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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Ava Catherine15.10 - 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.
2018 Fiction Finalist
Florida by Lauren Groff
total=675
MAZZA1I no longer want to track GO or BB tickets
5.6 Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
How to Read a Novelist: Conversations with Writers
about reading
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 320
MAZZA110.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
Required: State the MPG you used when you post.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
MPG Historical
Points this post= 10
Points to date - 330
MAZZA110.10 - Happy Holidays!
Help Thread
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY
The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton
Author Anstey Harris
I read an ARC of this book from Simon and Schuster via Netgalley
https://www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/b...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 340
MAZZA115.6 - My Personal Hero
Read a NONFICTION biography or autobiography of someone who you consider to be a hero. REQUIRED: Briefly explain why this person is one of your personal heroes.
Colder
I admire the character, motivation and perseverance of Fiennes that allowed him to achieve these feats despite the lack of funds for his ventures
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 355
Ava Catherine20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 1: Read a book that was a winner or nominee for the Giller Prize, whose author's first and last initials are found in MARATHON OF HOPE.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
2016 winner of Giller Prize
author's initials=MT found in MaraThon of hope
total=695
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winnersRead a book that won one of the goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark Non Fiction Awarrd
I have not read this book before
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 375
MAZZA 125.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
. This is a two book task, You must read one book that satisfies the criteria for Book 1 and another that satisfies the criteria for Book 2
The total pages count for Book 1 plus Book 2 must exceed 500 pages (i.e 501 or higher)
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials (First, Middle if applicable, and Last) can be found in KIDDIELAND.
Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah N, K and A in Kiddieland
Pages 208
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. The word CANNOT be found intact in EXCHANGERATE..
Hate Notes 304 pages
Word found = HATE
208 +304 - 512 pages exceeding required total of 501
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 400
MAZZA1 25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
This is a TWO BOOK task. The combined total of pages must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
A Volunteeer Nurse on the Western Front
289 pages
first published 1917
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 432 pages
approved in message 2 of help thread
289+432 = 721 pages exceeding requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 425
10.2 Everyday HeroesThe Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren
Finn, the main male character, is an undercover policeman.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 85
10.10 Happy HolidaysBad Man by Dathan Auerbach
Initials DA are both in HOLIDAY
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 95
25.1 What Makes a Good Hero?2) A Good Hero is Interesting
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
4) A Good Hero has a Sword
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
MPG - Fantasy
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 120
MAZZA125.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
This is a two book task.
REQUIRED: Your Book 1 selection must have a higher page count than your Book 2 selection.
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.
https://www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/b...
The Last pages 288
I read an ARC copy of this book from net galley
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 Sea 195 pages
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 450
MAZZA1 REPOSTED as I did not include cover 25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
This is a TWO BOOK task. The combined total of pages must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
A Volunteeer Nurse on the Western Front
289 pages
first published 1917
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 432 pages
approved in message 2 of help thread
289+432 = 721 pages exceeding requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 450
Ava Catherine20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1:Read a book with a horse or dog on the cover.
Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me by Jon Katz
total=715
Ava Catherine15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
total=730
MEGAN RAE20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Task: Option 2 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group.
- Completed 9th JanuaryHow it fits: Book published 2nd October 2018, I joined the group 6th October 2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Vita Nostra - first published 2007, 416 pages.
Total points: 380
Kim O15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day! Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Brooke TX5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 24
Brooke TX5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays (or any combination).
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 24
Brooke TX5.10 - Book Blitz
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 145
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 24
Brooke TX15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!
Found on page 3 of Strong Heroine Series:
Found on page 1 of Kick Butt Heroines:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 24
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3a: Read Book #1 in a series.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 24
Task 25.7 - Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the goodchanging book 1, from my claim in #1664
total page count 500+
book 1: read a book with rating higher than 4.20
Tell Me a Secret
rated 4.26; 102 ratings
416p
book 2: read a book with a rating lower than 3.20
Billy Budd
rated 3.10; 13k ratings
116 pages
pub 1924 - claiming GO ticket
416 + 116 = 532p
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675 points
Task 10.7 - Brown Shoes?read a book with author name containing BROWN
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
601p - claiming BB ticket - note that this BB was originally claimed in #1664, task 25.7
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685 points
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season and participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. I chose Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy and have commented in the discussion thread at message #21.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 200
Andy P.Task # 30.2. 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. ONLY acceptable variations: Joe,
Righteous by Joe Ide
Option B. Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
The Dark Angel] by Elly Griffiths EYDIE GORME
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin DayHelp Thread
Darwin Day is on the 12th of February, the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Internationally, museums and universities use Darwin Day as a chance to highlight not just the life and achievements of Charles Darwin but also the amazing scientific progress of the entire human race.
This is a one book challenge. Choose from among the following options.
Option 1:
On The Origin of Species was published on the 24th of November 1859. Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
Examples: 1759; 1795; 1859; 1895; 1905; 1915; 1925; 1935; 1945; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1965; 1975; 1985; 1995.
I read The Best of Everything which was first published 1958.
Points: 145
books read:15
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 3
pages read: 4641
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option1. For this option, read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.Hall of Mirrors by Christopher Fowler The two main characters are Arthur Bryant and John May, main page genre mystery (135 users)
2. A Good Hero is Interesting. Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
Keep Calm by Mike Binder no A An And in title
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin DayOption 1: Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper, first published in 1915
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1915***
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge points: 280
GO's: 6
Boston Kate
5.2 The Book Flood Cometh
The Secret Life of Bees
first published in November 2001
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Boston Kate
15.9 Hoodie-Hoo Day!
hand visible on cover
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Boston Kate
20.2 Darwin Day
Option 3: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
"Vs." in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Elizabeth PTask 10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Book first published between 1941 and 1996
Tonight and Always by Nora Roberts
First published 1983
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 7
Janice CA10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an
H or E or R or O.
MPG: horror
The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting by Ben Williams
+10
total: 70
tasks: 4
books: 5
GO total: 1
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter SolsticeBook 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.
The Invisible Guardian (Trilogía del Baztán #1) by Dolores Redondo
Title's initials, TIG, found in nIGhT
432 pages
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 Tour (The Conor O'Shea Series #1) by Jean Grainger
Title's initials, TT, found in shorTesT
314 days
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 420
M1NKSREPOST - REASSIGNMENT
Please delete my details for 25.1 as I am reassigning one of the books to another task.
25.1 - 2. Clarissa Oakes; 5. Master and Commander
Points this post: -25
Total points: 445
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 5
M1NKSREPOST - REASSIGNMENT
Please delete my details for 30.2 as I am reassigning one of the books to another task.
30.2 - B. Dorothy L Sayers Unnatural Death Pub 1927; D. The Reverse of the Medal
* Minus 1 x Golden Oldie *
Points this post: -30
Total points: 415
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 5
M1NKS5.5 - Murder at the Vicarage Pub 1930
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 5
Total points: 420
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 5
M1nks5.7 - Master and Commander
Points this post: 5
Total points: 425
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 5
Marina H10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Russka by Edward Rutherfurd
First published 1991
1006 pages - claiming 3 BB tickets
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 12
M1nks10.5 - Duplicate Death
Points this post: 10
Total points: 435
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 5
M1nks25.7 - 1. The Reverse of the Medal
2. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded Pub 1740/592 Pgs
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
Golden Oldie Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 6
M1nks30.2 - B. Unnatural Death Pub 1927
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
D.
Pub 1935* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
Golden Oldie Tickets: 9
Big Book Tickets: 6
M1nks30.6 - 1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander
2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Pub 1798 (Ancient - The Ancient Marksman)
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
The Hypnotic Assassin
The Godly Saviour
The Ancient Marksman
The Godly Scout
Brass Shade
Master Gentle Monarch
Gray Enchanter
Doctor Accidental Devil
Master Defiance
Animalia
Points this post: 30
Total points: 520
Golden Oldie Tickets: 10
Big Book Tickets: 6
Diana K.10.10 Happy Holidays! Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Goodbye, Paris by Anstey Harris
Total points: 105
RAYNEBAIR15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Get a Grip by L.A. Witt
she also writes under Ann Gallagher, Lauren Gallagher and Lori A. Witt.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
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Task 20.10 - Group Reads
I listened to the audio version of
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
My comments can be found at #20 in the discussion thread.
Points: 20
Total: 630