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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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For my first book, I read The Hobbit, first published in 1937. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB. 306 pages
For my second book, I read
, with a fortune cookie on the cover. I listened to the audio version and linked to that cover - the top pb for page purposes is The Good Luck of Right Now. 304 pages.Total 610 pages.
Total points: 670
Elizabeth BTask 15.1
Darkly Dreaming Dexter found on page 1 in list Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
The Surgeon, found on page 3 in Kick-Butt Heroines list
Total 855 points
KATRINA T20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Option 2 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh 304 pp
Published in July 2018 when I joined this group
Points in this post: 20
G.O: 1
B.B: 2
Total books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
(5.2/5.4/10.2/10.10/15.10/20.3/20.5/20.6/20.8/25.6/...)
Total points: 180
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is..."
Read a book that has won an award.
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood (352 p.)
This book won the "Book of the Month Book of the Year Award" in 2016.
➸ Points: 90
➸ Total Pages: 1,661
Kim O25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
1. Read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.
Design for Dying Lillian Frost and Edith Head
2. Read a book where the title doesn't contain a 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
Rules of Civility
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed 12
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25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Opt 2 For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf.
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty 388 pages
Opt 3 read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Let Me Lie (has received 3226 five star ratings); 400 pages
Total pages: 788 pages
Laurah3010.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with an H or E or R or O
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
genre - Horror
Laurah3050.1 - 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.
What Alice Forgot 476 pages
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
328 pages
Book 3 - read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
372 pages
Total pages = 1,176
Kristi CO10.2 - Every Day Heroes
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Korede is a nurse)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 1: short stories
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (208 pages)
Option 3: 5 star reviews
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (650 pages)
*Big Book ticket for Lethal White at 650 pages*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
option 3, first published 1981: The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
total = 930
Kristi CO30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A: Joseph, Mary or Jesus
Warcross by Marie Lu (353 pg)
Option B: EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse (255 pg)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
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25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
option 1, set in Illinois: The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey
option 3, author born in Chicago, IL: Rip Crew by Sebastian Rotella
From author bio: He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, studied at the University of Barcelona, and was born in Chicago in 1962.
total = 955
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30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1, author named Robin: A Perfect Shot by Robin Yocum
Book 2,
generated names:
The Gray Mercenary
The Intelligent Commando
The Honorable Wizard
The Magnificent Condor
Commander Good Masquerade
Professor Clever Watcher
Hypnotic Raccoon
Misty Lynx
Starbright
Karma
Using "Watcher" from Professor Clever Watcher:
The Memory Watcher by Minka Kent
PB: The Memory Watcher
total = 985
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30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
3. ‘Lichtmis’
1) Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire (female author)
Main character October Daye (female)
420 pages
2) Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 372 pages
420 + 372 = 792/500
Points this post:30
Total Points:235
Books read:18
Tasks Done:14
Cordelia15.1 Not just big strong men
Bk 1: Prodigy by Marie Lu
On page 8 of "Kick Butt Heroine List
Bk 2: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
on page 1 of Best tortured heroes in fiction list
Points 15
Total Points: 505
Cordelia15.10 National Book Awards
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Winner of Fiction section 2018
Points:15
Total Pints: 520
Queen Bee Darlene5.6 Read Aloud - nonfiction book about literacy, education, or reading
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 225
Brooke TX25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 3: Read a book with snow on the cover.
Option 4: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 330
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Option 2:
Book 1 - Read a book from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction or Letters To and From. Found on page 2 of Epistolary Fiction:
Book 2 - Read a book in which the page number contains at least two of these numbers: 3, 1, 2.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 360
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 40
5.2 The Book Flood Cometh Elevation by Stephen King
First published in October
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter SolsticeBook 1 selection must have a higher page count than your Book 2
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 the phrase THE LONGEST NIGHT.
Top Secret Twenty-One 326 pages
TST: T in The, ST in longeST
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.
Takedown Twenty 313 pages
TT: TT in shorTesT
New Points: 25
Challenge Points: 370
GO's: 7
10.7 Brown Shoes?Lamb in Love by Carrie Brown
Author's name is Brown.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Total GO tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs.
Found on pg 2 on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 955/985
Tasks completed: 56/57
Books read: 77
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winnersRead a book that won one of the goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before
I read the Kindle edition of Elevation, the most popular paperback edition is Uniesienie
This book won in the Horror category , and I had never read this book before.
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 390
GO's: 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1: The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones. Lily is the main character. 272 p.
Book 2: Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple.
288 p.
272+288= 560
Points this post: 30
Total points: 985/985
Tasks completed: 57/57
Books read: 79
Pamela32655.7 - Crimson And Clover
Promises and Primroses by Josi S. Kilpack -
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 300
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
Elizabeth BTask 5.3
ALL the letters in DOT DASH (including 2 Ds) in the title
The California Dashwoods
The california DASHwoODs
Total 860
HisGirlFriday10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Published 1960
Points: 10
Total: 10
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February BabiesOption 3b: read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student"
Book read: Wenn die Nacht verstummt: Thriller
How it fits: Author's (Linda Castillo) initials are LC
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Total points: 470
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 2
Coralie20.4 Everyday Heroes
Option 2 Book of at least 350 pages, first published in 2007
Mistress of the Art of Death
Total to date 360 points
FANDURY25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 3: Read a book with snow on the cover.
by C.S. HarrisOption 4: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
The Dark Side of the Road by Simon R. Green
The paperback has 224 pages: The Dark Side of the Road
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Sophie20.10 Group read
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Published 1889 - GO claim
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total 540
GO 3
5.4 - A Dickens of a ChristmasRead a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
The Cowboy's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton
Date Read: 26/1/19
How It Fits: MPG Holiday>Christmas
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 16
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
15.4 - From A to ZOption 2: Read a book the title of which begins with "A." and whose author has a "Z" in their name.
A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Date Read: 16/1/19
How It Fits: Title begins with A, author First name contains Z
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 17
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Sara G5.6 - Read Aloud
World Read Aloud Day is February 1. "on World Read Aloud Day, people all around the globe read aloud together and share stories to advocate for literacy as a human right that belongs to all people." Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
Points this post: 5
Total points: 635
Sara G10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Read a book with a main character who is an everyday hero. For the purposes of this task, an everyday hero will be defined as first responders (firefighters, police officers, EMTs, paramedics, search and rescue personnel), park rangers, teachers, social workers, lifeguards, nurses, doctors, and veterinarians.
Required: If the main character's profession is not obvious from the book's description, explain how it fits the task when you post.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The main character, Meyer Landsman, is a police detective.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 645
Adallae15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Points this post - 15
Total points: 185
TINABEER10.7 Brown Shoes?
A book with Brown or Shoe in the title.
If the Shoe Kills by Lynn Cahoon
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 5
Diana K.Task 15.3 - Songs About Heroes.
Option 2:Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1Read 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 artists
The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum
9. Tina Turner 7. Spiderman
Total points; 345
20.1 - And the Winner Is...Read a book that has won a literary award
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Date Read: 14/1
How It Fits: Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction (2003), Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer (2008), Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2004), ALA Alex Award (2004), Puddly Award for Fiction (2006)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 18
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
15.7 - Catch Up With the SRCRead a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never read before.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Date Read: 26/1
How It Fits: On SRC group bookshelf. This book is new to me
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 19
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
25.5 - 2018 Reading StatsOption 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Winter Romances by Stephanie Perkins
Date Read: 8/12/18
Pages: 356
How It Fits: MPG Anthologies
Option 3: Read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Alone by Lisa Gardner
Date Read: 6/1/19
Pages: 451
How It Fits: 14,031 5* ratings
Total Page Count: 356 + 451 = 807
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 21
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Option 1: The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin
Dana Nance is the main character and the head of a group of teens who call themselves the Teen Detective Club. Sam, Pauline, Denny, and Brennan are her sidekicks. They each take some sort of action to help Dana solve the mystery.
Option 2: Alone by Lisa Gardner
title does not contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Total points: 115 + 25 = 140
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Points: 30
Total points: 310