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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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PegW25.3 Andy P's Task: Christmas in Japan Total page count for both books must be over 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in KIDDIELAND.
I read Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey at 337 pages.
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. I read The Heart of a Woman. Heart can be made with those letters. 288 pages.
337 + 288 = 625 page total
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book: 1
Total tasks: 12
Nick KY15.10 NBA I read One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson, long list for Nat’l Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2018.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 780
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."Read a book that has won a literary award.
Blind Space by Marie Sexton
Winner of 2012 Rainbow Award Best Gay Sci-Fi/Fantasy, listed on book's main page.
This Post 20
Total Points: 875 + 20 = 895
Brooke TX15.2 - Winter or Summer?
Book 1 - Read a book with the word "winter" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "summer" found intact in the title/subtitle/series title of the book.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 830
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 74
Brooke TX30.7 - 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/subtitle. With all the letters of "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. With "books" as in "Read more books":
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 860
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 74
Stephanie12720.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
3. b. read a book, written by a single author, whose initials can be found in "college student". Middle initials can be ignored.
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10.0 in AR Bookfinder ("Childrens" main page genre)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70/985
Tasks completed: 7/57
Books read: 7
Pamela326510.3- Four-Legged Heros
A Dog's Purpose by Cameron W. Bruce – Found on page 1
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 315
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name. I read Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire who also writes under the name Mira Grant.
Total points so far: 565
Dakimel10.8 - Take the Stairs
(I read an ARC; cover approved in help thread)Tally: +10
Total: 730
Dakimel20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
2: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
Tally: +20
Total: 765
Dakimel20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
2 - Screwdrivered (09-14)
Tally: +20
Total: 785
Dakimel20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (new to me, poetry winner)
Tally: +20
Total: 805
DeborahPost 19
25.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
1) The Healing Power of Sugar
4.42 rating 4,447 ratings
2) Pastworld
3.03 rating 689 ratings
Points this post:25
Total Points:325
Books read:25
Tasks Done:19
MAZZA1 5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
Slay Bells
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 785
MEGAN RAE5.10 - Book Blitz
Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
- Completed 15th FebruaryHow it fits: Book of my choice
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 215
5.6 - Read AloudRead a NONFICTION book about literacy, education or reading.
Case Sensitive: how english grammar got good
approved in help thread
ebook verified 7274
This Post: 5
Total Points: 895 + 5 = 900
trishhartuk30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Shelved as Young Adult by 4,694 users
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
Twelve Angry Librarians, Miranda James
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Miranda James shares a name with James Stewart:
8. George Bailey (James Stewart) - It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
11. Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 4
Brooklyn5.3 – Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day
Read a book with all the letters of DOT DASH in the title/subtitle.
Friends and Other Liars by Kaela Coble
frienDS AnD OTHer liars
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205/985
Tasks completed: 14/57
Books read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 4
Brooklyn5.5 – O? No!
Read a book by a single author with no “O” in his/her name.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210/985
Tasks completed: 15/57
Books read: 17
Big Book Tickets: 4
Brooklyn10.7 – Brown Shoes?
Read a book with the word “BROWN” or “SHOE” intact in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
The Switch by Sandra Brown - 512 pages
**claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220/985
Tasks completed: 16/57
Books read: 18
Big Book Tickets: 5
15.5 Secret Identity Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton also wrote under the name John Lange.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
(you have me starting at 120, so this total in your records will be 135. I have a message/clarification in the Questions/Problems discussion board regarding the missing 5 points at message 270)
Brooklyn15.3 – Songs About Heroes
Option 2
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
TELOSH found in “The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts” (#51 on the list)
RD found in the group Bad Religion (#43 on the list)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235/985
Tasks completed: 17/57
Books read: 19
Big Book Tickets: 5
Brooklyn15.5 – Secret Identity
Read a book by a single author who writes under more than one name.
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb is the penname of author Nora Roberts.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250/985
Tasks completed: 18/57
Books read: 20
Big Book Tickets: 5
Brooklyn20.3 – Elementary My Dear Watson
Option 1: Read a book with a 3+ word title, where the initial letter of each title word can be found in A STUDY IN SCARLET.
So Cold the River by Michael Koryta – 544 pages
a STudy in sCaRlet
**claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270/985
Tasks completed: 19/57
Books read: 21
Big Book Tickets: 6
Brooklyn20.7 – Yo, Adrian!
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SYLVESTER STALLONE.
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Sylvester stAllone
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290/985
Tasks completed: 20/57
Books read: 22
Big Book Tickets: 6
Brooklyn20.8 – Membership Required
Option 2: Read a book that was first published in the same month and year you joined the Seasonal Reading Challenge group.
Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia
First published in January 2017, the month and year I joined this group.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310/985
Tasks completed: 21/57
Books read: 23
Big Book Tickets: 6
Brooklyn25.1 – What Makes a Good Hero?
Option 2: Read a book with a title that does not contain the word A, AN, AND or THE.
As Long as We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of fantasy.
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335/985
Tasks completed: 22/57
Books read: 25
Big Book Tickets: 6
Brooklyn25.7 – Sometimes You Have to Take the Bad With the Good
Book 1: Read a book with a GR rating of 4.2 or higher.
The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen – average rating of 4.23
Book 2: Read a book with a GR rating of 3.2 or lower.
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards – average rating of 3.2
Both books approved in the help thread (listed in message 2).
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360/985
Tasks completed: 23/57
Books read: 27
Big Book Tickets: 6
Brooklyn30.1 – Gotta Love the Hero!
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of YA.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Option 3: Read a book from a series that features a hero.
Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) by Jim Butcher – 543 pages
#12 in The Dresden Files series, featuring Harry Dresden, wizard hero. I have read the first 11 books in the series prior to reading this book, which was new to me.
**claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390/985
Tasks completed: 24/57
Books read: 29
Big Book Tickets: 7
Brooklyn30.2 – Feliz Navidad
Option A: Read a book by a single author whose first name is Joseph, Mary or Jesus.
Her Last Word by Mary Burton
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose complete initials can be found in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS.
For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420/985
Tasks completed: 25/57
Books read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 7
Sophie20.8
Option 2: Published when joined Dec June 2018
The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Total 870
Brooklyn30.3 – Alpha and Omega
Book 1: Read a book with a one word title of at least 4 letters that begins and ends with the same vowel.
Exclusive by Sandra Brown
Book 2: Read a book with a one word title of at least 4 letters that begins and ends with a consonant.
Fractured by Karin Slaughter – 528 pgs
**claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450/985
Tasks completed: 26/57
Books read: 33
Big Book Tickets: 8
Brooklyn30.4 – Shoes, Letters and Pancakes (In Belgium)
I chose the New Year tradition, Option 2.
Book 1: Read a book from the lists shown.
The Martian by Andy Weir – 369 pages
Found on page 1 of the “epistolary fiction” list
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 of the numbers 3, 1, 2.
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn – 431 pages
431 + 369 = 800 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 480/985
Tasks completed: 27/57
Books read: 35
Big Book Tickets: 8
REPOST for Points and Golden Oldie10.9 Write Me a Letter
Read a book write in an epistolary style. An epistolary book is one that is written as a series of documents, usually letters, that are often dated and/or time-stamped. For the purposes of this task, books written as a series of letters will, of course, work, but so will books written as a series of emails, tweets, blog posts, diary entries, newspaper clippings, and/or ships logs.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
#16 on Epistolary Fiction list. This book is written as diary entries from several different characters.
Also, Golden Oldie - published 1859
Points: 10
20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear WatsonOption 4 - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss (402 pages)
Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Catherin Moreau, Justine Frankenstein, and Beatrice Rappaccini team up with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to solve mysteries
Total points: 300 + 20 = 320
REPOST for GOLDEN OLDIE25.4 Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Two book task
Opt 2. Read a book that contains all the letters in LAND OF LINCOLN in the title/subtitle.
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker
L in Blood
AND in And (subtitle)
OF in of (subtitle)
LIN in Revolution (subtitle)
C in Scientific (subtitle)
O in Work
L in Tale (subtitle)
N in Scientific (subtitle)
Opt 5. Read a book with a picture of a paved road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when you post.
by John BuchanTrain tracks on cover
GOLDEN OLDIE - published in 1915
Points: 25
50.1 Coralie's Task: Three Fictional HeroesThe three books must total at least 750 pages.
Book 1 – As the titles of the books in this series all begin with What, When, Why, Where, or Who, read a book with a title that begins with one of these words. Words must match exactly - no variations.
When Mourning Comes by William Silverman - 145 pages
Book 2 – As C.S. Harris and M.M. Kaye both use initials instead of a first name, read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
Left For Dead by J.A. Jance - 417 pages
Book 3 – As all these books are historical fiction, read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Half a Crown by Jo Walton - 316 pages
145 + 417 + 316 = 878 pages
Points: 50
Season Total: 315
5.2 The Book Flood ComethBook first published in October, November, or December
Effortless Journaling: How to Start a Journal, Make It a Habit, and Find Endless Writing Topics
published 11/27/18
This post: 5
Total points 140
Sarah E20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian Hero
Option 2
Travels in the South Pacific: Around Eight Countries of the Pacific
COUR found in COUntRies
A found in trAvels
GE found in EiGht
ebook approved for length in message 7239
Total points: 150
Sarah E25.3 Andy P.’s task: Christmas in Japan
Book 1: Author initials in KIDDIELAND
Ibrahim and Reenie by David Llewellyn - 200 pages
I read an ebook edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Book 2: THREE can be found in EXCHANGERATE
The Mystery of Three Quarters
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is The Mystery of Three Quarters - 400 pages
200 + 400 = 600 pages
Total points: 175
Brooke TX25.7 - 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 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 885
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 76
Brooke TX30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1: Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel.
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.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 915
Completed Tasks: 55
Books Read: 76
5.10 - Book BlitzOwls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays - 88 pages
This is my one 5-point task with a book 80-100 pages
Points: 145
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