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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Sara G10.3 - Let It Snow
Read a book with a title consisting of at least 3 words where each initial letter can be found in the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND. All title words count. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
WINTER WONDERLAND
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Coralie15.6 Third Time’s the Charm
Book nominated for three literary awards
The Iron Trial
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13.0
Total to date 35 points
TraceyL5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title.
Tiny Tim and The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge - the sequel to A Christmas Carol
Both "Tim" and "Ebenezer" are first names and character names.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 65
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Elizabeth PTask 15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option Two - Single book that fits both of the following requirements:
Book with letters RSTLNE and CDMA in title/subtitle/authors name
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
RED whiTe and royAL blue by CaSey McquistoN
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 8
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award, named for Agatha Christie, is on page 1 of the Book Awards list.
The Murder at the Vicarage was first published in 1930.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=3)
Kathy KS20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Required: Identify the option.
Option 3) Read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
There's Something About Sweetie, by Sandhya Menon.
sanDhya mEnon
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Elizabeth PTask 10.6 - Fresh Start
Book that is #1 in a series
Shacking Up by Helena Hunting
Book one in the "Shacking Up" series
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 9
Alaina5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
Saga, Vol. 2-Brian K. Vaughan
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
MAZZA125.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option 1: Choose two options and read a book for each.
A - Christian holiday
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CHARITY CAROLS
Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang
B - Jewish holiday
Read a book from the list Jewish Fiction and Literature
Required: State which page you found the book on.
The Invisible Bridge
Found on page 1 of the list
This book is 758 pages and I am claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 175
BB tickets this post = 2
BB to date = 8
30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without EndThe total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500.
Total pages read: 787
Book 1: Read a book which has won or been nominated for any of the awards listed on the Worlds Without End site, from any year.
Read: Spinning Silver
2019 Mythopoeic winner
Book 2: Read a book which has won or been nominated for a different award from the site, in any year. The award used for Book 1 may not be repeated.
Read: The Graveyard Book
2009 Hugo winner
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
Up on Horseshoe Hill by Penelope Janu
Option 2: Read a book which WON a literary prize or award in 2019.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Michael L. Printz Award (2019)
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 75
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 - Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits. I read Ghost Army of World War II by Jack Kneece, first published in 2001.
Total points so far: 25
10.8 - Leap YearRead a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits
Book read: Just Like Heaven
How it fits: First published in 2011
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Total points: 40
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Maryn15.3 Spin the Wheel - book that includes RSTLNE + CDMA in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name.
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie.
This post: 15 points.
Total to date: 15 points.
Maryn 15.10 Get 'Em While They're Hot - a book first published in 2019 or 2020.
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder.
First published in 2019.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Maryn20.9 Can You Keep A Secret - Option 3, first and last name initials appear in SPECTRE.
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Sara G5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 544 pages.
**The Poppy War is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson #1 in Hidden Iceland series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Pick two places and complete the task for each.
Required: Make sure you indicate the options you have selected when you post.
Option 1: Palm Springs, CA
Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8.
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston.
400 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.
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
#2 in the Cormoran Strike series.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
20.5 Option 1 Read a book by an author who has an award named for them.The Bram Stoker Award is named for Bram Stoker on page 1
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Big Book Ticket: 1 (520 pages)
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1 (1897)
Post Points: 20
Total Points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Pat ☆ ☆ TASK #15.7 ~ Stand Alone
Task Description ~ Read a book that is a standalone - NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
This Tender Land by Wlliam Kent KruegerCompleted ~ 12.9.19
Pages ~ 450
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 55
Tasks Completed ~ 3
Books Read This Season ~ 4
Pages Read This Season ~ 1378
MAZZA110.8 - Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
After the Quake first published 2000
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 185
Kim O10.2 - Comfort Food Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
Cooking with Fernet Branca
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Suzannesea25.1 - Andy P.'s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1
Read a book which doesn't contain an M or N in the title or subtitle.
The Burglar by Thomas Perry
Book 2
Option 1
Read a book in which the author's name contains both an M and an N.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Mark sullivaN
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 60
Sara G10.2 - Comfort Food
One of the first things that comes to MY mind during the holidays is food! Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself by Ann Mah
MPG Food and Drink > Food 36 users
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Pat☆ ☆ 30.7 ~ Sesame Street 50th
Task Description ~ This is a 2 book task. Choose two different options, and state in your post which options you chose.
Option 1
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
A Better Man by Louise PennyPublished ~ August 27, 2019
Completed ~ 12.5.19
Pages ~ 437
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Option 3
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character name. Individual name parts may be used, i.e. Susan Robinson = Susan or Robinson. Names must match exactly. The character name may be used as a first or last name.
REQUIRED: Character ~ Jane Tuesday ~
The Lost Man by Jane HarperCompleted ~ 12.2.19
Pages ~ 340
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 85
Tasks Completed ~ 4
Books Read This Season ~ 6
Pages Read This Season ~ 2155
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5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
My Cheeky Angel byMimi Barbour
#1998 on Ebook page Verification
Total # of Tasks=1/64
Total # of Points read=5/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Kim O5.6. 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.
Dog Songs
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…Option 1: author initials in SPREADSHEET TRACKER
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - spreadsheet trACkerI listened to the audiobook. The massmarket paperback edition has 256 pages.
I'd like one Golden Oldie ticket, please (first published in 1926)
Option 3: Kindle Unlimited
The Last DanceI read the kindle edition available for Kindle Unlimited. The paperback edition has 464 pages.
256 + 464 pages >600 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
GO tickets: 1
perletwo20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues - Option 3: read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers page 1
Points this task: 20
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 11
Cordelia5.5 Try to Count them
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
MPG FANTASY
Points: 5
Total Points: 100
CEELEETask 5.1
In honor of awards that bear a person's name, read a book with a first person's name in the title, subtitle or series title. and must be the name of a character in the book.
I chose My Friend Anna : The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams
My Friend Anna
Anna is the name of a character in the book and is the focus of the book. Everybody should read this book! It is a textbook case of how con artists work! She nearly ruined the author's life. Fascinating and scary! Do you have any tickets to claim for anguish, anxiety or simply freaking out over a book? :)
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Winter 2019--2020 Challenge: 5
Total Tasks Completed for Winter 2019--2020 Challenge: 1
Total Books Read for Winter 2019--2020 Challenge: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Winter 2019--2020 Challenge 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter 2019--2020 Challenge: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 2: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
❆ author's first name (Will) matches the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (found on p. 1 of awards list) ❆
Total points: 10 + 20 = 30
Sarah H5.4. That's a Strange Title! - Read a book with an odd number of words in its title.
The End of the Sentence
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 75
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 6
Books read: 7
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title. I read Josephine by Beverly Jenkins. Josephine is the main character.
Total points so far: 30
Pamela326510.10 - Overlooked?
Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright - More than 10,000 ratings and no Literary Awards section
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65
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
Sanz20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive)
Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
This book was first published in 1998
Completed Tasks: 1
Total Points Earned: 20
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.5 - Kaora's Task: 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.
The Hidden by Krista E Bur
340 pages
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL.
The Reunion of a Lifetime by Fiona Lowe
author's initials, FL, found in FestivaL
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 100
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Speigelman.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 9/64
Books read: 10
trishhartuk20.5 Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Agatha Christie
Read the kindle edition.
Top MMPB link (French) here (although looking at the list of stories in it, I'm not sure its the same collection)
Top MMPB (English) here (this one is the same collection)
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/... and is listed on page 1 of the awards list.
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: No
Big book: No
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Nick KY5.7 Play! I read The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark. The musical instrument “Drums” is in the title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 55
Nick KY15.10 While They’re Hot
I read The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, 1st pub’d in 2019.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 70
Sara G5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English (including translation).
Read a book set at least 50% in Canada.
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
This book is set entirely in Canada.
**The Blue Castle is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1926). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Amy W20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
I chose Option 3: Read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
I read Wallbanger by Alice Clayton. It is on the list Chick Lit for the Beach, page 4.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 45
MAZZA125.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
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.
Before the Fall Pages = 400
Book 2.
Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N.
I read an ARC copy of this book Gravity Is the Thing which i got via Netgalley and Atlantic Books
there is no MMP this is the first listed paperback
Gravity Is The Thing
Jaclyn Moriarty
Pages = 480
Total page count = 400+480 = 880
Points this post 25
Points to date = 210
10.9 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 Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos by Anne Carson
T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
Post Points: 10
Total Points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book A - The Toll - Big Book TIcket - 500+pgs (book has 627pgs)
Book B - A Bend in the Stars - Rachel Barenbaum - M, N in Barenbaum
points this post: 25
points overall: 70
5.4. That's a Strange Title!Read a book with an odd number of words in its title
I read an audio version of The Scribbly Man
New Points: 5
Total Points: 5
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20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Shadow and Bone
MPG Fantasy, 358 Pages
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40