WI 18-19 Task Overview

[Kate S]

10.1 Square Peg

Read a book which does not qualify for any other 10- or 20-point task. This task may only be completed once during the Winter Challenge.

10.2 Goodreads Authorized

Read a book written by a goodreads author. Hint: on your My Books page, goodreads authors have an asterisk* after their name.

10.3 Gerald Durrell

Read a book first published during Gerald Durrell's lifetime (1925-1995).

10.4 New Year's Day

Read an author's debut novel. An author may have previously published non-fiction and/or short fiction. To qualify for this task, the book in question must be the author's first long-form, published work of fiction.

10.5 2018 Amazon

Read any book on the Amazon Editor's Choice Best 100 Books of 2018.

10.6 MLK

Martin Luther King Jr was a champion of Social Justice. Read one of the top 250 books from this list.

10.7 Conjunctions (Beth's Task)

Pick a book with a title including a coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, buy, or, yet, so.

10.8 New Authors (Coralie's Task)

Read a book by an author who is not on the RwS authors list as updated in November 2018.

10.9 State Your Name (Anika's Task)

Read a book by an author whose initials in any order can be either the two-letter postal abbreviation for a U.S. State/Territory or Canadian Province. Examples: O. Henry=OH (Ohio); Ayelet Waldman=WA (Washington); Carol Rifka Blunt=BC (British Columbia); Anna Katherine Green=AK (Alaska). All initials can be used. Note: both "NB" and "NE" will be accepted for Nebraska.

10.10 Group Reads

Read a book recommended by an RwS reader from the following list:

Elizabeth (Alaska): A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
Kate S: Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
Rosemary: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Karen Michele: There There by Tommy Orange
Ann: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Tien: The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino
Owlette: Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life by Harold S. Kushner
Joanna:
Valerie: Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
June: The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Heather: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Megan: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Lagullande: From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
Karin:

[Kate S]

Celebrating authors born in December, January and February!

20.1 Winter Birthdays

Read any book by an author born in December, January or February. See Winter Birthdays for ideas. For authors not listed there, please post in the task thread with an appropriate link before claiming your book. **A Jan 1 birthday on GoodReads may need further documentation.**

20.2 T. Coraghessan Boyle

T. Coraghessan Boyle (Dec 2, 1948) is an alum of the Iowa's Writers Workshop. Read any book by an author found on the list of Iowa Writer's Workshop People.

20.3 Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was a prolific author. While well-known as a novelist, "he has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy)." Read a novelist's not-a-novel. Author must have published at least 5 novels.

20.4 Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins (Jan 8, 1824): Read a book in the top 300 of the list Best Crime Mystery Books.

20.5 Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute (b. Jan 7, 1899)'s A Town Like Alice: Read a book shelved at least 600 times as historical fiction.

20.6 Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862): Edith Newbold Jones was born into such wealth and privilege that her family inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses." Read a book about the super wealthy, leisure class. Examples can be found here and here.

20.7 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (b.Feb 12, 1809): Read a work that involves a grand adventure, such as his Voyage of the Beagle, Moby-Dick or, The Whale, or Robinson Crusoe. The book must involve travel.

20.8 Appalachia (Rebekah's Task)

Dolly Parton, the famous singer, musician, songwriter and actor was born 19 January 1946 in the Appalachian Mountain Region of Tennessee. Her Dollywood Foundation promotes literacy and has established a program known as Imagination Library. The purpose is to get books into the lives of underserved children early on. Enrolled children receive a book a month which is mailed to them from birth until they begin kindergarten. Currently there are about 850,000 children receiving books monthly across the USA, Canada, UK and Australia through her charity. This year she was honored by the Library of Congress.

In honor of her work and her beloved Smoky Mountain homeland, read a book based in Appalachia. This is the area considered Appalachia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appal.... Note it is not by state but designated by the Appalachian Mountain Range in which there is a common culture and heritage. ie the Eastern part of Tennessee ( about 1/3 of the state ) is considered Appalachia but not the entire state. Here are some lists to help,
Best Books Set in Appalachia
Appalachian Fiction
Best Appalachian Trail Books
* be careful. Sometimes books set in the Ozarks are mistaken for Appalachia

20.9 Long Nights, Long Books (Kate S's Task)

Read a book of at least 700 pages.

20.10 Over and Under (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

Read any book with an average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings. (3.75/1000)