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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Oma122915.10 - National Book Awards
The Fiction category is here. Click on the specific category buttons to see the winners, finalists, and longlist books in each category.
Florida by Lauren Groff
This book was in the finalist category.
Total Points-320/985
Total Tasks-27/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
CaraFinished Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This satisfies option 3b for task 20.5. His initials (TC) are found in College sTudent (and the N is in there if that should also count).
Total points: 60
Books read: 3
Oma122925.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
I chose Options # 2 & #4
Option #2-2. 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.
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Optioin #4-4. 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.
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
Claiming The Wild Girlas Big Book as it has 538 pages
Total Points-345/985
Total Tasks-28/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
15.4 From A to Z (1 book option) Title begins with A/Author's name contains a ZA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Pts this post: 15
Total pts/challenge: 175
15.5 Secret Identity - author who has a pseudonymSlightly Shady by Amanda Quick Also writes as Jayne Anne Krentz
Total pts: 15
Total pts/Challenge: 190
20.3 Elementary my dear Watson Opt 2 Written by author on list - Agatha Christie
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie published 1942
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket
Pts/post: 20
Total pts/challenge: 210
20.4 Everyday HeroesOpt 1 pub 1863-1927
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
published 1897
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 230
25.3 Christmas in Japan - >500 pgsBk 1 - author's initial in KiddeLand
Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas - 362 pgs
Bk 2 - title founds word made from EXCHANGERATE and cannot be found whole already - HEAT
Naked Heat - 288 pgs
362+288=650 pgs
Pts: 25
Total/challenge: 255
25.6 They Go Together >600 pgsBk 1 - initials of title found in author's name
Leaving Time by jodi picouLT - 398 pgs
Bk 2 - authors initials found in books title
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung-240 pgs
NC - CaN
398+240=638 pgs
Pts: 25
Total/challenge: 280
25.7 The Good with the Bad - both approved post #2 >500 pgsBk 1 4.2 rating with 100 reviews
Beartown 4.29 rating/418 pgs
Bk 2 under 3.2 rating with 100 reviews
The House I Loved 3.19 rating/222 pgs
418+222=640 pgs
Pts: 25
Total/challenge: 305
Erica H. 10.3- Four-Legged Heroes - Read a book from the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list.
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa (2/2)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 40
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5
FANDURY10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books.
Ex-Communication by Peter Clines
Book is on page 2, #108 of the list
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 27
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Cordelia15.5 Secret Identity
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
This author also writes the "In Death" series as J.D. Robb
Points: 15
Total Points: 550
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Book: The Light of Eidon by Karen Hancock
Won Christy award for Allegory / Fantasy in 2004
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Readerboard name Kathy P25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 1
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Author Ed Yong
Option 4
Follow the Star: Christmas Stories That Changed My Life 240 pagesPoints this post: 25
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 205
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 12
Total Books read: 13
Readerboard name Kathy P30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1
The Bear and the Nightingale
Option 2
An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life
Author Marilyn Paul
Paul matches with number 34 Paul Newman
Totals
Points: 235
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 13
Total Books read: 15
Readerboard name Kathy P20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 2
I, Eliza Hamilton
Totals
Points: 255
BB:0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 14
Total Books read: 16
Diana K.25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
Option 3 Read a book with snow on the cover
Opt 4 Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages. Example: 225, 327, 424, 260
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon 242 pages
Total points: 460
Delicious Dee30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
Book A - Eat Better - Better Homes and Hauntings - Better Homes and Hauntings
Book B - Read More Books - More Than Pancakes
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 530
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Option 1, a book with the main page genre Mystery, in which the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick: Devonshire Scream (Tea Shop Mystery #17) by Laura Childs
The main character is Theodosia Browning, tea shop proprietor. The sidekick is Drayton, master tea blender and her employee, who accompanies her on her sleuthing escapades.
Option 2, a book whose title doesn't contain the word "A" "An" "And" or "The": Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together Option 1, a book of at least two words, in which the initial letters of all of the words in the title can be found in the author's name: Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris, 352 pages
SOAM: Kristina McMorris
Option 2, a book, the title of which contains its author's initials: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
SR: Girls
paperback edition (expected publication March 5th 2019) Girls Burn Brighter 416 pages
paperback edition already published De zon achterna 336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 415
Heather KS20.9 Goodreads awards. The Winner of Mystery and Thriller is the book I chose. I had not ever read this book.
The Outsider
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Shawn H.20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 1: author's first and last initials are found in MARATHON OF HOPE
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The sequel to the Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
MA in MArathon of hope
Points the Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
Marina H15.10 - National Book Awards
There There by Tommy Orange
Category: Fiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 16
PegW20.3 - 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.
I read Catering to Nobody
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 160
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book:1
Total Tasks: 9
PegW15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
I read
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 175
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 1
Total Tasks: 10
Delicious Dee5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
A Thousand Devils - A Thousand Devils
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 535
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Kayla C10.2
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon (doctor).
total points: 520
15.4 - From A to ZOption 2: a book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
title begins with "A", author's name has a "Z" in it
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Page count: 2325
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - Winter or Summer?
Book 1 - Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke
"Winter" is found intact in the title.
Link to MMP edition - Esprit d'hiver
Book 2 - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
"Summer" is found intact in the title.
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
Option 2
Book 1 - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Book is found on page 1 (#34) of the Epistolary Fiction
Link to MMP edition - Attachement (478 pages)
Book 2 - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Page number contains "3" and "1" (431 pages)
478 + 431 = 909 pages
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 290 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Erin NY15.4 - From A to Z
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies both criteria for Option 1.
Book 1 - Read a book the title of which begins with "A." All words count, including articles.
AND
Book 2 - Read a book whose author has a "Z" in their name.
Examples: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Points this post: 15
Books claimed this post: 1
Total Points: 445
Tasks completed: 27
Tasks in progress: 1
Books read: 34
Big Book tickets: 2 (500+) 1 (750+)
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 12,437
Nick KY15.4 A – Z
Book 1. Title begins with “A” – I read Art And Empire: Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum edited by John E. Curtis and J.E. Reade. This book is 1/2 pictures and 1/2 very academic texts, which means about 112 very large pp of small print text.
Book 2. “Z” in author’s name – I read Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 635
5.9 - Acts of HeroismTwo main characters, Uncle Toby and Trim were in the military together:
Page 70 ...went by the name of Trim, had been a corporal in my uncle’s own regiment.
Laurence Sterne's 1760 novel Tristram Shandy refers to a number of events from the Nine Years War, including Namur where Tristram's uncle Toby suffered an unspecified 'groin injury.' He and his trusted servant Corporal Trim build a replica of the battle in his garden which he shows to his fiancée Widow Wadman among others. The Widow tries to determine how serious Toby's injury is before committing to marriage but he avoids her questions by providing increasingly elaborate accounts of the siege.[23] This episode and Toby's reconstruction appear in the 2006 film A Cock and Bull Story.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 245
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter SolsticeREQUIRED: Your Book 1 selection must have a higher page count than your Book 2 selection.
Book 1: 502 / Book 2: 499
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.
The lOngest, 502 Pages
The Overstory by Richard Powers
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.
The DAy, 499 Pages
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 270
20.9 Goodreads choice award winnersStill Me by Jojo Moyes. (Category: Fiction, I have not read this book before)
Points: 20
Total points: 370
Mary P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
Option 2:Read a book that is at least 350 pages long and that was first published in 2007.
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher
363 pages, first published July 3, 2007
Points this task: 20
Total points: 95
Joanne MITask 10.5 read a book first published between 1941 and 1996
West with the Night first published 1942
Points this task 10
Total points 175
BB's 1
MAZZA130.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You
4. Self care
5. Read more books
Book 1: Pick one resolution and read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/ subtitle. REQUIRED: State which resolution you used.
The Confessions of Frannie Langton I read an ARC copy via net galley and Penguin books (UK)
Resolution used = Self Care
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.
How to Read a Novelist: Conversations with Writers
Resolution = Read More books
points this post = 30
Points to date = 670
5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code DayRead a book with ALL the letters in DOT DASH (including 2 Ds) in the title and/or subtitle
Book read: Further Observations of Lady Whistledown
How it fits: All letters in the title
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Total points: 565
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 34
BB Tickets: 12
GO Tickets: 5
10.3 Four-Legged HerosHomer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
Listed on page 1 of Non-Fiction Animal Heroes
Points this post :10
Total points: 120
Brooke TXReposting so I can move So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy to another task.
5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays. Approved in the Ebook Verification spreadsheet, line 2485:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 465
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 54
Brooke TXReposting so I can move Magic Breaks to another task.
30.4 - 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: 465
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 54
Brooke TX10.10 - Happy Holidays!
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 54
10.10 Happy Holidays! The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd
Author's initials can be found in Holiday.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
GO TICKETS: 2
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
Brooke TX15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Read a book with the main page genre Mythology. Genre noted in help thread message 25:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 490
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 54
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20.9 - 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.
Read Educated. Category:Memoir/Biography. I've never read this book before.
Points: 20
Total: 120