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WINTER CHALLENGE 2018
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DULCINELLA.
5.5 - 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.
The Shock of the Fall
Nathan Filer 336 p. 1 december 2018 4 starsPoints in this post: 5 points
Total points: 5 points
Delicious Dee5.5 - O? No!
The Last Single Girl - Bria Quinlan - no O in the authors name
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Oma 12295.10 - Book Blitz
January is Book Blitz Month. Get started on your 2019 reading resolutions and read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Note: A Book with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task.
This book is not found in AR Bookfinder
The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart
Total Points-5/985
Total Tasks-1/57
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-(2)500+( )750+(),1000+()
Cait S15.3- Songs About Heroes
Option 2- 1 Book
No One Knows by J.T. Ellison
The letters of the title can be found in 5. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down and the author initials can be found in 33. Billy, Don't Be a Hero- James Last .
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
ElaineL20.10 Group Reads
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
My discussion post is here (Thread #2)
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
loafer10.2 - Every Day Heroes
Read a book with a main character who is an everyday hero.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
narrator of story (one of 2 main characters) is a nurse
points: 10
total: 10
ElaineL15.3: Songs About Heroes
OPTION 2: Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1 (title of at least three words whose initials can be found in a song title & author's initials can be found in an artist's name).
It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian
Required: Specify the song/artist you are using and their numbers on the list.
Song Title: #50: The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts (1 - I: metropolis and 4- Ts: The, meTropolis, sTeals, hearTs)
Artist Name: #65: Armed for Apocolypse (C/S in apoColypSe)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Kayla CRachel Ignotofsky5.10 Book of Choice
Women In Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky
MPG Children's listed. Not on AR Finder.
total points: 5
5.2 published in October, November or December of any year Saga, Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan
published Oct 2018
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/985
Tasks completed: 1/57
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Wait for It - first published Dec 6, 2016; Big Book ticket - 500+ pgs - I read ebook but paperback is 670pgs
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
5.5 - O? No!Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
I read Tin Man by Sarah Winman.
Task points:5
Total Points:5
Books read:1
Cordelia5.2 The Book Flood Cometh
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
published 1 December 1995
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
ElaineL5.5 O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name.
Femme Faux Fatale by Susan Laine
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Nick KY5.4 Dickens With the genre “Holiday,” I read The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Nick KY10.2 Everyday Heroes
I read Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams. The main character, John Buchanan, is a doctor.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 15
Delicious Dee15.4 - From A to Z
one book option
Alpha Rancher Bear - Zoe Chant - ebook only approved 7101 of the ebook approval thread
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 25
Big Book Ticket: 500+ (1)
Nick KY15.9 Hoodie Hoo Day With hands on the cover, I read Home by Nnedi Okorafor.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 30
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 - O? No!
Read a book written by a single author who does NOT have an O in his or her name. I read The Paladin Caper by Patrick Weekes.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 5
5.4 - A Dickens of a ChristmasI read 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas, which has a main page genre of holidays.
points: 5
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 272
Elizabeth BTask 10.4
Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero
pg 2 (#115) in the list
Points 10
Total 20
Kayla C15.3 Option 2
The Sun Is Also a Star
initial letters of title (TSIAAS) found in 50. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - Sufjan Stevens
Author initials NY found in 2 .Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
total points: 20
15.5 - Secret IdentityI listened to audio version of The Long Walk Most popular MMPB is Marche ou crève by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Total New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 15
Amy the book bat5.8 - Go Short
Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories, novellas, or essays (or any combination).
Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Task 5.7 - Crimson And CloverRead a book with a three-word TITLE that includes "AND" or "&". Subtitles are excluded.
Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations (1962) by Robert Silverberg (Hardcover, 177 pages) [930.1]
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 177
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Marina H15.9 - Hoodie-Hoo Day!
by Stefan AhnhemPoints this post: 15
Total points: 15
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Marina H20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lagullande's Task: Everyday Heroes
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
First published 1884 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2
10.10 Happy Holidays!Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in HOLIDAY.
Asymmetry, by Lisa Halliday
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/985
Total tasks: 1/57
Total books: 1/77
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 A Dickens of a Christmas
I read The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
ElaineL5.2: The Book Flood Cometh
Read a book FIRST published in Oct., Nov. or Dec. of any year.
Deadly Silence by Rebecca Zanetti Published Oct. 4, 2016
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Sara G30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Gotta love the Hero!
Option 1: Katniss, Flavia de Luce, and Harry Potter are three of my favorite Young Adult heroes. Read a book with a mpg of Young Adult.
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Option 2: Christopher Reeve (Superman) is one of my favorite actors who had significant roles as heroes. 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.
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
42. Mr. Chips (Arthur Chipping) (Robert Donat) - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
perletwo20.3 - Best Review - TrishhartUK: Elementary, My Dear Watson - Option 2. Some years ago, the UK’s Daily Telegraph produced a list of 50 crime writers to read before you die. Read any book by one of the authors on the list, which also has the MPG Crime or Mystery (stand-alone or embedded).
Dancers in Mourning - Margery Allingham
read a book of at least 150 pages
i read the kindle edition, but the top mmp ed. is 262 pages.
First printed in 1937, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 01
Tasks completed: 01
DULCINELLA5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title or subtitle.
That Darkness
Lisa Black 363 p. 3 december 2018 3 starsPoints in this post: 5 points
Total points:10 points
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.9 - Write Me a Letter: In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style.
Dear Committee Members
The book is written as a series of letters.
Points this task: 10
Total Points to date: 10
Elizabeth BTask 10.1
I read What Can Be, e-book only, approved for length in line 3409 of the verification .xls file
MPG starting from R: Romance
Points 10
Total 30
Nick KY5.8 Go Short I read Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 35
ElaineL20.4: Golden Oldies Lagullande's Task Everyday Heroes
Option 2: Read a book that is at least 350 p. long and that was first published in 2007
Deadly Gameby Christine Feehan 368 pages; Published: 2-27-07
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 5
15.6 - My Personal HeroRead a NONFICTION biography or autobiography of someone who you consider to be a hero.
Open Heart, Open Mind
She is my hero because Clara is from my home town of Winnipeg, and was the first Canadian athlete to win both summer and winter Olympic medals. She has used her celebrity status to bring attention to many worthwhile causes.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Danibean20.4 - Everyday Heroes: Option 1: Read a book first published between 1863 and 1927
I read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, originally published in 1872.
Lara Rosen5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This, That, These or Those in the title.
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
**I'd like to claim one Golden Oldie ticket, as This Side of Paradise was first published in 1920**
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
5.2 - The Book Flood Cometh
Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet EvanovichPublished November 13th 2018
Total Points = 10
LaureY5.4 - A Dickens of a Christmas
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday.
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Total Books: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Cordelia10.1 Holding out for a hero
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Genre - R for Romance
Points 10
Total Points 25
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - This and That
Read a book with This in the title
This Is Why by Leland Spencer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
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