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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Amy B25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Choosing Option 1: Choose two options and read a book for each.
Required: Indicate the options.
A - Christian holiday
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CHARITY CAROLS
Exhalation by Ted Chiang (352 pages)
B - Jewish holiday
Read a book from the list Jewish Fiction and Literature
Required: State which page you found the book on.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander (207 pgs) - page 1- #98
Points this Task: 25 points
Total Points to Date: 265 points
Barbara ★25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 3
Book 1 - Read a book written by a single author whose first AND last name starts with any of the letters in MONEY.
Smart Mouth - Erin McCarthy (304 pages) 12/26
E & M in MonEy
Book 2 - Read a book that has either of the words “Water” or Park” in the TITLE.
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus 1/13
Page Totals: Book 1 (304 pages) + Book 2 (315 pages) = 619 pages > 500 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 475
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Pamela326525.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 1: Picturing Christmas by Jason F. Wright, Sterling Wright – 183 pages
Option 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter #2
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 290
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
Pamela326530.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 1: Romancing Lord Ramsbury by Ashtyn Newbold – 212 pages
Option 2: Longing for Home by Sarah M. Eden - Longing for Home #1
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
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
MEGSCL30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: 50 years
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Kushiel's Scion
**944 pages - 2 big book tickets
Option 2: The Sesame Street Muppets
Read a book that has been shelved as Anthropomorphism (page 1)
The Bees
TOTAL TO DATE
265 points
5 big books
MEGSCL25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
Act of Grace
Book 2. Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N.
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
TOTAL TO DATE
305 points
5 big books
Readerboard Name: MARIA KTask 10.8 -- Leap Year
How to Get A's in College: Hundreds of Student-Tested Tips -- published 2007
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10 points
Tasks completed: 1
Readerboard Name: MARIA K Task 15.6 - Third Time's the Charm
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn- Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2007), CWA New Blood Dagger (2007), Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2007), CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2007)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
Readerboard Name: MARIA KTask 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -- Option 1, The Thrilling Woman
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - "girl" in title
This post: 20 points
Total points: 45 points
Tasks completed: 3
Anja25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
Option 2: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in BARTENDERS.
Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
Option 4: Cuddle Up Day (January 6) – Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded).
Hate Crush by A. Zavarelli
Romance 19 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 95
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…Option 1: The Academy, er, SRC!
I read Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf. It has 176 pages.
Option 3: Audible Escape and Scribd: I read City of Girls. It has 470 pages. I checked this book out at my local library.
Total pages: 646.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 140
Number of tasks complete: 6
Number of books: 10
15.7 - Stand AloneThe King's Questioner by Nikki Katz
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 430
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: Hypnotized by Don Trembath
108 p.
Option 3: Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose.
608 p.
Borrowed from Digital Collaborations of my local library.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 38/64
Books read: 54
10.1 - Home for the HolidaysShortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
'Home' in title
Total points: 65
10.3 - Let It SnowA Natural Woman: A Memoir
Initial letters of title in WINTER WONDERLAND
Total points: 75
Sandra25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 1
Read a book FIRST published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count.
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
This book was first published June 9th, 2015 and has a page count of 528 pages (has the numbers '2' and '8').
Option 3
Read a book from one of these lists:
#1 Books About Melbourne and Victoria
#2 Great Chinese Historical Fiction
#3 Natural Disaster Fiction
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
This book is on page #2 (position #114) of the 'Books About Melbourne and Victoria' list.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 260
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.5 - 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.
The Possession by Michael Rutger
384 pages
Option 2: New Orleans, LA
Read a book that is the second in a series. The series designation (series name #2) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
A Cast-Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell
#2 in A Witchcraft Mystery series
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 195
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
5.6 Have You Heard the One About....?Author's initials appear consecutively in MONTBLANC-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE LITERARY AWARD
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett The Dutch House
AP in Singapore
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 440
Brooke TX10.7 - I Have a Dream
Read a book that appears on the list: Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters. Found on page 3:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 51
Brooke TX20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2: Read an award-winning book that has a standalone genre of "Science Fiction" OR a genre of "Science Fiction > Dystopia" or "Science Fiction > Utopia". Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics (2018):
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 495
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 51
Task 15.5 - Lady With A Lampread a book with Nurse / Midwife MC
Virgin River
Mel is a nurse-practioner & midwife
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430 points
7 BB tix
1 GO tix
Nick KYREPLACE: 30.4 DlmRose’s Old MacDonald
Book 1. I read Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan.
E I in vEIl
E I in jEnnIfer
O in bOylan
Book 2. Option 2. I read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Huraki Murakami with the word “Talk” in the title. According to the list, parrots talk.
With
30.4 DlmRose’s Old MacDonald
Book 1. I read Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority by Tim Wise.
E I in whItE
E I in amErIca
O in tO
Book 2. Option 2. I read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakamiwith the word “Talk” in the title. According to the list, parrots talk.
No change in Points: 365
I will save Long Black Veil to post later for another task.
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterOption 3: book by a single author with name containing E and D.
Version Control, by DExter palmer.
+20 = 145 points total.
15.7 - Stand Alone
Dirty LettersI read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 300 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
15.3 - Spin the Wheeloption 2:
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasSEDuCe Me AT suNRise Lisa kleypas
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 360 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotNinth House - published 2019
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 458 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
10.6 - Fresh StartThe Simple Wild - #1 in the series "Wild"
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 390 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total pages: 310
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer PrizesBook 1: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
❆ FF in Affair ❆
Book 2: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
❆ 1. Fiction, 1948 to the present.. -- Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Fiction (2012) ❆
Total points: 130 + 25 = 155
Andy P.Task #
30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 1. Read a book that contains both a 1 and a 2 in the total number of pages.
Conviction by Julia Dahl 321 p
Option 2. Read a book that has a series number consisting only of 1 and/or 2 Before It's Too Late by Sara Driscoll 304 p. # 2 in FBI K-9 #2 series
pages count 312 +304 + 616> 600 requirement
Points this post: 30
Total points: 350
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019Option 4: Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb
❆ DEATH - D in Thousand; E in Nineteen; ATH in Thousand ❆
Option 5: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
❆ 160 pages ❆
Total points: 155 + 25 = 180
Suzannesea25.3 TracyL's Task; Crime Writers Awards
Option 2
Read a book with a knife, sword, or other blade on the cover.
by Jo Nesbø Option 3
Read a book by an author born in Denmark, Iceland, Norway ,or Sweden.
The Bat by Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbo was born in Norway.
Points this post: 25
Total Points to date: 405
perletwo25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...- Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series. The series designation (series name #2) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
The Light Fantastic - Discworld #2
Option 3: Read a book with some sort of boat on the cover.
The Man in the Brown SuitFirst printed in 1924, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 535
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 29
READ 60 5.4 That's a strange title odd number of words in titleAll This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg. This book has a 5 word title.
task points, 5
total 10
10.6 - Fresh StartThe Railway Detective #1
The Railway Detective by Edward Marston
Task Points: 10
Season Total: 95
10.7 - I Have a Dream2019 Books by Authors of Color: Page 1
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Task Points: 10
Season Total: 105
25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…600 Pages: 400 + 308 = 708
Option 1: The Academy, er, SRC!
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER. All initials count. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
sPreAdsheet
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster 308 pages
Option 3: Audible Escape and Scribd
For the purposes of this task, a borrowed book is one you are not meant to own or keep.
Pierce County Library
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
400 pages
Task Points: 25
Season Total: 130
10.2 - Comfort FoodKitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Insider's Edition) by Anthony Bourdain
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 440
Creynard15.4 - Go Red
option 1 book 1:
Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY
Awk-weird by Avery Flynn
Author Initials=AF - nAtional wear red For woman day
book 2:
Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
by Tessa DarePoints this post: 15
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
Laurah3015.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 190
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 9
Books read: 12
10.5 Countdown to New Years I read A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle
432 pages
New Total: 35
10.7 I Have a Dream I read Trust Exercise by Susan Choi which is on page 2 of the "2019 Books by Authors of Color" list
New Total: 45
20.7 Be Better I chose option 3 and read Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert - E & D in author name
New Total: 65
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30.4 – Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Read a book with all the letters E, I, E, I, O in the title/subtitle and/or author’s name.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
E, E in See
I, O in Nothing
I in Kevin
Book 2, Option 1: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches an animal from the list.
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330/1165
Tasks completed: 17/64
Books read: 24
Big Book Tickets: 1