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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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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)
Author Initials (GH) in Author: They Mi gh t Be Giants
30. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
Title Initials (AART) in Title: Heroes A re H ar d t o Find
15. Heroes Are Hard to Find - Fleetwood Mac
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+
Pamela326525.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
Book 1: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving – 4.23 rating
Big Book – 617 pages
Book 2: Check Me Out by Becca Wilhite – 3.08 average rating
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DeborahPost 12
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
One book option
3) The Passage 766 pages
62917 5 star ratings
Points this post:25
Total Points:175
Books read:14
Tasks Done:12
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies3. a. read Book #1 in a series.
Glamorous Illusions by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Sophie25.3
1. Author initials in Kiddieland
The Rumour by Lesley Kara
2. Title contains a word that can be made from exchange rate
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
The letters of three are in exchange rate
Claim 1 GO
Total 445
GO 2
Sophie25.7
1. Rating over 4.2
Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell
4.31 this morning
2. Rating under 3.2
A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernières
Total 470
5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year. Becoming by Michelle Obama, first published November 13, 2018
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 10
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2
Task 10.8 - Take the StairsRead a book with stairs on the cover
The House at Midnight
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810 points
Task 15.6 - My Personal Heroread a non fiction autobiography about a hero
The Little Big Things: A young man's belief that every day can be a good day
Henry Fraser broke his neck in an accident, and is tetraplegic. He finished his Alevels, got a job at Saracens rugby club and became an exhibited artist. Aka didn't let the accident stop him living his life. He is an inspiration
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825points
Laurah3010.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
The Pearl published in 1947
Claiming 1 GO ticket
Total to date: 3 GO tickets
EMurphy30.5 Mazza1's Task: A world of books
*I am from the United States
Book 1: The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles
*Set in the United Kingdom, on the European continent
Book 2: Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Shook Shin
*Author is from and text is set in South Korea, on the Asian continent
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 55
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Laurah3030.2. 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
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani LS found in phrase
opt C Read a book with FOOD or FOOD AND DRINK on the Goodreads main page genre list. May be stand alone or imbedded.
The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great
30.1Option 1: YA
The Female of the Species, by Mindy McGinnis (YA).
Option 2: Hero
My Oxford Year, by Julia Whelan (#29 Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts).
Total: 290
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Membership Required
Option 2 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group. I joined in September 2014, so I read A Very Special Year by Thomas Montasser.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 275
DULCINELLA20.10 - 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
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 416 p. 19 january 2019 3 starsMy comment can be found here
I claim a ticket for a GO
points in this post: 20 points
Total points: 910 points
Tickets for BB: 4
Tickets for GO: 8
StaceyNC10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
Book: The Whispering Room
Completed: 1/19/19
How it Fits: MPG Horror
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 16
StaceyNC25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
This is a two book task.
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.
Book: Sadie
Completed: 1/5/19
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.
Book: Magic Slays
Completed: 1/14/19
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 17
Nick KY50.1 Coralie’s Three Fictional Heroes
Book 1. Fictional Hero Jarvis requires a book which begins with the word “Who” “What” When” or “Why.” I read What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell. 194 pp
Book 2. Fictional Hero Hollis requires a book written by an author who only uses initials for a first name. I read Cover Her Face by P.D. James. 250 pp
Book 3. Fictional Hero Wantage requires a book with a GR genre of “Historical Fiction.” I read The History of Bees by Maja Lunde. 352 pp
Total pp = 786 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 450
CaraI completed task 20.1 - The Most Improved Player. The book I read is The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures and it won the National Book Critics Circle Award (general nonfiction category) in 1997.
Pamela326520.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1:
by Jill Kemerer – Horse on coverPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 295
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Scooter&Siam15.7 - Catch up with the SRC
Read The Great Alone
The book was new to me.
Points: 15
Total: 55
Scooter&Siam5.5 -- Book whose author's name does not have an "O" in it.
Read The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer
Points: 5
Total: 60
Laurah3020.6 - 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.
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. Won Giller Prize in 2007. EH is in phrase "maratHon of hopE"
Elizabeth BTask 50.1
Book 1. title begins with Who
Who Knows the Storm (240 pgs)
Book 2. a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name
Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb (388 pgs)
Book 3. MPG Historical ficion
The Painted Veil - (246 pgs)
Pages: 240+388+246= 874 (>750 pgs)
Total points 770
10.9 Write Me A LetterI read Breakout by Kate Messner - told entirely in letters and text messages
AR Bookfinder info - IL MG, RL 5.4, Points 10.0
New Total: 40
20.3 Elementary My Dear WatsonI chose option 4 and read The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz - all about Holmes and Watson who are the main characters!
New Total: 60
20.9 GR Choice Award Winners I read Elevation by Stephen King - won for Horror. I have not read this before.
New Total: 80
TINABEER15.2 - Winter or Summer?
A book with "winter" in the title and a book with "summer" in the title
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves
Summer Secrets by Jane Green
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Shawn H. 30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1 - Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult
The Giver by Lois Lowry
***Young Adult is the 1st main page genre***
Opt. 3 - Read a book from one of your favorite series; book must be new to you and cannot be #1 in a series.
Doctor No by Ian Fleming
***This book is new to me and is the 6th book in the original series***
****I have been reading the James Bond Series since last year****
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Oma1229Repost of #2014
Oma1229
30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Choose one winter tradition, and read book one and book two from that tradition. Both books MUST be from the same tradition.
I chose the ‘Lichtmis’ tradition
Book #1-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 Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick
The main character is Ida Rosnay
Claiming The Time of Singing as Big Book with page count of 514
Book #2-Book 1 - a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character. REQUIRED: Give the name of the main character.
Deadly Circumstances by Terri Reid
The main character is Mary O'Reilley.
Total Points-190/985
Total Tasks-16/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
(less)
Oma122910.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O.
The MPG that I chose is Historical Fiction
Sorrow Without End by Priscilla Royal
Total Points-205/985
Total Tasks-18/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books.
Meta by Tom Reynolds
This book was found on page 1.
Total Points-215/985
Total Tasks-19/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.6 - Let's Eat!
Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
The book's setting is Alaska as listed on the Main Page.
Outfoxed by Love by Eve Langlais
Total Points-225/985
Total Tasks-20/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.7 - 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.
Miss Hildreth Wore Brown: Anecdotes of a Southern Belle by Olivia deBelle Byrd
Total Points-235/985
Total Tasks-21/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.8 - Take the Stairs
January 9th is National Take the Stairs Day. Read a book with 3 or more steps clearly visible on the cover. Steps must be the sort of structures that consist of a riser and a tread and/or are part of a staircase. Fire escapes, ladders, step stools, etc. will not work.
by Rosamund HodgeTotal Points-245/985
Total Tasks-22/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Reposting with Readerboard name Kathy P15.3 - Songs About Heroes
One book option
We Are On Our Own
Miriam KatinFirst initials of title found in 9. We Don't Need Another Hero
First initials of author found in 37. Super Hero - Kottonmouth Kings
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 140
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 9
Total Books read: 9
Readerboard name Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndRoyal Society of Biology General Book Prize (2015)
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 160
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 10
Total Books read: 10
Readerboard name Kathy P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 3
Under a Painted Sky
Author Stacey Lee
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 180
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 11
Total Books read: 11
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together
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
The Hush by John Hart
John HART
Book 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials. All initials must be included
The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens The HEAVENS MAY FALL
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - "And the winner is....."
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
This book is the 2014 winner of the This is Horror Award for Novel (https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/this-i...)
Link to PB edition - Bird Box
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Amy FL20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 3: The Night Bird by Brian Freeman (Martin Freeman)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
3b. The Drowning by Camilla Läckberg (CoLlege student)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Amy FL20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 2: The Clockmaker's Daughter (COURAGE: the ClOckmAkER's daUGhter)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 Mythological Heroes
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810/985
Tasks completed: 48/57
Books read: 66
10.9 - Write Me a LetterA book written in an epistolary style: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
The book's description mentions an exchange of letters, but does not specify that it is entirely made up of letters. It is entirely letters.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295
Delicious Dee25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2 - Mountain Guardian Bear - ebook only approved #7242 of the approval thread
option 4 - Fire Touched - shelved as fantasy by 900+ ppl
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 395
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - February Babies
The Siren by Kiera Cass
Option 1b - #21 on the Best mermaid books list
Link to PB edition - The Siren
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - Winter Sports!
Book 1 - Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand
Option 1 - The author's first and last initials are found in icE Hockey.
Link to PB edition - Winter Solstice
Book 2 - The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Option 3 - There is snow on the cover.
Link to MMP edition - Verità sepolte
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 215 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Re-posting because I didn't give my correct name before:Erica H.
5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Becoming by Michelle Obama, first published November 13, 2018
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 10
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2
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15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Elevation-Stephen King
Stephen King has also written under the name Richard Bachman
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0