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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Turn Coat, set in Chicago. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
For my second book, I chose option 5, and read a kindle ARC -
- paved road on the cover.Total points: 340
Ava Catherine10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever first published 1957
total=440
Shala5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners
Published Oct. 2018
Points: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
danibean25.8 - It's Cookie Time - two book task, total 500 pgs.
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, 1937
I read Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie. First published in 1937. 303 pgs.
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover.
I read
by Susan Stachler. 304 pgs.303+304=607 > 500
Ava Catherine15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!
This is a 2 book task - read 2 books from 2 DIFFERENT lists:
Strong Heroine series
page 1: #4
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
page 1; #31
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
total=455
Sara G30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
3. ‘Lichtmis’
February 2 is a feast for Mary, the day of candlemas . The song for this day sings :’There is no woman so poor that she doesn’t warm her pan on Candlemas.’
On this day the whole country eats pancakes.
For this task read
Book 1 - a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character. REQUIRED: Give the name of the main character.
The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
The main character is named Poppy Bridgerton (the Miss Bridgerton of the title) and it's written by a female author, Julia Quinn.
AND
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie. No other variations may be used.REQUIRED: If using the main character choice, give the name of the main character.
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir
The main character is Mary Boleyn, as in the title.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
ElaineL30.4: Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Required: State in your post the tradition you chose
OPTION 3: Lichtmus
Book 1: Read a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character.
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Required: Give the name of the main character.
Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson
Book 2: Read a book with an author named Maria, Mary or Marie
The Arrangement by Mary Balogh
Each book must be at least 200 pages, with a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: 292 pages + Book 2: 366 pages = 658 total pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 920
Ava Catherine15.2 - Winter or Summer?
Book 1 - Read a book with the word "winter" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "summer" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
Summer in the South by Cathy Holton
total=470
Ava Catherine15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Most mythological tales have a hero. Read a book with the main page genre Mythology (standalone or embedded).
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
mpg Fantasy>Mythology 555 users
total=485
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."The House of the Scorpion - National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2002)
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th IllinoisOpt 1. Beautiful Bastard
Opt 3. Suddenly One Summer by Julie James
25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go TogetherBook 1 - Lord of the Pies by Nell Hampton - L in NelL and OTP in HamPTOn
Book 2 - From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon - AH in AsH
25.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the goodBook 1: If I Only Knew
Book 2: The First Crush is the Deepest
25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!Book 1: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Book 2: In Peppermint Peril
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!Option 1: Thief of Cahraman
Opt. 3: Grave Peril - The Dresden Files series, this book is new to me and I have read books 1 and 2 previously
30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming NamesBook 1: Erik by Sawyer Bennett - Sawyer is on the list of Hero Names
ebook approved for length on row 956 of spreadsheet
Book 2: The Professor Woos The Witch - Professor is on list of names generated
Names generated:
The Misty Seer
The Fancy Warrior
The Quiet Swan
The Fast Sniper
Professor Good Hornet
Master Nimble Monarch
Messy Mantis
Royal Bat
Saberleaf
Galactic Gargoyle
Total Points: 790
Ava Catherine15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Harpy's Flight by Megan Lindholm
total=500
trishhartukHappy New Year.
10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
HolidAy
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
15.6 - My Personal HeroAn autobiography of someone you consider to be a hero: Becoming by Michelle Obama
I am among the multitude of admirers of Michelle Obama for her personal accomplishments, despite the obstacles she has faced as an African-American girl and woman, and for the grace and dignity and inclusiveness she brought to the White House as First Lady, as well as the work she has done worldwide to improve women's and girls' lives.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Cozy Café -- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Discussion post 7
Points this task: 20
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
20.10 - Group ReadsI listened to the audio version of
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
My comments on the book are #19 in the discussion thread.
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 260
GO's: 5
DULCINELLA30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
3. ‘Lichtmis’
For this task read
Book 1 - a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character. REQUIRED: Give the name of the main character.
The Seven Sisters Lucinda Riley 626 p. 7 january 2019 4 starsWritten by woman -MC is woman, called Maia
I claim a BB ticket for this task
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie.
Het duivelskind
Maria Genova 224 p. 4 january 2019 1 star Points in this post:30 points
Total points: 640 points
4 tickets GO
4 tickets BB
READ 60 15.5 Writes under more than one name The Outsider by Stephen King. Also writes as Richard Bachman.
points; 15
total points 55
Elizabeth BTask 25.6
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
Lost Girls by Angela Marsons, L, G in anGeLa (320 pgs)
Book 2 - Read a book, the title of which contains its author's initials.
Archangel's Prophecy by Nalini Singh archaNgel'S (372 pgs)
total page count=320+372=692>600 pgs
Points 25
Total 610
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.2 - The Book Flood Come
Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland first published October 2014
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 320
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
5.4 A Dickens of a Christmas The Christmas Note by Donna VanLiere
Holiday Genre
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
GO Tickets: 1
10.1 Holding Out for a HeroThe Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
MPG Romance- starts with an "R"
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (first published 1926)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
GO TICKETS: 2
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Ava Catherine10.7 - Brown Shoes?
word BROWN in author's name
Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
total=510
Ava Catherine20.1 - 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
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
2018 Women's Prize for Fiction (Bailey's/Orange Prize)
total=530
Ava Catherine20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 1:
Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer published 1953
total=550
Ava Catherine20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 3. Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of the modern Holmes or Watsons: Jonny Lee Miller.
A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee 356 pages
name used=Lee
total=570
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.4 - From A to Z
Book 1 - Read a book the title of which begins with "A." All words count, including articles.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Originally published in 1877 and 873 pages
Book 2 - Read a book whose author has a "Z" in their name.
The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 35
Golden Oldies Ticket Request: 1
Big Book Ticket Request: 2
Ava Catherine20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
1. b. read a book on the list Best Mermaid Books
page 1; # 3
Ingo by Helen Dunmore
total=590
SCHATZIE25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together
Book 1: 1st letter of title words in author's name
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell
pg. count link: pb David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
--352 pgs
Book 2: author's initials in title
If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
pg. count link: pb If You Find Me
--314 pgs
SCHATZIE25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
Book 1: pub. in 1937
The Hobbit
IL: UG
pg. count link: mmpb The Hobbit
--306 pgs
Book 2: cookie on the cover
Eat the Cookie...Buy the Shoes: Giving Yourself Permission to Lighten Up
pg. count link: pb Eat the cookie... Buy the shoes
--208 pgs
Suzannesea25.7 Wayne's Task
Book 1. Read a book with a GR average rating of 4.2 or higher with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain
368 pages
Book 2. Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Love Bomb by Lisa Zeidner
272 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 240
SCHATZIE30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Opt. A: Mary as first name of author
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
pg. count link: pb The Red Scream
--386 pgs
Opt. B: author's initials in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
The Third Victim: A Novel
Phillip Margolin
pg. count link: pb The Third Victim
--352 pgs
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Read a book that has won a literary award.
Attrib. and other stories by Eley Williams
Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2018) and Republic of Consciousness Prize (2018)
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 100
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 6
FANDURY5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays (or any combination).
Hasty for the Dark: Selected Horrors by Adam Nevill
Points this post: 5
Total Points:130
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading StatsOption 2: read a book from my australian-author shelf.
The Washerwoman's Dream: The Extraordinary Life of Winifred Steger 1882-1981 by Hilarie Lindsay
328p
Option 3: Read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
The Mayfly (Charlie Priest #1) by James Hazel
142 readers gave 5 stars
432 pages
Total pages read: 760
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 390
Task 15.4 - From A to Zbook 1: read a book with title starting with A
A Closed and Common Orbit
book 2: read a book with author name containing a Z
(I previously used this book in Task 5.5, put have since replaced it)
In Love With Alien Santa Claus by Zara Zenia
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10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books.
page 1; #2
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
total=430