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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Ava Catherine15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Lanny by Max Porter first published March 5, 2019
total=1025
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 3:
Book 1: My Life Before Me by Nora McClintock.
264 p.
Book 2: The Boy in the Park by A.J. Grayson.
432 pages
264+432=696 total pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 46/64
Books read: 66
Ava Catherine15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
ThE Secret River kate greNviLle
AND
Book 2: Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
the woMAn who smashed CoDes
total=1040
Ava Catherine10.8 - Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits.
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory first published 2011
total=1050
Queen Bee Darlene25.14 Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option 1A: Author initials in CHARITY CAROLS
Lies She Told by Cate Holahan Lies She Told
CHarity carols
Option 1C: Title at least 3 words where beginning letter of each word is found in SEASONAL WARMTH
Something Like Happy by Eva Woods Something Like Happy
SeasonaL warmtH
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 535
Ava Catherine10.9 - 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.
Milkman by Anna Burns
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2018)
total=1060
Queen Bee Darlene15.4 Go Red
Option 2: Book fulfills criteria for book 1 & 2 which are author with 1st & last initial in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY and person wearing article of red clothing on cover
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams The Bromance Book Club
LA: nAtionaL
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 550
ED20.10 - Group Reads
In the Woods by Tana French
see my discussion at
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Nick KY25.1 Andy P’s Learning the Alphabet
Book 1. I read a book without an M or an N in the title, Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo.
Book 2. Option 2. I read a book with the letter sequence “LO” in the title, That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts. LO in “cameLOt”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 485
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.8 - Leap Year
I read No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole, originally published October 31, 2006.
Previous point total: 90
New points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Task 30.6 - The World of Xanth200+ pages each, total 500+
option 1
book 1: read a book in the Xanth series
A Spell for Chameleon
#1 in series
344 pages
book 2: read a book on the list
The Source of Magic
page 1 on list (3 tags)
326 pages
344+326>500 pages
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585 pages
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
10.8 - Leap YearFebruary 29, 2020 is Leap Day. This extra day makes the year 366 days long, not 365 days, like a common year. Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
I read After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England, which was published in 2007.
points: 220
books read: 18
tasks completed: 15
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 4
pages read: 6626
10.1 - Home for the HolidaysA book with FAMILY found intact in the title: Family Man by Calvin Trillin
Points this post: 10
Total points: 495
Task 25.1 - Learning the AlphabetBoth books must be written by a single author.
No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
The total page count for both books must exceed 500 pages. (501+)
Book 1 Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
The Dearly Departed (2001) by Elinor Lipman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 269 pages)
Book 2. Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N.
lipMaN
On Turpentine Lane (2017) by Elinor Lipman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 305 pages)
Pagecount: 269 + 305 > 574
175 + 25 = 200
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 175 + 25 = 200
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,098
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Fullname
Read a book with at least five words in the title including a full name (first name and surname). Subtitles are excluded. Plurals and possessives work
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Points this post: 20
Total points: 510
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: Police Procedural:
In the Woods, by Tana French
My contribution: Message 16 at
Discussion
I listened to an unabridged audio; mmpb (Ecorces De Sang)=566 p.
Requesting 1 BB ticket
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 280
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - Snuggle Up
Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found by Bill Keaggy
This book has the letters GG consecutively in the title (eGGs)
Link to PB edition: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1 -
The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis
The letters letters E, I, E, I, O are found in the title - E in thE, I in wIth, EIO in mIstletOE
Link to MMP edition: The Trouble with Mistletoe
Book 2 -
Jingle Bell Bark by Laurien Berenson
Option 2 - "Bark" is a sound that a dog or seal makes and is found on the Animal Sounds list.
Link to PB edition: Jingle Bell Bark
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
PegW15.5- Lady With A Lamp
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Both the main character, Briony and her sister Cecilia are nurses during the war part of the story.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book: 5
Total tasks: 17
Pat☆ ☆ 20.8 ~ Title Tropes
Option 1 ~ The Thrilling Woman
Task Description ~ Read a book with mystery or thriller as a main page genre and the word 'girl" 'wife' or 'woman' in the title. Subtitles are excluded. Plurals and possessives work.
The Next Girl by Carla KovachCompleted ~ 1.16.20
Pages ~ 300
☆ ☆
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Points this post ~ 20
Total Points ~ 330
Tasks Completed ~ 17
Books Read This Season ~ 26
Pages Read This Season ~ 8963
Amy W5.3 The Nobel Prize in Literature
I read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 195
Amy W5.10 Your Personal Award!
I read Beard Necessities by Penny Reid.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 200
Sophie25.4
Opt 1 Author initials in spreadsheet tracker
The First Time I Said Goodbye by Claire Allan
My sheet
Opt 3 Book on loan
Legal Tender Lisa Scottoline
borrowed via Libby from my local library
Total 215
Kait25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option A - A book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CHARITY CAROLS.
Kiss of Eon by Anna Hackett -- A&H are both found in Charity; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Kiss of Eon
Option C - A book with a title of at least 3 words, where the beginning letter of each word is found in SEASONAL WARMTH. Subtitles should be ignored.
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh -- S&S can be found in Seasonal and T can be found in Warmth; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the mass market paperback: Slave to Sensation
500 page minimum: 248 pages (Kiss of Eon) + 334 pages (Slave to Sensation) = 582 pages total
Total Points: 105
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
REPOST TO SWAP BOOK - No change to points totalTask: 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option: 2
Book read: The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Required: book has MPG of Fantasy and page count is 334 which contains a 3.
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 0 required - book swapped from previously counted task
Total points: 315
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
Task: 50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your ReadingBook 1
Book read: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Required: Fiction book where main character - Starr Carter - is a person of colour -African American - and this is the first book I have read by this author.
Page count: 464
Book 2
Book read: Royal Tour by Amy Alward
Required: fiction book where author is a person of colour/diverse background (Chinese-white)
Page count: 372
Book 3
Book read: The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both by Juno Dawson
Required: non-fiction book about the authors experience as a trans woman (lgbtqia) and this was the first book I read by this author (I have read another book by them since which I have claimed the challenge for but I read this book first.)
Page count:368
total pages:1204/750
2 authors new to me: Juno Dawson and Angie Thomas
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 50
Total points: 365
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 17
Sanz30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Author initials K, I can be found in the word.
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in January of any year
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
This book was first published on 7 January 2020
Points this task: 30
Completed Tasks: 7
Total Points Earned: 110
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: What World is Left by Monique Polak.
what world Is lEft mOnIquE polak
Book 2: Option 2: A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine
Scream=Peacocks
Points this post: 30
Total points: 850
Tasks completed: 47/64
Books read: 68
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - I'd Like to Thank
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER. I read The Need by Helen Phillips (272p).
Option 3: Read a book you borrowed from a friend, the library or a subscription service. I read Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile which I borrowed from the Richland County Library (372p).
272+372=644p
Total points so far: 420
babbling cTask 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.
Option 3: The number 20 was the base for the Mayan numeral system which is known as a "vigesimal" number system. Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word VIGESIMAL. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Darkest Night -Audible The Darkest Night - paperback pg 379 by Gena Showalter
VIGESIMAL
Option 4: 20/20 in vision is the goal that eye doctors aim for when prescribing glasses or contacts. Read a book that has a pair of glasses on the cover. Sunglasses, monocles, lorgnettes, etc. work.
How Not to Marry an Earl - kindle How Not to Marry an Earl - paperback pg 288 by Christine Merrill
The woman is wearing a pair of glasses
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 245/1165
Completed Tasks: 13/64
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 6,955
Books read this season: 20
babbling c15.7 - 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.
The Convenient Marriage - Audible The Convenient Marriage - paperback pgs. 329 by Georgette Heyer
This is a Golden Oldie: 1934
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 260/1165
Completed Tasks: 14/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 7,284
Books read this season: 21
Mary P25.8 - 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.
Wicked Fall by Sawyer Bennett
Option 4:Read a book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded).
Spring Shadows by Jennifer Gracen
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Janice CA25.5 - 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.
pages: 188
Hold That Tiger!: Thrilling Experiences in the Life of an Animal Photographer by Sam Dunton
and
Option 4: Author's initials found in "alBuquerque balloon feStival".
Tuna on Toast, Sister Clotildis, UFOs and Other Things I Survived: Growing Up in the '70s in Portland by Sherri Bobzien
+25
total: 60
tasks: 4
books: 6
MAZZA130.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
This is a two-book task.
Each book should be a minimum of 200 pages with a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Required: Identify the option you select for each book when you post.
Book 1:
Option 2: Read any book on Goodreads’ list of Popular Punny Books.
Required: State the page number on the list where your book appears.
Cooking the Books on Page 1 of the list
Page count = 312
Book 2: The King of Xanth
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in PIERS ANTHONY
Melmoth Sarah Perry 288 pages
Total page count = 312 +288 = 600 exceeds requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 1020
Sara G20.10 - Group Reads
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein
I shared my thoughts in the discussion thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 530
BUCKETCORRECTION FOR POST 1956 (part 1 of 2)
**I previously claimed The Daughter of Time for task 5.9. I would like to move it to another task as part of my correction.**
25.3 Crime Writers Awards
Option 1.
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
Color word is “black”
Option 5.
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
On page 3 (one of those ranked at 248) on the detective fiction list.
Points this post: 25
Points total: 190
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
BUCKETCORRECTION FOR POST 1956 (part 2 of 2)
5.1 Name Calling!
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
(Book 7 in the Maisie Dobbs series – Maisie Dobbs is the MC of all the books)
Points this post: 5
Points total: 195
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
the_bookish_rose25.5 Koara's Task:All Work and Some Play...
I chose Options 2 and 4 for this task.
Option 2: Golden Son by Pierce Brown Book is the second in the Red Rising Saga.
Option 4: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Author's initials are found in "Albuquerque BallooN FeStival"
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 45
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
10.7 - I Have a DreamA book from 2019 Books by Authors of Color list (p. 1 #21): The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Points this post: 10
Total points: 505
perletwo20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better - Option 3) As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
The Glimpses of the Moon by Edmund Crispin
Points this task: 20
Total points: 600
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 45
Tasks completed: 33
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read Finding Dorothy - listened to the audiobook and linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Top listed genre is Historical>Historical Fiction.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Author initials, BC, found in BirChbark.
total points: 495
Sarah H25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa - Choose one of the following 3 options and read books 1 and 2 from that option. Your books should total at least 500 pages.
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.
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is The Elementals (292 pages)
Book 2: Read a book that has either of the words “Water” or Park” in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded. The word must match exactly.
The North Water
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is The North Water (325 pages)
292 +325 = 617 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 265
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 16
Books read: 22
25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!Option 2: Repeal Day- I read Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm.
Option 3: National Bird Day- I read Bird in Hand.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 190
Number of tasks complete: 8
Number of books: 14
25.5 All Work and Some PlayOption 2 Book that is second in a series
The Confusion (this book also fits options 1, 3 & 4)
Option 4 Book by an author whose initials are in albuquerque ballooN feStival
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Total to date 235 points
5.5. Try to Count Them.Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 625
Sophie30.3
Opt 3 anagram from STEP BACK FROM THE YARN
Once Upon a Christmas Wedding by Scarlett Scott
Length approval https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Word : Once
Opt 5 mpg health/mental health
The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life by Rangan Chatterjee
Total 245
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 2 - Päntsdrunk (Kalsarikänni): The Finnish Path to Relaxation - #11 on the provided list
points this post: 20
points overall: 480
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
option 1: The Secret of Everything
points this post: 20
points overall: 500
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15.4 - 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
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
author's initials=RF found in Red For from given phrase
Book 2 Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
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