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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?Option 3: What's in a name?
For this option: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway by Erica Ridley
Date Read: 17/12
How It Fits: Author Initials ER - spEctRe
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Olfie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Pamela326510.1 - Home for the Holidays
The Holiday Secret by Kathryn Springer - Holiday in title
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 95
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
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
Coralie5.2 The Maple Leaf Rag
Book set more than 50% in Canada.
The Edge
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Total to date 50 points
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the AlphabetBook 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
Darksoul (The Godblind Trilogy #2) by Anna Stephens
"Book 2.
Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N."
A New Kind of Death by Alison Goodman
author's last name contains M & N: goodMaN
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 145
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read N.P by Banana Yoshimoto - repeating letter pairs in author's first name - banana (or nana!).
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read
- RBG is wearing glasses.total points: 75
15.7 - Stand AloneI read Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola.
Use of a non-fiction book is ok as per the help thread.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Task 25.8 - Celebrate Every Day!option 2: read a book with author initials in TENDERS
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
NS initials
option 4: read a book with MPG Romance
Once Upon a Christmas Wedding
e-book verification: e verif: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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75 points
1 BB tix
Karen DTask: 30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3: Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, finished 12/18.
How it fits: BONE in "step Back frOm thE yarN"
Option 4: This Is Not Over by Holly Brown, finished 12/5
How it fits: "Over" from Yarn Over-> abbreviation is YO, in Holly
Points: 30
total points: 80
Mod
5.1. Name Calling!
Sarah Jane by James Sallis
"Sarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past."
total = 150
Mod
5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag.
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec,
total = 155
Mod
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
option 1, historical fiction: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2017)
total = 185
Mod
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
option 1, kindness in title: Radical Kindness by Angela Santomero
total = 205
Task 30.8 - Worlds Without Endtotal 500+pages
read two books that were nominees / winners of two different awards listed on the site
Book 1: Kushiel's Dart
Locus FN (first novel) winner 2002
1015 pages - claiming all the BB tix! (3 off)
Book 2: In Other Lands
Locus YA nominee 2018
448 pages
1015+448>>500
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105 points
4 BB tix
Task 25.15 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?option 2: read a book with black text on the cover
An American Marriage
option 3: read a book with CARROT in the title letters
The Dragon Republic
C in republiC
AR in dRAgon
R in Republic
O in dragOn
T in The
654pages - claiming BB tix
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130 points
5 BB tix
Nick KY20.2 HelenA’s Bird’s Wedding
I read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman. The word “Hmong” is in the subtitle.
Points This Pot: 20
Total Points So Far: 170
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 3: The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders
Found on Books by Journalists on page 1.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 17/64
Books read: 20
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.8 - Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier
First published in 1991
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 35
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Karen D20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2:
Book: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, finished 12/1
How it fits: Won the Booker Prize and the GR Choice Award for Fiction in 2019; MPG "Science Fiction > Dystopia"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Brooke TX5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 17
Oma122910.2 - Comfort Food
One of the first things that comes to MY mind during the holidays is food! Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Total # of Tasks=6/64
Total # of Points read=80/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Brooke TX5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........?
Read a book whose author's initials appear consecutively in the name of the award: Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX10.1 - Home for the Holidays
Read a book with HOME, HOLIDAY, FAMILY, or FRIEND found intact in title, subtitle, or series title.
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 17
Oma122910.6 - Fresh Start
Many people consider the New Year a fresh start. Let's celebrate by reading a book that is #1 in a series. The series designation (series name #1) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
Mistletoe at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
Total # of Tasks=7/64
Total # of Points read=90/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Brooke TX10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX10.9 - Winter's in the Air
Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER. Nommo Award Nominee for Best Graphic Novel (2019):
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 70
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX15.4 - Go Red
Book 1: Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY.
Book 2 Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover. Kid wearing a red hoodie:
Points
This Post:15
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2
Read one book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name AND ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Points
This Post:15
Total Points: 100
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. Winner of 5 Eisner Awards:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 17
Brooke TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
Read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics. Found on page 3:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 17
Pat ☆ ☆ 5.10 ~ Your Personal Award!
Choose your own award winner! Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusCompleted ~ 12.18.19
Pages ~ 361
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 125
Tasks Completed ~ 7
Books Read This Season ~ 10
Pages Read This Season ~ 3588
Karen D15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2: I Miss You When I Blink: Dispatches from a Relatively Ordinary Life by Mary Laura Philpott, finished 12/18
How it fits: i MiSs you whEN i bLink: dispATChes from a Relatively orDinary life
Points this task: 15
Total points: 85
30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on YarnOption 1, a ball of yarn on the cover: Postcards from Cedar Key by Terri DuLong
Option 3, a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The word is BOYS.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Katrina T20.8 Option 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Full Name
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 45
Completed tasks: 10.1, 15.7, 20.8
BB tickets
Golden oldie tickets
30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)Option 1:
by Anne Bishop412 pages
Option 2:
by Patricia BriggsAlpha and Omega, Series #2
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 5
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
Cordelia25.5 All work and some play
Opt 1: Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
304 pages
Opt 4: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Author's initials (O V) in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
Points: 25
Total points: 160
RAYNEBAIR15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 2 (Cuba): Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Option 3 (New Zealand): Made for You by Anyta Sunday
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
hoodoomends15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
☁ A non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Introducing Kierkegaard by Dave Robinson & Oscar Zárate
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Current Post
Points: 15
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 50
GO: -
BB: -
Queen Bee Darlene30.2 Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 2) 1st published in January of any year
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker The Dreamers
1st published January 2019; 303 pages
Option 4) Two sets of double letters in title and/or author name
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway The Cellist of Sarajevo; 235 pages
Two sets of LL: the cellist of sarajevo steven Galloway
Minimum 500 pages: 303 + 235 = 538
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 155
Sara G5.8. Speaking My Language?
Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language. REQUIRED: In your post, state your primary language and the language in which your book was originally written.
Letters Back to Ancient China by Herbert Rosendorfer
My primary language is English. This book was originally written in German.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsHelp Thread
A Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is presented each year in the category Best Reality-Based Work.
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format. The record may indicate "graphic novel" (novel as a work of fiction) but it must be clear that the work is non-fiction, such as a Genre of Nonfiction, History, Biography, Memoir, etc.; a statement in the description of memoir, autobiography, etc.
Ex. March: Book One, Epileptic, A Fire Story
I read Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened. This book was approved (true, not for me) on the help thread.
points: 85
books read: 7
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 2079
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Required: For all options, include the award name in your post and state the page of Book Awards | Goodreads where the award is found.
Option 3: Read a book with a word in the title (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters that is in an award name.
Line of Sight, by Mike Maden
Line of sight - LINE is in "Line and Sinker Contest", p.178
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Elizabeth PTask 30.8 - Worlds Without End
Book One - Book that has been nominated for/won award on Worlds Without End Website
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Nominee for World Fantasy Award 2019
At 544 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: The Poppy War
Book Two: Book which has been nominated for/won a different award on WWE website
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Winner of 2019 Hugo Award
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 18
Pamela326510.6 - Fresh Start
The Secret Christmas Child by Lee Tobin McClain – Rescue Haven #1
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
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
trishhartuk10.6 Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
The Dark Side of the Road (Ishmael Jones #1), Simon R. Green
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: No
Big book: No
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Golden oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
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Option 2: Looking Forward
Read an award-winning book that has a standalone genre of "Science Fiction" OR a genre of "Science Fiction > Dystopia" or "Science Fiction > Utopia".
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Date Read: 6/12
How It Fits: MPG Science Fiction; Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Author 2014
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Olfie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1