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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Brooke TX10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 555
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 78
Brooke TX15.2 - In The Category...
Book 1: Read a book that has WON an award. Won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Limited Series (2018):
Book 2: Using the SAME award and the SAME YEAR read a book that has WON an award in a different category. Won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Writer (2018):
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 570
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 78
SALLY M.5.1 Name Calling!: person's first name in title
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 38
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
SALLY M.5.4 That's a Strange Title!: odd number of words in title
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 39
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
BUCKET15.10 Get 'Em While They're Hot
Inland by Tea Obreht
First published: August 2019
Points this post: 15
Points total: 250
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
babbling c20.7- 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.
Wyvern's Prince - kindle Wyvern's Prince - paperback pg 268 by Deborah Cooke
Deborah
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 305/1165
Completed Tasks: 17/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 8,342
Books read this season: 24
Pat ☆ ☆ 30.2 ~ Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Choose two different options and read a book for each option. The combined total of both books must be at least 500 pages.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose in your post.
Option 1
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING. All initials count.
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine CenterCompleted ~ 1.2.20
Pages ~ 320
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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.
The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman Completed ~ 2.11.20
Pages ~ 384
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 495
Tasks Completed ~ 26
Books Read This Season ~ 40
Pages Read This Season ~ 13,564
babbling c25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 1- The Quest- My longest running challenge is an individual quest where reading books levels up my sword and wand and completes challenges. Doing this enables me to collect items, kill monsters, and gain experience. I have been playing this challenge since it started January 22, 2015 and have accumulated 2877 experience points.
Read a book FIRST published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count. ex. 280, 377, 427.
Ice Like Fire - audible Ice Like Fire - paperback pg 478 by Sara Raasch
First published October 13th 2015
and 78 in page number
Option 2- Pick for me- For this challenge, another player chooses a series for me to read, from ones that I have selected.
Staked - audible Staked - paperback pg 338 by Kevin Hearne
The Iron Druid Chronicles #8
I started this series prior to the challenge.
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 330/1165
Completed Tasks: 18/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 9,158
Books read this season: 26
Task 25.10 - Rewards of Awards500+ pages total
option 3 - read a graphic novel nominated for an award
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
304 pages
option 4 - read a book from the Reese Witherspoon list
Big Little Lies
#5 on the list
460 pages
304+460 >>500 pages
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1025 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
TraceyL30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
First Published November 5th 2019
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Jane Austen shares a name with Jane Tuesday
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 680
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL5.8. Speaking My Language?
Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language.
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Translated from French. My primary language is English.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 685
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
babbling c30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
Book 1: The Magic of Xanth
Option 2: Read any book on Goodreads’ list of Popular Punny Books.
Chaos Choreography - kindle Chaos Choreography - paperback pg. 368 by Seanan McGuire
Page 2
Book 2: The King of Xanth
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in PIERS ANTHONY (All initial count, and letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase) AND that has MPGs of BOTH Science Fiction and Fantasy (Science Fiction Fantasy as an MPG will count as both).
Empire of Ivory - Audible Empire of Ivory - paperback pgs 404 by Naomi Novik
Science Fiction Fantasy 87 users
ANTHONY
368+404=772>500
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 360/1165
Completed Tasks: 19/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 9,936
Books read this season: 28
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk: Teaching Kids to Talk with Clarity and Purpose - first published in 2019.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another - the word "Hate" in the title is found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN - H, A, and T in THousAnd, E in ninEteen.
total points: 985
I'm sorry, Dlmrose but last try, I promise lol25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 3:
by Nalini Singhtwo thouSaNd and nineteen
Option 4:
by Harper Foxtwo thousand and NINEteen
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
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas MarketsChosen Market - Edinburgh's Christmas, Scotland
Book 1:
by William MiekleEdinburgh
Book 2:
by Suzanne Enoch Set in Scotland
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 32
Completed Tasks: 19
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
PAULA S25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 3: Carrot for the nose
C in Christmas
A in christmAs
R in foR
R in chRistmas
O in fOr
T in chrisTmas
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): A Ghost For Christmas
Option 4: Sticks for the arms
by Samantha Silver author initials SS in StickSThis book exists as an electronic book only, approved in SRC eBook Verification doc line 230
Points this task: 25
Total points so far: 165
Big Books tickets so far: 1
10.4 - Snuggle UpA book with the letters GG in the author's name: The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 810
Queen Bee Darlene15.5 Lady With a Lamp
Nurse or midwife as central character
The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham The German Midwife
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 950
25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of AwardsTwo book task. Choose two of the following options and read one book for each option. One of your books may have a MPG of Sequential Art, Comics, Manga, or Graphic Novel. The combined page count for both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 2: New-to-Me Genre Readers
Read a graphic novel that has won or been nominated for at least one literary award. The award(s) much show up under the Literary Awards section of the books main page.
Watchmen by Alan Moore.
MPG> Graphic Novels
Winner of the Hugo Award (among many others)
416 pages
Option 4: The Media
Choose one of the media stars below and read a book found on her book list.
Emma Roberts
Required: State which celebrity you chose and, if the list has more than one page, state which page the book can be found on when you post.
Emma by Jane Austen.
I read from Emma Roberts' list, p. 2 (currently ranked #125).
474 pages
416 + 474 > 500 total pages.
I claim one GOLDEN OLDIE ticket as Emma was first published in 1815.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
Total GO tickets: 1
Kathy KSRepost of this task, replacing original title (to be moved elsewhere)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Ceremony, by Robert B. Parker
sPectRe
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 350
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Bookwrm52615.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format. I read They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.
Total points so far: 660
Kathy KSThis title was originally used for Task 20.9. It was replaced.
15.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Violet, by Scott Thomas
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 365
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Amy FL15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
My Friend Dahmer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340
Amy FL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Lies by T.M. Logan (MeLTdown)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Amy FL25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 1: Shadowshaper - first published June 30th 2015; 297 pages
Option 2: Twisted Twenty-Six - Stephanie Plum, #26 (I have read all 25 previous books over the past 10+ years)
Points this post: 25
Total points 405
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas MarketsMagic Christmas in Colmar, France
Book 1 - COLMAR
Scales of Empire (Dragon Empire Trilogy #1) by Kylie Chan
COLMAR found in sCALes Of eMpiRe
416 pages
Book 2 - Set 75% in France
The Second Worst Restaurant in France (Paul Stuart #2) by Alexander McCall Smith
245 pages
Total pages read: 661
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 785
25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!Option 1:
by Clifford D. SimakPage #2; Published in 1952
Option 3:
by Sarah GaileyreScue doGs
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 34
Completed Tasks: 20
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 01
GO Tickets to Date: 01
Mod
I chose option 2 and read The Collapsing Empire. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. Top MPG is Science Fiction, and the book won the Locus Award for Best SF Novel in 2018.
total points: 1005
Karen DTask 15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Book: On the Come Up, finished 2/13
How it fits: First published 5 February 2019
Points this task: 15
Total points: 785
Sophie25.2
Opt 2
Set in Space
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
p581 - claiming BB
Nothing in title
Nothing Special by A.E. Via
Total 355
BB 6
Delicious Dee25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1 - Three Women (EE)
Book 2 - The Great Believers - 2019 nominee for Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
points this post: 25
points overall: 730
LAUREN JODI10.6 - Fresh Start
Slightly Shady by Amanda Quick
First in the Lake/March series
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195/1165
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 19/64
Joanne MITask 10.3 - 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.
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown ( I received an ARC of this book).
Points this task 10
Total Points 380
Total BB's 8
50.1 3 books1. A fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories: Caging Skies by Christine Leunens: Physical Disability The main character Johannes becomes an amputee early in the book. Approved in message 58 of the Help Thread.
2. A fiction book where the author falls into one of the diversity categories: The Sellout by Paul Beatty: Person of Color
3. A nonfiction book about one of the diversity categories: The Two Popes: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World, by Anthony McCarten: Religion This is about the Catholic popes; I identify as an atheist.
Required: All three authors are new to me.
Pages: 443+289+256 = 988 pages
Task Points: 50
Total Points: 250
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Sarah E15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2
The Christmas Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Yuletide stories
ebook only, approved in message 7736
Total points: 50
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1: Nonfiction book with MPG Nature
The Secret Life of Cows
Total points: 70
APRILLEIGH20.1 - 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.
If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) by Betty White
Is one of about a dozen #65 books on page 1 of the Beach Reads listopia.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (110)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (6)
Total Tasks: 5
JUKKA25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play…:
Option 2: Book that is the second part of a series.
Ruutukymppi by Tuomas Vimma. It is the second part of the Schicklgruber trilogy.
Option 4: Book whose author's initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL.
The Crane by Ree Soesbee
Total Points: 335/1165
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 24/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 5
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s Task: Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of Fantasy, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony (384 pages > 190)
Fantasy is first on the MPG list with 1,385 users.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (130)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (7)
Total Tasks: 6
APRILLEIGH20.7 - 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.
In the Hall with the Knife by Diana PeterfrEunD
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (150)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (8)
Total Tasks: 7
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.Book 1: Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories
Double letters are 'll'
Book 2: Caravans by James A. Michener
From #1 Fiction 1948 for "Tales of the South Pacific"
Total points: 205
PAULA S20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE or MELTDOWN.
by Terry Pratchett - author initials TP in sPecTrePoints this task: 20
Total points so far: 185
Big Books tickets so far: 1
PAULA S20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
- link to my discussion postI read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Le Livre perdu des sortilèges
This is a big book, MMPB is 832p long. I request 2 big book tickets.
Points this task: 20
Total points so far: 205
Big Books tickets so far: 3
Nick KY20.10 Group Challenge. I read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. My comment is # 17 in the Group Read thread for it.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for A Discovery of Witches at 579 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 845
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
Queen Bee Darlene20.6 Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1) award-winning book genre historical fiction
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd A Test of Wills
Barry Award for Best First Novel 1997
Points this post
Total Points: 970
PegW30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Book 1: Read a book which has won or been nominated for any of the awards listed.
Rosewater
2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
I read the kindle edition, linked to paperback.
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book which has won or been nominated for a different award from the site, in any year.
Uprooted
2015 Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel
Read the kindle, linked to paperback.
pages 432+438/exceeds 500 minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 7
Total Tasks: 25
Queen Bee Darlene15.2 In The Category...
Book 1: book that has won an award in any category
Book 2: using same award and the same year, read book that has won an award in a different category
1) She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper She Rides Shotgun
Edgar Award for Best First Novel - 2018
2) Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Long Way Down
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult - 2018
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 985
TraceyL25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
The Other People Audiobook
The Other People PB 288 Pages
Book 2. Option 2: Read a book whose TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Audiobook
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon MMPB 264 Pages
288 + 264 = 552 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 710
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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25.5 All Work and Some Play...
Option 1, Palm Springs, CA: at least two of these in page total = 0, 1, 3, 4, 8 (368 pages)
The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 2, New Orleans, LA: #2 in series (Daughters of La Lune #2)
The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 37
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2