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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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I live in the U.S.
For my first book, I read Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin. The book is set in South Africa, on the continent of Africa. First letter of my readerboard name is "S" - so South Africa.
For my second book, I read A Trick of the Light, set in Canada, on the continent of North America. Author of book 1, Carlin, starts with C, matching Canada.
Total points: 775
Sarah E20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
Educated: A Memoir
Winner of the Memoir & Autobiography category
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP.
I have not read this book before.
Total points: 60
LaureY15.10 - National Book Awards
Read one of the books that won the award, was a finalist, or was on the longlist for the award in 2018.
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
'This book was one of the finalists in the Poetry (2018) category.'
Points this post:15
Total points: 230
Total Books: 23
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
KATRINA T5.10 - Book Blitz - my goal is to read at least one non fiction per month
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, Maggie O'Farrell (memoir)
Points in this post: 5
G.O: 1
B.B: 2
Total books read: 14
Tasks completed: 12
(5.2/5.4/5.9/10.2/10.10/15.10/20.3/20.5/20.6/20.8/25.6/...)
Total points: 185
Erica H.10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee - Read a book first published between 1941 and 1996, inclusive.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King, first published Sept. 1, 1995 (1/30)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 4
Brooke TX10.3- Four-Legged Heroes
Read a book from the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list. Found on page 1:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 450
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 46
Shawn H. 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
OPTION 1: published between 1863 and 1927
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
First published in 1899
****Claiming a Golden Oldie****
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
READ 60 20.4 Everyday Heros First Published in March 2007 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart contains 485 pages.
Points this book: 20
total points: 115
Brooke TX10.7 - Brown Shoes?
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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 460
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 47
10.7 - Brown Shoes?Author's Name: Brown
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 240
25.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the goodBook 1: Read a book with a GR average rating of 4.2 or higher with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Book: Killman Creek
Completed: 1/8/19
Rating: 4.28 (21,324 ratings)
Pages: 346
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Book: Four Blondes
Completed: 1/3/19
Rating: 2.82 (24,106 ratings)
Pages: 256
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 21
Cait S25.7- Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
Book #1
Read a book with a GR average rating of 4.2 or higher with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Book #2
Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Dark of the Moon
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 195
BB Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Feliz Navidad
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS. I read The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee. (450pp)
Option C: Read a book with FOOD or FOOD AND DRINK on the Goodreads main page genre list. I read My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris. (272pp)
450+272=722
Points so far: 420
Task 10.10 - Happy Holidays! Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger (2008) by Lee Israel (Hardcover, 144 pages) [364.15]
160 + 10 = 170
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 160 + 10 = 170
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3,943
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Coralie30.5 A world of books
I live in Australia.
Book 1 – Using I from my Readerboard name I read a book by an author born in Italy which is in Europe
My Secret Book by Francesco Petrarca
Book 2 – Using the initial P, I read a book set in Pakistan which is in Asia
Moth Smoke
Total to date 415 points
DeborahPost 16
10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Shadow Unit: Anomalous Crimes: Season 1, Book 1
Page 5 currently at the very bottom at #500
Points this post:10
Total Points:270
Books read:21
Tasks Done:16
5.1 - This and ThatRead a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle.
Book read: This Side of Home
How it fits: This in the title
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Total points: 535
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 31
BB Tickets: 12
GO Tickets: 5
30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz NavidadOption B– Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Author's initials, LHA, found in Los pAncHos
208 pages
Option C – Read a book with FOOD or FOOD AND DRINK on the Goodreads main page genre list.
A Year in the Valley: Seasons of Content by Jackie French
360 pages
Total pages read: 568
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 590
M1nksREPOST - REASSIGNMENT
Please remove this as I intend to reassign in the next 2 posts.
30.4 - 1. Woman Author/Character Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley; 2. Mary Barton (-1 Golden Oldie but added in next post so no change)
M1nksREPOST
10.8 -
Pub 1848 (+ 1 Golden Oldie but no change overall)Points this post: 10
Total points: 620
Golden Oldie Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 7
M1nksREPOST
30.4 - 3. ‘Lichtmis’
1. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - Agatha Raisin
2. No Wind of Blame Pub 1939 - Mary Cliffe
* 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: -
Total points: 620
Golden Oldie Tickets: 15
Big Book Tickets: 7
M1nks10.9 - The Diary of a Provincial Lady Pub 1930
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total points: 630
Golden Oldie Tickets: 16
Big Book Tickets: 7
M1nks10.10 - Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 640
Golden Oldie Tickets: 16
Big Book Tickets: 7
M1nks27.8 - 1. Growth of the Soil Pub 1917
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
2.
(approved in help thread post #9)Points this post: 25
Total points: 655
Golden Oldie Tickets: 16
Big Book Tickets: 7
MEGAN RAE20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
OPTION 2: Read a book where the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title (subtitles can be used as well).
- Completed 31st JanuaryHow it fits: Letters COURAGE all found in title (and subtitle)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Delicious Dee10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Steelheart - found in position #1 on the provided list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Diana K.30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
Dreams of a Great Small Nation: The Mutinous Army that Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe by Kevin J. McNamara
Book 2: Name your own hero. My generated names:
The Nimble Baron
The Fiery Defender
The Golden Assassin
The Fabulous Trident
Master Glorious Panther
Accidental Gorilla
Commander Light Prodigy
Gray Prophet
Brass Bison
Griffin
I'm using The Golden Assassin
The Golden Age
Total points: 425
FANDURY30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Book 1: Pick one resolution and read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/ subtitle.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Has all the letters of the resolution #1 Eat Better in the title: ThE dREAm-quest of velliTT BoE
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.
The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
Has the word NEW from the resolution #8 Make new friends in the title
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 26
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Sara G20.10 - Group Reads
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
I posted my thoughts in the discussion thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 685
Kristi CO25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 1: ICE HOCKEY
Human Acts by Han Kang
Option 4: 248 pages
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
LaureY15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
by Deborah Blum
Points this post:1 5
Total points: 245
Total Books: 24
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Susan W.5.2 The Book Flood Cometh: Read a book published in October, November, or December of any year.
I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 6: Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson
The book was published in December of 2016
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
#3 option b: read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student".
Digging In, Loretta Nyhan
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
colLege studeNt
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
5.2 - The Book Flood ComethPoser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
First published in December, 2010
Total points: 90
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 2:
A Passage to India
First letter of title words in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1924
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies: 3
50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional HeroesBook 1- I read Where They Found Her. It had 352 pages.
Book 2 – I read Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood. It had 368 pages.
Book 3 – I read The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. It had 304 pages.
Task points:50
Total Points:175
Books read:13
15.9
, by Sarah Gailey.River of Teeth.
Hands on reins of the hippos (!) they're riding.
New Total: 385
RAYNEBAIR15.4 - From A to Z
Option 2 - read a book the title of which begins with "A" and whose author has a "Z" in their name.
All Wheel Drive by Z.A. Maxfield
Points this post: 15
Total points: 430
Shawn H.20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
3A - read Book #1 in a series.
American Assassin by Vince Flynn
***#1 in the Mitch Rapp Series***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
Susan W.15.6 My Personal Hero: Read a non-fiction book about someone who you consider to be a personal hero.
I read The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
Fred Rogers was just such an amazing person. He was always kind to others and was very accepting of everyone. He taught this so well on his show Mister Roger's Neighborhood. I think kindness and acceptance are fantastic traits in a person.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Brooke TX5.6 - Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 465
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 48
Nick KY15.8 Mythology I read The Gods of the Greeks by Karl Kerényi, "Mythology" as a GR genre.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 610
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I read Spinsters In Jeopardy, first published in 1953. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB.
Total points: 785
Shala20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
Hard Red Spring
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Books read: 7
Tasks completed:6
Stephanie12710.6 - Let's Eat! Read a book set at least 50% in Hawaii, Alaska, Argentina, Antarctica, or Australia.
Comemadre, takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50/985
Tasks completed: 6/57
Books read: 6
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Elementary, My Dear Watson
Read any book by one of the authors on the list 50 crime writers to read before you die which also has the MPG Crime or Mystery (stand-alone or embedded). I read Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (280pp).
Total points so far: 440
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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.
Ella, The Slayer - kindle Ella, The Slayer - paperback pgs 206 by A.W. Exley
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points:290/985
Completed Tasks:18/57
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 7,634
Books read this season: 24