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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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10.2 - Every Day HeroesRivers of London - The MC is a police officer
I listened to the audiobook. The mass market paperback edition has 320 pages.
Total points: 140
15.4 - From A to ZOption 2:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 448 pages.
Total points: 155
danibean20.3 - Elementary My Dear Watson - Choose one of the following options and read a book of at least 150 pages.
Option 2: Read any book by one of the authors on the list of 50 crime writers to read before you die, which also has MPG Crime or Mystery
I read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie. 268 pgs.
Elizabeth BTask 30.4
I chose the winter tradition #3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character
Mean Streak (MC Emory Charbonneau) (409 pgs)
Book 2 -main character named Maria.
The Nightingale Murder, MC Maria Kallio (320 pgs)
Total page count: 409+320=729 > 500
Points 30
Total points 660
25.2Option 1:
How to Walk Away, by Katherine Center
Option 4:
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life (224 pages in hardcover)
Total points: 210
Mod
15.2 - Winter or Summer?
book 1, Winter: Winter by Karl Ove Knausgård
book 2, Summer: One Summer Day in Rome by Mark Lamprell
total = 430
Mod
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
Barry Award for Best First Novel (2015)
total = 450
Mod
30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
option 3,
Book 1: book by a woman about a woman: The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life the woman behind the label, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, 288 pages
Book 2, author named Mary: Road Ends by Mary Lawson, 336 pages
288 + 336 = 624
total = 480
Mod
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
RBN = "D"lmrose, I live in the U.S.
Book 1, D= Denmark, Europe, written by an author from Denmark : The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Author reference
Book 2, Jussi Adler-Olsen - "J" = Japan, Asia, written by an author from Japan: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
total = 510
Queen Bee Darlene10.5 Remembering Stan Lee
Book 1st published between 1941-1996
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks) Go Ask Alice
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 190
babbling C25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
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.
Devil's Cut - Audible - Devil's Cut - paperback pg 419 by J.R. Ward
4. A Good Hero Has a Sword Which Goes 'Ting!' Or maybe they just have a really big Axe...
Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy. A combination genre such as Science Fiction Fantasy will not work for this task.
Ghost Story - Audible Ghost Story - paperback pgs 578 by Jim Butcher
Fantasy 2,766 users
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:160/985
Completed Tasks:10/57
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 3,970
Books read this season: 12
babbling c15.5 - Secret Identity
Many superheroes have secret identities and so do many authors! Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name. You may read a book written under any of the names that the author uses. REQUIRED: If the GR record or author bio does not show that the author writes under more than one name, include a link to a source establishing this.
Nora Roberts also writes as J.D. Robb
A Matter of Choice - Kindle A Matter of Choice - paperback pgs 250 by Nora Roberts
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:175/985
Completed Tasks:11/57
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 4,220
Books read this season: 13
DULCINELLA20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
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. In Our Time 1925
IN OUR TIME
Ernest Hemingway 213 p. 1/11/19 4 stars Originally published in 1925
I claim a GO ticket for this one
Points in this post: 20 points
Total points 730 points
5 tickets BB
5 tickets GO
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Option 1: read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.
Book read: Jackaby
How it fits: MC is R. F. Jackaby, his sidekick is Abigail Rook; approved in message 21 in help thread
Option 4: Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
Book read: The Ghost of Marlow House
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
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Total points: 275
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 18
BB Tickets: 7
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Nicola T20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
I chose Option 2.b. read a book with at least a three word title, where the first initials of all words in the title can be found in "lieutenant colonel" OR "contracting officer" (subtitles should be ignored).
I read City of Light
COLonel = City Of Light
Points this post: 20
Total points:55
Tasks completed:4
Books Read: 5
RAYNEBAIR5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
Read a book with ALL the letters in DOT DASH (including 2 Ds) in the title and/or subtitle
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
points this post: 5
Total points: 310
Joanne MITask 25.5-Reading the Stats
Option 2 read a book from my Australian-author shelf
Beyond the Hanging Wall-352 pages
Option 3 read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers
Magician: Apprentice-31,00 gave it 5 stars-485 pages
Total pages 837
Points this task 25
Total Points 140
Total BB's 1
Sara G30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
I am from the United States.
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.
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna by C.W. Gortner
This book is set in Russia.
On the World Atlas list, this country is listed in Asia, and listed as the Russian Federation. Per Russia's constitution linked here, the names Russian Federation and Russia are equal for this country.
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..
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García
The author Cristina García was born in Havana, Cuba. C is the first initial of C. W. Gortner from book 1.
Cuba is listed on the World Atlas as being in North America.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470
15.3 Songs About HeroesOption2:
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
HTWA - KC
#61 Hero of The WAr - sCott walKer
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 135
15.6 My Personal HeroBecoming by Michelle Obama
She is a hero of mine because she is around my age and of similar economic background and I am so impressed by how she has handled everything that life has sent her way.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 150
TINABEER10.2 Every Day Heroes
Story about an everyday hero
Memory Man by David Baldacci
Main character is Amos Decker, a police officer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Total tasks: 3
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Songs About Heroes
Option 2. . 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 and 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 artist
The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell
Initial letters of Title words TFI can be found in *16 Waiting For Superman, Authors initials in # 11 LInk WRAY
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Read a book that has won a literary award.
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
Won the Edgar Award for the Best Novel 1987
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday HeroesOPTION 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927 (this is the Golden Oldies task, after all).
Fantômas (Fantômas #1) by Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1911)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 450
ElaineL5.8: Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas or essays (or any combination).
Making Merry by Alexa Land (GR description notes that it contains "five interconnected holiday stories")
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 925
Diana K.5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh. Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Shell
Total points: 120
Diana K.30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Opt B Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Strike Your Heart by Amélie Nothomb
Opt C Read a book with FOOD or FOOD AND DRINK on the Goodreads main page genre list.
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
Total points:150
Suzannesea25.2 SandyL's Task
Option 3
Read a book with snow on the cover.
by John GrishamOption 4
Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
325 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 285
SCHATZIE10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
---mpg that starts with "H"
mpg: HISTORICAL FICTION
The Thief
-- genre noted in 'genre verification' thread, msg 57.
SCHATZIE15.5 - Secret Identity
---author writes under another name
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
wikipedia link for pen name: (Richard Bachman)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
SCHATZIE20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
---won a literary award
The Yearling
--won Pulitzer Prize for Novel in 1939
SCHATZIE20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
Opt. 2: 350 pgs and pub in 2007
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 15.0
pg. count link: pb - Rise of the Evening Star
--427 pgs.
SCHATZIE25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Opt. 2: LAND OF LINCOLN in title/subtitle
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Opt 5: paved road on cover
Shadow Man
cover approved in msg 29 in help thread
Amy the book bat25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 2: In the pie chart of top shelves, the biggest slice is for 'australian-author'. For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf. Please be careful that any book you read for this option fits within SRC guidelines
Year of Wonders
Option 3: Only 27 books received 5 stars from me (7.6% of total books read). For this option, read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers. Hint: on book page, click on "Rating Details" located next to the star rating and it will show you a table of star ratings. The number in brackets is the number of times the books has been given a certain rating.
People of the Book (5 star 35% (39312))
Points this task: 25
Total points: 265
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
15.6 - My Personal HeroThe Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
I admire the courage and faith of Corrie ten Boom. She, along with her family, helped shelter Jews from Nazis in Holland during WWII. She was arrested and sent to prison and later a concentration camp where her faith gave her the hope and strength to survive, even after losing the rest of her family.
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winnersThe Kiss Quotient - Romance category
I have not read this book before.
25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 2 - From Lukov with Love - Jasmine and Ivan are figure skaters
Option 3 - Moonshine Kiss
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading StatsOption 1: How the Dukes Stole Christmas
Option 3: Premeditated Peppermint
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter SolsticeBook 1: Trust No One - 327 pages
Book 2: The Darkest Sunrise - 264 pages
Total Points: 935
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 2. Read any book by one of the authors on the list, which also has the MPG Crime or Mystery (stand-alone or embedded).
The Snack Thief (Commissario Montalbano #3) by Andrea Camilleri
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 470
Elizabeth BTask 15.7
a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
This book was new to me.
Points 15
Total 675
Mod
I chose Option 1 and read The Chrysalids, first published in 1955 (year with 5 and 9 in it).
Total points: 420
25.2 Winter SportsOption 3:
by Samuel Bjørk &
Option 4:
by M.J. Arlidge (This book has 426 pages).Points: 25
Total points: 155
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1:
(picture of horse approved in task help thread post 19)This post: 20 points
Total points: 240
BB: 2
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 18
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The Black Echo - The MC is a veteran of the Vietnam War
Excerpt from the book's blurp on Goodreads: "...the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war..."
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 544 pages.
I would like to claim one Big Book ticket, please.
Total points: 130
Big Book tickets: 2