: Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Catch up with the SRC
I read Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham. This book is new to me.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 520/985
Tasks completed: 33/57
Books read: 44
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.5 - Secret Identity
Our Father: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer
Author Pope Francis his birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he has published books under that name like
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 105
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 7
Total Books read: 7
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3a - book 1 in a series
Greenglass House Greenglass House
Milford, Kate
AR Quiz No. 168577 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
At a smuggler's inn, 12-yr-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing, but soon guests arrive with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and his new friend on an adventure. The plot contains violence.
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 125
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 8
Total Books read: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 Songs About Heroes
Option 2:
An Uncommon Honeymoon
Initials AUH found in song 50. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - Sufjan Stevens
Author Susan Mann initials found in 7. Spiderman - The Ramones
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535/985
Tasks completed: 34/57
Books read: 46
Task 15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
In the Country of the Blind (1990) by Michael F. Flynn (Paperback, 549 pages)
Locus Award for Best First Novel (1991)
Compton Crook Award (1991)
Prometheus Award for Best Novel (1991)
** In the Country of the Blind is a Big Book, pagecount: 549 pages **
70 + 15 = 85
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 70 + 15 = 85
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,070
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name - Jammin JennyTask 30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
My readerboard name is JamminJenny and I live in the U.S. (North America).
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.
set in England (Europe) (E in jamminjEnny) - A Fishy Discovery by Cindy Bell - approved for length post #7191 - read 12/27
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..
B from Bell - set in Botswana (Africa) - Blue Shoes and Happiness read 1/5/19
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Elizabeth BTask 30.6
Book 1: I'm using the name Alexander and I read Closet Confession by Kindle Alexander
Book 2:
Generated names:
The Broken Soldier
The Nuclear General
The Hot Detective
The Ice Starling
Professor Heavenly Catman
Captain Gigantic Scimitar
Agent Fearless Eagle
Glorious Waspman
Golden Hope
Absolute Zero
I'm using The Broken Soldier and I read Broken, e-book only, approved at line 535 of the spreadsheet
Points: 30
Total: 560
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.
Book read: Beautiful Day: A Novel
How it fits: Author's name(Elin Hilderbrand) has BD in it.
Pages: 480 (MMPB Edition: Un si beau jour)
Book 2: Book 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials.
Book read: Graveyard Shift
How it fits: Title has all author's (Angela Roquet) initials (AR) in it
Pages: 241 (PB Edition: Graveyard Shift)
Total pages: 721
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Total points: 245
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 1
Task 15.10 - National Book Awardsread a finalist from the National Book Awards 2018
Trick
finalist in the Translated Literature category
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575 points
Ava Catherine25.6 - 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.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 304 pages NM found in Neil gaiMain
Book 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials.
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
306 pages GB (author's initials) found in caleB's crossinG
304+306=610 total pages
total-250
Sara G15.9 - 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. Hands may be covered (such as wearing gloves or mittens), but it must be obvious that there are hands inside those coverings.
by Laura MoriartyPoints this post: 15
Total points: 410
Ava Catherine25.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
Book 1: Read a book with a GR average rating of 4.2 or higher with a minimum of 100 ratings.
The Brothers K by David James Duncan 645 pages 4.39 rating; 12,697 ratings
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud 431 pages 2.94 rating; 18,562 ratings
645+431+976 total pages
total=275
Ava Catherine25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 219 pages, first published in 1937
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover.
Fortune Cookie
by Josi S. Kilpack 384 pages219+384=603 total pages
total=300
Mary P20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 1: Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Originally published Oct. 17 1975
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 55
Ava Catherine25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
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 the phrase THE LONGEST NIGHT.
Last Orders by Graham Swift 352 pages
LO=initial letters of title found in the LOngest night
Book 2: 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 the phrase THE SHORTEST DAY.
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
334 pages
TSR=initial letters of title found in The ShoRtest day
Book 1=352 pages (greater length)
Book 2=334 pages
total=325
Ava Catherine20.9 - 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.
Fantasy category winner:
Circe by Madeline Miller
I have not read this book before.
total=345
Task 10.1 – Holding Out for a HeroM.P.G. begins with letter in HERO - Holiday
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery
I listened to the audio / MMP: Noël à la petite boulangerie - 368 pg
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Option 1 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined GoodReads.
April 2012
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani first published April 3, 2012; 475 pages
total=365
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5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
mpg holiday=201 users
mpg Christmas>holiday=722 users
total=25