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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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perletwo30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!) - Option 2. Read a book that has a series number consisting only of 1 and/or 2 - i.e. 1, 2, 11, 12, and so on.
Carved in Flesh - Supernatural #12
Option 3. Go to the individual page for the last book you gave a 5 star rating to. Scroll down to the section for community reviews and click on "filter" for 5 stars...then click on "sort" to organize the list by most recent first. Once you do that you will need to click on page 1 or 2 of the list and select a person. Visit that person's profile and select another book (one that you haven't read before) that they gave 5 stars to and that will be the book you need to read for this option.
My 5-star book was Pride and Prejudice. I selected Katelyn Vance. Of her 5-stars I chose
Embassytown which is new to me.
Your total pages must equal at least 600.
I read Kindle editions, but: Book 1 top mmp ed. 302 pgs + Book 2 top pb ed. 405 pgs = 707 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 480
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 26
Pamela326520.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Love Remains by Sarah M. Eden – Author’s first and last initials appear in SpEctre
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260
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
DeborahPost #7
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
1) Horror Show
First published 1996
274 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books read: 9
Tasks Done: 7
DeborahPost #8
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
1) Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson
375 pages
2) Option 2
We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
LO in lost
304 pages
375 + 304 = 679/501 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 140
Books read: 11
Tasks Done: 8
Sarah H25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play... - Pick two places and complete the task for each.
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series.
Find Me (Call Me By Your Name #2)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL.
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 145
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 10
Books read: 13
30.4Readerboard Name: Josie
Book #1 (Read a book with all the letters E,I,E,I,O in the title, subtitle, or authors name) [EI in Princess, EI in Fugitive, O in Hood]
•The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Melanie Cellier
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) [Frog is on the list]
•Book: A Midwinter's Wedding: A Retelling of the Frog Prince, Melanie Cellier
Points this Post:30
Total Points:30
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking ForwardOPTION 1: Read an award-winning book that has a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction
Augustown by Kei Miller
Winner of Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde (2017)
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 130
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Coralie5.6 Have You Heard the One About….?
Book whose author’s initials appear consecutively in montblanc national university of singAPore literary award
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
Total to date 150 points
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title TropesOption 1: Read a book with mystery or thriller as a main page genre and the word 'girl' in the title
Girl in the Rearview Mirror by Kelsey Rae Dimberg
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 315
Mod
I read A Longer Fall. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB). Title initials, ALF, found in
AL - internatinAL
F - For
total points: 270
Task: 25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the AlphabetBook 1:Carol by Patricia Highsmith (304 pages) (written by single author - Claire Morgan was the pseudonym of Patricia Highsmith, under which the book was originally published.)
Required: No M or N in title or subtitle.
Book 2:Option 2: Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah (400 pages)
Required: letters LO appear in sequence in meLOdy.
total:704/500 pages
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 25
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
Joanne MITask 10.10-Over looked: Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Call for the Dead-21,166 readers-no awards listed
Points this task 10
Total points 120
Total BB's 2
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive).
We Were the Mulvaneys pub in 1996; 454 p
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 175
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 11
TessaVanessa(repost)
Challenge 25.15 Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2:
The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana by Julie Young by Julie YoungOption 4:
by Sarah Crossan by Sarah Crossan.AR info: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2.0
StiCks
Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 32/64
Books read: 42
Task 25.1 - Learning the Alphabettotal pages 501+
book 1: read a book with no N or M in the title
A Blade So Black
400 pages
book 2, option 2: read a book with "LO" in the title
Can't Escape Love
139 pages
400 + 139 = 539 pages
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315 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Fresh Start
Bird Box by Josh Malerman.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 31/64
Books read: 43
Ava CatherineRepost #1213
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them.
The Edgar Award named for Edgar Allan Poe; page 1
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
total=705 (after repost)
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020. I read Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez, first published in 2019.
Total points so far: 235
trishhartuk25.5 Kaora’s Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 1: Palm Springs, CA. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8.
Instinct, James Patterson and Howard Roughan (384pg)
Has three of the required numbers in the page count
Option 2: New Orleans, LA. Read a book that is the second in a series.
Broken Heart Attack (Braxton Campus Mysteries #2), James J. Cudney
Read the kindle edition. PB here (261pg)
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 9
Golden oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Ava Catherine20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
In honor of the Archive's Hugo Award, read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics.
page 1; #75
Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson
total=725
Ava Catherine10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 108,803 ratings; published 1981; no literary awards, etc.
total=735
TessaVanessaRepost
Challenge 5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Up from the Sea by Leza Lowitz.
AR info: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2.0
Updated: Point info
Points this post: 5
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 31/64
Books read: 43
Queen Bee Darlene25.1 Andy P's Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Does not contain M or N in title/sub
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh The Water Cure 288 pages
Book 2: Option 2: Title contains the letters LO in sequence
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos Love Walked In 307 pages
Also min 500+ pages total: 288 + 307 = 595
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 370
MAZZA130.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
This is a 2 book task. Choose two different options, and state in your post which options you chose.
Option 1: 50 years
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Machines Like Me published 2019
Option 2: The Sesame Street Muppets
Read a book that has been shelved as Anthropomorphism https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Island of Dr. Moreau
This shows on page 1 of the list
This book was first published in 1896 and I am claiming a GO ticket
points this post = 30
Points to date = 695
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 6
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 2, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January: Australia
Signal Loss by Garry Disher Set entirely in Australia
Option 3, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in February: New Zealand
Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh Set entirely in New Zealand
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Suzannesea20.3 Best Review - Joanne MI's Task - Celebrating the 90's
Option 1
Thale's Folly by Dorothy Gilman was first published in 1999.
222 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 335
READ 60 5.10 Your Personal Reward The Old Man and the Wasteland by Nick Cole Points; 5
Total points 5
Task 20.2 - Bird's Weddingread a book with Wendish in the subtitle
It Must Be the Noodles: & Other Wendish Stories from Mama’s Texas Kitchen
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335 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers AwardsOption 1: color word in the title
Twice in a Blue MoonI listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 368 pages.
Option 5: book on the Detective Fiction List
A Drink Before the War on page 1, #25
I listened to the audio book. The mass market paperback edition has 349 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Jen K20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: What's in a name?
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
LT in meLTdown
***************
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Sarah H25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day! - Choose two of the following options and read one book for each option.
Option 2: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in BARTENDERS.
No Exit by Taylor Adams
I read the Kindle edition. MMPB version: Bez izlaza
Option 4: Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded).
Beguiled
I read the Kindle edition. Paperback version: Beguiled
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 170
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 11
Books read: 15
Karen DTask 30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1:
Book: Valencia and Valentine, finished 12/30 (254 pages)
How it fits: Author - Suzy Krause
Option 2:
Book: Bridge to Burn, finished 1/7 (358 pages)
How it fits: Published 13 January 2019
Points this task: 30
Total points: 425
Cordelia25.11 Rescue me
Option 3: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Author's initials in RESCUE DOGS
324 pages
Option 4 Paws and Reflect: Exploring the Bond Between Gay Men and Their Dogs by Neil S. Plakcy
Dog on cover
273 pages
Points: 25
Total points: 410
TraceyL10.9 - 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.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Nebula Award for Best Novel 2014 - N appears in wiNter
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 215
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.5- Lady With A LampRead a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
I listened to an audio version of The Last Midwife
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 175
BB: 1
GO: 1
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’sOption 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive). This shelf may help Popular 1990's Books
I read London which was published in 1997. This is a *****BIG BOOK**** at 1124 pages. Please give me ***2*** big book tickets.
points: 145
books read: 12
tasks completed: 10
task in progress: 1
Big Books: 3
pages read: 4783
PegW5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Point this post: 5
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 4
Total tasks: 11
15.2 - In The Category...This is a repost of #297 with two different books.
I've chosen Goodreads Choice Awards 2019
Book 1, a book that has won an award in any category: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (Young Adult Fiction 2019)
Book 2, a book that has won the same award the same year in a different category: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson (Poetry 2019)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy & Tuppence #4) by Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie, page 1
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 335
trishhartuk10.4 Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Chinese Parrot, earl derr biGGers
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Golden Oldie: First published in 1926
Points this task: 10
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 1 – first published in 1926
Big book: No
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 10
Golden oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Task 15.3 - Spin the Wheeloption 2: read a book with the letters A, C, D, E, L, M, N, R, S, T in the subtitle & author name
Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News by Emily Maitlis
ADER in AiRhEaD
CMT in iMperfeCT
NS in NewS
L in maitLis
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350 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
Sanz25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Book 1
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
The author's initials are S and A
Book 2
Option 5: Read a book which has at least 2 of the following numbers: 2, 0, 1, 9 in the number of pages.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The book has 208 pages
(Scores on AR Bookfinder: IL = MG; BL = 5.7; AR Points = 7.0)
Points this task: 25
Completed Tasks: 6
Total Points Earned: 90
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
REPOST TO SWAP BOOK - No change to points total, BB or GO.Task: 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Book read:Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth
Required: MPG of Nonfiction and Sequential Art > Graphic Novels
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 0 required - book swapped from previously counted task
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
JUKKA5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag.
Book set at least 50% in Canada.
Alpha Flight Classic, Vol. 2 by John Byrne.
Total Points: 60/1165
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4/64
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total: 2
JUKKA10.10 - Overlooked?
Book with over 10,000 ratings that does not have a Literary Awards entry on Goodreads.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie. MPG Childrens, but IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8.0 on the AR Bookfinder.
It's also a Golden Oldie!
Total Points: 70/1165
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/64
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total: 3
Bookwrm526Task #25.1 - Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle. I read The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (358p).
Book 2, Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N. I read Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. (320p).
358+320 = 678p
Total points so far: 260
Sandra5.7. Play Those Words!
Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person in its title/subtitle, or pictured on its cover
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 85
JUKKA25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Book without N or M in the title or subtitle.
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. 470 pages in paperback.
Book 2: Book whose author's name has both N and M.
Vampire: The Masquerade by Mark Rein-Hagen. 269 pages.
Total Points: 95/1165
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6/64
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total: 3
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Task 30.7 - Sesame Street 50th
Option One - book first published between 1969 and 2019, inclusive
The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson
First published 2019
Option Three - book by author who shares first or last name with human SS character
California Girls by Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery shares first name with character Susan Robinson
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 27