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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Kim O10.3 - Let It Snow Read a book with a title consisting of at least 3 words where each initial letter can be found in the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND.
The Red Notebook
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 9
BEKKA - 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?Option 3: What's in a name?
For this task, I read The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley since the author’s first and last initials can be found in SPECTRE. I read this book as an Advanced Reader’s Copy.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 20
Pages Read this Challenge: 368
Total Pages Read to Date: 368
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?Option 3: What's in a name? : Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
I read Inside Out by Demi Moore. D and M are in "meltdown".
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Number of tasks complete: 1
Number of books: 1
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 3) As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
I read The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Number of tasks complete: 2
Number of books: 2
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 (December) and read Bangkok Wakes to Rain, set about 80% in Thailand. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
For my second book, I chose option 2 (January) and read Redemption Point, set completely in Australia. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
total points: 170
Sophie20.5
Option 3 - word match between book title and award name
Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon
Matching John with John W Campbell Memorial Award from p4 of the list
Total 130
IULIA30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1 - La umbra rodiului
Option 3 - Mătase, by Alessandro Baricco
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
IULIA25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2 - Fericirea neobişnuită a oamenilor obişnuiţi
Option 4 - Păpușa, by Ismail Kadare
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option 2: second in series
Warseries: The Four Horsemen #2
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 502 pages.
I'd like one big book ticket, please.
Option 4: author initials in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
Sapphire Flamesby Ilona Andrews
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 393 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Sara G5.10. Your Personal Award!
Choose your own award winner! Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
IULIA25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1 - Tot binele și tot răul, by Care Santos, 320 pages
Option 4 - În aerul rarefiat: o relatare personală a tragediei de pe Everest, by Jon Krakauer, mpg travel, 304 pages
Total 624 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Amy B15.5- Lady With A Lamp
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb (main character is a nurse in a hospital in London) - 415 pgs
Sweetness in the Belly
This task: 15 points
Total points: 160 points
Sara G15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
AND
Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
The Ravens of Blackwater by Edward Marston
THE RAVENS OF BLACKWATER
EDWARD MARSTON
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
Sara G15.5- Lady With A Lamp
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
Required: If the nurse/midwife is not mentioned in the GR description include a reference when you post.
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
Leon, one of the two main characters, is an overnight hospice nurse. "Flat (and room/bed) is to share with twenty-seven-year-old palliative care nurse who works nights and is away weekends." (page 12)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Sara G20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1: For this option, read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded).
The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea by Jack E. Davis
MPG Environment > Nature 26 users
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 608 pages.
**The Gulf is a Big Book (608 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
IULIA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 3: The Historical Job - Cronica unui negustor de sânge, by Yu Hua
mpg historical fiction
the job in the title - "blood merchant" (English edition - Chronicle of a Blood Merchant)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
IULIA15.7 - Stand Alone
Dansatoarea din Izu, by Yasunari Kawabata
action is set in Japan (English edition: The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories)
First published in 1926, claiming 1 Golden Oldies
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
Golden Oldies: 1
IULIA10.4 - Snuggle Up
Liniște într-o epocă a zgomotului, by Erling Kagge
gg in author's name
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldies: 1
Karen DTask 5.4 - That's a Strange Title!
Book: The Summer Children, finished 12/6
How it fits: 3 words in title
points this task: 5
Total points: 235
Karen DTask 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 3:
Book: A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America, finished 1/1
How it fits: Page 1 of the Best Books By Journalists list
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas MarketsThe Market I used was Trento Christmas Market, Italy - Trento, Italy
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of the city, where your chosen Christmas Market is held, found in either the title/subtitle
The Monsters of Templeton 384 pages
Tren in Monsters, to in Templeton
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held.
A Room with a View 211 pages
set about 60% in Italy
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1908***
New Points: 25
Total Points: 135
GO: 1
Kristen IA10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name. The two Gs must be found consecutively in the same word or name. A single author in a work with multiple contributors may be used if the name fits the task.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
I read an ebook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/1165
Tasks Completed: 2/64
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Required: Identify the option.
Option 2 - Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book 2: Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
25 Days 'Til Christmas by Poppy Alexander
R,S,T,C,M,A in Christmas
L,N,E,D in Alexander
I listened to an audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45/1165
Tasks Completed: 3/64
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
This is a one-book task. Select one option and read a book that fits. Required: Identify the option.
Option 3: For this option, read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
Required: State and link your chosen listopia, and state the page number of that list on which your book may be found.
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Listopia - Modern Mrs. Darcy 2018 Summer Reading Guide
Page 1, #5
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65/1165
Tasks Completed: 4/64
BB: 1
GO: 0
Adallae25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
option 1 - Read a book with a color word in the TITLE.
A Study in Scarlet
This book was published in 1887 so I am claiming 1 golden oldies ticket.
option 4 - Read a book with a question mark "?" in the title, subtitle or series name.
How's Your Soul?: Why Everything that Matters Starts with the Inside You
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title TropesOption 2, a book with at least 5 words in the title, including a full name: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Scooter&Siam5.6 -- Read a book whose author's initials appear consecutively in the name of the award: Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award.
Read Circleborn by Nicholas Stephenson
Points: 5
Total: 5
Scooter&Siam10.8 - Leap Year:Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
Read Without Fail-- first published on 5/13/2002.
Points:10
Total: 15
MAZZA130.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Here and There
Read a book with ALL these letters E, I, E, I, O (2 Es, 2Is) in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.
Gingerbread Helen Oyeyemi
E and I in title E,I and O in author name
Book 2 On That Farm
Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from this list of Animal Sounds.
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_p...
The Death of Bees BEES
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 590
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Legacy of the Sword (MPG Fantasy, 384 pages)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 175
BB: 4
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Cordelia20.6 Looking back, Looking forward
Option 2:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Awards: Hugo Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel
MPG: Science Fiction
Points: 20
Total Points: 310
Kelly L.20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Fullname
Read a book with at least five words in the title including a full name (first name and surname). Subtitles are excluded. Plurals and possessives work
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
This post = 20 points
Total to date = 55 points
Kelly L.25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips, first published May 2019.
Option 5: Read a book which has at least 2 of the following numbers: 2, 0, 1, 9 in the number of pages. Each number can be used only once.
One Day in December is 390 pages long - includes 0 and 9 from 2019.
This post = 25 points
Total to date = 80 points
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Queen Bee Darlene – Be BetterOption 2: From List: Best Happy Inspiring or Uplifting books # 82 on page 1
The Cat Who Came for Christmas
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Creynard20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1: Read a nonfiction book with an MPG of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded).
The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People by Dan Buettner
Non-fiction book with MPG of Health and Food.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Creynard20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 3: Read a book with a word in the title of at least 3 letters that is in an award name.
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
The word Beard is in the James Beard/KitchenAid Award (for culinary writing)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pamela32655.7. Play Those Words!
by Sarah M. Eden - Violin on coverPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 240
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2: Read an award-winning book that has a standalone genre of "Science Fiction" OR a genre of "Science Fiction > Dystopia" or "Science Fiction > Utopia". I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Total points so far: 185
Creynard20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
25 Days 'Til Christmas by Poppy Alexander
Author's name: poppy alExanDer.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Creynard20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
Unbreakable by Emma Scott
Author's initials: ES = SpEctre.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Jen K25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup "oo"
Book 2: Gilead
From list: 1. Fiction, 1948 to the present.. as the 2005 Pulitzer winner in the Fiction category
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215
10.8 - Leap Year Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits.
Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati
Published in 2004
Points this task: 10
Total points: 010
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
20.9 - Can You Keep a Secret? Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
by Lolly Daskal
Author's initials: LD - meLtDown
Points this task: 20
Total points: 030
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
JUSTJESS20.5 Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named after them...
And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie
*The Agatha Award is named after Agatha Christie (Page 1 of Goodreads book awards list).
Also, I claim one GO ticket; the book was first published in 1939.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
JUSTJESSThis post is to claim GO tickets ONLY. No new points.
Points originally claimed in post #410.
30.7 Option 2: I read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
**Animal Farm was originally published in 1945. I am claiming one GO ticket for reading that book.**
Points this task: n/a
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets to date: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 0
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5.8. Speaking My Language? Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language.
The Portrait
My primary language is English. This book was originally written in French.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 8