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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Brooke TX25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading Stats
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies.
Option 3: Read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 540
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 54
Oma122920.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I chose the Nonfiction book. My post is #24 on the discussion thread.
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy
Total Points-365/985
Total Tasks-29/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.10 - Book Blitz
I read Figuring by Maria Popova.
** Figuring is 592p long, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 260
New points this post: 5
Total points: 265
Total tasks completed: 19
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 4
5.5 The Identicals by Elin HilderbrandNo O in the author's name
Task +5
Tasks Completed: 4
Grand Total: 25
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.4 - From A to Z
This is the two book option.
Book 1: I read A Murder to Die For by Stevyn Colgan. The title begins with A.
Book 2: I read Showa, 1939-1944: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki. There is a Z in Mizuki.
Previous point total: 265
New points this post: 15
Total points: 280
Total tasks completed: 20
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 4
Scooter&Siam20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
This is a one book task.
Option 3a chosen -- 3. a. read Book #1 in a series.
Read Edinburgh Twilight
Points: 20
Total: 140
Delicious Dee10.3- Four-Legged Heros
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him - #1 on the list
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 545
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
10.2 - Every Day HeroesOutback Cop: The colourful life and times of the birdsville policeman by Neale McShane & Evan McHugh
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 625
Shala5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle. Words must match exactly.
Those Who Save Us
Points this task: 5
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Sara G25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Opt 1. Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois. REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting.
What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age by Renee Rosen
This book is set in Chicago, Illinois.
Opt 3. Many famous authors have come from Illinois including Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg Jean Auel, Michael Crichton, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler, and Lorraine Hansbury. Read a book by an author born or currently living in Illinois. REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the author's GR biography, please provide a reference for the author’s birthplace/current location.
The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert
Susan Wittig Albert was born in Maywood, Illinois. It's listed in her GR bio.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 735
30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming NamesBook 1, a book by a single author with a heroic name from the list of Hero Names (Lois): War Brides by Lois Battle
Book 2, a book with a title that includes one of the words generated from Superhero Name Generator.
My list:
The Copper Scimitar
The Silver Sage
The Honorable Sniper
The Storm Marksman
Chief Huge Dagger
Professor Broad Phoenix
Master Earth Swordsman
Cool Grasshopper
Osa
Frost
I'm using Master: The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
Points this post: 30
Total points: 445
Amy the book bat30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
The Poet X
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from this list of movies : Greatest Movie Heroes Only numbers 1 through 50 on the list can be used. The list is also found in post 4 of the Help Thread.
(8. George Bailey (James Stewart) - It's A Wonderful Life) Frozen Solid by James M. Tabor
Points this task: 30
Total points: 420
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 27
Amy the book bat25.2 - 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in this phrase. Spaces determine names.
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Option 2: Read a book featuring a Main Character athlete who competes in a winter sport found on the Wikipedia Winter Sport list. The athlete does not have to be a professional.
(Ice Hockey) Van (approved message 7143 of ebook thread)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 445
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 28
FANDURY15.8 - Mythological Heroes
Read a book with the main page genre Mythology
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
StaceyNC25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
This is a two book tasks - pick one book from each of two different options.
Option 1
My favorite winter sport is Ice Hockey. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY.
Book: Gone for Good
Author: Harlan Coban
Completed: 12/21/18
Option 3
Nothing says winter like snow! Read a book with snow on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 2/2/18
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 315
Tasks completed: 22
StaceyNC25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
REQUIRED: Your Book 1 selection must have a higher page count than your Book 2 selection.
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.
Book: The Hot Shot
Completed: 1/31/19
Pages: 337p.
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.
Book: Hard Hitter
Completed: 2/2/19
Pages: 336p.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 23
Task 20.3 – Best Review – Trishhart UK - Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 2: MPG “Mystery” /and/ By an author on the List
Agatha Christie / They Came to Baghdad
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 160 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
trishhartuk5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle.
owls well THAT ends well, Donna Andrews
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Danibean10.9 - Write me a letter. Read a book written in an epistolary style.
I read Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.
Danibean5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas. Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
I read The Christmas Letters by Lee Smith
Danibean 25.2 - Winter Sports! This is a two book tasks - pick one book from each of two different options.
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY.
I read Caught by Harlan Coben
Option 4: Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26, or 27 intact in the number of pages
I read It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell (240 pages).
Danibean25.3 - Christmas in Japan This is a two book task, You must read one book that satisfies the criteria for Book 1 and another that satisfies the criteria for Book 2. The total pages count for Book 1 plus Book 2 must exceed 500 pages (i.e 501 or higher)
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials (First, Middle if applicable, and Last) can be found in KIDDIELAND.
I read Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham. 265 pgs
Book 2. Read a book that has a word in its TITLE (not subtitle) of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EXCHANGERATE. The word CANNOT be found intact in EXCHANGERATE..
I read Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult. 480 pgs. GREAT is found in EXCHANGERATE, but not intact.
265+480 = 745 > 500
Bluegrass Pam25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
#2- title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The’
I read the e-book Strange Weather in Tokyo.
Here is the link to the mass market pb edition Les années douces
#4- MPG Fantasy
I read the ebook A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Here is the link to the pb edition El caballero de los Siete Reinos
Points this post: 25
Total GO tix: 3
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 265
MAZZA15.3 - 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
The Obsession of Dr. Pendergrass: Murder in Whitechapel
Points this post = 5
Total points to date = 675
25.9Book 1:
Small Great Things (SGT in THE LONGEST NIGHT). top pb = 528 pages.
Book 2:
After the End (ATE in THE SHORTEST DAY). top pb = 336 pages.
** Book 1, Small Great Things, is a Big Book at 528 pages. Claiming 1 BB Ticket **
Total Points: 410
Sophie25.4
Option 1 book set in Illinois
Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban
Option 2 all letters of land of Lincoln in the title/subtitle
Slay Like a Mother: How to Destroy What's Holding You Back So You Can Live the Life You Want by Katherine Wintsch
Total 715
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Membership Required
Option 2 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group. I joined in September 2014, and I read Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (371pp).
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 460
Brooke TX15.4 - From A to Z
Book 1 - Read a book the title of which begins with "A."
Book 2 - Read a book whose author has a "Z" in their name.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 555
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 56
Readerboard Name: Absurda20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Choose one of the following options and read a book of at least 150 pages, to match that option.
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 Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
320 pages, originally published in 1926, requesting Golden Oldies ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total Points to date: 150
Golden Oldies Ticket Request: 1
30.4Tradition 3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1:
The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory. The Main Character is Alexa.
Book 2:
Don't You Cry, by Mary Kubica
New Total: 440
Task 15.7 - Catch up with the SRCread a book that's been a Group Read
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
this is new to me
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940 points
Mod
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done - no a, an, and, the in title.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Lies Sleeping - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition. Fantasy is the top MPG.
No change in points - still 785.
Mod
For my first book, I read Black Swan Rising by Lisa Brackmann. Initial letters of title, BSR, found in Lisa BRackmann. 421 pages. Book moved from task 25.1.
For my second book, I read Disoriental by Négar Djavadi. Author initials, ND, found in DisorieNtal. 338 pages.
Total pages 759, greater than required 600.
Total points: 810
Task 30.3 - Alpha and OmegaBook 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel.
Endurance (Green Universe #2) (2011) by Jay Lake (Paperback, 320 pages)
Book 2:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant, which does NOT have to be the same consonant.
Sunburn (2018) by Laura Lippman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 292 pages)
Pagecount: 320 + 292 = 612 > 501
170 + 30 = 200
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 170 + 30 = 200
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,555
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Brooke TXReposting so I can move Mad Lizard Mambo to a different task.
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2. Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Option 4. Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 555
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 57
Brooke TX30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from this list of Greatest Movie Heroes. With "Ford" as in #3 "Harrison Ford":
Opt. 3: Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero. This book is new to me, but I have read other books in the Kate Daniels series before:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 585
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 57
RAYNEBAIR20.9 - Goodreads Choice Awards Winners
Read a book that won one of the Goodreads choice awards this year that you have not read before.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
winner of the Romance category
a new read for me and I really enjoyed it.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 485
SandyL30.7 - 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
Better Than Chocolate by J. Lynn Rowan
Resolution - Eat Better
BETTER ThAn chocolatE
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
A New Leash on Love by Debbie Burns
Resolution: Make New Friends
a NEW leash on love
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names
Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett
Hero Name: Sawyer
Author: Sawyer Bennett
Book 2: Name your own hero
Lucky Charm by Carly Phillips
Hero: The Lucky Wizard
LUCKY charm
Names generated:
The Aqua Macaw
The Lucky Wizard
The Magnificent Scepter
The Intelligent Snipe
Hot Owl
Quantum Wolverine
Chief Orange Eagle
Mister Scarlet Puma
Savior
Scarlet King
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 37
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from this list of movies
Redneck Romeo by Lorelei James
#8 - James Stewart
Author lorelei JAMES
Option 3: . Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero
Rocky Retreat by Vivian Arend
This book is new to me, I have read all the previous books in the series. This book is #8 in the Six Pack Ranch series.
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 39
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
First published in 1933
352 Pages
****Requesting Golden Oldie Ticket****
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover.
Love and Lists by Tara Sivec
254 Pages
Total Pages = 606
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 41
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Peg W5.6 Read Aloud
Read a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
I read The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 180
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 1
Total tasks: 11
Amy the book bat5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Look Alive Twenty-Five Published November 13th 2018
Points this task: 5
Total points: 450
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 29
MEGSCL15.10 - National Book Awards
An American Marriage
Nominee in the fiction category
TOTAL TO DATE
415 points
4 big books
MEGSCL20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 1: Giller Prize nominee in 2016 - 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
initials found in MARATHON OF HOPE (Mona Awad)
TOTAL TO DATE
435 points
4 big books
MEGSCL30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
I live in Australia
Book 1. Sweden (Europe) - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Bachman (lives in Sweden)
Book 2. Botswana (Africa) - The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café (set in Botswana)
TOTAL TO DATE
465 points
4 big books
MEGSCL30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names.
Name: Kim
The Years of Rice and Salt
**763 pages - 2 big books
Book 2: Name your own hero
My names:
The Dramatic Snipe
Lord Hypnotic Beetle
Professor Huge Antman
Doctor Nuclear Grasshopper
The White Slayer
The Earthen Keeper
The Purple Illusionist
Fearless Spectacle
Master Defiance
Peacebringer
The White Princess
** 528 pages - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
495 points
7 big books
Erica H.15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day! - Read a book with one or more hands showing on its cover.
This book is a Big Book with 627 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 45
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 5
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25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Opt 2. Read a book that contains all the letters in LAND OF LINCOLN in the title/subtitle.
Opt 3. Read a book by an author born or currently living in Illinois. By Ray Bradbury:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 515
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 54