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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Brooklyn20.10 – Group Reads
Read one of the selected books.
In the Woods by Tana French
My comment is #17, found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455/1165
Tasks completed: 25/64
Books read: 32
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.1 – Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Read a book which does not contain an M or N in the title/subtitle.
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner - 304 pages
Book 2, Option 1: Read a book by an author whose name contains both an M and N.
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir - 319 pages
304 + 319 = 623 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 480/1165
Tasks completed: 26/64
Books read: 34
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.6 – 2019
Option 1: Read a book first published in 2019.
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Option 4: Read a with a 4+ letter word in its title/subtitle that can be made from the letters in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Word is DOWN
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505/1165
Tasks completed: 27/64
Books read: 36
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.8 – Celebrate Every Day!
Option 2: Read a book where the author’s first and last name initials can be found in BARTENDERS.
One Good Deed by David Baldacci
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of romance.
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530/1165
Tasks completed: 28/64
Books read: 38
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.9 – 2020 Number Fun
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in VIGESIMAL.
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Option 4: Read a book that has a pair of glasses on the cover.
by Lauren LaynePoints this post: 25
Total points: 555/1165
Tasks completed: 29/64
Books read: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.12 – Challenge Addict
Option 1: Read a book first published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
1st pub in 2015; 378 pages
Option 2: Read the next book in a series started prior to the start of the winter challenge.
Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb
#13 in the “In Death” series; I read books 1-12 prior to the start of the winter challenge.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 580/1165
Tasks completed: 30/64
Books read: 42
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.13 – Christmas Markets
Chosen market: Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel, Switzerland
Book 1: Read a book with all the letters of the city of my chosen Christmas market in its title/subtitle/series name.
Stories I'd Tell in Bars by Jen Lancaster - 334 pages
B, A in Bars
S, E in Stories
L in Tell
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in the country where my chosen market is held.
Let It Snow by Sue Moorcroft
Set over 50% in Switzerland - 384 pages
384 + 334 = 718 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605/1165
Tasks completed: 31/64
Books read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooklyn25.15 – 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” listopia.
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Found on pg. 4
528 pages **claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
Option 2: Read a book with black text on the cover.
by Keris StaintonPoints this post: 25
Total points: 630/1165
Tasks completed: 32/64
Books read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn50.1 – Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian – 413 pages
Main character Reza is LGBTQ+
This author is new to me.
Book 2: Read a fiction book by an author who fits one of the diversity categories.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert – 373 pages
Author is a POC.
This author is new to me.
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book about a diversity category.
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS by Azadeh Moaveni – 352 pages
This is about Muslim extremism (I am Christian) and immigrants/refugees, which covers 2 diversity categories.
This author is new to me.
413 + 373 + 352 = 1,138 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 680/1165
Tasks completed: 33/64
Books read: 49
Big Book Tickets: 2
10.5 - Countdown to New Year'sA book in which the digits in the page count decrease sequentially: The Beach House by Georgia Bockoven
paperback edition The Beach House 432 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 955
PAULA S20.7- 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.
Gräset sjunger by Doris Lessing - E and D in Doris lEssing
I read the ebook, MMPB link for reference: Canta la hierba
Points this task: 20
Total points so far: 270
Big Books tickets so far: 3
PAULA S20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo - mpg Fantasy
I read the ebook, the PB (no MMPB) has 352p: The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
Points this task: 20
Total points so far: 290
Big Books tickets so far: 3
PAULA S20.2 - 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.
Undercover Amish - Amish in title
I listened to the audiobook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Undercover Amish
Points this task: 20
Total points so far: 310
Big Books tickets so far: 3
Sophie25.8
Opt 2 author initials in Bartender
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
Opt 4 MPG Romance
So This Is Love by Barbara Freethy
Total 385
trishhartuk10.7 I Have a Dream
MLK day. To celebrate racial diversity in literature, read a book that appears on one of these lists.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid
Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters, page 1 #51
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 23
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesOption 3: I read Cross Currents. It is on the GR listopia titles " Beach Reads: All About That Cover". It is #17 on the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 335
Number of tasks complete: 14
Number of books: 23
Big Book:1
Task 25.12 - Challenge AddictRead two books, from two different options.
Required: Indicate the options you chose.
Option 1- The Quest-
Read a book FIRST published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count. ex. 280, 377, 427.
272 pages
Burning Down George Orwell's House (2015) by Andrew Ervin (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages)
Option 2- Pick for me-
Using a series that you started before the Winter Challenge began (12/1/19), read a book in the series #2 or higher.
The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5) (2003) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 198 pages)
I read the previous books in this series before the Winter Challenge began
300 + 25 = 325
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 300 + 25 = 325
Books read: 25
Pages read: 6,218
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 16
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Marina H25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 1: Pobeda 1946 by Ilmar Taska
307 pages
Option 3:
by Victoria Hislop504 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Big book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 16
Task 5.2 - The Maple Leaf Ragread a book set 50%+ in Canada
Murder in Whistler
set about 60% in Whistler, BC, Canada
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1105 points
10 BB tix
5 GO tix
Task 5.9 - The Neustadt International Prize for Literatureread a book with 3+word title, initial letters to be found in the phrase
The Priory of the Orange Tree
initials TPOTOT
T in neusTadt
P in Prize
O in fOr
TOT in inTernaTiOnal
804 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
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1110 points
12 BB tix
5 GO tix
25.10 2 booksOption 1: A book from the list of Popular Book Club Books: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Required: Found on page 9
352 pages
Option 2: A graphic novel that has won or been nominated for at least one literary award: Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu Required: Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2018), et. al.
152 pages
Total pages: 504
Post Points: 25
Total Points: 300
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.10 - Rewards of Awards
Option 1: Read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books. I read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (325p), from page 4 of the list.
Option 3: Read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list. I read The Kite Runner (324p), from page 6 of the list.
325+324=649pp
Total points so far: 705
Jen K30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Book 1: Witchmark (318 pages)
World Fantasy Award For Best Novel 2019
Book 2: Blackfish City (336 pages)
Nebula Award Nominee For Best Novel 2018
318+336>500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 520
Task 30.3 – TessaVanessa – Get Hooked on YarnOption 1 – Ball or skein of yarn on cover
I listened to the audiobook / MMPB: Au fil des jours à Blossom Street - 438 p
Option 3 - Title word of 4 or more letters made from: STEP BACK FROM THE YARN
Word: FROM
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Food and Finding Home in the Sicilian Countryside
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home - 352 pg
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6
APRILLEIGH15.9 - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Read a nonfiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
A Fire Story by Brian Fies was one of the examples suggested by the task creator.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (165)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (9)
Total Tasks: 8
5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Total points: 135
Repost ONLY for claiming big book tickets, points already recorded.20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Looking Back
Read an award-winning book that has a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Claiming 2 big book tickets, based on this edition - 850 pages
Total points: 135
TraceyL25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER.
Dominicana by Angie Cruz Audiobook
Dominicana PB 336 Pages
AC appears in trACker
Option 3: Read a book you borrowed from a friend, the library or a subscription service.
Interior Chinatown Audiobook
Interior Chinatown HC 288 Pages
Borrowed from my local public library, using the Libby/Overdrive app.
336 + 288 = 624 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 830
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
*REPOST DUE TO BOOK CHANGE*TraceyL
5.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Points Earned This Post: 0 *Points already earned
Total Points Earned: 830
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 1. Read a book that contains both a 1 and a 2 in the total number of pages.
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? Audiobook
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? MMPB 218 Pages
1&2 appears in 218
Option 2. Read a book that has a series number consisting only of 1 and/or 2.
The Lollipop Shoes Audiobook
The Lollipop Shoes MMPB 574 Pages
#2 in the Chocolat Series
Request 1 BB Ticket - 500+ Pages
218 + 574 = 792 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 860
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2: Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing, page 87
Cold Hearted by Toni Anderson
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225/1165
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 21/64
Readerboard name: D30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: Read a book with mpg historical fiction
The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
Come On In!: New Poems by Charles Bukowski
Task=30
Season total=315
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019
First published February 7, 2019
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
The Janus Stone
The word is STONE
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 235/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 15
Task:15.4 - Go RedOption 2
Book read: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Required: Authors initials OW found in WOmen, and lady wearing red dress on cover.
I claim 1 golden oldie as this book was first published in 1895.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 610
Total Golden Oldies: 12
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 31
Sunshine5.4 That's a Strange Title!
Book: Scarred by Marie Long 12/23/19
How it Fits: 1 is an odd number
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 520
Books Read: 41
Sunshine5.10 Your Personal Award!
Book: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan 2/19/20
How it Fits: Book of my choice
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 525
Books Read: 42
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 3: Fly Away - Hot reads for summer - page 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge AddictOption 2-
Using a series that you started before the Winter Challenge began, read a book in the series #2 or higher.
This is book #3 in the Veneziano series.
I read book one for the SRC/Fall challenge
Option 3- Turf Wars -Read a book from one of these lists:
#2 Great Chinese Historical Fiction / Page 1
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 260/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
Sunshine15.8 - Ice Ice Baby
Book: Betrayal of Hearts: A Reverse Harem Alice in Wonderland Story by Stefanie Marie
How it Fits: ICE found in Alice
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 43
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas MarketsI chose TRENTO Christmas Market
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of the city, where your chosen Christmas Market is held
390 pages
The House at Sea's End series
The house at sea's ENd
RuTh gallOway
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held.
Book is set in Venice, Italy
336 pages
Total pages read: 726
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 285/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Amy B30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2. The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 500.
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.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Winner Hugo Award 1975) - 387 pages
The Dispossessed
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. REQUIRED: Include the name of the award and the year it was nominated for both books.
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Nebula Award Nominee 2018) - 331 pages
Blackfish City
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 450 Points
ED15.3 - Spin the Wheel
Option 2- 1 Book option- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton
R, S, T, L, N and E found in "agaTha RaiSiN and thE waLkers..."
C, D, M and A found in "Agatha raisin and the walkers of DeMbley" by m.C. beaton"
Points this task: 15
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 15
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a FarmBook 1: Here and There
Read a book with ALL these letters E, I, E, I, O (2 Es, 2Is) in the title, subtitle, and/or author's name
thE cIty of blOod frEderIque molay
Book 2 On That Farm: Option 2
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal sound from this list Animal Sounds
vultures = scream
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 315/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50thOption 1: 50 years
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Published 2013
Option 3: Human Sesame Street characters
Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name
Character: Alan
Alan Bradley
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 345/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
5.1. Name Calling!Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title
This is book #4 in the Ruth Galloway series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/4641...), and the main character is Ruth Galloway
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 350/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Sarah H10.8 - Leap Year - Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits.
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - published 2009
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback is Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 450
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 26
Books read: 35
EMurphy25.3 TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
Option 1: Color word in the title Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Color-Silver)
Option 5: The Gumshoe Award-Detective Fiction list Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (Page 3 of list)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 265
Books Read: 19
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
EMurphy25.4 Sally M's Task: I'd Like to Thank...
Option 2: Features a witch/wizard as a character or witchcraft/magic as a central plot point Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (286 pages)
Option 3: Borrowed from a friend, library or subscription service The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (371 pages)
*286+371=657 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 290
Books Read: 21
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 13
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.7 – Be Better
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains both E and D.
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435/1165
Tasks completed: 24/64
Books read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 1