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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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trishhartuk5.5 - O? No!
Oh no, no O! Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name..
Morning Glory Circle, Pamela Grandstaff
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Sara G15.5 - 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.
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill: by Jean Plaidy
This author also wrote as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, etc.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 535
DULCINELLA 50 points
1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes
Book 1 – As the titles of the books in this series all begin with What, When, Why, Where, or Who, read a book with a title that begins with one of these words.
Wat je niet weet
Karen Cleveland 312 p. 16 january 2019 4stars ‘Wat’ is the Dutch word for ‘what’ (the title ‘need to know.’ Is translated into ‘what you don’t know’)
Book 2 – read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
Mooi doodliggen
A.F.Th. van der Heijden 358 p. 17 january 2019 4 stars Book 3 – As all these books are historical fiction, read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
The Poisoned Crown
Maurice Druon 294 p. 13/1/19 4 starsPoints in this task: 50 points
Total points: 845 points
4 tickets BB
5 tickets GO
DULCINELLA10.7 - Brown Shoes?
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.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Agatha Christie 294 p. 17 january 2019 3 stars I claim a GO for this book as it was first published in 1940
points innthis post: 10 points
Total points: 855 points
Tickets for BB: 4
Tickets for GO: 6
CelesteR25.1 - Options 2 & 3
Option 2: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Option 3: On the page of superheroes (#7?) ワンパンマン 15 Wanpanman 15 by ワンパンマン 15 Wanpanman 15
GN: 100+ < 208
Total: 30(scoreboard) + 25 = 55 points
Task 15.3 - Songs About HeroesOption 2:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1) (2018) by Hank Green (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 1st US edition, 343 pages)
2 .Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
Author Initials (GH) in Title: H oldin g Out for a Hero
28. Working Class Hero - Marianne Faithfull
Title Initials (AART) in Author: M ar ianne F a i t hfull
85 + 15 = 100
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 85 + 15 = 100
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,413
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Cozy Café. I read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (mass market paperback). I commented in the discussion thread here.
Previous point total: 235
New points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Total tasks completed: 16
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Ava Catherine50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes
Book 1 – read a book with a title that begins with one of the stated words.
selected word=what
What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates 624 pages
Book 2 – read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
The African Queen by C.S. Forester 308 pages
Book 3 – read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
320 pages mpg historical fiction approved on help thread post 13
624+308+320=1252 total pages
LaureY5.9 - Acts of Heroism
Read a book with a main character or subject who is an active-duty or former member of the armed forces of any nation (real or imagined).
Into the Storm by Suzanne Brockman
*I claim a Big Book Ticket for this book as it as 528 pages.*
Points this post: 5
Total points: 175
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Brooklyn15.9 – Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with a hand on the cover.
by Josh MalermanPoints this post: 15
Total points: 65/985
Tasks completed: 7/57
Books read: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn20.2 – Darwin Day
Option 2: Read a book where the initial letters of each title word can be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
chARLes darwin
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85/985
Tasks completed: 8/57
Books read: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn20.4 – Everyday Heroes
Option 2: Read a book at least 350 pgs long that was first published in 2007.
White Night by Jim Butcher
First published April 3, 2007; 407 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105/985
Tasks completed: 9/57
Books read: 9
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn20.9 – Goodreads Choice Award Winners
Read a book that won one of the Goodreads Choice Awards this year that you have not read before.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Won in the romance category; this book was new to me
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125/985
Tasks completed: 10/57
Books read: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1
RAYNEBAIR30.4 - Shoes, Letters and Pancakes (in Belguim)
Note: The minimum page count of every book is 200 p. and in total you need to read 500 p.
Option 3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character. REQUIRED: Give the name of the main character.
Bring Down the Stars by Emma Scott
Main character - Autumn Caldwell
paperback is 284 pgs
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie. No other variations may be used.
Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie
paperback is 312 pgs
combined, both books total 596 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Nick KY5.6 Read Aloud Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading. I read The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading edited by Michael Dorris.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 400
MAZZA130.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
REQUIRED: Books read for this task must total a minimum of 500 pages.
Option A –
Read a book by a single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus.
Caught in a Web Author Joseph Lewis
340 pages
Option B–
Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
A Darkness More Than Night
Michael Connelly
418 pages
Total pages 340 +418 = 758 pages
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 600
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
The Funhouse by Owen West
Owen West is a pseudonym of Dean Koontz
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel
Ohio by Stephen Markley
Book 2:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant, which does NOT have to be the same consonant.
Consumed by David Cronenberg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
DULCINELLA5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&".
Ali and Nino
Kurban Said 288 p. 18 january 2019 4 starsI claim a golden oldie ticket. The book was first published in 1937
points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 860 points
Tickets for BB: 4
Tickets for GO: 7
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Where the Dead Sit Talking - I read the kindle edition, linked to the hardback. 3d MPG is Young Adult.
For my second book, I read The Golden Egg. I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB is Le garçon qui ne parlait pas. This is #22 in the Commissario Brunetti series - I've read the first 21 in the series, but this one is new to me.
Total points: 530
Brooke TX10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books. Found on page 5:
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 260
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 32
StaceyNC15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
Book:
Completed: 1/17/19
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 15
Bluegrass Pam25.9 Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
Bk 1: title of at least two words, initial letters of words in the title in: THE LONGEST NIGHT. Bk1 pages>Bk2 pages
I read an ARC of The Night Tiger.
# of pages in the book I read: 372 pp
Bk 2: title of at least two words, initial letters of words in the title in: THE SHORTEST DAY.
There There : 294 pages
Points this post: 25
Total GO tix: 1
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 175
10.8 Take the Stairs DayI read
, which shows 3 sets of stairs.points: 155
books read: 18
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 5
pages read: 5092
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1 -
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 370
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Cait S5.10- Book Blitz
Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 90
10.2 - Every Day HeroesThis Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Points: 10
Total points: 200
15.3 - Songs About HeroesBook 1:
The Rule of One by Ashley Saunders. Song 9 - We don't need another hero by Tina Turner.
Book 2:
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen. Song 44 - Theme for a hero by the flower kings.
Points: 15
Total points: 215
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TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Every Day Heroes
Stranger In Paradise by Robert B. Parker.
Jesse Stone is the main character and is police chief.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 765/985
Tasks completed: 46/57
Books read: 63
Task 20.4 - Everyday Heroesoption 1: read a book published 1923
Saint Joan
pub 1923 - claiming GO ticket
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795 points
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
The book has won multiple awards, one of them is the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Young Adult Novel (2011)
Total points: 55
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - Catch up with the SRC
Read a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never read before. I read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen, which I have not read before.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 255
Suzannesea20.6 Seasoned Reader
Option 2
Read a book where the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title/subtitle.
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming
yOU GottA gEt biggeR dreams: my life in stories and piCtures
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 305
DULCINELLA30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Help Thread
With January comes the opportunity to start afresh, and people around the world resolve to change something in their lives for the better. Below is a list of some of the more popular New Year’s Resolutions people make.
This is 2 book challenge.
1. Eat better
2. Exercise more
3. Spend less money
4. Self care Single, Carefree, Mellow
5. Read more books
6. Learn a new skill
7. Get a new job
8. Make new friends
10. Focus more on appearance
4. Self care
Book 1: Pick one resolution and read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/ subtitle.
Een wolf in schaapskleren
A.C. Baantjer 139 p. 18 january 2019 2 stars4. Self care
Een wolf In schaapskleren
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.
8. Make new friends
New Boy: William Shakespeare's Othello Retold: A Novel
Tracy Chevalier 224 p.18 january 2019 3 starspoints in this post: 30 points
Total points: 890 points
Tickets for BB: 4
Tickets for GO: 7
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 2: Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
A Deadly Row, Casey Mayes
DARwin
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Wow, I can't believe that there are already four finishers, when its only halfway through January!!
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 Mazza1's Task: A world of books
Readerboard name: TessaVanessa
I lived in the United States.
Book 1: Beartown by Fredrik Backman.
The book is set in country: Sweden; Continent: Europe
Book 2: Initials of author of Book 1 are FB.
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith.
The book is set in country: Botswana; Continent: Africa
Points this post: 30
Total points: 795/985
Tasks completed: 47/57
Books read: 65
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.8 - Go Short
I read Five-Carat Soul by James McBride. "Short Stories" is an MPG and there are at least three stories in the collection - four are described in the Goodreads metadata and there are at least three others (another Civil War-set story, one about WWII-era black veterans and a promise they kept, and a multi-part allegory set in a zoo).
Previous point total: 255
New points this post: 5
Total points: 260
Total tasks completed: 18
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
perletwo50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes - Book 1 – As the titles of the books in this series all begin with What, When, Why, Where, or Who, read a book with a title that begins with one of these words. Words must match exactly - no variations.
When in Rome
Book 2 – As C.S. Harris and M.M. Kaye both use initials instead of a first name, read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name. Any number of initials may be present, but the name must consist only of initial(s) and a last name.
Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James
Book 3 – As all these books are historical fiction, read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Murder In Montparnasse - genre verified
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
I read all three on my kindle, but:
Book 1 top mmp ed. 286 pgs + Book 2 top mmp ed. 260 pgs + Book 3 top pb ed. 257 pgs = 803 pgs
Points this task: 50
Total points: 330
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 15
10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee"Read a book first published between 1941 and 1996."
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
First published 1992
Total Points: 85
TANYAPT10.1 - Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill - European Literature
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Total BB Tickets Collected: 2
TANYAPT20.7 - Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE. Middle initials can be ignored.
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Total BB Tickets Collected: 2
Coralie5.5 O? No!
Book by an author who does not have an O in his name
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Total to date 300 points
TANYAPT25.5 - Option 1: read a book with a main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies.
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
3: read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Total BB Tickets Collected: 2
Coralie20.7 Yo, Adrian!
Option 3 – author whose first and last initials are found in SylvesteR stallone
The Mésalliance by Stella Riley
Total to date 320 points
Julia10325.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
Book 1: Fortune's Stroke (avg rating 4.23)
I read Kindle edition. The paperback Fortune's Stroke is 512 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
Book 2: Emma (avg rating 3.05)
Both of these books have been verified in task help thread (listed in post #2)
This post: 25 points, 1 BB
Total points: 285
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 17
Total books read: 20
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Option 1 – Author initials in iCE hockey
Elizabeth Cobbs / The Hamilton Affair
Option 3 – Snow on the Cover
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: