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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Joanne Mi20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Opt 2. Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
The Tethered Mage-tagged fantasy-567 users-438 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 80
Total BB's 2
Suzannesea20.6 Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks has Historical>Historical Fiction as a main page genre. It won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2009), the Australian Book Industry Award for Literary Fiction and the Book of the Year (2008), and the Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2009).
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 240
10.2 - Comfort FoodOne 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.
I read Fuss-Free Vegan: 101 Everyday Comfort Food Favorites, Veganized which has the MPG Food and Drink.
points: 105
Books read: 10
tasks completed: 8
task in progress: 1
BB: 1
Pages read: 3339
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Third Time's the Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. I read The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, which has 8 award nominations listed under literary awards on its main GR page.
Total points so far: 140
MAZZA115.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020
Miss Austen I read an ARC copy of this book received from Random House via net galley. There is no MMP this is top PB edition Due to be published April 2020
Points this post = 15
Points to date =505
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie. The award is on page 1.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 125
BB: 4
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Julia10330.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 3: Against All Enemies (A in Gandhi, AE in Peace)
Option 4: The Venetian Affair by Helen MacInnes (FF in title, NN in author name)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 155
BB: 4
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
SALLY M.25.11 Rescue Me!
Option 1: page 1 of Great "Dog" Books list
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1901). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Option 3: author initials in RESCUE DOGS
We Met in December by Rosie Curtis
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
256 + 400 = 656 > 600 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 2
SALLY M.25.9 2020 Number Fun
Option 1: consecutive repeating pair of letters in author name
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 3: author initials in VIGESIMAL
Sleep: The Secrets of Slumber by Lisa Varadi
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Blueberry20.5 opt 2 Read a book by an author who shares a first or ladt name with the name of a book award.
A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell shares a name with the CLEL Bell awards. Page 5
Pts this task: 20
Total pt: 130
NESSA15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 12/15/19
Published July 2019
This post = 15 points
Total to date = 15 points
NESSA25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 3: Chicago, IL
Read a book with some sort of boat on the cover.
Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss 12/11/19
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM
Read a book by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL.
Beth Byers - Murder & The Heir 12/22/19
This post = 25 points
Total to date = 40 points
NESSA25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2: Coal for the eyes and buttons
To find the coal, read a book with black text anywhere on the cover.
Come Closer by Sara Gran 12/15/19
Option 4: Sticks for the arms
Find some arms by reading a book by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in STICKS or TWIGS.
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey 12/24/19
This post = 25 points
Total to date = 65 points
NESSA15.4 - Go Red
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 (author initials) AND book 2 (article of red clothing):
The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood 12/14/19
AR Bookfinder Info:
The Hidden Gallery
Wood, Maryrose
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10.0
This post = 15 points
Total to date = 80 points
Queen Bee Darlene5.7 Play Those Words! - Musical instrument in title/sub or pictured on cover
Murder in G Major: Gethsemane Brown Series by Alexia Gordon Murder in G Major
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 245
5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureA book with a title of at least 3 words for which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Let It Snow by Nancy Thayer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 190
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
Read ebook, Paperback version has 352 pages
Book 2, Option 2: Read a book whose TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence. Subtitles are excluded.
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
327 pages
679 total pages
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 80
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.4 - 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.
In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
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. The animal word may be used in the singular or plural form.
The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by JoAnna Carl
Frog is on the list
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 110
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.3 - 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. All title words count.
Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 120
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Sue T10.6 - Fresh Start
Book 1 in a series
Shroud of Darkness by Deborah Cullins Smith
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1115
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
PegW25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
Option 1: Read a book with a color word in the TITLE.
The Amber Spyglass
Option 5: Read a book which meets SRC rules and is found on this Detective Fiction List. Required: State the page.
On page one, The Historian
Claiming 2 big book tickets:
The Amber Spyglass: 522 pages
The Historian: 642 pages
Point this post: 25
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 4
Total tasks: 10
Cordelia25.5 Crime writers awards
Option 2: Dreams of Stardust by Lynn Kurland
Sword on cover
Option 3: The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
Author is Swedish
Points: 25
Total points: 255
Task 10.6 - Fresh StartRead a book that is #1 in a series.
The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician #1) (2014) by Charlie N. Holmberg (female) (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 222 pages)
10 + 10 = 20
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 10 + 10 = 20
Books read: 02
Pages read: 432
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 10.3 - 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.
Winter wOnderLand
Witches of Lychford (Lychford #1) (2015) by Paul Cornell (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 144 pages)
20 + 10 = 30
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 20 + 10 = 30
Books read: 03
Pages read: 576
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jasmiina F20.9 - 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:
Miehen ikävä / Elämiä by Petri Tamminen.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
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Readerboard Name EstherTask #5.5 - Try to Count them
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig.
Main page genre: Fantasy
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 50 points
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Jasmiina F15.3 - Spin the Wheel:
Option 2: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N, E, C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name:
MAgNifiCEnT mS. maRveL, Vol. 1: Destined by saladin ahmed.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
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Task # 5.7 - Play those wordsFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - musical instrument in title.
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 55 points.
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Jasmiina F15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot:
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020:
Giant Days, Vol. 9 by John Allison.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
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Jasmiina F5.5. Try to Count Them:
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded:
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
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Readerboard Name: EstherTask #25.6 - Cordelia’s Task 2019
Option 1 A book first published in 2019
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Option 5 A book which has at least two of the numbers 2, 0, 1, 9.
The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries by Jessa Crispin. pp. 240
Total books this post: 2
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 80 points
CYNBAXTER# 10.09 – Winter's in the Air
Task: Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
Book: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood which won Booker Prize (2019) and the Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2019)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 30 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 5.01 – 5.01 – Name Calling!
Task: Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title
Book: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 35 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.Gitanjali: A Collection of Indian Poems by the Nobel Laureate by Rabindranath Tagore
One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1910
Total points: 5
SALLY M.20.8 Title Tropes
Option 3: MPG Historical Fiction and a title referring to a job or employee
The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
SophieTask 5.8 - written in a language other than my 1st
Headhunters by Jo Nesbø
Originally written in Norwegian - English is my 1st language
Total 110
RAYNEBAIR10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads)
Red Lily by Nora Roberts
over 34,000 ratings
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 70
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR10.7 - I Have a Dream
read a book that appears on one of these lists:
- Books by Black Authors
- 2019 Books by Authors of Color
- Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
appears on page 8 of list: Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
Adallae15.7 - Stand Alone - Read a book that is a standalone - NOT part of a series or continuing story or world
The Mask of Apollo
Points this post - 15
Total points - 95
BB Tickets - 1
GO Tickets - 2
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
This has been approved as not a children's book in the help thread here.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
MAZZA115.7 - Stand Alone
Help Thread
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
points this post = 15
Points to date = 520
Sara G5.6. 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.
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Montblanc-NAtional University of Singapore Literary Award.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 190
Sara G10.9 - 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. The award must show up on book's main page under Literary Awards.
Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin
This book won the World Fantasy Award for Anthology (2014).
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 784 pages.
**Dangerous Women is a Big Book (784 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
perletwo20.2 - 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.
Burke and the Bedouin
Points this task: 20
Total points: 380
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 22
EMurphy25.6 Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: FIRST published in 2019 The Last Time I Saw You by Liv Constantine
Option 5: At least two of the following numbers (2, 0, 1, 9) in the number of pages Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson (329 pages)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
EMurphy30.2 Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (371 pages)
Option 4: At least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (129 pages)
*371+129=500 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 55
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
EMurphy30.7 Tien's Task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: First published in 1969-2019 Vox by Christina Dalcher
Option 3: Author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name Calypso by David Sedaris *David on Sesame Street played by Northern Calloway
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 85
Books Read: 6
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Cordelia15.4 Go Red
Option 2: Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante
Author's initials EF in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY
Red Dress on cover
Points: 15
Total points: 270
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise ErdrichOption 1: MPG Historical Fiction
The Winter of the WitchI read the kindle editon. The paperback edition has 372 pages.
Option 3: author initials in "birchbark"
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine CenterI listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 320 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
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The combined total of both books must be at least 500 pages.
OPTION 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be f..."
Re my claim in post 768.
I have just realised that I shouldn't have claimed Independent People as, although I read less than 50% of it before this season started, the version I read only has 482 pages. Sorry about that.