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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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SCHATZIE10.8 - Take the Stairs
---stairs on cover
The Way Back to Heaven: The Parable of the Crystal Stairs
approved in msg. #34 in help thread
Ava Catherine10.9 - Write Me a Letter
read a book write in an epistolary style.
Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963 by Sylvia Plath
total=375
Ava Catherine10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
AH found in HolidAy
total=385
SCHATZIE15.6 - My Personal Hero
---autobiography by a personal hero
Find a Way
The author is amazing. Not only did she overcome deep wounds of childhood, but she pursued her dream, even failing many times before reaching it at the age of 64. WOW....64. She was first to swim from Cuba to Florida. The title describes her.
READ 60 10.8 Picture of stirs on the cover Every Breath You Take
by Mary Higgins Clark
Points 10
Total Points 20
Kayla C30.3
book 1
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
beginning and ending with E
492 pages
book 2
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
H, N are consonants
285 pages
492+285> 500 pages
total points; 300
GO: 2
BB: 2
Ava Catherine10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero.
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
MPG=Historical fiction
total=395
Kayla C30.5
Book 1
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
set in Afghanistan, author is born in Afghanistan, as well
using the A from Kayla C
Book 2
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
set in Kenya using the K of Khaled Hosseini
total points: 330
GO: 2
BB: 2
Ava Catherine10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Read a book with a main character who is an everyday hero.
Fire Cop by R.J. Beam
total=405
Ava Catherine10.3- Four-Legged Heros
Read a book from the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list.
page 1, #1
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván
total=415
Delicious Dee15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 270
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
Book A - Extreme Love - THE LONGEST NIGHT; 352pgs
Book B - Emergency Engagement - THE SHORTEST DAY; 240pgs
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 295
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A - The Fated Sky - Mary Robinette Kowal
Option D -
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 325
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Task 30.5 - A World of BooksI am from UK; readerboard name CAT
book 1: read a book set in a country starting with a letter from my readerboard name
The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
set in Australia; continent Oceania
book 2: read a book set in a country starting with one of book 1 author initials
The Cherry Orchard
MMPB for length: La Cerisaie
set in, and by author from, Russia (now Russian Federation); continent (as per the list) Asia
first pub 1904 - claiming a GO ticket
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605 points
Kristi CO20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Educated by Tara Westover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 1A "25"
Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 2: heavyweight champion
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Cordelia20,3 Elementary my dear Watson
Option 2: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
MPG - Mystery Crime
Author, Walter Mosley, on list
Points: 20
Total points: 350
Elizabeth BTask 25.7
Book 1: Read a book with a GR average rating of 4.2 or higher with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Revenge, average rating 4.38, 794 ratings, 400 pgs
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
The Boyfriend Experience, average rating 3.15, 148 ratings, 112 pgs
Total pages = 400+112=512>500 pgs
Points 25
Total 585
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&". Subtitles are excluded.
I read:
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Volume 1: Who Is Oracle? (pages=168)
Points this post: 5
Total points:35
Tasks completed:3
Books Read: 4
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 5.5 - O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
I read:
Mystik U by Alisa Kwitney (Pages= 160)
Points this post: 5
Total points:40
Tasks completed:4
Books Read: 5
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 1: Something To Tell You by Lucy Diamond
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!
Read 2 books from 2 DIFFERENT lists:
Book 1. Kick Butt Heroines The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (page 1# 89)
Book 2. Books with Disabled Heroes The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver page 1 # 89)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
READ 60 10.5 book pub. in 1976 A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews
Published in 1976
Points 10
Total points 40
ElaineL (REPOSTED W/ CORRECTION FROM POST #1472)I live in the United States.
30.5: 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: 870
ElaineL 10.6: Let's Eat!
Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica or Australia.
Running Hot (Maui, Hawaii)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 880
ElaineL10.1: Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H, E, R, or O.
Driven to Distraction Romance
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 890
KATRINA T30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
Gabriel: Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel García Márquez
Book 2: Name your own hero
I was given this list: The Good Spy
The Giant Mercenary
The Mighty Beetle
The Magnificent Watcher
Professor Fast Spider
Lord Red Saviour
Professor Silver Fox
Lord Quick Prodigy
Nightquake
Silver Goliath
I used the word red: Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey, Jackie Kay
Points in this post: 30
G.O: 1
B.B: 1
Total books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7 (5.2/5.4/10.2/15.10/20.6/25.6/30.6)
Total points: 110
Louise B10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books.
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
I read the ebook edition but have linked to the PPB (no MMPB)
Found on page 1 of the list.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 65
Challenge Golden Oldie tickets: 1
10.7 - Brown Shoes?Help Thread
December 4th is Wear Brown Shoes Day. 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.
I read The Man in the Brown Suit.
points: 125
books read: 14
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 3686
*repost*Kayla C
30.5 I live in the United States
Book 1
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
set in Afghanistan, author is born in Afghanistan, as well
using the A from Kayla C
Book 2
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
set in Kenya using the K of Khaled Hosseini
total points: 330
GO: 2
BB: 2
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian HeroOption 2: Read a book where the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title (subtitles can be used as well).
The Scratch & Sniff Guide to Beer: A Beer Lover's Companion by Justin Kennedy.
the sCRAtch & sniff GUidE tO beer: a beer lover's companion
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Total BB points: 2
Laurah3030.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
opt 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
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James(pub in 1898)
#17 on the list is Henry Fonda
opt 3 Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero.
The Fix by David Baldacci. This book features the hero, Amos Decker, and is number 3 in the "Amos Decker" series. This is the first time I have read this book but I have read books 1 and 2 earlier this year
I would like to claim 1 GO ticket for The Turn of the Screw as it was published in 1898.
Total GO to date: 2
Kayla C20.9
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
I have not read the book before
Humor winner
total points: 365
GO: 2
BB: 2
Oma12295.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Hamburger: A Global History by Andrew F. Smith
Total Points-155/985
Total Tasks-15/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.9 - Write Me a Letter
In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style.
Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl by Carolyn Meyer
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12.0
Total Points-165/985
Total Tasks-16/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with a hand on the cover.
Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane (186 p.)
➸ Points: 70
➸ Total Pages: 1,309
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading StatsOption 1: The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
396 pages
**GO ticket (first published 1930)
Option 3: Sing by Lisa Tawn Bergren
384 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
GO tickets: 3
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 3: Chameleons and a Corpse by Ruby Loren RL found in syLvesteR
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2. Death du Jour read 1/3/19
Option 4. Immortal Girl5 read 1/4 - approved for length in post #7230
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 315
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.6 - Let's Eat!
Book set 50%+ in Australia
Hello From the Gillespies by Monica McInerney
The majority of this book is set in the Outback of Australia, with some scenes in Adelaide and Sydney (and about 10 pages in New York). It also has a main page genre of Cultural > Australia, if that helps with the explanation!
At 606 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Hello From the Gillespies
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 5
DeborahPost 10
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
3a) So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards #1)
Points this post:20
Total Points:140
Books read:12
Tasks Done:10
10.10 - Happy Holidays!Aroma Karsa by Dee Lestari
author's initials, DL, found in hoLiDay
1x Bigger is Better tix (724 pages)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 365
FANDURY10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
The House of Crows by Paul Doherty
The book was first published 1995.
Points this post: 10
Total Points:125
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
perletwo30.7 - 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. REQUIRED: State which resolution you used.
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime - #4, "Self-care"
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. Words must match exactly. REQUIRED: State which resolution you used.
Money in the Morgue: The New Inspector Alleyn Mystery - #3, "Spend less money"
Points this task: 30
Total points: 270
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 13
Ava Catherine5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín first published October 7, 2014
total=420
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---pub. 1941-1996
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