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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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StaceyNC5.5. Try to Count Them.
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Book: Fahrenheit 451
Completed: 2/14/20
MPG Science Fiction
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 20
StaceyNC15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Book: Connections in Death
Completed: 1/28/20
Published: 2/5/19
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 21
StaceyNC20.7- 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.
Book: Where the Crawdads Sing
Completed: 12/27/20
Author: Delia Owens
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 22
StaceyNC25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
This is a 2 book task. Pick two options and read one book for each option.
Option 1: The Scarlet Stiletto
Read a book with a color word in the TITLE. Subtitles are not allowed.
Book: White Hot
Completed: 1/17/20
Option 2: The Gold Dagger
Read a book with a knife, sword, or other blade on the cover. Include the cover when you post.
Book:
Completed: 2/7/20
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 23
StaceyNC25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
Book: The Silent Patient
Completed: 2/14/20
Published: 2/5/19
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.
Book: Ninth House
Completed: 12/10/19
Word: Ninth
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 24
5.1 A person’s first name in the title/subtitle/seriesA Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60/1165
Tasks completed: 5/64
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Opt. 2- The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker-
The Award is the Dorothy Canfield Award
Points this task: 20
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read:19
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name Kathy P20.10 - Group Reads
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Note in discussion thread from today.
Totals
Points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Books read: 14
25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…Option 1, a book by an author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, 320 pages
Option 3, a borrowed book: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, 325 pages
I borrowed this book from the Multnomah County Library, Northwest Branch.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 920
Task 30.7 - Sesame Street 50thPreviously claimed in #87, but I am changing the book for option 1.
option 1: read a book published in 2019
The Queen of Nothing
option 3: read a book whose author shares their name with a human character
Strawberry Frosted & Murder by Susan Gillard
SUSAN matches Susan Robinson
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1055 points
10 BB tix
4 GO tix
Task 20.6 - Looking Back, Looking Forwardoption 2: read a book with MPG Science Fiction & won an award
This Is How You Lose the Time War
won the Stabby Best Novella 2019
I previously claimed this book for task 30.7 in #87, but have replaced it above in #2955
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1075 points
10 BB tix
4 GO tix
Delicious Dee5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Luna and the Lie - L, A, N in International; L in Literature; Big Book Ticket - 500+ pgs (pb is 626pgs)
points this post: 5
points overall: 735
Delicious Dee10.4 - Snuggle Up
Fair Game - Patricia Briggs - GG in Briggs
points this post: 10
points overall: 745
Delicious Dee10.7 - I Have a Dream
Internment - #11 on the 2019 Books by Authors of Color list
points this post: 10
points overall: 755
Delicious Dee15.1 - Days of Celebration
Book 1 - Option 2 - Australia - Hector - ebook only approved #7742 of the ebook only approval thread
Book 2 - Option 2 - India - A Distant Heart
points this post: 15
points overall: 770
Delicious Dee15.4 - Go Red
1 book option
- Daniella Wright - DW found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY; ebook only approved #7747 of the ebook only approval threadpoints this post: 15
points overall: 785
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
option 3 - Barbarian's Choice - the word Choice is in Goodreads Choice Awards, page 1
points this post: 20
points overall: 805
Delicious Dee25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
option 1 - The Mogul and the Muscle - Claire Kingsley - CK found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER
Option 3 - Crazy for Loving You - borrowed to read from Kindle Unlimited
points this post: 20
points overall: 830
Delicious Dee30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Book 1 - Borderline - nominated for 2016 Nebula Award - http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books...
Book 2 - Record of a Spaceborn Few - nominated for 2019 Hugo Award - http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books...
points this post: 30
points overall: 860
20.7 Shorter is SweeterOption 1) Read a book with the word kindness, compassion, joy, or laughter in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly.
I read an audiobook of Joy Enough: A Memoir
New Points: 20
Total Challenge : 460
BB: 1
GO: 1
Task: 5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.Book read: Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Required: Alice Munro won the Nobel prize for literature in 2013.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 570
Total Golden Oldies: 8
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 27
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
1) both 1 and 2 in number of pages
The Humans by Matt Haig The Humans
291 pages
3) I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend 336 pages
My last 5 star rating: And the Good News Is...Lessons and Advice From The Bright Side by Dana Perino And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
I chose Janet Koester who had I Must Say: My Life as Humble Comedy Legend as 5 star - This book and author is new to me
Also min 600 pages: 291 + 336 = 627
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 1065
15.7 - Stand AloneRead a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
Total GO tickets: 1
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotRead a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
First published in 2019.
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Total GO tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Pivot by L.C. Barlow
#1 in the Jack Harper trilogy.
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 290
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Read two books, from two different options.
The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 600.
Option 1: The Academy, er, SRC!
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER.
Racing the Devil by Charles Todd
352 Pages
Option 2: Harry Potter and JKR
Read a book that features at least one witch or wizard as a character, or witchcraft or magic as a central plot point.
Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell
Main character is a witch
314 pages.
Total pages over 600
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 315
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
10.8 - Leap YearRead a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits
Originally published in 2006
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 35/ 1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 4
JUKKA25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: Book by an author whose initials are in SPREADSHEET TRACKER.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. I read an ebook, but the paperback clocks in at 286 pages. It's also first published in 1926 and thus a Golden Oldie.
Option 3: Borrowed book.
Tuntematon Lauri Törni by Juha Pohjonen & Oula Silvennoinen. Borrowed the book from the library across the street. The title means "The Unknown Lauri Törni". It was 416 pages long.
286 + 416 = 702 > 600
Total Points: 360/1165
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 25/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 6
10.9 - Winter's in the AirRead a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
This book was nominated for the https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/30980-theakston-old-peculier-crime-novel-of-the-year
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 45/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 5
10.10 - Overlooked?Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award
This book has more than 40,000 ratings and has never won or been nominated for an award.
Book was approved on message #9 of help thread
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 55/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total:
Tasks Completed: 6
Nick KY25.13 Rina’s Christmas Market
I chose TRENTO.
Book 1. All letters in TRENTO are in the title. I read Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch. 184 pp
TRENTO in concENTRaTiOn.
Book 2. I read Cabal by Michael Dibdin, set in Italy. 416 pp
Total pp = 600 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 960
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title TropesOption 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Fullname
You know it's going to be cute and quirky when you see a title like Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton or Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune.
Read a book with at least five words in the title including a full name (first name and surname). Subtitles are excluded. Plurals and possessives work
I read Daisy Jones & The Six on audible. The link the the hard cover is here: Daisy Jones & The Six
There is a full name in the title and 5 words (you have to count the word "and," which I do)
points: 255
books read: 27
tasks completed: 22
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 4
pages read: 9893
Sunshine10.3 - Let It Snow
Book: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 1/15/20
How it Fits: TRW is found in WINTER WONDERLAND.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 38
Sunshine10.7 - I Have a Dream
Book: Becoming by Michelle Obama 2/9/20
How it Fits: Found on Books by Black Authors, Page 1, #84
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 39
Sunshine15.5- Lady With A Lamp
Book: Sanford Hospital by Ron Ripley 2/15/20
How it Fits: The ghost killing people in the hospital is a nurse named Ruth Williamson
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 40
Suzannesea15.5 - Lady with a Lamp
Read a book with a nurse as a central character.
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 555
TraceyL20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2: Read an award-winning book that has a standalone genre of "Science Fiction"
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Won Hugo Award for Best Novella (2019)
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 775
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL5.10. Your Personal Award!
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 780
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Task 25.15 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?originally posted in #497, changing book for option 2
option 2: read a book with black text on the cover
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
option 3: read a book with CARROT in the title letters
The Dragon Republic
C in republiC
AR in dRAgon
R in Republic
O in dragOn
T in The
654pages - claiming BB tix (I claimed this in the original post, so don't double count!)
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1075 points
10 BB tix
4 GO tix
Task 20.1 - Beating the Winter BluesI originally claimed this book for 25.15, but have replaced it as above, #2985
option 3: read a book on a list with SUMMER in its name
An American Marriage
page 1, #25 of list MMD Summer Reading 2018 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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1095 points
10 BB tix
4 GO tix
TraceyL10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
29,919 ratings 0 awards
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 790
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Task: 5.10. Your Personal Award!Book read: Private Lives by Noël Coward
GOLDEN OLDIE first published 1930
Points this task: 5
Total points: 575
Total Golden Oldies: 9
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 28
Queen Bee Darlene25.12 CathyG's Task: Challenge Addict
1) 1st published in 2015 with at least two of numbers from 2877 in page count
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman
278 pages, published July 14, 2015
2) #2 or higher in series that I started before Winter challenge
Life Everlasting (Alex Lindale #2) Life Everlasting
I read the 1st in the series before the Winter challenge in Nov 2019
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 1090
10.3 - Let It SnowA book with a title of at least 3 words, each initial letter of the title found in WINTER WONDERLAND: Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 930
ED20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton-192p.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 12
15.7 - Stand AloneA book that is a standalone: Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken
Points this post: 15
Total points: 945
TraceyL15.2 - In The Category...
Book 1: Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Bram Stoker Award for Best NonFiction (2017)
Book 2: Mapping the Interior
Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction (2017)
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 805
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Karen DTask 15.7 - Stand Alone
Book: Thin Air: A Ghost Story, finished 2/18
Points this task: 15
Total points: 860
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Read a book that is #1 in a series
This is Book #1 in the Ruth Galloway series https://www.goodreads.com/series/4641...
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Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 25/ 1165
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Tasks Completed: 3