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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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danibean 15.7 - Catch Up with the SRC - Read a book from the SRC Group Bookshelf that you have never ready before. I read The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I never read the book before.
Total Pts: 815
25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!Option 3.- Read a book with snow on the cover.
The cover was approved on message 3 of Help Thread
Option 4.- Read a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages
The kindle edition I read has 272 pages.
The paperback edition has also 272 pages: Blackout: A Thriller
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 170/985
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 10
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.
I read the kindle edition. Link to paperback: Twisted Crimes
Rating of 4.27 and has 857 ratings. Book was approved on message 2 of Help Thread
* This book was an ARC
Book 2: Read a book with a GR average rating of 3.2 or lower with a minimum of 100 ratings.
Rating of 3.12 and has 1690 ratings. Book was approved on message 2 of Help Thread.
(There seems to be a misunderstanding here, as it appears on top oh Help Thread as being approved for 4.20 rating, but also in the approved low rating books part)
It was also approved here for 3.12 rating
Total pages read:
Domina: 400 pages
Twisted Crimes: 284 pages (Paperback)/286 pages (Kindle)
The total either way is more than 600 pages and the task requires 500
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 195/985
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 11
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!Option 1: Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
It has been shelved as "Young Adult" by 2,059 users
Option 2:
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name of an actor who played a hero from the list of movies
#47 Michael Keaton
by Michael Hambling
I read the kindle edition. Link to paperback: Buried Crimes
* This book was an ARC
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 225/985
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 12
30.4 - Dulcinella's task: Shoes, Letters, and Pancakes (in Belgium)Option 3. ‘Lichtmis’
Book 1 - a book written by a woman AND with a woman as a main character.
by Sarah Vaughan
The main characters are Kate Woodcroft, the barrister and Sophie Whitehouse, the wife.
Book was approved here
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie.
by Maria V. Snyder
Anatomy of a scandal: 400pages
Magic study: 440 pages
Total pages read: 840
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 255/985
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 13
Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Membership Required
Option 1 - Read a book first published in the same Month AND Year you joined GoodReads.
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
I joined Good Reads in January 2008 the same month and year this book was first published.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 875
Oma1229This not a new post but one to change a book previously posted
I would like to remove the book from Option #4 The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth and replace it with Tinsel in a Tangle by Laurie Germaine
The previous post was message #2655
25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
I chose Options # 2 & #4
Option #2-2. A Good Hero is Interesting. Even if they pretend to be boring! Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Option #4-4. A Good Hero Has a Sword Which Goes 'Ting!' Or maybe they just have a really big Axe...
Read a book which has the MPG Fantasy.
Tinsel in a Tangle by Laurie Germaine
Total Points-345/985
Total Tasks-28/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Sara G10.4 - Holy Books-a-Million, Batman!
Read a book that can be found on the list of Super Hero Books.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 639 pages.
**The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a Big Book (639 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
This book is on page 3 (currently #206) on the Super Hero Books list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 855
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading StatsOption 1: Proud by Juno Dawson 352 pages
Option 3: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 400 pages
Total pages: 752
Coralie15.9
Book with a hand on the cover
Total to date 670 points
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Elementary, My Dear Watson Option 2:: Lord Peter: A Collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (on the list of 50 crime writers) has MPG Mystery. Number of pages of 487 meets minimum 150 pages required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 60
Books Posted: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.1 - What Makes a Good Hero?
Book 1 - Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Option 2 - The title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'.
Link to PB edition: Surprise Me
Book 2 - Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Option 4 - The book has a MPG of fantasy (shelved by 684 users)
Link to PB edition: Infinity
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Yo, Adrian! Option 3: Ghosts of Tsavo by Vered Ehsani, author initials VE in sylVEster stallone.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 80
Books Posted: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.9 - Winter Solstice
Book 1 - Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
The initial letters of all of the words in the title can be found in the phrase the LongeSt nIght
Link to PB edition: Sometimes I Lie
Book 2 - Only Skein Deep by Maggie Sefton
The initial letters of all of the words in the title can be found in the phrase the ShOrtest Day.
Link to PB edition: Only Skein Deep
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Tasks completed: 21
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.1: Gotta love the hero!
Option 1: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle has MPG Young Adult
IL:MG BL: 5.0 AR Pts: 7.0
Option 3: Map of Bones by James Rollins is #2 in the Sigma Force series, a series I have read before and really enjoyed. The book is new to me. Claim Big Book ticket for 523 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 110
Books Posted: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.3 - Alpha and Omega
Book 1 - Escape by Barbara Delinsky
The title of the book is one word of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel - "E".
Link to PB edition: Escape (448 pages)
Book 2 - Sting by Sandra Brown
The title of the book is one word of at least four letters that begins and ends with a consonant, which does NOT have to be the same consonant. - "S" and "G".
Link to PB edition: Sting (480 pages)
The page number total for both books must exceed 500 - 448 + 480 = 928 pages
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 370 points
Tasks completed: 22
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.5: World of books
Book 1: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz. The author was born in England (Stanmore, Middlesex), and the book is set in England (London and environments, 1890). England starts with a letter in my reader name MariE-AnnE. Continent: Europe.
Book 2: Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith, born in the former English colony of Rhodesia, now renamed as Zimbabwe (renamed acceptable as stated in task). The author's first name starts with A, initial of the author of book 1. Continent: Africa.
I am from Belgium, but live in the United States.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 140
Books Posted: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
10.10 - Happy Holidays!A book by an author whose initials can be found in HOLIDAY: The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 550
Oma122925.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
This is a TWO BOOK task. The combined total of pages must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
Jane Of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0-288 pages
Claiming Jane Of Lantern Hill as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1937
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Mistletoe Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #1) by Leslie Meier by Leslie Meier-224 pages
Total Points-755/985
Total Tasks-47/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2: Feliz Navidad
Option 2: Silver Princess, Golden Knight by Sharon Green. Author initials SG are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS.
Option D: Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn has 4 people on the cover.
Total number of pages: 352 + 352 = 704 > 500 pages required.
Note: Both books have same number of pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 170
Books Posted: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3: Songs about heroes
Option 2: Murder at Merisham Lodge: Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate: Book 1 by Celina Grace.
Author initials CG are in singer #51: le braGhe Corte.
First letter of each word in title MAML are in title #50: the MAn of MetropoLis steals our hearts.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 185
Books Posted: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Kristen IA20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Erin NY's Task: Goodreads choice award winners
Read a book that won one of the Goodreads Choice Awards this year that you have not read before.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Won in "Best of the Best" category. This is the first time I read this book.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140/985
Tasks Completed: 10/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
Kristen IA25.1 - M1nks's Task: What Makes a Good Hero?
1. Read a book with the main page genre Mystery, where the main character has help from at least one serious sidekick.
To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Russ Van Alstyne is the police chief and Clare Fergusson is an Episcopalian priest who is his sidekick and helps him solve the cases in this series.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
2. A Good Hero is Interesting. Even if they pretend to be boring! Read a book where the title doesn't contain the word 'A', 'An', 'And' or 'The'. Subtitles may be ignored.
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 165/985
Tasks Completed: 11/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.1: What makes a good hero?
Option 2: Regarding Anna by Florence Osmund does not contain the words A, An, And, The in the title.
Option 4: Falling by J. Bennett has MPG Fantasy, not in combination with other genres.
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Summary Totals:
Points: 210
Books Posted: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: February babies
Option 3b: The Black Company by Glen Cook. Author initials GC can be found in ColleGe student.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 230
Books Posted: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9: Hoodie-Hoo day!
A Wedding to Die For by Leann Sweeney has a hand on the cover (hand on hip). The hand is small, but on checking the help thread, similar examples were approved (as in message #12).
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 245
Books Posted: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Kristen IA30.1 – 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 : Greatest Movie Heroes.
NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson
James Patterson has the same name as James Stewart, who played #8 George Bailey.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
Opt. 3: Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started) that features a hero. This book must be new to you and cannot be #1 in a series.
Dying Games by Steve Robinson
This book is new to me. I have read the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery Series before.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 195/985
Tasks Completed: 12/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.5: Remembering Stan Lee
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman was first published in 1996, withing the specified range of 1941-1996 inclusive.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 255
Books Posted: 16
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.2: Every day heroes
Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum. There are 2 main characters in the book. One , Robert King, is a retired (FBI) agent, working on an old case.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 265
Books Posted: 17
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1: Holding out for a hero
Splintered Icon by Bill Napier has MPG Historical > Historical Fiction, a genre that starts with one of the letters in HERO.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:
Points: 275
Books Posted: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
50.1 - Three fictional heroesBook 1: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running byHaruki Murakami
Book 2: The Wonderful Visit by H.G. Wells
Book 3: It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
(pages: 188 + 260 + 384 = 825)
Points: 50
Total points: 450
Julia1035.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day ... .-. -.-.
The Deed of Paksenarrion
(D in Deed, O in Of, T in The, D in deeD, A and S in pAkSenarrion, H in tHe)
I read the ebook. The first paperback edition The Deed of Paksenarrion has 1040 pages, so claiming three BB tickets.
This post: 5 points, 3 BB
Total points: 580
BB: 8
GO: 0
Total tasks completed: 31
Total books read: 42
Sophie15.1
Not just big strong men
1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Kick butt heroines https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... p1
2. Love Hacked by Penny Reid
Nerdy/geeky/genius hero/heroine https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6... p2
Total 975
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Laurah30’s Task: Remembering A Canadian HeroOption 2: title contains all the letters in COURAGE
thE Good mAn jesus and the scOUndRel Christ by Philip Pullman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 7
Page count: 3567
Nick KYI will replace a book in 30.4 Dulcinella’s Task so that it looks like this:
30.4 Dulcinella’s Shoes, Letters, Pancakes
I chose Option 2 – New Year.
Book 1. I read Henry And June by Anaïs Nin, # 50 on the “Letters to and From” List (p 1), 288 pp.
Book 2.I read Tumbleweed by Janwillem van de Wetering. At 215 pp, the book has both a 1 and a 2 in the pagination.
Total Pagination = 503 > required 500.
Points This Post: 30
No change in Total Points. Still 945.
Nick KY20.1 Cordelia’s Task I read Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan, the 2009 winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. (moved from 30.4)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 965
CEELEETask 5.10
BOOK BLITZ
In honor of January being Book Blitz Month, get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I have made the irresolution to finish three books a week.
My Book Blitz book is NYPD RED by James Patterson.
NYPD Red
Total Points for Task: 5
Number of books read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets earned for Task: 0
Total GO Tickets earned for task: 0
Total Points for Winter Challenge 2018-19: 15
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2018-19: 2
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge 2018-19: 2
Total BB Tickets Earned for Winter Challenge 2018-19: 0
Total GO Tickets Earned for Winter 2018-19 Challenge: 0
Nick KY20.10 Group Read I chose the Cozy Café category and read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. My response is in thread # 20 of the forum: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 985
Sara G5.9 - 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 (real or imagined).
The Human Division by John Scalzi
Main character Lieutenant Harry Wilson is a member of the Colonial Defense Force (space army) in this sci-fi novel.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 860
Sara G10.9 - Write Me a Letter
In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Lady Susan is told entirely through letters.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870
Task 15.9 HOODIE-HOO DAYIn honor of Hoodie-Hoo Day, read a book with a hand or hands visible on the cover. Include cover when you post.
This one jumped out at me immediately without having to dig very far! I HAD to do this task! I have been wanting to read the book for a long time!
I read THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
Those are Clare's hands on the cover when she was a child!
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total BB Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Books Claimed for task: 0
Total Tasks Completed for Winter 2018-19 Challenge: 3
Total Points Earned for Winter 2018-19 Challenge: 30
Total Books Read for Winter 2018=19 Challenge: 3
Total BB Tickets Claimed For Winter 2018=19 Challenge" 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Winter 2018-19 Challenge: 0
Sarah E10.7 - Brown Shoes?
Christmas on the Home Front 1939-1945 by Mike Brown
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 245
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Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 1: Dog on cover
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Strawberries & Chocolate & Murder
Total points: 265
Sarah E25.7 - Wayne's task: Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good
Book 1: The Last Camel Died at Noon - 448 pages
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - the MMP has no page numbers
Book 2: Beatrice And Virgil - 224 pages
448 + 224 = 672 pages
Total points: 290
Repost of 353725.8 - Amy "the book-bat"'s Task: It's Cookie Time!
This is a TWO BOOK task. The combined total of pages must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that was first published in 1917, 1933, or 1937.
Jane Of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0-288 pages
Claiming Jane Of Lantern Hill as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1937
Book 2: Read a book with a cookie on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Leslie Meier-224 pages Total Points-755/985
Total Tasks-47/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
DeborahPost 21
15.7 - Catch up with the SRC
Leviathan This was a new to me book
Points this post:15
Total Points:360
Books read:27
Tasks Done:21
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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50.1 - Three Fictional Heroes. The 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.
I read When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica (336 PGS)
Book 2: read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
I read The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (341 PGS)
Book 3: As all these books are historical fiction, read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
I read At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen. (348 PGS)
336+341+348 = 1025 > 750
Total Pts: 800