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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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15.5 - Secret IdentityWildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
aka Kim Wilkins
1 x Bigger is Better tix (524 pages)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 515
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I chose option 1 and read Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien- I read the kindle edition, linked to top paperback edition. This book won the Giller Prize in 2016. Author's initials, MT, are found in MaraThon of hope.
Total points: 460
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.
Book read: The Improbability of Love
How it fits: initial letters TIOL are in the phrase
Pages: 624 (MMPB Edition: L'improbabilité de l'amour)
Claiming 1 BB Ticket
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.
Book read: Die Springflut
How it fits: initial letters DS are in the phrase
Pages: 475 (MMPB Edition: Marée d'équinoxe)
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Total points: 305
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 20
BB Tickets: 8
GO Tickets: 1
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15.3 - Songs About Heroes
option 2, one book
Using song #12. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
beginning letters BMH in Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War by author DM in Midler Dale Maharidge
total = 610
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
option 2, first published 2007, 350+ pages:
The Woods by Harlan Coben, 404 pages
total = 630
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25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
option 1, sidekick, mystery genre: The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Daniel Hawthorne and Anthony Horowitz:
Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes....Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.
option 4, fantasy genre: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter by Michael J. Sullivan
total = 655
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Educated by Tara Westover.
It won Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2018)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695/985
Tasks completed: 46/57
Books read: 57
Task 30.1 - Gotta love the Hero!I previously claimed this taks in #278, but am changing book 1
option 1 - read a book with YA MPG
Sadie
option 3: read a book (not #1) in a series I love
The Girl in The Tower
this is #2, and is new to me. I read and love love LOVED #1
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no point change - 690
Task 5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.I previously claimed this task in #1758, but am changing the book as I want a BB ticket! :)
read a book with DOTDASH in the subtitle
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
DO in cOmmanD
T in conTrol
DA in AnD
S in Safety
H in tHe
656p - claiming BB ticket
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no point change - 690
Task 20.6 - Remembering A Canadian HeroI previously claimed this book in #1758, including the GO tix - so don't double-award me!
option 2: read a book with COURAGE in the title
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
C in Case
OURAGE in dAnGEROU
pub 1937 - claimed GO tix (in #1758 against 5.3)
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710 points
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 60
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options and a read a book from each.
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from Greatest Movie Heroes.
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
by Douglas Preston.
Douglas is in #20 of the list: Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) - Spartacus (1960)
Opt. 3: Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero. This book must be new to you and cannot be #1 in a series.
Verses for the Dead
This is #18 in the Pendergast series, this is the latest in the series that I've been reading and is new to me.
Points this task: 30
Total Points to date: 90
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
Read a book that won one of the goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before.
Elevation by Stephen King
This book won the Horror category
Points this task: 20
Total Points to date: 110
CANDY5.10 - Book Blitz
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3 B: Read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "College stuDent"
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Bluegrass Pam30.4 Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes
Option 3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - Written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character.
*Main character is Circe.
Circe by Madeline Miller (393 pp)
Book 2- main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie.
*Author’s name is Mary
Doc by Mary Doria Russell (394 pp)
Points this post: 30
BB tix this post: 0 / Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 110
Delicious Dee25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
Book A - Fighting for Everything - Laura Kaye - LK found in KIDDIELAND
Book B - The Hate U Give - hate found in EXCHANGERATE
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
5.8 - Go ShortRead an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories
Book read: Stars Above
How it fits: Collection of 9 short stories
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Total points: 310
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 21
BB Tickets: 8
GO Tickets: 1
Queen Bee Darlene10.2 Every Day Heroes - Main character is everyday hero - police officer
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit
Constance Kopp was New Jersey's 1st female deputy sheriff
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 200
25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 1
My favorite winter sport is Ice Hockey. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in this phrase. Spaces determine names.
ICe
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Option 3
Nothing says winter like snow! Read a book with snow on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post
Clay's Quilt by Silas HouseTask Total: 25
Season Total: 150
30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad500 Pages: 501 + 110 = 611 Pages
Option A- Read a book by a single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus. ONLY acceptable variations: Joe, Jose, Josef, Josephine, Josie, Maria, Marian, Marie, Marion, and Maryann.
Joseph:
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Option B– Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
eyDie PanChos
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 180
Erin NY25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
I love watching winter sports! Although Ice Hockey (go Kings!) is my favorite, seeing the snowboarders and skiers do their tricks and watching the skaters fly and spin just amazes me!
This is a two book tasks - pick one book from each of two different options.
REQUIRED - state which options you are choosing.
NO books with the main page genre “Childrens” or “Kids” allowed.
Option 1
My favorite winter sport is Ice Hockey. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in this phrase. Spaces determine names.
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
* iCe hoCkey
Option 2
My favorite books are romances featuring athletes. Read a book featuring a Main Character athlete who competes in a winter sport found on the Wikipedia Winter Sport list. The athlete does not have to be a professional.
The book need not be a romance, and can be fiction or nonfiction.
REQUIRED: State the sport and the Main Character's name . If the sport is not evident from the title, book description or metadata, include a reference from the book or an outside link to establish the sport.
Red Flags by Jens Lyon
* Sport: Figure Skating
* MC: Larissa
Points this post: 25
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 315
Tasks completed: 20
Tasks in progress: 1
Books read: 24
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+) 1 (750+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 9,037
Erin NY20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Arthurian Legend: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Discussion Thread
Cozy Café - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Discussion Thread
Cryptology/Ciphers Nonfiction - Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Discussion Thread
REQUIRED: You must 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.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
* Post #9: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 335
Tasks completed: 21
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 25
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+) 1 (750+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 9,453
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Option 1: Shot of Tequila by J.A. Konrath.
Option 4: The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720/985
Tasks completed: 47/57
Books read: 59
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
HOLIDAY
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
10.3- Four-Legged HerosScent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson
#12 on p. 1
Total points: 100 + 10 = 110
50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional HeroesBook 1 – When All the Girls Have Gone
Book 2 – The Plot Is Murder
Book 3 – The Lost Girls of Paris
Colin's MomTask: 30.2
Option B: Rosemary and Crime by Gail Oust
Option D: A Treasury of Christmas Miracles: True Stories of God's Presence Today by Karen Kingsbury (cover shows people in background:
.. there are 4 people in the carriage.)Points the task: 30
Point Total: 60
Bluegrass Pam15.10 National Book Awards
Won the award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
The Friend was the 2018 Fiction winner.
Points this post: 15
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 125
Bluegrass Pam5.2 The Book Flood Cometh
FIRST published in October, November or December
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Published October 16th 2018
Points this post: 5
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 130
Bluegrass Pam20.4 Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
First published between 1863 and 1927
Hunger
*Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket – first published in 1890
Points this post: 20
GO tix this post: 1 / Total GO tix: 1
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 150
Amy the book bat10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
Points this task: 10
Total points: 310
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 22
Brooke TX10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O. With MPG Horror:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX15.3 - Songs About Heroes
Option 2: Read one 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 65 best songs about heroes AND where the initial letters of the author's name can be found in the name of one of the listed artists. With "COS" found in #10 (Working Class Hero) and "JH" found in #39 (Jennifer Rush):
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 210
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 30
Brooke TX15.10 - National Book Awards
Read one of the books that won the National Book Award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018. From the Nonfiction longlist:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 225
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 30
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day A book with all the letters in DOT DASH in the title: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue by Imbolo Mbue
Points this post: 5
Total points: 260
Brooke TX25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2: Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Option 4: Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 30
Adallae30.4 - Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Tradition: ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - Birds of a Feather (320pgs)
Written by Jacqueline Winspear, main character is Maisie Dobbs
Book 2 - F (272pgs)
Main character named Marie
Total pages - 592pgs
Points: 30
Total points: 145
MAZZA130.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
The Wrath & the Dawn
Option 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 :
Using Number 36 actor John Wayne
A Widow for One Year
John Irving
Names must match exactly, but may be found in any position - for example, Kim Harrison works for Harrison Ford.
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 570
Task 20.10 - Group Readsread and comment on one of the chosen books
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
msg: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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740 points
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REPOST for 1945CANDY
5.10 - Book Blitz
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
REPOST for 1945CANDY
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3 B: Read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "College stuDent"
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Erin NY25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
This is a two book task. Choose one book from two different options below. REQUIRED: Include the options you chose in your post.
ONE book used for this task may have the MPG "Sequential Art," "Graphic Novel," "Comics," "Comic Book," or "Manga."
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.
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
* MPG: Fantasy 11,049 users
Points this post: 25
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 360
Tasks completed: 22
Tasks in progress: 0
Books read: 26
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+) 1 (750+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 9,811
Nick KY30.3 Ava Catherine’s Alpha-Omega
Book 1. Begins and ends with the same vowel. I read Evangeline by Ben Farmer. 380 pp
Book 2. Begins and ends with different consonants. I read Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. 285 pp
Total pp = 665 > required 500.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 395
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15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Norse Mythology
TOTAL TO DATE
320 points
2 big books