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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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5.8. Speaking My Language?
The Girl Who Lived Twice by David LagercrantzEnglish is my primary language and this book is translated from Swedish
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perletwo15.7 - Stand Alone - Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Damage
Points this task: 15
Total points: 030
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
MAZZA130.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2
The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500.
Book 1: Read a book which has won or been nominated for any of the awards listed on the Worlds Without End site, from any year.
Blackout Hugo Award for best novel 2011
This book has 610 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Book 2: Read a book which has won or been nominated for a different award from the site, in any year. The award used for Book 1 may not be repeated.
All Clear Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2011)
this book has 657 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Total page count 610+657 = 1,267
points this post = 30
Points to date = 90
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 5
Sara G15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
This book was first published August 13, 2019.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
ElaineL15.9 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Brief Histories of Everyday Objects
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20
perletwo10.8 - Leap Year - Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
Teen Titans: Year One - first printed in 2008
Points this task: 10
Total points: 040
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Andy p.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
I chose the nonfiction option, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
My comment is : here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise ErdrichOption 2:
by Patricia BriggsPage 2, #182
Option 3:
by Anne BishopBirchbArk
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 2
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
Suzannesea15.8 - Ice Ice Baby
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty has "ICE" intact in the title.
what alICE. . .
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 15
Andy P.Task # 5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title
The Simple Truth byDavid Baldacci
3 words in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
MAZZA110.9 - 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.
Between Shades of Gray
nominated for William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2012),
points this post - 10
Points to date =100
perletwo15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words - Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
Points this task: 15
Total points: 045
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Nick KY5.1 Name Calling I read Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, with a first name, Maggie, in the title.
At 92 pp, this is my one allowed 5-pointer at 80-100 pp.
Total Points So Far: 5
Nick KY5.2 Maple Leaf Rag I read The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp, set entirely in the Northwest Territories in Canada.
Total Points So Far: 10
Nick KY15.4 Red
Book 1. I read The Columnist: A Play by David Auburn, inits in the phrase “national wear red for women DAy.”
Book 2. I read Night Film by Marisha Pessl. The woman on the cover wears a red coat.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Night Film at 640 pp. I had 200 pp read before the challenge began.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 25
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
TraceyL10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 25
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Queen Bee Darlene20.8 Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 1: Mystery or Thriller genre with the word girl, wife, or woman in title
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen An Anonymous Girl
Mystery and Thriller Genre, GIRL in title
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
TraceyL 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail by Michael Crowley
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 40
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Christine V20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield was first published in 1849.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
I read the indicated audio edition. The top MMPB David Copperfield has 1190 pages.
***Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
BB Tickets this post: 3
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=3)
Pamela326510.8 - Leap Year
Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett – Published in 2011
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
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
Coralie20.3 Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Book with a main page genre Fantasy whose page count includes a 9
Warbreaker 592 pages
At 592 pages I claim a big book ticket.
Total to date 20 points
Laurah3020.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Opt 3 Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell
DM in MeltDown
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 0
Books read: 1
ElaineL20.9 Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Required: Identify the option you have chosen when you post.
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in MELTDOWN.
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Task 30.7 - Sesame Street 50thoption 1: read a book published in 2019
This Is How You Lose the Time War
option 3: read a book whose author shares their name with a human character
Strawberry Frosted & Murder by Susan Gillard
SUSAN matches Susan Robinson
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30 points
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOPTION 3: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 20
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
LAUREN JODI5.3 - The Nobel Prize in literature
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/1165
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/64
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Reads
In the Woods by Tana French
Discussion Post #3
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 25/1165
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/64
PegW15.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture
Point this post: 15
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
Total tasks: 2
Oma12295.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
My Cheeky Angel byMimi Barbour
Total # of Tasks=1/64
Total # of Points read=5/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
NAVI10.3 Read a book with a title consisting of at least 3 words where each initial letter can be found in the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND
How it fits: Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock - WINTER WONDERLAND
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets:0
Joanne MITask 5.9 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 Fountains of Silence
T in NeustadT
F in For
O in InternatiOnal
S in NeuStadt
Claiming one big book at 512 pages
Points this task 5
Total Points 20
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
NAVI5.4 - Read a book with an odd number of words in its title
How it fits: Hollywood's Dark History: Silver Screen Scandals - 3 words
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets:
LAUREN JODI5.1 - Name Calling!
Murder In the North End by P.B. Ryan
Character name in series title - Nell Sweeney book #5
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30/1165
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/64
perletwo25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards - Option 1: Read a book with a color word in the TITLE. Subtitles are not allowed. Colors must be found on this Wikipedia List of Colors. The color word must match exactly.
Champagne for One
Option 5: Read a book which meets SRC rules and is found on this Detective Fiction List.
Devices And Desires - list p. 4
Points this task: 25
Total points: 080
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
Andy P.Task # 5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its series title.
At The Stroke Of Madness by Alex Kava Series Title : Maggie O'Dell
Points this post: 5
Total points:65
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George 10,923 ratings, no awards or nominations
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Queen Bee Darlene20.8 Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 2) Read a book from list: Best Up Lit (uplifting reads)
The Lido by Libby Page The Lido
This is #3 on this list
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
5.6. 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.
Book read: Dragon to the Rescue
How it fits: Author's (Terry Bolryder) initials are TB, book approved for length in message 7687 in the ebook verification thread
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Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.4 Snuggle UpMilk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found by Bill Keaggy
authors name has GG Keaggy
Points this post = 10
Total Points to date= 10
TraceyL20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1: For this option, read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature.
My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life by Ruth Reichl
MPG of Food
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 60
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
I read Antisemitism: Here and Now by Deborah E. Lipstadt. Her initials can be found in the word meLtDown.
points: 20
books read: 1
task completed: 1
pages read: 304
Task 20.8 – Nickels and Dimes – MEGSCL – Title TropesOption 1: “Woman” in title / Mpg: THRILLER and MYSTERY
The Woman in the Window
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: La Femme a la Fenêtre - 608 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 608 pages
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Suzannesea15.10 Get 'Em While They're Hot!
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips was first published May 14, 2019.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 30
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