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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........?
initials SI in SIngapore: Forest Therapy: Seasonal Ways to Embrace Nature for a Happier You by Sarah Ivens
total = 10
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15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Romans français (2017),
Quai du Polar (2017),
Staunch Book Prize Nominee (2019)
total = 35
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15.8 - Ice Ice Baby
Ice in Justice: Rough Justice by Bill Kirton
I read the kindle: Rough Justice
total = 50
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
From page 8 #692: Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak
I read the kindle: Curiouser and Curiouser
total = 85
Delicious Dee5.7. Play Those Words!
points this post: 5
points overall: 5
Delicious Dee10.6 - Fresh Start
Not a Hero - #1 in the Songs of the Survivalist series
points this post: 10
points overall: 15
30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable WomanOption 2: Read a book FIRST published in January of any year. Goodreads uses January 1 as a placeholder so a first published date of January 1 of any year is NOT eligible for this task.
Who's Afraid? (Tommi Grayson #1) by Maria Lewis
First published January 12th 2016
352 pages
Option 4: Read a book with two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name. Subtitles should be ignored. The sets of double letters can be the same or different.
Cell 7 (Cell 7 Trilogy #1) by Kerry Drewery
2 sets of double letters found in title, ceLL, and author's first name, keRRy
384 pages
Total pages read: 736
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 30
Mary P25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 1:Read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Page 1 of list. (291 pgs)
Option 4: Reese Witherspoons book list.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (415 pgs)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 25
Suzannesea5.4 That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in the title.
Morningstar: Growing Up With Books by Ann Hood
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 35
SALLY M.5.5 Try to Count Them: MPG Fantasy
The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
perletwo20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret? - Option 1: read a book that has the word "Secret" found intact in the TITLE.
Secrets in Death
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
Pamela326525.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Someone to Remember by Mary Balogh - Published November 5, 2019
Option 3: The Cowboy's Christmas Plan by Shanna Hatfield – Authors initials found in tHouSand
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
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
Alaina20.7- 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.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things-Iain Reid
IAN REID
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets:
20.3 Best Review - Joanne MI’s task - Celebrating the 90’sI chose Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
I read The Institute by Stephen King. The copy I read had 561 pages and Fantasy as a MPG.
Big Book - 561 pages
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 25
Task 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.Option 2: sum = 20
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoI listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 389 pages - 3+8+9 = 20
Option 4: glasses on cover
My Sister, the Serial KillerI listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 240 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?Option 1: read a book that has the word ""Secret"" found intact in the TITLE.
The Secrets Mothers Keep by Jacquie Underdown
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 50
MAZZA110.6 - Fresh Start
Let's celebrate by reading a book that is #1 in a series.
Forever My Girl #1 in Beaumont series
I read the audio
there is no MMP
most popular PB is Forever My Girl
Points this post = 10
Points to date - 150
Sirena15.6 A book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Literary Awards nominations: Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (1999); Yomiuri Prize for Fiction (1995); International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1999)
1 Big Book ticket: 607 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 The Maple Leaf Rag.
Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/64
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Play Those Words!
by Adrian Chamberlain.Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2/64
Books read: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Let It Snow
A Dark Truth by Jeff Ross
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3/64
Books read: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 Snuggle Up
Triggered by Vicki Grant
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4/64
Books read: 4
Sara G5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature - typically, this is awarded for the body of an author's work, not for a specific work, but even if a specific work is mentioned, you can read any work by this author. REQUIRED: If the author's GR biography does not mention the Nobel Prize, include the date it was awarded in your post.
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1930.
**It Can't Happen Here is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1935). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Sara G5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
One Good Turn by Carla Kelly
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Brockmann.
210 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 5/64
Books read: 5
RAYNEBAIR5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag
Read a book set at least 50% in Canada.
Highballer by Ava Hayden
this book was approved for length in message 7689
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Winter's in the Air
House Arrest by K.A. Holt
AR info for Children's MPG:
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 4.0
Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2017)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 6/64
Books read: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3: Mayan Murder by Martha Brack Martin.
Word from title is: MAYAN
Option 5: Believarexic by J.J.Johnson
Mental health as MPG
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 7/64
Books read: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Big Guy by Robin Stevenson
RS found in SpectRe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8/64
Books read: 9
Elaine L25.4 Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Required: Indicate the options you chose.
Option 3: Read a book you borrowed.
In the Dark
Required: State which service you borrowed your book from.
I borrowed this book through Kindle Unlimited.
Option 4: Read a book with the MPG Travel
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
600 p. minimum: Book 1, 412 p. + Book 2, 320 p. = 732 p. total
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 65
20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesOption 1:
For this option, read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded).
Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body. by Jessamyn Stanley
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 30
ANGIE CA15.7 - Stand Alone
Book: The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health: A Lifelong Guide to Wellness by Linda Sparrowe
Notes: Standalone.
Total Points: 50
ANGIE CA20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Book: Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Notes: 3) anDErson
Total Points: 70
10.2 Comfort FoodSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, by Samin Nosrat.
+10 = 40 points total.
SALLY M.15.10 Get 'Em While They're Hot: first published in 2019
Blitzed by Alexa Martin
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Read a book in which the digits in the page count decrease sequentially
House of Silence by Linda Gillard
432 pages
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 10
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
In the Woods by Tana French
message #4 in discussion
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Andy P.Task # 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 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Two T's in Neustadt
L in Literature
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Delicious Dee5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........?
A Touch of Cinnamon - Bethany Lopez - BL found in Montblanc
points this post: 5
points overall: 20
perletwo20.5 - 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.
Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
The Agatha Awards, book awards list page 1
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Christine V20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
The Snow Child, found on page 3 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=3)
Christine V15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=3)
JUKKA15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2: Book that has the letters R, S, T, L, N and E as well as C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board by Vince Houghton.
Total Points: 15/1165
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/64
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
Cordelia20.5 The name is important
option 1: Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
Philip K Dick Award. p 4 of Award list
Points: 20
Total points: 95
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5.5. Try to Count Them.
SF genre: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
total = 5