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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Sara G10.6 - 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.
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
This book is #1 in the "A League of Extraordinary Women" series.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's WeddingRead one book which includes in the title/subtitle one of the following words: Aborigine/Aboriginal, Hmong, Mien, Bedouin, Wend/Wendish, Sami/Lapp/Laplander, Aleut, Inuit, Amish
An Amish Country Treasure by Ruth Price
Date Read: 23/12
How It Fits: Amish in title
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 165
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Sara G15.4 - Go Red
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
by Fiona DavisPerson wearing predominantly red on the cover, and author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Sara G15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. The awards must be listed in the GR metadata.
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction (2016), Audie Award for Young Adult (2017), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2019), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee for Honorable Mention (2018), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), etc.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’sOption 2: For this option read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
Prisoner of Night by J.R. Ward
Date Read: 24/12
How It Fits: 243pgs; MPG Fantasy
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Suzannesea20.5 Bigger Is Better - Julia103's Task - The Name Is Important
Option 2
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
The author shares a name with Jane Addams Children's Book Award - page 3.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 220
15.8 - Ice Ice BabyRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE" or "ICY" intact
His Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan
Date Read: 22/12
How It Fits: his choICE
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise ErdrichOption 1: The Plague of Doves
Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism).
The Duke's Accidental Wife by Erica Ridley
Date Read: 20/12
How It Fits: MPG Historical Fiction
Option 3: Birchbark Books
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
You by Caroline Kepnes
Date Read: 8/12
How It Fits: Author Initials CK
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 210
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Aelia30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Read a book with ALL these letters E, I, E, I, O (2 Es, 2Is) in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.
For this option, I read Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Book 2:
Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from this list of Animal Sounds.
For this option, I read Carmen Dog
Total points this post: 30
Total points: 150
JEN B10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
Good Luck with That - Kristan Higgins
GG in Higgins
TOTAL POINTS: 70
JEN B20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 3: Read a book from one of the following lists Required: State which list you used and the page your book is found on.
I'm Fine and Neither Are You - Camille Pagan
This book is on page 1 of the list of Books By Journalists
TOTAL POINTS: 90
Sara G10.4 - Snuggle Up
With all that snow outside, it's time to snuggle up with a good book! Get out that blanket and 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.
The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family by Susan Higginbotham
GG in Higginbotham.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Alaina5.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Don’t Read This! The Private Diary of Piper Pastore-Chadney Everett
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Alaina10.6 - 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.
The Giver-Lois Lowry
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Alaina20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Read an award-winning book that has a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction, standalone or embedded.
Middlesex-Jeffrey Eugenides
529 pages, claiming Big Book ticket
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50thOption 2:
by Laline PaullPage 1
Option 3:
by Susan HillCharacter: SUSAN Robinson; Author: Susan Hill
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 7
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
babbling c15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Snowbound Surrender - Kindle Snowbound Surrender - paperback pg 288 by Christine Merrill/Louise Allen/Laura Martin
Published November 1st 2019
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 55/1165
Completed Tasks: 4/64
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,284
Books read this season: 5
Mary P30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1:Read a book with ALL these letters E, I, E, I, O (2 Es, 2Is) in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.
Where Winter Finds You by J.R. Ward
Book 2: Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from this list of Animal Sounds.
Hummingbird Lake by Emily March
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
NAVI15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 1
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
House of Nutter: The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row
How it Fits: HouSe of NuTteR: The REbeL Tailor of Savile Row
AND
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.
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Man-Eater in History
How it fits: No BeAst So FierCe: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Man-Eater in History
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Sanz20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with the name of a book award or with the person that an award was named for. The name must match exactly.
Cleopatra: A Biography by Michael Grant
The author shares his first name Michael with the Michael L. Printz Award.
The award can be found on page 91 of the Book Awards on Goodreads (sorted alphabetically)
Points this task: 20
Completed Tasks: 4
Total Points Earned: 55
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!Option 1, a book from Great Dog Books list (p. 2 #174): The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise Miller
paperback edition 352 pages The Late Bloomers' Club
Option 4, a book with a dog on the cover: Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis
mass market paperback edition 416 pages Lost and Found Sisters
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
Karen DTask 15.4: Go Red
Option 2:
Book;
How it fits:
- Author: Travis Mulhauser
- Red coat on cover
Points this task: 15
Total points: 160
Karen DTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2:
Book -
by John Vernon, finished 12/25How it fits: Author John shares name with John W. Campbell Memorial Award (page 4)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 180
Cordelia20.3 Celebrating the 90s
Option 2: Cross Breed by Lora Leigh
MPG FANTASY
384 pages - contains a 3
Points: 20
Total points: 230
Karen DTask 30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1:
The King's Curse, finished 12/5
How it fits: published 2014
Option 3:
A Minute to Midnight, finished 12/24
How it fits: Author David, same as character David
Points this task: 30
Total points: 210
Kim O10.4 - Snuggle Up Read a book with the letters GG found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
A Redbird Christmas
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Coralie30.2 Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1 ; book by an author whose initials can be found in Coretta scott kiNg
Touch by Claire North
Option 4: Book with at least two sets of double letters in title and/or author’s name
Happiness PP and SS
Total to date 135 points
Blueberry20.1 opt 3 read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... pg. 1
Ross Poldark
First published 1945. This book is a Golden Oldie.
Pts: 20
GO: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesOption 3: Read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
The Silent Patient
Found on page 4 of the list "What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer"?
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 105
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Blueberry20.3 opt 1 Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive).
Tulip Fever
published 1999
Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 40
Books read: 2
Blueberry20.9 opt 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz
Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 60
Books read: 3
Blueberry20.7 opt 3 read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
A Grave Denied by Dana Stabenow
Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 80
Books read: 4
Blueberry15.4 opt 2: Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY and Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay AdamsOn the book in jeans back pocket, the woman's dress is red.
Pts this post: 15
Total pts: 95
Books read: 5
Blueberry15.7 Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Pts this post: 15
Total pts: 110
Books read: 6
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.Book 1. Read a book with at least one word in the TITLE which has a set of consecutive double letters.
BloodtrEE River by Sarah Barrie
Book2. The Pulitzer Prizes were originated as journalism awards.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017)
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 185
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Have You Heard the One About..........?
Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience by Allison Pataki.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 21/64
Books read: 25
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2: Some Girls Bind by Rory James.
Rory JAMES shares name with James Tait Black Memorial Prize
found on page 3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 22/64
Books read: 26
perletwo5.4. That's a Strange Title! - Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
The Turn of the Screw
First printed in 1898, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 305
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 19
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: The Ghost Who Dream Hopped by Bobbi Holmes.
Published 2018.
Option 3: The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan.
Author DAVID Levithan matches character DAVID
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 23/64
Books read: 28
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
My Plain Jane - #297 on list
points this post: 20
points overall: 215
MAZZA115.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 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.
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley The Temple House Vanishing
Hardcover The Temple House Vanishing Rachel Donohue
approved in help thread post 6 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 460
PegW20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's Wedding
Read one book which includes in the title/subtitle one of the following words: Aborigine/Aboriginal, Hmong, Mien, Bedouin, Wend/Wendish, Sami/Lapp/Laplander, Aleut, Inuit, Amish.
The Amish Cook: Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family
Point this post: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 9
trishhartuk20.7 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.
The Catsgiving Feast, kathi DalEy
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Golden oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
SALLY M.20.5 The Name Is Important
Option 1: The Agatha Award (page 1) is named for Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Hercule Poirot's Christmas is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1938). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 1
SALLY M.25.10 Rewards of Awards
Option 1: page 1 of Popular Book Club Books
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: Reese Witherspoon’s list
Verity by Colleen Hoover
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
288 + 314 = 602 > 500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Sara G10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads). The book's main page should NOT include a section titled Literary Awards in the book's metadata (the section below the book description). Books first published in 2018, 2019, or 2020 are excluded since their award season is still in play.
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Sara G15.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
**A High Wind in Jamaica is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1929). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
10.7 I Have A DreamKindred by Octavia E. Butler
On the Books by Black Authors List - page 1
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 90
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15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
MPG of Sequential Art and Autobiography
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0