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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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10.10 - Happy Holidays!Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
A Christmas Case by L.B. Hathaway
Total Points-15/985
Total Tasks-2/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
MEGAN RAE10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O
- Completed 5th DecemberHow it fits: MPG "Retelling" (begins with R)
Points this post: 10
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 10
Cordelia30.2 Felix Navidad
Option A: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Name used JOE
Option B: Country Dark by Chris Offutt
Initials of author CO
Points 30
Total points 70
5.2 - The Book Flood ComethRead a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
I listened to an audiobook of The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us which was first published in October 2010.
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 35
Task 10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
Main Page Genre: (H) History
Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations (1962) by Robert Silverberg (Hardcover, 177 pages) [930.1]
00 + 10 = 10
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 00 + 10 = 10
Books read: 01
Pages read: 177
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Pamela32655.5 - O? No!
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1843
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
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
Anja5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
T.A. by Jamie Begley (Published December 1st 2018)
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Anja20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
b. read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student".
Defiance by Cherise Sinclair
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 25
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Lara Rosen10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
Strange Sweet Song by Adi Rule (Romance)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Cordelia REPOST15,9 Hoodie-Hoo Day
Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq
Hand on cover
Points: 15
Total points: 40
M1nks15.1 - 1. The Subtle Knife (Strong Heroine Series Pge 1 - His Dark Materials Trilogy)
2. - The Martian (Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines Pge 4)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets:
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 The Book Flood Cometh
I read Redline by Alex Van Tol. It was published October 1st 2011.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45/985
Tasks completed: 5/57
Books read: 6
ElaineL30.7: TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Book 1: Pick one resolution and read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/subtitle.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Required: State which resolution you used
Eat Better (3 -E's, 1-A, 3-T's, 1-B, 1-R ATomic haBiTs: an Easy way to build good habiTs & bREak bad onEs)
Book 2: Pick a different resolution and read a book that has a word of at least three letters from that resolution in the title/subtitle. Words must match.
More Than a Lawman by Anna J. Stewart
Required: State which resolution you used
Exercise more
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Queen Bee Darlene20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 2: title of at least 3 words where 1st ltr of each word found in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - heAVyweightChamPiOn
- by Anthony Marra A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Mazza1's Task: A world of books
2 books from different continents, not in my own country, single authors
Book 1: set in or written by author from a country starting with any ltr of my readerboard name
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson Before I Go to Sleep
This book is set in the U.K. - more specifically England (Europe); Author was born in England. My readerboard name is Queen Bee Darlene which contains many Es.
Book 2: set in or written by author from country starting with one of the intials of the author of Book 1, including middle initials
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Convenience Store Woman
This book is set in Japan (Asia) which is one of the initials of Book 1 author: S. J. Watson
Two different continents: Europe, Asia. I live in North America (United States)
30 points
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Oma12295.5 - 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.
Aunt Bessie Believes by Diana Xarissa
Total Points-20/985
Total Tasks-3/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 2 - Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
heavyWeight chaMpiOn
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Katrina H5.5 - O? No!
Read a book by an author with no 'o' in their name.
Running Free: A Runner’s Journey Back to Nature by Richard Askwith.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Nick KY10.1 Holding Out I read The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives by Heather McKillop. “History” is the top GR genre and begins with an “H.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Brooke TX10.9 - Write Me a Letter
Read a book write in an epistolary style. Approved in help thread message 14:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories,
Foreign Bodies by Martin Edwards
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
I chose Option 3b. I read Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages by Gaston Dorren. G is in "college" and D is in "student".
Previous point total: 5
New points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Total tasks completed: 2
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
DULCINELLA15.3 - Songs About Heroes
Ranker.com has a list of 65 best songs about heroes.
OPTION 1:
Book 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.
The Day of the Dead
Nicci French 416 p. 6 december 2018 4 starsTDOTD
Song: we don’t need another hero, Tina Turner song nr 10.
: Specify the song you are using and its number on the list.
Book 2: Read a single author book, where the initial letters of the author's name can be found in the name of one of the listed artists.
Dark Saturday Nicci French 400 p. 2 december 2018 4 stars Juke box hero by Foreigner: song nr.6
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 65 points
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DULCINELLA15.10 - National Book Awards
The Fiction category is here. Click on the specific category buttons to see the winners, finalists, and longlist books in each category.
The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo 1 december 2018 4 stars (Paperback edition The Poet X 361 p. )
Pages The Poet X 381 p.
Winner 2018 Young People's Literature
points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 80 points
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Nick KY20.6 Laurah30’s Remembering a Canadian Hero Opt. 1. I read Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper, author’s inits in “maratHon of hopE” and a Giller Prize nominee for fiction 2018, top of p. 2 in the GR list: https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 70
Peg W15.3 - 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.
I read The Kite Runner
Song #59 I, The Crooked Hero, by Killed by The Bull.
The book title found in the song title, the authors initials found in the artists name.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 15
Golden Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
The Atlantis Code (Thomas Lourds #1) by Charles Brokaw
title initials, TAC, found in heAvyweighT Champion
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 45
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-. I read The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie.
Points: 15
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 850
Amy the book bat20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Read a book that has won a literary award. Any award will do - but it MUST BE THE WINNER - NOT a nominee, on the longlist, on the shortlist or a finalist.
Stardust (Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1999), Geffen Award (2000), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1999), ALA Alex Award (2000))
Points this task: 20
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
5.8 - Go ShortCrime by Ferdinand von Schirach
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 50
Coralie15.8 Mythical Heroes
Book with Mythology as main page genre
Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece
Total to date 15 points
Task 5.5 - O? No!read a book whose author name does NOT contain an O
In Love With Alien Santa Claus by Zara Zenia
NOTE: Alien Santa is NOT red!
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20 points
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1: Rocky’s nickname is “The Italian Stallion.” Read a book with a horse or dog (domesticated dogs, please - no wolves, coyotes, or other wild animals) on the cover.
Book:
(approved by Amy in Help thread)Completed: 12/5/18
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Danibean5.8 - 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. The anthology or collection may be by a single author or by multiple contributors.
I read Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
ElaineL15.9: Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
Required: Include the cover in your post
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year. I read Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (first published October 2018).
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 45
Diana K. 5.7 Crimson and Clover. Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&".
Brownies & Betrayal
Total points: 5
Diana K.15.10 - National Book Awards. Read one of the books that won the award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018
Florida
Total points: 20
Janice CA10.6 - Let's Eat!
I read a book set in Alaska.
On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier by Thomas J. Sims
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total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
Book read: Lighting the Flames: A Hanukkah Story
How it fits:
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Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
I read The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel.
D=woodDs
O=wOods
T=The
D=extraorDinary
A=strAnger
S=Stranger
H=tHe
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/985
Tasks completed: 6/57
Books read: 7
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
I chose Option 2. I read A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe. A and N are in CHAMPION and V in HEAVYWEIGHT.
Previous point total: 25
New points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Total tasks completed: 3
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
CelesteR5.4 - Holiday > Christmas >> 489 users
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Pages: 106 > 99+
Golden Oldie: Published in 1905 > 1950
Points: 30 GO: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February BabiesOPTION 3: Read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student".
West by Carys Davies
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 20
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
loafer10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Pleasantville by Attica Locke
hoLidAy
points: 10
total: 25
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership
Option 1 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined GoodReads. This date is located on your profile page.
February 2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 50 points
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