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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Delicious Dee25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 2
Book 1 - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - book set on various plants outside of earth and in space
Book 2 - Nothing But Sky
points this post: 25
points overall: 365
Delicious Dee30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
Book 1, Option 2 - And Then There Were Nuns - found on pg2
Book 2, Option 1 - On a Pale Horse
points this post: 30
points overall: 395
Boston Kate
10.7 I Have a Dream
The Night Tiger
found on page 1 of 2019 Books by Authors of Color list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
babbling c20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 1: Both of these vulnerabilities had to do with hackers being able to access the private information, or *secrets*, within your computer.
Public Secrets audible Public Secrets paperback pg 493 by Nora Roberts
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 135/1165
Completed Tasks: 8/64
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 3,690
Books read this season: 11
Task: 25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option: 1: Palm Springs, CA
Book read: Working at Love by Judy Baer
Required: 144 pages contains a 1 and a 4
GO/BB requested?: no
Option: 4: Albuquerque, NM
Book read: Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together by Arden Rose
Required: author initials AR found in AlbuqueRque
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 25
Total points: 265
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 13
Task: 5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........?Book read: It's All Absolutely Fine by Ruby Elliot
Required: author initials RE found consecutively in singapoRE
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 5
Total points: 270
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 14
5.2 Maple Leaf RagLove Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family
+5 = 125 points total.
JustJess 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
Book read: A Fire Story By Brian Fies
Points this task: 15
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 5
Total GO: 2
10.10 - Overlooked?Burned (Burned #1) by Ellen Hopkins
55,693 ratings w/ NIL award
1x Bigger is Better tix (560p)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 395
10.1 - Home for the HolidaysDarkness, Be My Friend (Tomorrow #4) by John Marsden
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 405
Julia10320.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell (E in RussEll, D in Doria)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 370
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
5.9. 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 Neu s t ad t Internati o nal Prize for Literature
The Touch of Snow by Anna Edwards
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 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.
Award:
HOLT Medallion by Virginia Romance Writers Winners (page 1)
"The HOLT Medallion Award was named for VRW’s first elected president, Cynthia Holt, and serves as the acronym for Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent."
Book:
Insolent: A Dark Retelling by Cynthia A. Rodriguez
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Task 25.14 - Celebrating Trafalgar Squareone book option: over 500pages
options A & B: read a book on the Jewish Fiction list with author initials in CHARITY
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
page 1, #23 on list
AH initials
505 pages - claiming BB tix
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415 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
SandyL5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag
Read a book set at least 50% in Canada.
A Rancher's Heart by Vivian Arend
Set in Alberta, Canada
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.3 - 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
Wild Like the Wind by Kristen Ashley
WinTer WonderLand
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read:2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The Problem with Him: An Opposites Attract Novel (The Opposites Attract Series) by Rachel Higginson
Author's name = HiGGinson
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL15.8 - Ice Ice Baby
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE"
Sugar and Ice by Aven Ellis
ICE in title
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL20.2 - 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: Bedouin
Girl in the Bedouin Tent by Annie West
"BEDOUIN" in title
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia10315.5- Lady With A Lamp
A Cruel Deception (main character Bess Crawford is a nurse)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 385
BB: 5
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 27
MAZZA15.9. 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.
I read an ARC copy of this book from Netgalley and Bllomsbury publishing this is the paperback edition
A Long Petal of the Sea (ALPOTS - AST in Neustadt O and L in International and P in Prize)
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 780
babbling c30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Choose 2 different options and specify which ones when you post.
Option 1: Ball of color
Read a book with a ball or skein of yarn on the cover.
Knit One, Kill Two - kindle Knit One, Kill Two - paperback pgs 273 by Maggie Sefton
Option 3: Step back from the yarn
For this option read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN. All the letters in the word must appear in the phrase. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Wyvern's Mate - Kindle Wyvern's Mate - paperback pg 188 by Deborah Cooke
MATE
M in from
A in Back
TE in THE
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 165/1165
Completed Tasks: 9/64
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 4,151
Books read this season: 13
babbling c5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title. The first name must be used as a first name in the title/subtitle/series title and must be the name of an actual character in the book. Initials do not work - it must be a name.
Low Midnight - Audible Low Midnight - paperback pg 309 by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Norville #13
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 170/1165
Completed Tasks: 10/64
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 4,460
Books read this season: 14
MAZZA115.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post= 15
Points to date =795
25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with SantaOption 1 Book 1, a book with all the letters of NO PLASTIC in the title/subtitle: The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough
paperback edition The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West 352 pages
Option 1 Book 2, a book with the word "library" in the title: Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith
paperback edition Public Library and Other Stories 220 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Coralie15.3 Spin the wheel
Option 2: one book that has all the letters R, S, T, L, N, E and all the letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and author’s name
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth
R in unreal, S, T & L in selected, N in and, E in the, C & D in selected, M in volume, A in Real
Total to date 165 points
perletwo15.8 - Ice Ice Baby - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE" or "ICY" intact.
Ice Cold Heart
Points this task: 15
Total points: 510
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 28
15.3 Spin the Wheel Option 2: Read a book that fulfils books 1 and 2 from Option 1 (has ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E, as well as ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name).
Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future by Nathan Furr, Kyle Nel, Thomas Zoega Ramsoy
LEADiNg TRanSforMation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future
Points this task: 15
Total points: 085
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Book ticket tickets: 2
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Kathy KS30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Read one book 1 and select an option for Book 2.
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.
The Old Wine Shades, by Martha Grimes
thE Old wInE shades, by martha grImes
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 Wolf Wants In, by Laura McHugh
Animal: Wolves
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 195
Tasks completed: 10
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kelly L20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 3: Read a book with a word in the title (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters that is in an award name. The matching word must NOT be a person's name. The words "the", "and", "book", "award", and "prize" are EXCLUDED. The word must match exactly.
Good Girls Lie contains GOOD. When sorted alphabetically, the GOOD Housekeeping Novel Challenge award is found on page 51.
This post = 20 points
Total = 120 points
Barbara ★25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER. All initials count.
The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers (387 pages) 1/12
T & P in sPreadsheeT
Option 2: Read a book that features at least one witch or wizard as a character, or witchcraft or magic as a central plot point.
Wickedly Unraveled - Deborah Blake (306 pages) 1/10
(The MCs characters of this series are all Baba Yaga's or witches. Baba Yaga is one of the most famous witches in Russian folklore and children’s fairy tales.)
Link: https://www.historicmysteries.com/bab...
Page Totals: Book 1 (387 pages) + Book 2 (306 pages) = 693 pages > 600 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 425
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - All Work and Some Play
Option 1: Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8. I read This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua (334p).
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series. I read The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.
Total points so far: 325
JAMTOWN 8030.6- World of Xanth
Book 1- option 2
Xanth Book- A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony - MPE has 432 pages >250
Book 2- option 2
approved in message 2
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor- MPE has 420 pages
Total page count : 852
This post- 30
Season total: 30
JAMTOWN 8020.4- Perletwo's Task
On page 1 of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Post: 20
Season total: 50
JAMTOWN 8025.8- Celebrate Every Day!
Option 2- author initials in BARTENDERS
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Option 3: National Bird Day
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Post : 25
Season total: 75
15.7 - Stand AloneSatisfied Staying Single Day is February 11 a day to celebrate the idea that being alone is as empowering as being in a relationship.
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
I read 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World which is a stand alone novel.
points: 190
books read: 14
tasks completed: 12
Big Books: 4
pages read: 5527
Coralie20.9 Can you keep a secret?
Option 3: Book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MelTdown
Panama by Thomas McGuane
Total to date 185 points
Amy W25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Book 1: Option 3
I read Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do by Eve Rodsky. The author’s first and last initials (E and R) are found in the phrase RESCUE DOGS.
Book 2: Option 4
I read Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston. There is a dog on the cover.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 190
Adallae5.5 - Try to Count Them
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded
The Island of Doctor Moreau
MPG - Science Fiction
Points this task - 5
Total points - 155
BB tickets - 3
GO tickets - 3
Adallae20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
A Beam of Light by Andrea Camilleri
Points this post - 20
Total points - 175
BB tickets - 3
GO tickets - 3
Barbara ★25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
CHOSEN MARKET - Trento , Italy
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of the city, where your chosen Christmas Market is held, found in either the title/subtitle OR series name. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle (270 pages) 1/12
(Trento in ThROugh ThE griN)
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held.
Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen (set 75% in Italy)(250 pages) 12/18
Page Totals: Book 1 (270 pages) + Book 2 (250 pages) = 520 pages > 500 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 450
BEKKA - 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsFor this task, I read Audubon, On The Wings Of The World by Fabien Grolleau since it is a nonfiction graphic novel - a biography on John James Audubon.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 35
Pages Read this Challenge: 174
Total Pages Read to Date: 542
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Play those Words!
Book with musical instrument on the cover
by Barbara CleverlyTrumpet on the cover
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 445
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 32
Anja25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2: Coal for the eyes and buttons
Read a book with black text anywhere on the cover.
Cracked Kingdom by Erin Watt
Option 4: Sticks for the arms
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in STICKS or TWIGS.
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
600 pages - claiming big book ticket
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 70
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option 1: Palm Springs, CA
I read The Weight of Blood. It has 302 pages.
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM
I read Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 90
Number of tasks complete: 4
Number of books: 6
Task: 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title TropesBook read: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Required: Option 1: The Thrilling Woman, mystery is a mpg and the word girls is in the title.
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 20
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 15
Amy B30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Read one book 1 and select an option for Book 2.
Required: Indicate the option.
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.
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (289 pages)
Book 2 On That Farm
Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from this list of Animal Sounds.
Crow Winter by Karen McBride (352 pages)
This task: 30 points
To Date: 215 points
10.8 - Leap YearThe Taint of Midas (The Greek Detective #2) by Anne Zouroudi
Published 2008
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 415
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Name Calling!
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 32/64
Books read: 44
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5.4. That's a Strange Title!
A Closed and Common Orbit
points this post: 5
points overall: 340