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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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IULIA30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., by Isabel Allende, 256 pages
Option 2: Walking the Nile, first published in January 2015. Paperback edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., 339 pages
Total pages: 256 + 339 = 595
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies to present: 1
IULIA15.4 - Go Red
Option 2: book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 (approved through message 42 in help thread)
Istoria si arta ceaiului, by Laura C. Martin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Golden Oldies to present: 1
5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureThe Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin
words in title begin with TDP & can be found in neustaDT Prize
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 745
10.6 - Fresh StartMany people consider the New Year a fresh start. Let's celebrate by reading a book that is #1 in a series. The series designation (series name #1) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
I read Still Life which is #1 in the Chief Inspector Gamche series.
points: 315
books read: 25
tasks completed: 20
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 4
pages read: 9034
Task 50.1 - Diversify Your Reading750+ pages total
book 1: read a book with MC meeting criteria 6 - physical disability
A Chain Across the Dawn
Sho has damaged spine and is in a wheelchair
320 pages
book 2: read a book with author meeting criteria 1 - diverse background
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
Rai is from South Asian background (https://www.npr.org/2018/04/08/600549... "Alisha Rai, the south Asian author")
Rai is a NEW-TO-ME author
387 pages
book 3: read a non-fiction about criteria 5 - mental health issue
Heart Berries: A Memoir
this is a memoir of the author's struggles with a variety of mental health conditions including PTSD
(also Mailhot is of diverse background, so covers that area too!)
Mailhot is a NEW-TO-ME author
128 pages
320+387+128 = 835
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900 points (corrected addition error)
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
Nick KY10.3 Winter I read Return of the Whistler by Blossom Elfman, first letters of title in winTeR WOnderland.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 710
Nick KY20.4 Perletwo's Task Opt. 2. I read Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman, “Fantasy” genre and a 3 in the pagination, 365.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 730
Nick KYO.K. I do not know what I just did -- but I did not do PerleTwo's 20.4 task. I will have to take away the book Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions and use it somewhere else.
For now my point total is back to 710.
Nick KY20.5 Julia103’s The Name is Important. Opt. 1. An award is named for the author; I read The Fallen Man by Tony Hillerman. The Tony Hillerman award is on p. 191 of the awards list: https://www.goodreads.com/award?page=...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 730
Suzannesea15.6 Third Time's the Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards.
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 470
Jasmiina F20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues:
Option 1: Read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded):
Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free: The Ultimate Guide to Telling the Truth, Creating Connection, and Finding Freedom by Nancy Levin.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8. Speaking My Language
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1060
Tasks completed: 60/64
Books read: 85
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.11 SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 1: Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan.
Page 1of the of list
278 pages
Option 4:
by Jacqueline Sheehan373 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1085
Tasks completed: 61/64
Books read: 87
25.3 Crime Writers' AwardsOption 1:
Red, White & Royal Blue
Option 3:
Fika: The Art of The Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats
+25 = 295 points total.
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories. I read The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey. The main character falls into diversity category 1, she is Asian-Indian, a Parsi born in India. (384p)
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories. I read The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith, who falls into diversity category 3. She identifies as queer on her website ( https://www.amandahackwith.com/about ). This author is new to me. (375p)
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories. I read We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib. This book is about being queer (diversity category 3) and being Muslim (diversity category 4 as I am an atheist). This author is new to me. (240p)
384+375+240 = 999p
Total points so far: 615
5.6 Have You Heard the One About.......?Lock Every Door by Riley
Sager
Author's initials can be found in UniveRSity
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
15.10 Get `Em While They're Hot Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Published in 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Total GO tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
Task 10.8 - Leap Yearread a book first published in a year with a doubled digit
Relentless
first pub in 2009
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910 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
Queen Bee Darlene25.5 Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play
Option 3: boat on cover
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell Winter's Bone
This is the Kindle edition which I did read
Option 4) author initials in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher The Wives
albuquerque balloon FesTival
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 810
Queen Bee Darlene25.5 Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play
Option 3: boat on cover
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell Winter's Bone
This is the Kindle edition which I did read
Option 4) author initials in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher The Wives
albuquerque balloon FesTival
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 810
25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge AddictOption 2:
by Jonathan L. HowardRead 1st book in November, 2018
Option 3:
by Terry PratchettList#3, Entry#77
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 365
Books Read: 28
Completed Tasks: 17
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
TraceyL25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 2: Read a book that has a MPG of Animals, standalone or embedded.
The Zookeepers' War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War Audiobook
The Zookeepers' War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War PB 272 Pages
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase RESCUE DOGS.
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala Audiobook
Wave PB 240 Pages
272 + 240 = 512 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 520
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
SandyL5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title
Letters to Molly by Devney Perry
Molly is a MC in story
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title
The Color of the Season by Julianne MacLean
5 words in title
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.5. Try to Count Them
Read a book with a main page genre of fantasy
Wild Hunger by Suzanne Wright
MPG Fantasy
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.7. Play Those Words!
Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person pictured on its cover.
Love on the Rocks by Kay Harris
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.8. Speaking My Language?
Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
My primary language = English
Book originally published = Japanese
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 26
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 3: Read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list.
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Page 3 on ALA Alex Award Winners
264 Pages
Option 4: Choose one of the media stars below and read a book found on her book list.
Beach Rental by Grace Greene
Page 1 of Reese Witherspoon Book Club
316 Pages
264 + 316 pages = 580 pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase RESCUE DOGS
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr
ResCue dogs
285 Pages
Option 4: Read a book with a dog on the cover.
All or Nothing by Claire Cross
384 Pages
285 + 384 = 669 pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 1: Read a book from the Books With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title list.
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
Page 1 of List
Option 3: Read a book with all the letters of CARROT found in the title
The Color of a Dream by Julianne MacLean
The COloR of A dReam
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
TessaVanessaReposting
Challenge 5.8 Speaking My Language?
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman.
My native language is English. This book was originally printed in Swedish.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 1085
Tasks completed: 61/64
Books read: 87
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
BOOK 1: Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton.
Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (2018)
288 p.
Book 2:Witchmark by C.L. Polk
Aurora Award Nominee for Best Novel (English) (2019)
318 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1115
Tasks completed: 62/64
Books read: 89
Kait20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3 - A book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Gorison Traveler Incident by Laurann Dohner -- L&D are both found in Meltdown; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: The Gorison Traveler Incident
Total Points: 140
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Jen K15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 425
Kathy KS25.5 - 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.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Playing with fire, by Peter Robinson
Hardcover, 368 pages
Option 2: Read a book that is the second in a series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...#
Death spoke, by Leonard Krishtalka
(A Harry Przewalski Novel #2)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 350
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kim O15.2 - In The Category...
Book 1: Read a book that has WON an award (no nominee, longlist, shortlist, or list award) in any category.
The Age of Innocence Pulitzer, novel, 1921
Golden Oldie -- first published June 20th 1920
Book 2: Using the SAME award and the SAME YEAR read a book that has WON an award in a different category.
The Victory at Sea Pulitzer, history, 1921
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1920
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldie tickets: 2
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
Tasks completed: 13
Suzannesea30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1
Read a book with a main page genre of historical fiction. . .
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
Option 3
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
biRchbarK
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 500
APRILLEIGH30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
Book 1: The Magic of Xanth
Option 1: Read any book in the Xanth series.
A Spell for Chameleon (344 pages) is the first book in the series.
Book 2: The King of Xanth
Option 1: Read any Piers Anthony book for which he is listed as the sole author.
On a Pale Horse (352 pages)
Each book should be a minimum of 200 pages with a combined total of at least 500 pages.
344 + 352 = 696 > 500 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (90)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (5)
Total Tasks: 4
Julia10325.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 1: The Goose Girl on page 17 of list
I don't see Children as a MPG, but just in case - AR Bookfinder has IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
Option 4: Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (on Reese Witherspoon list)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 630
BB: 7
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 44
Jasmiina F20.7- 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:
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.
*Big Book Ticket with 541 pages.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
PegW15.4 - 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
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Book 2 Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover. The item must be predominately red.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 7
Total Tasks: 23
IULIA25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
A - Christian holiday
Despre dragoste si umbra, by Isabel Allende, IA is found in CHARITY CAROLS
C - Retail:
Walking the Nile, by Levison Wood, WTN is found in SEASONAL WARMTH
Points this post: 25
Total points: 305
Golden Oldies to present: 1
Task: 10.9 - Winter's in the AirBook read:Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
Required: Award: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play (1942). begins with N of wiNter.
I am claiming 1 GO as this was first published in 1941
GO/BB requested?: 1
Points this task: 10
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 22
DELETED I posted the same task twice
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas MarketsChosen Market - Edinburgh's Christmas, Scotland
Book 1:
by Harper Foxall letters from Edinburgh in the title
Book 2:
by Set in Scotland
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 30
Completed Tasks: 18
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesOPTION 3: Read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
No. 305 on page 4 of ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (1st pub 1899)*
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 155
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 9
Mod
I chose option 2, and read Breaking Silence. Fantasy is the only listed genre, and the book has 320 pages, so page count includes a 3.
total points: 810
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise ErdrichOPTION 1: Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism).
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
(mpg=Historical Fiction)
OPTION 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
I Didn't Talk by Beatriz Bracher
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 185
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 11
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For my first book, I used option 1 (FP 1969-2019) and read Temples, Tuks-Tuks and Fried Fish Lips, first published in 2013. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
For my second book, I used option 3 and read A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci. "David" matches the Sesame Street human character David - "a kid from the neighborhood who helps out Mr. Hooper."
I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 790