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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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MEGAN RAE20.4 - 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.
- Completed 5th FebruaryHow it fits: Over 350 pages and first published in 2007
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Goblins and Snowflakes
Holiday is a MPG.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Goblins and SnowflakesHoliday is a MPG.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&".
Bitches and Brawlers
Three-word title that includes "and"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&".
Bitches and BrawlersThree-word title that includes "and"
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
5.10 - Book Blitz
Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Girls Made of Snow and GlassPoints this post: 5
Total points: 115
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February BabiesOption 1a: a. Read a book with "25" found intact in the number of pages.
Starlight 256 pages
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 515
GO's:9
Kim O30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - Read a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character.
Dreaming Spies The main character is Mary Russell. This book has 368 pages.
Book 2 - Read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie.
The Alchemist's Daughter This book has 304 pages.
Total page count is 672 (> 500)
Points this task: 30
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed 15
Option 2: Read any book by one of the authors on the list of 50 crime writers to read before you die, which also has the MPG Crime or Mystery.
The Mysterious Affair at StylesAuthor Agatha Christie is on the list and the book has the MPG Mystery.
Edit: Cancelling this entry as it does not meet the page count criteria.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
OPTION 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
First published in 1920.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
OPTION 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927.
The Mysterious Affair at StylesFirst published in 1920.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Option 1:
The Job by Janet Evanovich
MC: Kate O'Hare Sidekick: Nicolas Fox
Option 2:
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Total points: 90
Nick KY30.4 Dulcinella’s Shoes, Letters, Pancakes
I chose Option 2 – New Year.
Book 1. I read Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan. At 412 pp, the book has both a 1 and a 2 in the pagination.
Book 2. I read Henry And June by Anaïs Nin, # 50 on the “Letters to and From” List (p 1).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 665
Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
The Eye of MindsThe letters T, E, O, and M are in HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Edit - Cancelling this post as I already received points for this task. Sorry!
Nick KY -- Correction30.4 Dulcinella’s Shoes, Letters, Pancakes
I chose Option 2 – New Year.
Oops! I got my book numbers reversed. Here is the correct order.
Book 1. I read Henry And June by Anaïs Nin, # 50 on the “Letters to and From” List (p 1).
Book 2. I read Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan. At 412 pp, the book has both a 1 and a 2 in the pagination.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 665
SandyL5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Read a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&".
Wild & Sweet by Rhenna Morgan
& in three word title
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 42
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL5.9 - Acts of Heroism
Read a book with a main character or subject who is an active-duty or former member of the armed forces of any nation
Making Faces by Amy Harmon
MC Ambrose Young is a former Marine who comes back from war disfigured
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 530
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL10.8 - Take the Stairs
Read a book with 3 or more steps clearly visible on the cover
Family Affair by Debbie Macomber
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL25.7 - Wayne's task: 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
Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley
Rating: 4.42 # of ratings 30k+
Pages: 426
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower
The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
Rating: 3.05 # of ratings 107
Pages: 112
Total pages: 538
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Mod
I chose the 2 book option.
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings - short stories is the top main page genre. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback edition - 448 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Hazards of Time Travel - 100 5 star ratings. 336 pages.
Total pages - 784 (>750).
Total points: 835
LaureY10.9 - Write Me a Letter
In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style.
Gemina by Amie Kaufman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Total Books: 25
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Cait S5.5- O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 200
BB Tickets: 2
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)
I chose Option 3: Lichtmis.
Book 1: I read Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird, main character and author both women and the trade paperback is 752p.
Book 2: I read The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (258p).
752+258=1010p
**Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire is 752p long in the trade paperback, I would like to claim TWO Big Book tickets**
Previous point total: 280
New points this post: 30
Total points: 310
Total tasks completed: 21
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 2
Total Big Books: 6
Cordelia30.7 New Year, New You
Bk 1: The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem
Resolution used: SELF CARE
Bk 2: The New Ships by Kate Duignan
Resolution: GET A NEW JOB
Word: NEW
Points: 30
Total Points: 585
Cordelia25.3 Christmas in Japan
Bk 1: SS-GB by Len Deighton
375 pages
Author's initial LD in KIDDIELAND
Bk 2: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras 304 pages
Word used: TREE in EXCHANGERATE
More than 500 pages
Points: 25
Total points: 610
15.2 - Winter or Summer?Book 1 - Read a book with the word "winter" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
I listened to an audio version of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, the MMP edition is Si une nuit d'hiver un voyageur
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "summer" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
I read an ebook version of Summer with My Sisters
Total New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 530
GO's: 9
Coralie25.9 Winter Solstice
Book 1 – initial letters of all the words in the title found in the phrase The LOnGest night
The Gospel of Loki 302 pages
Book 2 – initial letters of all the words in the title found in the phrase the shOrTest dAy
Alphabet of Thorn 291 pages
Total to date 465 points
Brooke TX15.6 - My Personal Hero
Read a NONFICTION biography or autobiography of someone who you consider to be a hero. I consider Alan Turing to be a hero for his work as a cryptanalyst during WWII and as a founding father of computer science:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 58
EMurphy30.3 Ava Catherine's Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1: One word title of at least 4 letters that begins and ends with the same vowel Exile by Denise Mina (368 pages)
Book 2: One word title of at least 4 letters that begins and ends with a consonant that does not have to be the same consonant Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory (399 pages)
*368+399=767 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 85
Books Read: 6
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
EMurphy20.3 Best Review-TrishhartUK's Task: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Option 2: Author on the crime writer list which also has Crime or Mystery genre
Garnethill by Denise Mina
Mystery>Crime genre
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 105
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
15.7All the Light We Cannot See
I had not read this book before -- glad for the prompt!
**this is a Big Book, at 704 pages for the top mmpb edition. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
New total: 455
Sophie15.7 SRC previous group read
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
I haven't read this before.
Total: 730
perletwo15.5 - Secret Identity - Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name. You may read a book written under any of the names that the author uses.
Connections in Death - J.D. Robb=Nora Roberts
Points this task: 15
Total points: 385
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 20
MAZZA130.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Read 2 books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name from this list of Hero Names. Names must match the bold blue leading entries exactly. See post 2 for a list of the names that can be used. The name may be found in any name position.
The Giver
REQUIRED: State the name that you are using. LOIS
Book 2: Name your own hero
MY results for name generator are
The Purple Defender
The Awesome Watcher
The Quantum Condor
The Nimble Wonderman
Mighty Dragonfly
Green Hammer
Chief Gray Mastermind
Ancient Wolf
Moonshadow
Phantom Archer
Read a book with a TITLE that includes one of the words, excluding THE, from the names generated. Subtitles are excluded. The word must match exactly.
The Phantom Tree uses the last of the names generated "the Phantom Archer"
Points this post = 30
points to date = 705
ZachI completed task 15.7 - Catch Up with the SRC and read Dune. This book was new to me.
This book was 883 pages and I would, therefore, like to claim two big book tickets.
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 30
BBTs: 2
GOTs: 0
Readerboard Name: Amarie50.1 Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes
Book 1: Title begins with who, what, when, where, why
When Secrets Strike by Marta Perry
Pages: 368
Book 2: Author's name begins with initials
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Pages: 368
Book 3: Book has a mpg of historical fiction
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Pages: 361
Total Pages: 1097
Points for this task: 50
Total Points: 50
Readerboard Name: Amarie30.2 Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A: Single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus. ONLY acceptable variations: Joe, Jose, Josef, Josephine, Josie, Maria, Marian, Marie, Marion, and Maryann.
Book: One Day in Decemberby Josie Silver
Pages: 416
Option B: Single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Book: Your Irresistible Love by Layla Hagen
Pages: 326
Total Pages: 742
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 80
Queen Bee Darlene20.6 Seasoned Reader - Laurah30's Task: Remembering a Canadian Hero
1) Giller Prize winner or nominee whose author's initials found in MARATHON OF HOPE
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper Our Homesick Songs
2018 Nominee for Giller Prize; both E & H are in the word HOPE
Points this post: 20 points
Total Points: 275
Sarah E15.4 - From A to Z
Option 2: One book
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
I read the ebook, top MMP is Lumière pâle sur les collines
Total points: 75
Sarah E30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
My readerboard name starts with S and I am from the UK.
Book 1: Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel set in Saudi Arabia (Asia)
Book 2: Xenophobia set in Malawi (Africa)
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 105
Mod
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
I am using option 2. I read In an Absent Dream - title initial letters, IAAD, found in chArles DArwIn.
No change in points., still 840
Mod
I read The Chrysalids, winner of Złota Sepulka for Książka autora zagranicznego (1985).
Total points: 860
Diana K.Task 20.7 - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Opt 3. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE.
The Girl They Left Behind byJojo Moyes
Total points: 480
Diana K.Task 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.
TO HONor FALLen Heroes: How a SmaLl GermaN-American VIllage in New York City ExperienceD the Great War
Opt 3. Read a book by an author born or currently living in Illinois.
Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg
Total points: 505
Diana K.Task 25.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
Down and Out in Paris and London 1933
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover.
Total points: 530
20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin DayOption 2: Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
Book read: Not His Dragon
How it fits: Letters NHD are found in the phrase
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Total points: 585
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 35
BB Tickets: 12
GO Tickets: 5
Brooke TX25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in KIDDIELAND.
Book 2. Read a book that has a word in its TITLE of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EXCHANGERATE. With "THEN" in the title:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 625
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 59
Delicious Dee5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Silk and Spurs
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 550
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Desert Heat - first published 1993
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 560
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
30.2 - Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz NavidadOption A - Still Mr. & Mrs. by Mary McBride ~ 384 pages
Option B – Night Film by Marisha Pessl ~ 592 pages
author's initials (MP) found in GORME and PANCHOS
Total points: 200 + 30 = 230
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25.7 - Wayne's task: 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.
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: 340
Tasks Completed: