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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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10.9 Winter's in the Air Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
National Book Award for Young People`s Literature (N is in Winter)
Points this post; 10
Total points; 60
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
25.15 - 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. The text may be part of the title, subtitle, author name, or any other text.
by Natasha Knight*Black text in cover model's tattoo, approved in help thread
Option 3: Carrot for the nose
a book with all the letters of CARROT found in the title
Andorra Sector by Lexi C. Foss
Andor ra Se ctor
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 10
trishhartuk10.8 Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits.
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
First published: 1 October 1988
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 17
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
trishhartuk5.5. Try to Count Them
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Rescue Run, Anne McCaffery
Shelved as Fantasy by 62 users and Science Fiction by 51 users
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 18
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene20.9 Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep a Secret?
Option 1) SECRET found intact in title
The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans The Mistletoe Secret
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 610
Sarah H15.3 - Spin the Wheel - Option 2: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N, E, C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 280
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 17
Books read: 23
MAZZA1I would like to remove The Eye in the Door FROM TASK 30.1
THAT TAKES MY CURRENT POINTS TOTAL TO 1005
MAZZA120.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
This is a one book task. Read a book from one of the options below.
No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used. Your choice of book must total at least 190 pages.
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive). This shelf may help Popular 1990's Books
The Eye in the Door first published in 1993
Page count 280 exceeds requirement
points this post = 20
Points to date = 1025
MAZZA1 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Option 1: The Plague of Doves
Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism). mpg may be stand alone or embedded.
Melmoth MPG Historical Fiction
Option 3: Birchbark Books
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
The Dead Queens Club Hannah Capin
points this post = 30
Points to date = 1055
Karen DTask 10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Book: Summer of '69, finished 1/26
How it fits: 432 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 640
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
From page 1, World Fantasy Award
option 3, World in title: The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand
total = 830
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25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
option 2, sword cover:
Lycans and Legends: A Steampunk Fairy Tale by Melanie KarsakPB: Lycans and Legends: A Steampunk Fairy Tale
option 5, Detective Fiction pg 8, #757: Scrublands by Chris Hammer
total = 855
Mod
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
option 2, #2 series: Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer, (Benny Griessel #2)
option 4, author initials BS in Balloon feStival: Toward the Light by Bonnar Spring
total = 880
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25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1, DD in title word: Fixed Odds by William H.S. McIntyre
Book 2, From #4, Criticism 2016 Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum
total = 905
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30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Book 1, Hugo Award for Best Novel (2019):
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, 431 pages
Book 2, Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2018):
Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine, 352 pages
431 + 352 = 783 pages
total = 935
Queen Bee Darlene25.11 SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 1) from Great "Dog" books list
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Art of Racing in the Rain
#1 on list; 321 pages
Option 3) author initials in RESCUE DOGS
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
reSCue dogs; 387 pages
500 page minimum: 321 + 387 = 708 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 635
Readerboard Name: List_addict15.10: Get ‘Em While They’re Hot
A book published in 2019 or 2020
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Published 14 May, 2019
Points: 15
Total this Challenge: 15
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option 2: New Orleans, LA
Read a book that is the second in a series.
Stolen Lies by K. Webster and Nikki Ash
Truths and Lies #2
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM
Read a book by a single author whose initials are in A LBUQUE R QUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
Spark by Aleatha Romig
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 12
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019
Madness by Kailee Reese Samuels
Published December 2019
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUS A N D AND NINETEEN.
Chandelier by Annie Dyer
*Approved for length 7726
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 14
Coralie 25.7Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes
Book 1: Book with a word in the title that has a set of consecutive double letters – DD
Middlegame
Book 2 Book by an author from the list Fiction 1948 to the present finalist 1992
Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
Total to date 310 points
Adallae25.9. Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun
option 3 - Creation by Gore Vidal
Author's initials (G,V) found in VIGESIMAL
**This book has 592 pages and I am claiming on Big Book ticket
options 4 -
Glasses on cover
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 3
VAL TX10.9 - 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.
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Autobiography/Memoir (2012)
This post and total:
Points - 10
Task 25.13 - Christmas Marketstotal 500+ pages
Market: Dresden, Germany
book 1: read a book with DRESDEN in the subtitle
Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes
DRES in countRySiDE
DEN in EDeN
PB: Serpents in Eden - 276p
book 2: read a book set in Germany
March Violets
set in Berlin
MMPB: Marcowe fiołki - 336p
336+276 = 612 pages
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620 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
Task 20.5 - The Name is Importantoption 2: read a book who's author shares a name with a book award
Dauntless by Jack Campbell
CAMPBELL matches the John W CAMPBELL award
on p4 of the list
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640 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
perletwo25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Option 3: Hunt out a carrot by reading a book with all the letters of CARROT found in the title
Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Shakespeare
Option 4: Find some arms by reading a book by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in STICKS or TWIGS.
Starter House by Sonja Condit
Points this task: 25
Total points: 625
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 34
IULIA25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
Option 2: De trei ori în zori, by Alessandro Baricco, author's name in BARTENDERS
Option 3: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; by Anne Lamott ("bird" in title)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies to date: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
Market chosen: Tallinn Christmas Market, Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia
Book 1: The Ghost of Christmas Secrets by Bobbi Holmes.
hAuNTiNg danIeLLe series.
524 pages
Book 2: When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen set in Estonia.
320 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 875
Tasks completed: 48/64
Books read: 70
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: Audacity by Melanie Crowder.
MPG: historical fiction.
Option 3: Cabin Girl by Kristin Butcher.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 905
Tasks completed: 49/64
Books read: 72
IULIA50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1 (category 2. Refugee/ Immigrant):
Splendoarea vieții, by Michael Kumpfmüller (english version The Glory of Life), 224 pages (https://www.elefant.ro/splendoarea-vi...)
Characters: Dora Diamant and Franz Kafka, both immigrants from Poland (Dora) and Czech Republic (Kafka) into Germany.
Book 2 (category 1: Person of color)
Imperiul fără de sfârșit, by In-hwa Yi (english version Everlasting Empire: Taiwan, Past and Present), 352 pages.
Author is Korean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_In-hwa)
Book 3 (category 3: LBGTQIA*)
Straight, by Hanne Blank (paperback: 228 pages)
Total pages: 224 + 352 + 228 = 804.
All three authors are new to me.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 265
Golden Oldies to date: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - 2019
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. Disobedience by Naomi Alderman (both initials in thousANd).
Option 4: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. I read Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (the word DOWN can be made from the DN in thousand and the WO in TWO).
Total points so far: 475
Nick KY30.5 Sandy’s Task. Easy as 1 and 2.
Option 2. I read # 2 in a series, A Broth of Betrayal by Connie Archer (#2 in the Soup Lovers Mystery series.) 304 pp
Option 3. My last 5* book is The Children's Home. “Community Reviews 5 *s” has 5 stars from Veronica, who is on the first page of the "Newest Reviews" list. I read another 5* book from Veronica's list, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... I have not read this book before.
310 pp
Total pp = 614 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 525
Sarah H20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better - Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback is Wylding Hall
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 300
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 18
Books read: 24
15.6 - Third Time's The CharmRead a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. The awards must be listed in the GR metadata.
A Game of Thrones
Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1997),
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1997),
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1997),
Premio Ignotus for Novela extranjera (2003)
This book is 835 pages - Claiming 2 BB tickets.
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This post: 15
Total points: 180
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Task 10.3 - Let It Snowread a book with 3 word title, initials in WINTER WONDERLAND
The Rosie Result
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650 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking ForwardOption 1, an award-winning book that has a main page genre of Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction 2015
Points this post: 20
Total points: 525
Task 10.9 - Winter's in the Airread a book nominated for an award beginning with a letter from WINTER
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
Will Eisner award
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660 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
Barbara ★5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Redwall - Brian Jacques 1/27
(IL: MG -- BL: 5.6 -- AR Pts: 16.0)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 520
Blueberry15.10 Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
Pts this task: 15
Total books: 9
Total pts: 160
Andy P.Repost of Post # 2047
Task # 30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1. Read a book with mpg historical fiction,
The True Story of Hansel and GretelHistorical>Historical Fiction MPG(550 users)
Option 3. Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
Shadows of Sin
BIRCHBARKRochelle Krich
Points this post: 30
Total points : 440
Correct title of Book is Shadows of Sin , not Fragile Truths
delicious dee20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2 - The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock
points this post: 20
points overall: 535
MAZZA15.8. Speaking My Language?
Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
originally published in Japanese
points this post = 5
Points to date - 1060
Anna K30.4 - 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.
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, by Lindsey Hilsum
2 Es and 2 Is in “In ExtrEmIs); O in “Correspondent”
Book 2 - Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from provided list of animal sounds. (The animal word may be used in the singular or plural form.)
Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants, by Jacob Shell
Animal: Elephant(s)
Points this post: 30
Points this challenge: 60
Thank you!
TraceyL25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
Gwendy's Magic Feather
First Published November 19th 2019
Option 4: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN.
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
"WITH" appears in tWo THousand and nIneteen
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 320
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
JUKKA15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 1: Book set in a country whose independence day is in December.
Raksa by Tuomas Vimma is set in Finland. The name means "construction site".
Option 2: Book set in a country whose independence day is in December.
The Bat by Jo Nesbø is set in Australia.
Total Points: 180/1165
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 13/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 4
MEGSCL15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Harvey Awards for Best US Edition of Foreign Material (2004), ALA Alex Award (2004), Prix du Festival d'Angoulême for Alph-art du coup de coeur (2001)
TOTAL TO DATE
365 points
5 big books
MEGSCL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Looking back
Sula
TOTAL TO DATE
385 points
5 big books
MEGSCL25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019. The Dutch House
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. Inland by Téa Obreht
TOTAL TO DATE
410 points
5 big books
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The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Page 2 (#155) on Books by Authors of Color list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50