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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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10.10 - Overlooked?A popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award: And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
published 2012
12,006 ratings
Points this post: 10
Total points: 820
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotI read Keeping Lucy. It was published 8/6/19.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 315
Number of tasks complete: 13
Number of books: 22
Big Book:1
IULIA25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 3: Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, OT in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN
Option 5: Pe jos în Himalaya, by Levison Wood, 312 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Golden Oldies to Present: 1
IULIA25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 3: Chicago, IL
Dorință, by Mathias Énard, gondolas (Venetian boats) on the cover
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM
Castele de furie, by Alessandro Baricco, AB in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
Golden Oldies to Present: 1
Nick KY25.9 Diana K’s Number Fun Option 1. Consecutive pair of letters in title. I read Dodo Destiny: An American Eye on Mauritius by Tom Parker, 2 letter group “DO” repeated.
Option 2. Read a book where the digits in the page number count add up to 20. I read Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin, 389 pp, digits add up to 20.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 870
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Group Reads
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.
Post #18 in discussion thread.
And another challenge is finished!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1165
Tasks completed: 64/64
Books read: 92
Task: 30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable WomanOption: 1
Book read:Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Required: Author initials NG in kiNG
Page count: 301
Option: 4
Book read:Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning. IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9.0
Required: 2 sets of double letters RR in saRRa and NN in maNNing
page count: 217
total pages:518
Points this task: 30
Total points: 535
Total Golden Oldies: 6
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 24
Task 15.2 - In The Category...read two books that were winners in the same year for different categories of the same award
2019 GoodReads Choice Award
book 1: winner of YA Fantasy
The Wicked King
book2: winner Mystery/Thriller
The Silent Patient
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1040 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
Barbara ★30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Dear Miss Demeanor - Joan Hess (first published n 1987) 12/18
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name. Individual name parts may be used,
Zero Belly Diet: The Revolutionary New Plan to Turn Off Your Fat Genes and Keep You Lean for Life! - David Zinczenko 2/7
(Sesame Street Character - David)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 650
15.1 - Days of CelebrationSelect 2 options and read a book for each. You MAY use the same option twice but you MUST choose different countries.
Option 2, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January: Taiwan, Cuba, Haiti, Slovakia, Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Australia, India, Nauru.
Trick or Treat - Kerry Greenwood 2/14
(set 100% in Melbourne, Australia)
Option 3, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in February: Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Grenada, Iran, Japan, Vatican City, Serbia, Lithuania, Kosovo, Libya, Gambia, Saint Lucia, Brunei, Guyana, Estonia, Kuwait, Dominican Republic.
A Madness of Sunshine - Nalini Singh 1/31
(set 100% in New Zealand)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 665
Karen DTask 5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Book: At the Edge of the Universe, finished 2/14
Points this task: 5
Total points: 790
Andy P.Task # 25.14 - 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
Cold Quiet Country by Clayton Lindemuth C and L in CAROLS
B. Jewish Holiday
Read a book from the list Jewish Fiction and Literature
Come Back for Me by Sharon Hart-Green page 1 # 6
Points this post: 25
Total points: 780
20.9 Can You Keep A Secret? I chose option 2 and read Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
New Total: 130
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Sarah H20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 3 - Read a book with a word in the title (not subtitle) of at least 3 letters that is in an award name.
The Tolkien Reader
The word "Reader" is in Reader Views Literary Award, which is found on page 3 of the Goodreads Book Awards list.
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 360
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 21
Books read: 28
5.6 Water Song: A Retelling of The Frog Princeby Suzanne Weyn
Author's initials found in S in Singapore and W in Award
Task +5
Grand Total: 15
*REPOST TO SWAP BOOK AND ADD GOLDEN OLDIE*Task: 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option: 3
Book read:Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
Required: Author initials OW appear in meltdOWn
GO/BB requested?: Yes. Golden oldie requested as book first published in 1893.
Points this task: No change to points
Total points: 535
Total Golden Oldies: 7
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 24
BUCKET50.1 Diversify Your Reading
Book 1. The Book of Salt by Monique Truong. 261 pages.
Diversity category 3. The novel’s MC, Binh, is gay and has romantic relationships with other men throughout the novel. See Wikipedia summary.
Book 2. Buddha's Orphans by Samrat Upadhyay. 437 pages.
Diversity category 1. This novel’s author Samrat Upadhyay is Nepalese-American. He was born in Kathmandu, Nepal and is a person of color.
Book 3. The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantu. 250 pages.
Diversity category 2. This non-fiction memoir is about Cantu’s experiences first as a Mexico/U.S. border patrol agent and then as a civilian trying to help an immigrant friend gain legal status and return to the U.S.
Monique Truong, Samrat Upadhyay and Francisco Cantu are all new authors for me!
437 + 261 + 250 = 948 pages
Points this post: 50
Points total: 300
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
Task: 15.5- Lady With A LampBook read: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Required: Character Heather Marconi is one of the 9 titular strangers, mentioned on the GR characters, and her profession as a nurse is confirmed here
(view spoiler)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 550
Total Golden Oldies: 7
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 25
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - 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. I chose MeltdoWn and read Artificial Condition by Martha Wells.
Total points so far: 680
TraceyL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
In honor of the Archive's Hugo Award, read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics.
Alice by Christina Henry
Page 8 #698
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 730
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Coralie 25.3 Crime Writers Awards
Option 1: The Scarlet Stiletto
Book with a color in the title
The Black Company
Option 4: The Whodunit Award
Book with a question mark in the title
May We Borrow Your Husband? & Other Comedies of the Sexual Life
Total to date 440 points
Amy FL25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun
Option 3: Caraval by Stephanie Garber (viGeSimal)
Option 4:
Points this post: 25
Total points: 445
ED30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Opt. 2- #2 in the Miss Marple series
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie-315p.-pub. 1932
*****I Claim 1 GO Ticket*****
Opt.3- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman-336p
My last 5 star book was Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney- I selected Gail and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is a new book to me from Gail's 5 star books.
315p + 336p= 651pages exceeding the 600p. minimum
Points this task: 30
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
Amy FL30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: Cooking for Picasso (Historical Fiction)
Option 3: Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle (BirchbarK)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 475
Kathy KS30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Read... two books from one option.
I have chosen to read two books from Option 3
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
Fortune's Pawn, by Rachel Bach
BiRchbark
I listened to the audio of the above book. mmpb=448 p. (Sternenschiff).
Communities of Kinship: Antebellum Families and the Settlement of the Cotton Frontier, by Carolyn Earle Billingsley
BirChbark
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
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Laurah 3020.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
opt 2 . read a book from uplifting fiction this book is on page 1 #11
Little Women published in 1868; 528 p
claiming 1 GO ticket
claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 295
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 13
Books read: 19
Joanne MITask 10.8 Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits
Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial first published 1994
Claiming 1 BB at 540 pages
Points this task 10
Total Points 390
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 9
Julia10320.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2: Watchtower
MPG Science Fiction, James Tiptree Jr Award for Retrospective (1995)
(I read this as part of omnibus The Chronicles of Tornor Trilogy: Watchtower, The Dancers of Arun, and The Northern Girl)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 695
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 48
Karen DTask 15.2 - In The Category...
Book 1: Yesterday's Echo, finished 2/15
How it fits: Won Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2014
Book 2: The Testing,finished 2/13
How it fits: Won Anthony Award for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel in 2014
Points this task: 15
Total points: 810
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Be Better
Option 3: Sweet Poison by David Roberts. The author's name has both E and D: David robEts. Total pages = 277, >250 required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 20
Anja10.9 - 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.
Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath - RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Short Historical (1997)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 105
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 9
Anja25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 2: New Orleans, LA - Read a book that is the second in a series.
The Christmas Dragon's Heart (Christmas Valley Shifters #2) by Zoe Chant
(book found approved for length in the spreadsheet)
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM - Read a book by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 130
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 10
Anja25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
A - Christian holiday - Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CHARITY CAROLS
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
C - Retail - Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words, where the beginning letter of each word is found in SEASONAL WARMTH.
A Matter of Scandal by Suzanne Enoch
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 155
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 11
Anja30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: The Plague of Doves - Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism).
The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
Historical > Historical Fiction 130 users
Option 3: Birchbark Books - Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 185
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 12
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Can you keep a secret?
Option 3: Magic Mirror by Michaela Thompson. The author's last and first name initials are found in: MelTdown. I read the kindle version. The paperback version of the book has 256 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 40
Task 5.7 - Play Those Words!read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
(Okayed in help thread)
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1045 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019Option 1, a book first published in 2019: The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion by Gloria Steinem
Option 2, a book that won a literary prize or award in 2019: Witchmark by C.L. Polk
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel 2019
Points this post: 25
Total points: 845
ED30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1- Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers by Plautus-pub. 206
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Book 2- Opt. 1- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 3
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3: Spin the wheel
Option 2: Morning Glory Circle by Pamela Grandstaff.
Requirement 1: All letters RSTLNE in tite/subtitle/authors name: moRNing gLory circlE pamela grandSTaff.
Requirement 2: All letters CDMA in tite/subtitle/authors name: Morning glory Circle pAmela granDstaff.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 55
Paula S20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with the name of a book award or with the person that an award was named for
by Maria LangMaria Lang shares name with THE MARIA THOMAS FICTION AWARD, page 97
I read the ebook, MMPB link for reference: Rosor, kyssar och döden
Points this task: 20
Total points so far: 225
Big Books tickets so far: 3
Task: 15.3 - Spin the WheelOption 2
Book read: A Woman Of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
Required: Title and authors name contain the letters RSTLNECDM&A, (A woman of no iMpoRTaNcE oSCar wiLDe )
I claim 1 golden oldie as this book was first published in 1893.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 565
Total Golden Oldies: 8
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 26
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2: Honoring a remarkable woman
Option 1: The Icon Thief by Alec Nevala-Lee. Author initials AN are in corettA scott kiNg.
Option 4: Siren Song by Quinn Fawcett.Double letters are in quiNN fawceTT.
Total number of pages = 406 + 368 = 774 > 500 required
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 85
ED30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Opt. 1- Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
- approved in help threadpub. 1847- *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Opt. 3- Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
the word is "Story"- found in STep back fROm the Yarn"
pub. 1942- *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 30
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 4
Julia10330.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Book 1: The Collapsing Empire - Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel 2018
Book 2:The Dancers of Arun - World Fantasy Award for Best Novel nominee 1980
(I read this as part of omnibus The Chronicles of Tornor Trilogy: Watchtower, The Dancers of Arun, and The Northern Girl)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 725
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 50
Amy B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's Wedding
Read one book which includes in the title/subtitle one of the following words: Aborigine/Aboriginal, Hmong, Mien, Bedouin, Wend/Wendish, Sami/Lapp/Laplander, Aleut, Inuit, Amish.
An Amish Man of Ice Mountain by Kelly Long - 352 pgs
An Amish Man of Ice Mountain
This task: 20 Points
To Date: 405 Points
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 2- Pick for me
Big Boned by Meg Cabot
I read book #2 in January 2019 before this challenge
Option 3- Turf Wars
Peony in Love by Lisa See
List: Great Chinese Historical Fiction page 1, #5
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 480