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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOpt 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.
150 pgs
Skin After Skin i listened to audiobook
Skin After Skin: A PsyCop Novel 412 pages paperback verrsion for page count
title initials S A S found in A Study in Scarlet
This Post: 20
Total Points: 165 + 20 = 185
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February BabiesOption 3a: read Book #1 in a series.
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks is #1 in The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks Series
This post: 20
Total Points: 185 + 20 = 205
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!Option 3: single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE. Middle initials can be ignored.
His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto
author initials A S found in Sylvester StAllone
His Quiet Agent paperback version for page count
This post: 20
Total Points: 205 + 20 = 225
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?Opt 2. Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Snowball's Chance
Opt 4. Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
A Destiny of Dragons
This Post: 25
Total Points: 225 + 25 = 250
25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 2. Main Character athlete
Hot as Puck I listened to audiobook
Hot as Puck paperback for page count
MC: Justin Cruise plays for an NHL team, ice hockey
Option 3. snow on cover
ebook verified 7261
This post: 25
Total Points: 250 + 25 = 275
25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in JapanBook 1: initials DK found in KIDDIELAND
Snow Falling I listened to audiobook
Snow Falling by Davidson King 246 pages
Book 2: title word found in EXCHANGERATE - Word found HEART
The Lightning-Struck Heart 405 pages
246 + 405 = 651 which exceeds 500 pages
This Post: 25
Total Points: 25 + 275 = 300
25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th IllinoisOption 1: set at least 50% in Illinois, indicated on main page
Secrets I listened to audiobook,
Secrets paperback for page count
Option 2: Read a book that contains all the letters in LAND OF LINCOLN in the title/subtitle
The Meaning of Christmas Is That Manhood Is Meant to Be Manhandled With Care, With Flair and With a Blizzard of Unbridled Desire: An MM Rough Trade Novella
The MeaNINg of Christmas Is That ManhOod Is Meant to Be ManhandLed With Care, With FLAir aND With a BLizzard OF Unbridled Desire: An MM Rough Trade Novella
ebook verified 7261
This Post: 25
Total Points: 300 + 25 = 325
Julia103This post is to change the book used for Task 20.1, no additional points
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
This won the Alex Award for 2019 (approved in task help thread, post 9)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 435
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 24
Total books read: 30
Julia10310.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Emergence (first published in 1984)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 445
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 25
Total books read: 31
25.6 - Sandy's Task: They Go Together Book 1: initial letters of all of the words in the title can be found in its author's name.
Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford 234 pages
title initials D S found in RhyS ForD
Book 2: Read a book, the title (not subtitle) of which contains its author's initials.
The Bridegroom Wore Plaid by Grace Burrowes 375 pages
author initials G B found in The BrideGroom Wore Plaid
234 + 375 = 609 pages which exceeds 600 pages
This Post: 25
Total Points: 325 + 25 = 350
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.
Agent Bayne listened to audiobook
Agent Bayne paperback 292 pages, 4.37 average rating, 856 ratings
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Finding Family 234 pages, 3.1 average rating, 164 ratings
292 + 234 = 526 pages which exceeds 500 pages
THis Post: 25
Total Points: 350 + 25 = 375
30.1 – 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
2. James Bond (Sean Connery) - Dr. No (1962)
Tigers on the Way by Sean Kennedy
Option 3: Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero.
The Rotten Rancher Book #16 Nick Williams Mysteries
Hero: NIck Williams is a hero to the LGBT community during the 1950s. He uses his wealth to employ, provide legal assistance, and otherwise assist members of the LGBT community.
This book is new to me, but not the series. I have previously read books 1 -15 in this series.
This post: 30
Total Points: 375 + 30 = 405
hoodoomends5.5 - O? No!
❄ A book written by a single author who does not have an "o" in his or her name.
O Estrangeiro by Albert Camus
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1942)**
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Current Post
Points: 5
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 295
GO: 6
BB: -
30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz NavidadOption A: Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid 388 pages
Option D: Read a book with FOUR or more people depicted on the cover.
266 pages388 + 266 = 654 pages which exceeds 500 pages
This Post: 30
Total Points: 405 +30 = 435
hoodoomends10.2 - Every Day Heroes
❄ A book with a main character who is an everyday hero (first responders, park rangers, teachers, social workers, lifeguards, nurses, doctors, and veterinarians).
O Alienista by Machado de Assis
The main character, Simão Bacamarte, is a doctor. From this edition's description: "Brilliant physician Simão Bacamarte sacrifices a prestigious career to return home and dedicate himself to the budding field of psychology. Bacamarte opens the first asylum in Brazil..."
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1881)**
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Current Post
Points: 10
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 305
GO: 7
BB: -
30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1: a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character.
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn 371 pages
MC: Lucinda Abernathy
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie.
Change of Heart I listened to audiobook
Change of Heart by Mary Calmes paperback edition, 250 pages
371 + 250 = 621 which exceeds 500 pages
This post: 30
Total Points: 435 +30 = 465
30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming NamesBook 1: Read a book by a single author with a heroic name
SAWYER
Off Season (The Off Series) by Sawyer Bennett
Book 2: Name your own hero
The Crimson Ant
The Iron Monarch
The Famous Warrior
The Huge Katana
Smooth Bear
Gigantic Robin
Professor Rapid Hawk
Outrageous Phoenix
Animalia
Alpha Dog
Alpha Geek by Milly Taiden
This Post: 30
Total Points: 465 + 30 = 495
30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New YouBook 1: Pick one resolution and read a book that has all the letters in that resolution in the title/ subtitle.
Resolution: 4. Self care
The Firefighter and the Girl from the Coffee Shop
The firefightER And the girL From the CoffEE Shop
Resolution: 1. Eat better
Better Not Pout
This post: 30
Total points: 495 + 30 = 525
hoodoomends30.1 - Gotta love the Hero!
❄ Option 1: A book with a MPG of Young Adult.
Um de Nós Está Mentindo by Karen M. McManus
❄ Option 2: A book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from the list "Greatest Movie Heroes".
Praticamente inofensiva by Douglas Adams
#20 - Kirk Douglas
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Current Post
Points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 335
GO: 7
BB: -
50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional HeroesBook 1: read a book with a title that begins What, When, Why, Where, or Who,
When an Alpha Purrs 188 pages
Book 2: book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
City Boy: Hot Off the Ice Book 1 by A.E. Wasp 316 pages
Book 3 - MPG Historical Fiction
The Duchess War 268 pages
188 + 316 + 268 = 772 pages which exceeds 750 pages
This post: 50
Total Points: 525 + 50 = 575
30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of booksI live in the US.
Book 1- I read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The book is set is Nigeria.
Book 2- I readThe Emperor of Shoes. It is set in China.
Task points:30
Total Points:205
Books read:15
Mod30.6 - Dlmrose's Task: Naming Names
Book 1- I chose the name "Roy" and read Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy.
Book 2- list of names:
The Mammoth Dragonfly
The Mammoth Axeman
The Jade Mantis
The Magical Puma
Silver Magician
Gentle Champion
Master Voiceless Merlin
Fearless Ant
Orothos
Ethereal Titan
I read Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones.
Task points:30
Total Points:235
Books read:17
Task 30.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of booksI live in the United States of America.
Book 1. Read a book that is SET IN or WRITTEN BY an author from a country starting with ANY letter of your READERBOARD name.
DENMARK Continent: Europe
Author Born in Denmark
We, the Drowned (2006) by Carsten Jensen; translated by Charlotte Barslund, Liz Jensen and Emma Ryder (Hardcover, 678 pages)
** We, the Drowned is a Big Book, pagecount: 678 pages **
Book 2. Read a book that is SET IN or WRITTEN BY an author from a country starting with one of the initials of the author of Book 1, including middle initials..
Book 1 author initials: J C
COLOMBIA Continent: South America
Book set entirely in Colombia
Tales from the Town of Widows (2007) by James Cañón (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 340 pages)
220 + 30 = 250
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 220 + 30 = 250
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,701
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.5 - February Babies1. a. Read a book with "25" found intact in the number of pages.
Time Out of Joint (1959) by Philip K. Dick (Paperback, 255 pages)
250 + 20 = 270
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 250 + 20 = 270
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,956
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
CelesteRredacted
CelesteR 15.4 - A to Z
Scandalous Seiryo University, Volume 01 by Kazuto Tatsukawa with a Z in her name.
GN: 176 > 100+
and ...
Awa ni mo Narenai Koi Nara ba by Emi Mitsuki
GN: 100+ < 171
Total: 70 points
CelesteR15.5 - ID
ミューズの学園で逢おう 1 Myuuzu No Gakuen De Aou 1 by Makoto Tateno
GN: 198 > 100+
"Also writes under the pen-name of Shinjuku Tango." <-- GoodReads
Total:85pts.
CelesteR It seems I was wrong about my numbers.
5.2 + 5.4 + 5.5 + 5.9 + 15.4 + 15.5 + 15.9 + 25.1 = 90
I have 90 points.
Diana K.10.2 - Every Day Heroes. Read a book with a main character who is an everyday hero. For the purposes of this task, an everyday hero will be defined as first responders (firefighters, police officers, EMTs, paramedics, search and rescue personnel), park rangers, teachers, social workers, lifeguards, nurses, doctors, and veterinarians
Goodbye Mr Chips
Claiming 1 golden oldie
Total points: 565
Diana K.10.9 - Write Me a Letter, read a book write in an epistolary style.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Total points: 575
perletwo5.10 - Book Blitz - Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Wedding Guest
Points this task: 05
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 22
Diana K.20.6 - Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Opt 2. Read a book where the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Total points: 595
20.0 - Goodreads choice award winnersread a book from the 2018 GR Choice Winners
The Kiss Quotient
Winner: Romance
I have not read this book before
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Finished!
985 points
FANDURY10.7 - 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.
Zero Limit by Jeremy K. Brown
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 29
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
CelesteR10.1 - R for Romance <-- 2 users / 5th mpg
Play Boy Blues 1 by Shiuko Kano
GN: 224 > 100+
Total: 105
Sophie25.8
1st published 1917, 1933, 1937
The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie
P344, published 1933 originally (claim GO)
Cookie on cover
Sharpe Cookie by Lisa B. Thomas
P204
Total page= 546
Total 795
GO 4
Task 15.3 – Songs About HeroesOPTION 2 – One Book fits both tasks … using ONE song
16. Waitin’ For A Superman - Flaming Lips
Book 1: 1st Letter every title word in Waitin’ For A SupErman
For Everything a Season
Book 2: Author’s First & Last initial in: FlaminG liPs
Philip Gulley
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better – Babbling C – February BabiesOption 3a – Series Book # 1
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules (League of Pensioners # 1)
I listened to the audio / MMP: Kaffe med rån 367 pg
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Darwin Day
Option 2: Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN. I read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.
Total points so far: 515
15.2 - Winter or Summer?Book 1: Winter
One Winter with a Baron
Book 2: Summer
A Mid-Summer's Mail-Order Bride
both books: ebook verified 7260
This post: 15
Total points: 575 + 15 = 590
15.10 - National Book AwardsThe Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
Category: Young People's Literature Finalist
This Post: 15
Total Points: 590 + 15 = 605
Sara G25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials (First, Middle if applicable, and Last) can be found in KIDDIELAND.
The Lute Player by Norah Lofts
KIDDIELAND
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..
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
I used the word Cane.
EXCHANGERATE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 760
sulking over.... going to swap about:Task 30.1 - Gotta love the Hero!
I previously claimed this task in #1939, but am changing book 2
option 1 - read a book with YA MPG
Sadie
option 2 - read a book with an author name matching one of the listed actor names
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
ANNE matches ANNE Bancroft, #31 on list
Task 25.3 - Christmas in Japanpage total >500
book 1 - read a book with author initials in KIDDIELAND
The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden
KA initials
346pages
(prev claimed for task 30.1 #1939)
book 2 - read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title that is an anagram of EXCHANGERATE
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
HEART - from RATE & H
I read the kindle ed linked above; PB for page count is: Het hart van de honingbij
208 pages
346+208 = 554pages >500
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Finished! (for the 2nd, and hopefully final, time)
Stupid Childrens tag [grumble grumble]
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian HeroOption 2: Read a book where the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title
The Ghost Had an Early Check-out
The Ghost Had an EARly Check-OUt
This post: 20
Total Points: 605 + 20 = 625
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: 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.
Anaconda 288 pages
Book 2: Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant
Steadfast 335 pages
288 + 335 = 620 which exceeds 500 pages
This post: 30
Total points: 625 + 30 = 655
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For book 1, I read When She Woke. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). 368 pages.
For book 2, I read Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top mmpb edition. 160 pages.
For book 3, I read an ARC of Daughter of Moloka'i. I read the kindle edition, linked to the paperback (no MMPB). 309 pages.
368 + 160 + 309 = 837 pages.
Total points: 920