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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Diana K5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas. Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
A Christmas Journey
Total points: 195
MEGAN RAE25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
2 book task
Option 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.
- Completed 16th JanuaryPages: 401
How it fits: Title doesn't contain the word "A", "An", "And" or "The"
Option 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.
- Completed 21st JanuaryPages: 336
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 150
Repost of #2120Oma1229
10.8 - 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 Hodge Gilded Ashes approved for length #1157 on approved for length list.
Total Points-245/985
Total Tasks-22/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Kristen IA5.3 - 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
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/985
Tasks Completed: 2/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA5.6 - Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15/985
Tasks Completed: 3/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Jecca5.2~The Book Flood Cometh
Hunky Heartbreaker: A Whiskey Kisses Novella by Kendall Ryan
First published in November 2018
This post: 5
Total points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
Jecca5.5 - O? No!
Finding Alexei by Kendall Ryan
No "O" in the author's name
This post: 5
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Jecca20.2~Darwin Day
Option 2: ChArles Darwin
Deception and Chaos by S.M. Soto
This post: 20
Total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
Jecca20.3~Elementary, my dear Watson
Option 1.
three words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in A STUDY IN SCARLET
The Darkest Captive: A Lords of the Underworld Novella by Gena Showalter
This post: 20
Total points: 50
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Jecca20.5~February babies
3 (a) Book #1
Cavalier by T.L. Smith
Book #1 in Crimson Elite
This post: 20
Total points: 70
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 5
Jecca25.2~winter sports
Option 1 - author's initials in ICE HOCKEY
Roma King by Callie Hart
Option 4
Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages
Permission: The Perversion Trilogy, Book Three by T.M. Frazier
240 pages
This post: 25
Total points: 95
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Bluegrass Pam5.5 - O? No!
Single author does NOT have an O in name.
I listened to the audiobook. Here is the Paperback link: Ice by Anna Kavan
Points this post: 5
Total GO tix: 1
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 180
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin DayOption 2: Hidden in a Whisper by Tracie Peterson
cHArles darWIn
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
Bluegrass Pam15.3 - Songs About Heroes
Option 2: One book that satisfies both criteria for option 1. The title initials and author initials can be from the same or different songs. *Used different songs.
War With The Newts by Karel Čapek
Letters WWTN can be found in song title #21 The Wind Beneath My Wings by Kenny Rogers
Letters KC can be found in the artist’s name: #61 Hero of the War by Scott Walker
*Requesting one GO ticket. First published in 1935.
Points this post: 15
GO this post:1
Total GO tix: 2
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 195
KATRINA T20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 1. Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in A STUDY IN SCARLET.
The Silent Companions
a STudy in sCarlet
305 pages
Points in this post: 20
G.O: 1
B.B: 1
Total books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9 (5.2/5.4/10.2/10.10/15.10/20.3/20.6/25.6/30.6)
Total points: 140
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 - Let's Eat!
About a Girl by Lindsey Kelk. It is set in Hawaii.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 820/985
Tasks completed: 49/57
Books read: 67
babblng c15.2 - Winter or Summer?
It all depends on where you are!
Book 1 - Read a book with the word "winter" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
Winter Wonderland -kindle Winter Wonderland -paperback pgs. 203 by Elizabeth Mansfield
AND
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "summer" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
Summer with a Star -kindle Summer With A Star - paperback pgs. 248 by Merry Farmer
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:200/985
Completed Tasks:13/57
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 5,011
Books read this season: 16
Sara G15.6 - 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.
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Mrs. Obama is one of my personal heroes because she has managed to be such a gracious person and has contributed so much to help underprivileged kids, despite our ugly political environment in the US.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
Cordelia15.1 Not just big strong men
Book 1: Prodigy by Marie Lu
On page 8 of "Kick Butt Heroine List"
Book 2: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
On page 2 of "Books with Nerdy, Geeky and Genius Heroes and Heroines List"
Points: 15
Total Points: 480
DULCINELLA 5.6 - Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover 334 p. 21 january 2019 5 stars Points in this post: 5 points
Total points: 925 points
9 tickets GO
5 tickets BB
Mod
15.5 - Secret Identity
Gone by Randy Wayne White who also writes as Randy Striker and Carl Ramm
total = 765
Mod
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Using 1 book 750+
option 3, more than 27 5* ratings:
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, 820 pages
58% (58141) 5* ratings
total = 790
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30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
option 1, Young Adult genre: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
option 2, using James from
8. George Bailey (James Stewart) - It's A Wonderful Life (1946):
No Stone Unturned by James W. Ziskin
total = 820
Cait S30.4- Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Option 2- New Year
Book 1
For this task read a book from one of these lists.
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
This book is found on the Epistolary Fiction list on Page 2.
Book 2
Read a book in which the page number contains at least two of these numbers 3 1 2.
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
BB Tickets: 1
15.3 Songs About Heroes
Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1. The title initials and author initials can be from the same or different songs. REQUIRED: Specify the song/artist you are using and their numbers on the list.
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
Title is at least 3 words, and first letters of each word can be found in song #23: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt.1 - The Flaming Lips.
Single author's initials can be found in the artist for song #1: Heroes - David Bowie.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1. The title initials and author initials can be from the same or different songs. REQUIRED: Specify the song/artist you are using and their numbers on the list.
The Last Mile by David BaldacciTitle is at least 3 words, and first letters of each word can be found in song #23: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt.1 - The Flaming Lips.
Single author's initials can be found in the artist for song #1: Heroes - David Bowie.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Book Blitz
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 825/985
Tasks completed: 50/57
Books read: 68
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 10.1 Holding out for a hero
Treacherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
Qualifier: Main page genre: Historical
Points this task: 10
Points Total: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
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For my first book, I chose option B and read A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn. 373 pages. Author initials, MN, found in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS.
For my second book, I chose option C and read Eat like you give a fuck - 4 of the 5 MPGs start with Food and Drink. I read the kindle edition, but linked to the paperback edition - 213 pages.
Total pages - 373 + 213 = 586 pages.
Total points: 560
completed 10.9-Epistolary fiction. Read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Marie SempleTask points: 10
total points: 45
Heather KSREPOSTING WITH A CORRECTION FROM POST 1918:
Task 5.4 Christmas (Holiday in MPG)
How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas
This task: 5
Total points: 55
Kim O20.9 - 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.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Category: Non-fiction
I have not read this book before.
Points this task: 20
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Elizabeth BTask 20.1
book that has won a literary award
Kill For Me
Won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Contemporary Mystery (2009)
Total 840
Marina H30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1: Alanna by Tamora Pierce 191 p.
Book 2: Dobbeltliv by S.J. Watson 383 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 13
Task 15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!read 2 books, found on different lists
book 1: on p 1 of Kick Butt Heroines (#58)
Trickster's Choice
book 2: on p2 of Strong Heroine Series (#196)
Trickster's Queen
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890 points
Shala25.6 - 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. Subtitles can be ignored.
The Nightingale by KrisTin HaNnah
Book 2 - Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials. All initials must be included.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Amy the book bat10.6 - Let's Eat!
Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
Hawaii
Claiming 3 BB tickets - 1136 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 23
danibean15.9 Hoodie-Hoo Day. Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover. The cover need not show a complete hand, but it must be CLEARLY a hand, not just a suggestion of a hand. Hands may be covered (such as wearing gloves or mittens), but it must be obvious that there are hands inside those coverings.
I read
by John Grisham.
danibean20.9 Goodreads choice award winners. "Read a book that won one of the goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before. If you read all of them before, then read one of the nominees that you have not read before
REQUIRED: Include in your post the category in which your book is found. State in your post that you have not read this book before. If you read a nominee, also state in your post that you have read all of the winners.
I read The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King (Goodreads choice award for History and Biography)
danibean5.10 Book Blitz Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I read New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction by Robert Scotellaro
Sara G15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Most mythological tales have a hero. Read a book with the main page genre Mythology (standalone or embedded).
Circe by Madeline Miller
MPG Fantasy > Mythology
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615
Task 25.6 – Sandy – They Go TogetherREQUIRED: Total pages 600+: 432 + 209 = 641
Option 1 – 1st Letter of each title word is in the Author’s Name –
C A H in HiCkAm
Homer Hickam / Carrying Albert Home – 432 p
Option 2 – Title contains ALL the author’s initials
L in Leaves; T in eaTs
Lynne Truss / Eats, Shoots & Leaves - 209 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 140 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
hoodoomends25.2 - Winter Sports!
❄ Option 1: A book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in "ICE HOCKEY".
Se um Viajante Numa Noite de Inverno by Italo Calvino
IC in "ice"
❄ Option 4: A book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
Monstros Invisíveis by Chuck Palahniuk
255 pp
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Current Post
Points: 25
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 240
GO: 4
BB: -
Mod
For book 1, I read Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci. "David" is one of the listed heroic names. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top paperback (no MMPB).
For book 2, I read Blue Light Yokohama - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback (no MMPB).
My generated superhero names were
The Red Tiger
The Hypnotic Crane
The Marvelous Daggers
The Fantastic Lynx
Blue Lord
Cold Mastermind
Captain Swift Guardian
Professor Electron Trident
Dragonloom
Sparks
I matched Blue Lord, with "Blue" light yokohama.
Total points: 590
ED25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 3 (1 book>750p)
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
(6365 5-star ratings) 796p.
(first published 1876)
*****I Claim 1 BB Ticket**********I Claim one GO ticket*****
Points this post=25
Total Points=55
GO Tickets=2
BB Tickets=1
Tasks Completed=2 (25.5; 30.2)
Books read= 3
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 1. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY. The Wild Insideby Christine Carbo ICE HOCKEY
Option 4. Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages. The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband by David Finch 225 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
hoodoomends3 books must total at least 750 pp: 189 + 240 + 328 = 757
50.1 - Three Fictional Heroes
❄ Book 1: A book with a title that begins with "what", "when", "why", "where", or "who".
Quem matou Palomino Morelo? by Mario Vargas Llosa
The word "quem" is the portuguese for "who" // MMPB: 189 pp
❄ Book 2: A book by a single author whose GR name has just initials and a last name.
Além do Planeta Silencioso by C.S. Lewis
240 pp
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1938)**
❄ Book 3: A book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Hibisco Roxo by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction // 328 pp
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Current Post
Points: 50
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 290
GO: 5
BB: -
Andy P.Task # 25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Opt 1. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois.
Bitter Medicine by Sara Paretsky set in Chicago
Opt. 3. Read a book by an author born or currently living in Illinois.
Writing In An Age Of Silence bySara Paretsky From the author's profile on book's mp " Married to a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, she has lived in Chicago since 1968."
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 1: Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
Left Behind - First published in 1995
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Option 1: Read a book whose publication year contains both 5 and 9.
Left Behind - First published in 1995Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3.a. Read Book #1 in a series.
Memory Man - Book #1 in the Memory Man series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Option 3.a. Read Book #1 in a series.
Memory Man - Book #1 in the Memory Man seriesPoints this post: 20
Total points: 80
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The Killer Inside Me, first published in 1952
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