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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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For my first book, I used option 2 and read A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback edition - 292 pages. This is #2 in the Inspector Singh Investigates series, which currently consists of 7 published books - https://www.goodreads.com/series/5156....
For my second book, I used option 3 and read Kingdom of the Blind - listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB) - 400 pages. This book was new to me.
My last 5 star book was Glass Houses. I filtered for 5 star reviews, sorted by most recent first. Cathy rated it 5 stars on December 22 - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... It's currently on p.3 but was on p. 1 when I accessed it. She also rated Kingdom of the Blind as 5 stars. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Total pages 292 + 400 =692.
Total points: 130
ANGIE CA25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Book 1: You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison
Notes: 1) First published in 2015. 288 pages.
Book 2: Stalking the Others by Jess Haines
Notes: 2) #4 in the H&W Investigations series. I read #1 in November.
Total Points: 145
MAZZA110.7 - I Have a Dream
Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Jungle Book Page 1 of that list
Childrens is present on the MPG approved post 5 of help thread
AR bookfinder US
The Jungle Book
Kipling, Rudyard
AR Quiz No. 54972 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
this book was first published in 1893 and I am Claiming 1 GO ticket
points this post = 10
Points to date = 530
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 2
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 1: Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie, page 1 of Book Awards list
One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1937
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)Option 1: The Glass Palace - 512 pages
Option 2: Death of a Maid - 272 pages
#22 in the Hamish Macbeth series. There are 32 published books in the series.
512 + 272 = 784 pages
Total points: 55
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 That's a Strange Title! - Odd # of words in title
The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg The Confession Club
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 250
Mcquaid5.1: Name Calling Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title.
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books Read: 1
Mcquaid5.2: The Maple Leaf Rag: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Books read: 2
Mcquaid5.4: That's a strange title!: Read a book with an odd number of words in its title
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books read: 3
Mcquaid5.6: Have you heard the one about....?: Read a book whose author's initials appear consecutively in Montblanc-National University of Signapore Literary Award.
The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books read: 4
Mcquaid5.9: The Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Read a 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.
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books read: 5
Mcquaid5.10: Your Personal Award: Choose your own Award Winner.
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Books read: 6
Mcquaid10.3:Let it Snow: 3 word title with initial letter found in the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND.
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Books read: 7
5.8. Speaking My Language?My primary language is English.
Translated from the Japanese:
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 45
Mcquaid10.6: Fresh Start: Read the first book in a series.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Books read: 8
15.8 - Ice Ice BabyvoICEs
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 60
Mcquaid10.7: I Have a Dream: To celebrate racial diversity in literature, read a book that appears on one of the provided lists.
The List: 2019 Books by Authors of Color - page 1
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books read: 9
25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers AwardsOption 1: The Scarlet Stiletto
Read a book with a color word in the TITLE: RED
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Option 3: The Glass Key
Read a book by an author born in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
Iceland
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 85
Mcquaid10.8: Leap Year: Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits.
First published in 1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
books read: 10
Mcquaid15.6: Third Time's a Charm: Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards.
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Books read: 11
Mcquaid15.9: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Books read: 12
Adallae5.4. That's a Strange Title! - Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded
Hav
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
MEGSCL30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in GANDHI PEACE PRIZE. Subtitles should be ignored.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Option 4: Read a book with at least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name (single authors only.)
Goodbye Sweetheart
TOTAL TO DATE
170 points
2 big books
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.4 - I’d Like to Thank…
Book 1 -
The Need by Helen Phillips
Option 1 - This book was written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER. (H and P in sPreadsHeet).
272 pages
Book 2 -
Damaged by Lisa Scottoline
Option 3 - I borrowed the audiobook from the Free Library of Philadelphia (Overdrive).
Link to PB edition: Damaged - 416 pages
272 + 416 = 688 pages (which is greater than 600)
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - 2019
Book 1 -
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
Option 1 - This book was first published on October 1, 2019.
Link to PB edition: Royal Holiday
Book 2 -
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
This book was written by a single author whose initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. (E in ninEteen and H in tHousand).
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Pamela326530.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: All Hearts Come Home for Christmas by Sarah M. Eden, et al – historical fiction MPG
Option 3: The Last Man at the Inn: One Man's Quest to Believe by R. William Bennett – Author’s first and last initials found in BiRchbark
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
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
babbling c25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 1: Readers
For this option, read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
Emma kindle Emma - paperback pgs. 446 by Jane Austen
pg 9
this is a Golden Oldie: pub 12/23/1815
Option 3: Librarians
For this option, read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
Arena - kindle Arena - paperback pgs. 400 by Holly Jennings
pg 1
400 + 446= 846>500
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 80/1165
Completed Tasks: 5/64
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 2,130
Books read this season: 7
Jen K15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 190
Queen Bee Darlene10.5 Countdown to New Year's - Digits in page count decrease sequentially
Learn Me Good by John Pearson Learn Me Good
Pages: 210
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 260
5.10. Your Personal Award!The Race for the Red Dragon (Children of the Dragon #2) by Rebecca Lim
Total this Post: 5
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 210
Reposting ONLY to claim a Big Book Ticket (original post 849)30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 1: The Glass Palace - 512 pages
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 512 pages
Option 2: Death of a Maid - 272 pages
#22 in the Hamish Macbeth series. There are 32 published books in the series.
512 + 272 = 784 pages
Total points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee10.8 - Leap Year
Skeleton Canyon - first published 1997
points this post: 10
points overall: 225
Delicious Dee15.2 - In The Category...
Book A - Three-Way Split - RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Erotic Romance (2019)
Book B - A Wicked Kind of Husband - RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Historical Romance: Long (2019)
points this post: 15
points overall: 240
Delicious Dee20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Lady in Waiting - shelved as historical fiction by 12ppl; winner of RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for First Book
points this post: 20
points overall: 260
Cindy FTask 15.3 Spin The Wheel
Option 2: All letters R,S,T,N,L,E and C,D,M,A in title, subtitle and/or author's name.
If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction by Maureen Cavanagh
Points this post:15
Total points:15
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Cindy FTask 5.1 Name Calling!
Persons First Name in Series Title and actual character in book.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Claim 1 BB Ticket 574 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:20
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:1
Cindy FTask 5.4 That's a Strange Title!
Odd number of works in title (3)
In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent
Claim 1 BB Ticket 565 pages
Points this Post:5
Total points:25
Tasks completed:3
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
Cindy FTask 5.10 Your Personal Award!
Book of Choice
The 19th Christmas by James Patterson
Points this post:5
Total points:30
Tasks completed:4
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2
15.10 A book first published in 2019 or 2020.The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
Published: 2019
Post Points: 15
Total Points: 135
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
15.5- Lady With A Lamp2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character. For this task a nurse is a person formally educated and trained in the care of sick or infirm people, such as a nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, or registered nurse.
Required: If the nurse/midwife is not mentioned in the GR description include a reference when you post.
I read A Cruel Deception by Charles Todd. The main character in this book (and series) is a nurse working with soldiers (during and in this case, after) World War I.
points: 125
books read: 11
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 3659
Kathy KS15.3 - Spin the Wheel
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
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.
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Prevailing Over Time: Ethnic Adjustment on the Kansas Prairies, 1875-1925, by D. Aidan McQuillan
pREvaiLiNg over Time: ethnic adjuStment on the kansas...
D Aidan MCquillan
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 125
Tasks completed: 7
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
15.3 - Spin the WheelOption 2: The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
❆ 1 - RSTLNE: RSLE in Clockmaker's; T in Daughter; N in Morton ❆
❆ 2 - CDMA: CMA in Clockmaker's; D in Daughter ❆
Total points: 85 + 15 = 100
Laurah3025.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
Option 3 . Read a book with "bird" or a specific type of bird in the title or subtitle.
The Goldfinch
Option 4 Read a book with the MPG Romance
The Cactus
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 110
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 7
SALLY M.20.9 Can You Keep a Secret?
Option 3: author initials in SPECTRE
The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 23
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
LAUREN JODI5.9 - The Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 85/1165
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/64
Sunshine15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 12/1/19
How it Fits: There are quite a few. Here are the first 3
Hugo Award for Best Novel (2009)
Newbery Medal (2009)
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (2009)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
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30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
Book 1: Option 2 - I read a book from page 1 of the Popular Punny Books list - I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting.
Book 2: Option 1 - I read Split Infinity by Piers Anthony.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 125