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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega500 Pages: 256 + 352 = 608 Pages
Book 1:
Read a book with a one word title of at least four letters that begins and ends with the SAME vowel. For this task the qualifying vowels are A, E, I, O, U. (Y is NOT considered a vowel for this task.) Subtitles should be ignored.
o/o
Olio by Tyehimba Jess
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.
(Y is NOT considered a consonant for this task). Subtitles should be ignored.
m/n
Milkman by Anna Burns
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 475
Sue T15.4 - From A to Z
I chose the one book option - title starts with A, author has Z in their name
A Body at Bunco by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 140/985
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
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20.9 - 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.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction (2018)
I have not read this book before
Points this task: 20
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 34
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5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon
I listened to the audiobook, the paperback (Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction) is 560 pages - claiming one Big Book
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 105/985
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Amy the book bat10.3- Four-Legged Heroes
Not all heroes are human. Let's find out some of the real stories behind animal heroes by reading a book from the Non-Fiction Animal Heroes list.
A Dog's Purpose (pg. 1 #2)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 510
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 35
Sue T5.5 - O? No!
Book by author who has no letter O in name
Home of the Braised by Julie Hyzy
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145/985
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
25.5 - Tien's Task: 2018 Reading StatsBook 1-
Option 2: In the pie chart of top shelves, the biggest slice is for 'australian-author'. For this option, read a book from my australian-author shelf.
I read The Dry by Jane Harper. It has 401 pages.
Book 2-
Option 3: Only 27 books received 5 stars from me (7.6% of total books read). For this option, read a book that received 5 stars from at least 27 readers.
I read The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell. It has 5,358 5 star ratings. It also has 400 pages.
Total Pages: 801
Task points:25
Total Points:360
Books read:26
Amy FL30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Alpha and Omega
Book 1: Orfeo (386 pages)
Book 2: Bang (304 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 730
StaceyNC50.1 - Coralie's Task: Three Fictional Heroes
My first Hero is Hero Jarvis from the Sebastian St. Cyr series by C.S. Harris.
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.
Book: What Angels Fear
Completed: 2/26/19
Pages: 410
My second Hero is Hero Hollis from Trade Wind by M.M. Kaye.
Book 2 – Read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
Book: Dark in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Completed: 2/6/19
Pages: 372
My third Hero is Hero Wantage from Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer.
Book 3 – As all these books are historical fiction, read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
Book: Devil's Daughter
Completed: 2/21/19
Pages: 384
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Total Pages: 1166
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 30
Pamela326520.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
Option 1: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy - First published in 1905
Golden Oldie - First published in 1905
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 420
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
RAYNEBAIR10.7 - Brown Shoes?
The Sometimes Sisters by Carolyn Brown
Points this post: 10
Total points: 510
RAYNEBAIR10.10 - Happy Holidays
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Protecting Braden by Luna David
Points this post: 10
Total points: 520
RAYNEBAIR20.2 - Darwin Days
Option 2:
Read a book where the initials of the words in the title are to be found in CHARLES DARWIN.
What He Needs by E.M. Denning
Points this post: 20
Total points: 540
Kristen IA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
REQUIRED: Specify the option you have selected when you post.
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in SYLVESTER STALLONE. Middle initials can be ignored.
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 215/985
Tasks Completed: 13/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
5.2 - The Book Flood ComethRead a book FIRST published in October, November or December of any year.
Crazy for You: Christmas in Starlight Hill by Heatherly Bell
Date Read: 17/1/19
How It Fits: First Published November 2016
Ebook approved for length: Row 718
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 22
BB Tickets claimed: 0
GO Tickets Claimed: 0
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. REQUIRED: State which resolution you used.
The Dig Tree: The Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontier by Sarah Murgatroyd
"Eat better" found in ThE dig TREE: The sTory of BrAvery…
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. Words must match exactly. REQUIRED: State which resolution you used.
The NEW Shoe (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #15) by Arthur W. Upfield
"Learn a NEW skill"
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 10
Season Total: 770
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. The book must have a minimum of three words in the title.
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot #19) by Agatha Christie
title's initials, AWD, found in DArWin
1x Golden Tix (pub. 1937)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 10
Season Total: 790
Louise B30.2. Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
REQUIRED: Books read for this task must total a minimum of 500 pages.
I read books from options A and B.
Option A – a book by 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. Author name as it appears on the Goodreads record for the book you are reading is the name used for this task.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō. 224 pages
Author’s first name is Marie.
Option B– a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS (letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase)
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny. 400 pages
First initials L & P are found in target phrase.
Total pages read: 624
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 220
Challenge Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
Louise B25.2 - SandyL's Task: Winter Sports!
I read books from options 1 and 4.
Option 1 - a book written by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ICE HOCKEY.
Disco For The Departed by Colin Cotterill
Option 4 - a book that has one of the numbers 24, 25, 26 or 27 intact in the number of pages.
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
The edition I read had 240 pages.
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 245
Challenge Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
Louise B5.5 - O? No!
Oh no, no O! Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
As this book was first published in 1939, I would like to claim one golden oldie ticket.
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 250
Challenge Golden Oldie tickets: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
Louise B5.10 - Book Blitz
A book of my choice
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
As this book was first published in 1847, I would like to claim one golden oldie ticket.
Thanks for another great challenge!
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 255
Challenge Golden Oldie tickets: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
10.9 - Write Me A LetterRead a book write in an epistolary style.
Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
Date Read: 3/2/19
How It Fits: Written as Journal Entries
ARC: IL: UY - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 23
BB Tickets Claimed: 0
GO Tickets Claimed: 0
Amy the book bat30.4 - 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. REQUIRED: Give the name of the main character.
Size 12 Is Not Fat by female author Meg Cabot
female main character is Heather Wells
Book 2 - read a book with a main character or author named Maria, Mary, or Marie. No other variations may be used.
On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark
Points this task: 30
Total points: 540
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 36
Amy the book bat15.4 - From A to Z
Option 1:
Book 1 - Read a book the title of which begins with "A." All words count, including articles.
An Anonymous Girl
AND
Book 2 - Read a book whose author has a "Z" in their name.
Betty Zane by Zane Grey
Claiming 1 GO ticket (first published 1903)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 555
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 37
Christine V10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
Common Sense MPG "History"
This book was first published in 1776. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket***
Points this post: 10
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 1
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
Thanks to the mods and task creators for a fun Winter Challenge!
Amy the book bat25.4 - Diana K's Task: Happy 200th Illinois
Option 1 Read a novel (fiction) set at least 50% in Illinois. REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting.
White Night set in Chicago
Option 5 Read a book with a picture of a paved road, train tracks, or an airport on the cover.
paved road on coverPoints this task: 25
Total points: 580
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 5
Books read: 49
Tasks completed: 38
trishhartuk30.2 Amanda A's Task passed to Book Concierge: Feliz Navidad
Option A – Read a book by 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.
The Man in the Queue, JOSEPHINE Tey
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (247pg)
Golden Oldie: First published in 1929
Option B– Read a book by a single author whose initials (including middle initial, if used) are in EYDIE GORME Y LOS PANCHOS
Reading Up a Storm, Eva Gates (336pg)
GormE
Total pages: 247 + 336 = 583pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Man in the Queue was first published in 1929
Big Book: No
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 4
I suspect that's me done for this season.
ED20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Yo, Adrian!
Option 3: The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana
initials AS found in Sylvester stAllone
Points this post=20
Total Points=75
GO Tickets=2
BB Tickets=1
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7)
Books read= 4
(Sorry for all the late upcoming posts...sometimes life intrudes on one's best laid plans.)
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Opt. 2 b- Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
initials OANTOF found in "cONTrActing OFficer"
Points this post=20
Total Points=95
GO Tickets=2
BB Tickets=1
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5)
Books read= 5
15.3 Option 1Book 1: Title first letters in song about heroes:
Holding out for a hero #2 on list
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
Book 2: author initials in song about heroes: The plastic ono band #9 on list
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 185/985
Tasks completed: 13/57
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
Opt. 1- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 518p pub. 1891
****I Claim 1 BB Ticket***
****I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
Points this post=20
Total Points=115
GO Tickets=3
BB Tickets=2
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4)
Books read= 6
ED20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson
Opt. 1- A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
(first published 1880)
Book's initials-"ATA" found in A sTudy in scArlet"
****I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
Points this post=20
Total Points=135
GO Tickets=4
BB Tickets=2
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3)
Books read= 7
ED20.2 - Rookie At The Top- Kettleen's Task: Darwin Day
Option 1- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
pub. 1958
Points this post=20
Total Points=155
GO Tickets=4
BB Tickets=2
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2)
Books read= 8
ED20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cordelia's Task: "And the winner is....."
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
won- Whitbread Award for Novel and Book of the Year (1994)
Points this post=20
Total Points=175
GO Tickets=4
BB Tickets=2
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1)
Books read= 9
ED15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
by Alexandre Dumas616p.
(first published 1847)
***I Claim 1 BB Ticket***
***I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
Points this post=15
Total Points=190
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9)
Books read= 10
ED15.6 - My Personal Hero
Calypso by David Sedaris
David Sedaris is a gay author who through several books documents his coping with the challenges that being gay presented. Many of his experiences speak to me...also a gay man, roughly the same age and dealing with similar challenges....and succeeding.
Points this post=15
Total Points=205
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6)
Books read= 11
ED15.5 - Secret Identity
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
from GR profile-"Georges writes also under three pen-names, for ex “Jean Bagnol”"
Points this post=15
Total Points=220
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5)
Books read= 12
Bluegrass Pam 10.1 Holding Out for a Hero
MPG that starts with an H or E or R or O
I read an Advanced Readers copy and linked to the hardback:
Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
*MPG: History
Yay - made it to the 300 Club! Done for the season. Thank you Mods! Bring on the Spring challenge!
Points this post: 10
Total GO tix: 3
Total BB tix: 2
Total points: 305
ED15.4 - From A to Z
Option 2- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Points this post=15
Total Points=235
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4)
Books read= 13
ED10.5 - Remembering Stan Lee
Concrete by Thomas Bernhard
(first published 1982)
Points this post=10
Total Points=245
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5)
Books read= 14
ED10.2 - Every Day Heroes
The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble
Liz Headland, one of the MCs is a psychoanalyst and
Alix Bowen is a teacher
Points this post=10
Total Points=255
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5,10.2)
Books read= 15
ED10.1 - Holding Out for a Hero
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12.0Historical is one of the Main Page Genres
(first published 1812)
***I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
Points this post=10
Total Points=265
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5,10.2,10.1)
Books read= 16
ED5.8 - Go Short
Skinswaps by Andrej Blatnik
Points this post=5
Total Points=270
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5,10.2,10.1,5.8)
Books read= 17
ED5.7 - Crimson And Clover
Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike
Points this post=5
Total Points=275
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5,10.2,10.1,5.8,5.7)
Books read= 18
ED5.3 - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
Points this post=5
Total Points=280
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,10.5,10.2,10.1,5.8,5.7,5.3)
Books read= 19
Joanne MITask 30.1 Gotta love the Hero!
Opt. 1 Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
Froi of the Exiles Claiming 1 BB 593 pages
Opt 3 Read a book from one of your favorite series (a series you have already started)
A Conjuring of Light # 3 in the series Shades of Magic-This book is new to me, I have read books 1 & 2. Kell, the last surviving Antari is the hero.
Claiming 1 BB 624 pages
Points this task 30
Total Points 350
BB's this post 2
Total BB's 8
ED15.3 - Songs About Heroes
Option 2-The Green Man by Kingsley Amis
Title initials found in #23-The wind beneath My winGs
Author initials found in #11- linK wrAy
Points this post=15
Total Points=295
GO Tickets=5
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,15.3,10.5,10.2,10.1,5.8,5.7,5.3)
Books read= 20
ED5.10 - Book Blitz
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
(first published November 6th 1939)
***I Claim 1 GO Ticket***
Points this post=5
Total Points=300
GO Tickets=6
BB Tickets=3
Tasks Completed=3 (25.5; 30.2, 20.7,20.5,20.4,20.3,20.2,20.1,15.9, 15.6,15.5,15.4,15.3,10.5,10.2,10.1,5.9, 5.8,5.7,5.3)
Books read= 21
MEGAN RAE20.5 - Bigger is Better - Babbling C's Task: February Babies
Option 3:
a. read Book #1 in a series.
- Completed 27th FebruaryHow it fits: #1 in the Wormwood trilogy
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
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Book 1 – read a book with a title that begins with one of these words: What, When, Why, Where, or Who
When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
384 pages
Book 2 – read a book by a single author whose Goodreads name has just initials and a last name.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
468 pages
Book 3 – read a book with a main page genre of Historical Fiction.
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
384 pages
Total pages read: 1,236
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 10
Season Total: 740