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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Elizabeth PTask 30.1 - Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option One - Main page genre historical fiction
Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain
Option Three - Authors initials in BIRCHBARK
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
BiRchbark
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 3
Anja5.6. 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.
When a Lioness Hunts by Eve Langlais
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 25
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
15.3 - Spin the WheelOption 2: one book fulfilling both requirements: ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E + ALL the letters C, D, M and A in author's name
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
ALE**ND*R MC**** S**T*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Page count: 210
Cordelia10.9 Winter's in the Air
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Nominated for Nebula Best Novella
Points: 10
Total points: 50
Queen Bee Darlene10.1 Home for the Holidays - FRIEND in title, subtitle, or series
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez The Friend
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75
Kayla C20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3
What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
ED found in Elin hilDerbrand
total points: 45
15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsA non-fiction work in a graphic format: Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Joanne MITask 10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
You Say Tomato
Points this task 10
Total Points 30
Total BB's 1
30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on YarnOption 3:
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy, Virginia HallThe word "story" can be made from the letters STep back frOm the Yarn
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 352 pages.
Option 5:
Darius the Great Is Not OkayMPG Health>Mental Health
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 336 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
MAZZA110.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Read a book in which the digits in the page count decrease sequentially (ex: 210, 321, 432, 543, 1098, etc.).
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong 654 pages
This book is 654 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 110
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 6
Elizabeth PTask 15.4 - Go Red
Option Two - One book that fits both requirements
Author's initials in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY and cover has an article of red clothing
by Rick Riordannational weaR Red for women day
Red sweatshirt worn by boy in the middle of the cover - approved in help thread post 26
MG designation on AR Bookfind - info below
BL 5.5 (>5)
AR 16 (>7)
Points this Post: 15
Total Poings: 50
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 4
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.1 Namecalling
The Secret Brideby Diane Haeger
1st in the series "In the Court of Henry VIII
Task+5
Grand Total: +5
perletwo5.7. Play Those Words! - Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person in its title/subtitle, or pictured on its cover. REQUIRED: If using the cover option, include the cover in your post.
Swing, Brother, SwingFirst printed in 1949, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 085
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Pat ☆ ☆ TASK #10.6 ~ Fresh Start
Task Description ~ Read a book that is #1 in a series.
REQUIRED ~ The series designation (series name #1) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
Hope Never Dies by Andrew ShafferCompleted ~ 12.7.19
Pages ~ 304
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 40
Tasks Completed ~ 2
Books Read This Season ~ 3
Pages Read This Season ~ 928
MAZZA130.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Your total pages must equal at least 600.
Option 1. Read a book that contains both a 1 and a 2 in the total number of pages.
I Am Half Sick of Shadows 291 pages
Option 2. Read a book that has a series number consisting only of 1 and/or 2 -
Black Rose "In the Garden" series #2
this book has 355 pages
355 + 291 = 646 page total exceeding requirement of task
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 140
Elizabeth PTask 10.10 - Overlooked?
Book with over 10,000 ratings that has not won an award per GR main page
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
26,014 ratings as of this posting, originally published 2014, no literary awards per GR main page
At 539 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
MMPB Link: De sju systrarna
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 5
Cordelia15.3 Spin the Wheel
Option 2: Love Came Just in Time by Lynn Kurland
This fits book 1 and book 2.
Title and author's name contain the letters R S T L N E and C D M A
Points: 15
Total points: 65
KATRINAT10.1 - Home for the Holidays
read a book with HOME, HOLIDAY, FAMILY, or FRIEND found intact in title, subtitle, or series title.
Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 25
Completed tasks: 10.1, 15.7
BB tickets
Golden oldie tickets
Alaina20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: Read a book with at least five words in the title including a full name (first name and surname).
The Double Life of Fidel Castro: My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo-Juan Reinaldo Sánchez
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.6. 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.
Reparation in Blood by Ariel Tachna
letters AT appear in National
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Sarah H15.7 - Stand Alone - Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Strange Grace
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 65
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 5
Adallae5.8. Speaking My Language?
Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language.
El pintor de batallas
Originally published in Spanish, my primary language is English
Points from this task: 5
Total this season: 5
Adallae10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Rocannon's World
1st in the Hainish Cycle series
Points from this task: 10
Total this season: 15
Bookwrm526Task 15.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone. I read The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older.
Total points so far: 15
Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - Lady With a Lamp
Book where main character is a nurse or midwife
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
One of the main characters, Leon, is a night nurse. I'm 98% certain they mention it in the blurb that's associated with this edition, but here's a link to a review that mentions his job as well just in case:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 6
perletwo15.5- Lady With A Lamp - Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
A Cruel Deception
Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Elizabeth PTask 10.2 - Comfort Snow
Book with MPG Food and Drink
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Confirmed post 5 of help thread
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 7
Mod
I read A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top paperback.
Author initials, ER, found in Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award - litERary.
Total points: 5
Mod
I read Disappearing Earth - I read the kindle edition, top pb is Znikająca ziemia - no MMPB. This was nominated and a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award. "N" appears in wiNter.
total points: 15
Mod
I read Time Enough for Love - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top MMPB.
Nominated for
Hugo Award for Best Novel(1974)
Nebula Award for Best Novel (1973)
Locus Award for Best Novel (1974)
total points: 30
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotRead a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Book read: Ninth House
How it fits: First published in October 2019
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Total points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Anja5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Fantasy 845 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 30
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
PegW20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Looking Back Read an award-winning book that has a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction, standalone or embedded. The award must be present on the book's main page.
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West
History Genre and winner of 2007 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
Claiming one Big Book Ticket - 578 pages
Point this post: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 3
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’sOption 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive).
The Bone Collector
First published in 1997
This book has 528 pages and I claim 1 Big Book ticket
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask:5.4. That's a Strange Title!
The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title at the Frankfurt Book Fair, commonly known as the Diagram Prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title.
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
Book/Author: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
How it fits: 3 words in title
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: claiming one GO ticket, initially published in 1843
Total Points: 5
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask: 15.7 - Stand Alone
Satisfied 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.
Book/Author: Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
How it fits: stand alone book
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 20
Total BB Tickets: 0
Total GO Tickets: 1
Sarah H5.5. Try to Count Them - Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Passing Strange
Read the ebook, linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask: 25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: The Stand by Stephen King, read 12/1, 1,153 pages, claiming 3 BB tickets
Option 3: Restore Me read 12/3, 435 pages - borrowed from Hoopla
Total Pages: 1153+435=1,588
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 45
Total BB Tickets: 3
Total GO Tickets: 1
NAVI5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir
How it fits: Initial letter of each title word can be found in "Neustadt International Prize for Literature" (I, P, O, T, U, L). Subtitles were ignored.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)Option 1:
by Matt Haig291 pages
Option 2:
by Patricia BriggsBook 2 in the series
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 3
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
10.2 - Comfort FoodThug Kitchen 101: Fast as F*ck by Thug Kitchen
❆ MPG Food and Drink ❆
Total points: 0 + 10 = 10
Nick KY25.2 Mazza1’s Santa
Option 2. Book 1. I read A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge set in outer space.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for “Deepness in the Sky, which by itself, at 608 pp., exceeds the 500 p minimum for both books in the task.
Book 2. I read The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger, with “Nothing” in the title. I listened to the audiobook. No MMPB is listed; the most popular PB is The Mistress Of Nothing 272 pp.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 50
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Cordelia10.4 Snuggle Up
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
Double g (GG) in author's name
Points: 10
Total points: 75
Queen Bee Darlene10.3 Let It Snow - title of at least 3 words where each initial letter is found in WINTER WONDERLAND
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin The Escape Room
winTER wonderland
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
10.7 - I Have a DreamSearching for Sylvie Lee
On Page 1 of 2019 Books by Authors of Color
[POINTS]
This post: 10
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction
Head On by John Scalzi Science Fiction mpg (638 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Amy B10.7 - I Have a Dream
To celebrate racial diversity in literature, read a book that appears on one of these lists:
2019 Books by Authors of Color
Posted on Page 1 of the list, #72 at the time of this posting.
The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero
The Affairs of the Falcóns
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 10 points
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Task 5.1 - Name Calling!
Book with first name in title/subtitle/series title
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
Book three of the series The Trials of Apollo
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1620...
The main character in this series is the god Apollo
MG designation on AR Bookfind, values below:
Book Level 5.3 (>5)
AR Points 15.0 (>7)
At 528 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
MMPB Link: Le piège de feu
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 1