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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
Oma122920.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian HeroI chose Option #2
Option 2:
Read a book when the letters from the word COURAGE can be found in the title (subtitles can be used as well). Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Outcast Dead: Cross Bones Graveyard by Paul Slade
Total Points-385/985
Total Tasks-30/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma12295.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
Total Points-390/985
Total Tasks-31/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(1)500+( )750+(),1000+()
10.6 Let's Eat Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Takes place in Hawaii
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
GO TICKETS: 2
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 15
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Read a book that has won a literary award. Any award will do - but it MUST BE THE WINNER - NOT a nominee, on the longlist, on the shortlist or a finalist.
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Terror won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel (2008)
I also claim 2 big book tickets as the version of The Terror that I read had 769 pages.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Total BB points: 4
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I read Shadow Unit: Anomalous Crimes: Season 1, Book 1. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB). Found on page 6 of referenced list.
Total points: 930
KATRINA T **CLAIMING A BB**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.
Rating 4.55 The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss **662 PAGES
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Rating of 3.21 The People Who Watched Her Pass By, Scott Bradfield
Points in this post: 25
G.O: 1
B.B: 3
Total books read: 16
Tasks completed: 13
(5.2/5.4/5.9/10.2/10.10/15.10/20.3/20.5/20.6/20.8/25.6/...)
Total points: 210
DANIELLE M5.1 - This and That
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
DANIELLE M5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
Book was first published in NOVEMBER 2017.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
DANIELLE M5.5 - O? No!
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
DANIELLE M5.10 - Book Blitz
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
DANIELLE M10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky (Humor)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
DANIELLE M10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon
First published in 1995.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 6
DANIELLE M15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
by Jamie FordPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 7
15.6 - My Personal HeroRead a NONFICTION biography
THE QUEEN: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Biography
Queen Elizabeth II is a hero; as a woman who has lead her country for over 60 years, her service and dedication is an inspiration.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 685 + 15 = 700
Delicious Dee15.5 - Secret Identity
Governor - Lesli Richardson - Lesli also writes under the names Tymber Dalton
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 590
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
CathyG 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Read a book that has won a literary award. Any award will do - but it MUST BE THE WINNER - NOT a nominee, on the longlist, on the shortlist or a finalist. The award must be listed on the book's main page. REQUIRED:When posting you must state what award your book has won and what year.
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2014)
BB ticket 500+
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
CathyG 20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
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.
Savor the Danger by Lori Foster 411 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
CathyG 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
b. read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student". Middle initials can be ignored.
Trinity by Lauren Dane
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book Ticket: 1
CathyG 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 3: Read a book that was first published in 1981, the year of the first Terry Fox Run.
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
CathyG 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Your book must be at least 300 pages in length.
Option 1 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined GoodReads. Jan 2011
Must Love Kilts by Allie Mackay 384 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Big Book Ticket: 1
Oma122925.7 - 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.
The Golden Dynastyby Kristen Ashley
4.4 over 20,000 ratings
ClaimingThe Golden Dynasty as Big Book as it has 530 pages.
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
The Sweet Girl by Annabel Lyon
Rating is 3.06
Total Page Count=766
Total Points-415/985
Total Tasks-32/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122915.7 - Catch up with the SRCM
Read a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never read before. If you have read every book on the bookshelf, read one of the nominees for the Winter 2018 Group Reads that was not chosen as a group read and that you have never read before.
This book is new to me. I have not read this Mark Twain book
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Claiming The Prince and the Pauper as a Golden Oldie as is was published in 1881
Total Points-430/985
Total Tasks-33/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
10.8 - Take the Stairs 3 or more steps clearly visible on the cover
ebook verified 7264
THis Post: 10
Total points: 700 +10 = 710
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter SolsticeBook 1: book title initials, E O H found in
THE LOongest Night
Earl of Harrington (Bluestockings Defying Rogues) 282 pages
Book 2: book title initials, H A, found in The SHortest DAy
Heroic Abduction 184 pages
This post: 25
Total Points: 710 +25 = 735
Delicious Dee10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
From Lukov with Love - shelved as Romance by 720ppl
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 600
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
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5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Goblins and Snowflakes
Holiday is a MPG for this book.
This is an ebook. Approval received in post #7258 here.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Goblins and SnowflakesHoliday is a MPG for this book.
This is an ebook. Approval received in post #7258 here.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
DeborahPost 17
15.6 - My Personal Hero
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The subtitle explains why she is a hero of mine. She and her father risked their lives defying the Taliban in order to promote education and peace.
Points this post:15
Total Points:285
Books read:22
Tasks Done:17
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 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 Someone Else's Love Story. It had 336 pages.
Task points:20
Total Points:255
Books read:18
Sophie10.9
Epistolary fiction - number 37 on the list (under secondary title of Love, Rosie)
Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern
p585 - claim 1 BB
Total 805
BB 5
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Delicious Dee30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book A - Explosive
Book B - rock
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 630
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Golden Oldie: 1
Marina H30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Hvis bare du var min by Jenny Han
Option 3: Døden venter by Linda Castillo
This is a new book to me from the series "Kate Burkholder" which I've read before
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 18
Dakimel15.5 - Secret Identity
Fatal Chaos by Marie Force who also publishes as M.S. Force
Tally:
This post - 15 points
Total - 480
Dakimel20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Milkman - won the Booker
Tally:
This post - 20 points
Total - 500
KathyKS30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Read two books...
Page # total must exceed 500
Book 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel.
Exile by Betsy Dornbusch
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.
Doughnut by Tom Holt
Word count:
Exile: 288 [read ebook, page count from paperback] - 288
Doughnut: 400
Total: 688
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Dakimel20.10 Group Reads
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Tally:
This post - 20 points
Total - 520
10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!Super Hero Books #225, PAGE 3
The Amateur: A Villainous Love Story
ebook verfieid 7260
This post: 10
Total points: 735 + 10 = 745
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership RequiredOption 2 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group.
Joined Feb 6, 2019
Cupid Must Be Crazy Published February 6th 2019
ebook verified 7264
This Post: 20
Total Points: 745 + 20 = 765
Dakimel30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
2: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (ROBERT Redford from 33. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman) - All The President's Men (1976))
3: The Inheritance - this book is new to me, this is a series I have read before, and the series name is
Charles Lenox Mysteries (Charles Lennox is the crime-solving hero)
Tally: +30 points
Total: 550
Dakimel30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
B: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (339)
D:
(352)Tally: +30 points
Total: 580
Dakimel30.7 - TessaVanessa's Task: New Year, New You.
1: Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce (SELF CARE - 4. Self care)
2: The Way You Make Me Feel (MAKE - 8. Make new friends)
Tally: +30 points
Total: 615
Coralie10.5 Remembering Stan Lee
Book published between 1941 and 1996
City of Bones published 1995
Total to date 555 points
Brooke TX10.8 - Take the Stairs
Read a book with 3 or more steps clearly visible on the cover.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 660
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 64
Brooke TX25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Winter Solstice
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 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.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 685
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 64
Julia10330.5 - Mazza1's Task: A world of books
I am from the United States (North America).
Book 1: The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi. This book is set in Iraq (Asia). My readerboard name includes I.
Book 2: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten is written by an author from Sweden (Europe).
This post: 30 points
Total points: 475
BB: 5
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 26
Total books read: 33
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
I am removing my previous book, Dragon's Code.
New post - I chose option 3B and read By Its Cover by Donna Leon. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
Author initials, DL, found in colLege stuDent.
No change in points.
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For my first book, I chose option 1 and read an ARC of The Moroccan Girl]. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the hardcover copy - no PB or MMPB.
Author initials CC found in iCe hoCkey.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Dragon's Code - 251 pages, so "25" in the number of pages.
Total points: 955
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I live in USA. My readerboard name is SusanA
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.
Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
set in UK, indicated in book data on main page
UK starts with U, a letter in Susan A
UK continent is Europe
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,
In Case of Emergency by Keira Andrews
set in Canada indicated in book data on main page
Canada starts with C, an initial of author KJ Charles
Canada is in North America
ebook verified 7263
This post: 30
Total Points: 655 + 30 = 685