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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Nick KY15.1 Not Just Big Strong Men
Book 1. From the Kick Butt Heroines list, I read Sister to the Wolf by Maxine Trottier, # 2033, p. 21 on the list.
Book 2. From the Tortured Heroes in Fiction list, I read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, # 31, p1 on the list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 540
Kayla C30.1
Option 1 MPG YA
I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
Option 2
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
shares a name with Peter O'Toole
total points: 505
Sara G10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Stan Lee began his superhero career in 1941 as a writer for Marvel Comics. He would go on to become the comic book company's editor-in-chief, publisher, and, eventually, chairman. Lee left the company in 1996 and died, at the age of 95, in 2018. In honor of Stan Lee's time at Marvel Comics, read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy
This book was first published in 1991.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 655
Julia103Repost of Task 25.7 to change Book 1
Book 1: The Dance of Time (rated 4.24)
I read Kindle edition. Paperback The Dance of Time is 672 pages - claiming one BB ticket
(I also claimed BB ticket in post 2083 for the book this is replacing, so no change in points on this post.)
Book 2: Emma (rated 3.05)
This post: 25 points, 1 BB
Total points: 320
BB: 3
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 20
Total books read: 24
Julia10325.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2: Fortune's Stroke (no A, An, and, or The). I read Kindle edition. There is no MMP. Paperback Fortune's Stroke is 512 pages so claiming one BB ticket
Option 4: The Tide of Victory (genre Fantasy - 32 users)
I read Kindle edition. There is no MMP. Paperback The Tide of Victory is 561 pages so claiming one BB ticket
This post: 25 points, 2 BB
Total points: 345
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 21
Total books read: 25
Julia10350.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes
Book 1: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
Book 2: The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again by A.C. Wise
Book 3: Heads You Win
Total pages: 124 + 278 + 448 = 850
This post: 50 points,
Total points: 395
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 22
Total books read: 28
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Option 2: The Mapmaker's Children
I joined SRC in October 2014
This post: 20 points,
Total points: 415
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 23
Total books read: 29
15.10 - National Book AwardsA book that won the National Book Award for 2018, or was a finalist, or was on the longest for the award in 2018: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh, National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2018)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
DULCINELLA10.9 - Write Me a Letter
In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style. .
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki 422p. 27 january 2019 4 starsSee description and main tag https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
Points in this post:10 points
Total points 960 points
9 tickets GO
4 tickets BB
DULCINELLA 25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options and a read a book from each. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Opt 1. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois.
I'm Watching You
Karen Rose 484 p. 3 stars Set in Chicago
Opt 5. . Read a book with a picture of a road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover such
The Road Home Rose Tremain 27 january 2019 4 stars384 p. Paperback The Road Home
Points in this post:25 points
Total points 985 points
9 tickets GO
4 tickets BB
Completed
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Winter or Summer?
Book 1 - Read a book with the word "winter" found intact in the title
Winter of Secrets by Vicki Delany
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "summer" found intact in the title
The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Points this post:15
Total points: 610
Dakimel10.10 - Happy Holidays!
My Reckless Valentine by Olivia Dade
Tally:
This post - 10 points
Total - 295
Dakimel15.2 - Winter or Summer?
1: Hot Winter Nights
&
2: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Tally:
This post - 15 points
Total - 310
Dakimel25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
1: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
&
4: The House of Broken Angels (326 pgs)
Tally:
This post - 25 points
Total - 335
Cait S25.5- 2018 Reading Stats
Option 1
Read a book with a main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies.
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell
Option 3
Read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Hunger by Michael Grant
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket, as Hunger has 590 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 2
Dakimel25.3 - Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
1: The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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2: Fruit of the Drunken Tree - word: TREE
Tally:
This post - 25 points
Total - 360
Dakimel25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
1: How Long 'til Black Future Month? (400)
&
3: The Map of Salt and Stars (361)
Tally:
This post - 25 points
Total - 385
Stephanie12710.9 - Write Me a Letter: Read a book write in an epistolary style. Required: If the epistolary nature of the book is not obvious from the book's description, explain how it fits the task when you post.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
This book is told entirely in letters.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40/985
Tasks completed: 5/57
Books read: 5
Coralie25.3 Christmas in Japan
Book 1. – author’s initials in kiddielANd
Catseye by Andre Norton
Book 2 – word in title made from the letters in ExHangERaTe – THREE
Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories
Total to date 385 points
Erin NY30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Hero: a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options and a read a book from each. REQUIRED: State which options you choose when posting.
Option 1: Katniss, Flavia de Luce, and Harry Potter are three of my favorite Young Adult heroes. Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
* MPG: Young Adult 3,410 users
Opt. 3: I have loved so many different literature heroes. It’s hard to pick a favorite. But the ones that stand out the most are the ones from a series. 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.
REQUIRED: state that this book is new to you, that this is a series you have read before, and state the series name.
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
* New to me book, #3 in series: The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #3. I read Book #1 for another task and loved it so much I had to read the other 2!
Points this post: 30
Books claimed this post: 2
Total Points: 415
Tasks completed: 25
Tasks in progress: 0
Books read: 30
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+) 1 (750+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 11,235
Amy FL30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Book 1: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - #4. Self Care (thE LASt Equation oF isaaC seveRy)
Book 2: Cry No More - #2. Exercise More
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
DeborahPost 15
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
2) Sharp Objects
4) Grave Memory MPG FANTASY
Points this post:25
Total Points:260
Books read:20
Tasks Done:15
FANDURY30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A: Read a book by a single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus.
Eyes to See by Joseph Nassise
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 368 pages: Eyes to See
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Blackwing by Ed McDonald
The initals of the author EM can be found in Eydie gorMe y los panchos
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 360 pages: Blackwing
368 + 360 = 728 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Mod
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10.1 - Holding Out for a HeroI read Moodtopia: Tame Your Moods, De-Stress, and Find Balance Using Herbal Remedies, Aromatherapy, and More, which has a genre on its main page of "Health."
points: 185
books read: 22
tasks completed: 16
tasks in progress: 5
pages read: 6384
Brooklyn25.4 – Happy 200th Illinois
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Illinois
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
Takes place entirely in Chicago, IL
Option 5: Read a book with a picture of a paved road, train tracks or airport on the cover.
by Taylor AdamsPoints this post: 25
Total points: 150/985
Tasks completed: 11/57
Books read: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.5 – Reading Stats
I chose the 1 book option with >750 pgs.
Option 3: Read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Has over 90,000 5-star ratings
880 pgs **claiming 2 Big Book tickets**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175/985
Tasks completed: 12/57
Books read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 3
trishhartuk50.1 - 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 a Ghoul Wants, Victoria Laurie (352pg)
Book 2 – Read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
A Fatal Winter, G.M. Malliet
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (416pg)
Book 3 – Read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (331pg)
Shelved as Historical > Historical Fiction by 805 users
(Embedded confirmed as okay in help thread message #7: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Total pages: 352 + 416 + 331 = 1099pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Brooklyn25.9 – Winter Solstice
Book 1: Read a book with a 2+ word title where the initial letter of each title word can be found in THE LONGEST NIGHT.
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher – 611 pgs **claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
the lonGeSt night
Book 2: Read a book with a 2+ word title where the initial letter of each title word can be found in THE SHORTEST DAY.
Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper – 307 pgs
611 pgs > 307 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200/985
Tasks completed: 13/57
Books read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 4
Shawn H.5.10 - Book Blitz
Book of choice
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
**Claiming Golden Oldie**
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Big Ticket Books:0
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 25.8 - It's Cookie Time!Total >500p
book 1: read a book first published in 1917
Consequences
pub 1917 - claiming a GO tix
421pages
book 2: read a book with a cookie on the cover
The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre
- the title is make up of cookies; approved in help thread160p (PB: The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre)
421+160>500p
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915 points
Nick KY25.8 Amy the Book Bat’s Cookie Time
Book 1. 1st pub’d in 1937. I read Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie.
Book 2. Cookies on the cover. I read Final Sentence by Daryl Wood Gerber.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 565
Sara G10.3- Four-Legged Heros
Not all heroes are human. Let's find out some of the real stories behind animal heroes by reading a book from the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list.
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
This book is on page 1 of the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 665
Sophie50
What, when, where, who title
What It Takes by Kathryn Ascher
Author initials
The King's Justice by E.M. Powell
MPG Historical fiction
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon
Total 590
Andy P.30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Option 2. New Year
Book 1. Epistolary Fiction Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Found on page 2 # 106
Book 2 - read a book in which the page number contains at least two of these numbers 3 1 2. The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm 163 pages (1 and 3)
Points this post: 30
Total points; 640
Delicious Dee25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together
Book A - Sold on a Monday - Kristina McMorris - SOAM found in Kristina McMorris
Book B - Gunmetal Magic - Ilona Andrews - IA found in Gunmetal Magic
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 420
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Kristi CO30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: mpg of Young Adult
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
*Big Book Ticket: Children of Blood and Bone is a big book at 525 pgs*
Option 2: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson (#20, Kirk Douglas for Spartacus)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Delicious Dee25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
option 4 - Rescue Ink: How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck,and a Few Turtles - pig in the subtitle
Option 5 -
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 445
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!Option 1: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
MPG Young Adult
Option 3: Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
This is a new-to-me book in the "In Death" series. I've read the 38 books before this one, as well.
Total points: 140 + 30 = 170
Diana K.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
5. Kryptonite 12. Bette Midler
Total points: 345
LaureY5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
First published in December 2017
Points this post: 5
Total points: 195
Total Books: 20
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Amy FL25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 1: Dark Sacred Night (Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard)
Option 2: Juror #3
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
The Princess Saves Herself in This One - won the GR choice award for Poetry in 2016
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 465
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
I'd like to move Silver Borne to task 30.630.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
Book read: Hamlet
How it fits: Author's (William Shakespeare) first name is William
First published in 1600, claiming 1 GO Ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE that includes one of the words, excluding THE, from the names generated.
My list:
The Heavenly Falcon
The Jolly Veteran
The Gorgeous Moth
The Fabulous Armadillo
Jolly Lord
Copper Owl
Agent Messy Lion
Professor Silver Wonder
Scarlet Sentinel
Sage
Book read: Silver Borne
How it fits: Silver in the title as in Professor Silver Wonder
15.1 - Not Just Big, Strong Men!Book 1: read a book from the list: Books with Nerdy, Geeky or Genius Heroes and Heroines
Book read: Northanger Abbey
How it fits: #68 on the list, page 1
First published in 1818, claiming 1 GO Ticket
Book 2: read a book from the list: Strong Heroine Series
Book read: On the Edge
How it fits: #1395 on the list, page 14
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Total points: 500
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 28
BB Tickets: 9
GO Tickets: 4
babbling c10.9 - Write Me a Letter
February 4th is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day. In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style. An epistolary book is one that is written as a series of documents, usually letters, that are often dated and/or time-stamped. For the purposes of this task, books written as a series of letters will, of course, work, but so will books written as a series of emails, tweets, blog posts, diary entries, newspaper clippings, and/or ships logs.
Gemina - Audible Gemina - paperback pgs. 659 by Amie Kaufman
Told in a series of messages, chats, journal entries, interviews, etc.
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:285/985
Completed Tasks:17/57
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 7,428
Books read this season: 23
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Substituting a book - sorry I messed up in post 2399 - need to swap out What Alice Forgot for The Last Anniversary
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Opt 2 For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf.
The Last Anniversary byLiane 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