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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Nick KY20.8 MEGSCL’s Title Tropes.
Opt. 3. I read Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal with the GR genre of “Historical Fiction” on the main page and the job “Secretary” in the title.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1015
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. I read The Deep by Rivers Solomon.
Total points so far: 710
15.8 - Ice Ice BabyRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE" or "ICY" intact.
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
“ICE” found in Voice
New Points” 15
Total Challenge points: 445
GO: 1
BB: 1
Amy FL30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Wherever She Goes by Kelley Armstrong (corettA scott King)
Option 4: The Woman in the Woods by John Connolly (coNNoLLy)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Amy FL30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Becoming Mrs. Lewis (bEcOmIng mrs. lEwIs)
Book 2, Option 2: The Whisper Man (Whisper)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 560
ED15.4 - Go Red
Option 2- 1 book option-
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
"AL" found in "nAtionaL"
pub. 1925- *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 15
Total points: 365
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 16
Task 25.14 – Cat – Celebrating Trafalgar Square Option A: Author initials in CHARITY CAROLS - C.C.
Caitlin Crews / A True Cowboy Christmas
Option D: From List Novels About Motherhood page 2, # 153 - Patsy
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Patsy: A Novel - 448 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 350 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
Task 30.1 – Ava Catherine – Celebrating Louise ErdrichRESTRICTIONS - NO children’s or Kids books
MAY read two books from the same option
Option 1 – Main Page genre: Historical Fiction
Dear Mrs. Bird
News of the World
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: News of the World - 240 pg
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 380 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
Pamela32655.5. Try to Count Them.
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley - Fantasy MPG
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 325
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of AwardsOption 1: page 1
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
352 pages
Option 4: Reese Witherspoon (#26)
The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
339 pages
Total pages read: 691
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 830
Task:15.4 - Go RedOption 2
Book read:
by Oscar WildeRequired: 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
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option 1: Palm Springs, CA
Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8.
1 and 8 in 128 pages
The Duel by Anton Chekhov
Option 4: Albuquerque, NM
Read a book by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL. All initials count. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
fesTIval
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 305
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.Book 1. Read a book with at least one word in the TITLE which has a set of consecutive double letters. Subtitles are excluded.
sEE
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Book 2. The Pulitzer Prizes were originated as journalism awards. Since drama and music were reviewed by journalists, those categories were added on early. Books (fiction, nonfiction, criticism) came along a little later.
Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists:
1. Fiction, 1948 to the present..
2005 Finalist:
War Trash by Ha Jin
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 330
25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets500 Pages: 784 + 288 = 1072 Pages
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of the city, where your chosen Christmas Market is held, found in either the title/subtitle OR series name. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Magic Christmas in Colmar, France - Colmar, France
secRet COMmonweALth
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held.
Required: If the setting is not obvious on the book’s main GR page, include a reference when you post.
France
The Princesse de Clèves Madame de La Fayette
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 355
30.2 - Amanda A and Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman500 Pages: 264 + 384 = 648 Pages
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING. All initials count.
SCott
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
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.
disaPPearing phiLLips
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 385
JUKKA5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature
Book written by a Nobel Prize in Literature recipient.
Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw, who received the prize in 1925.
It's also first published in 1903 and thus a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 365/1165
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 25/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 7
Task 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.Option 3:
by Suzanne EnochvigESimal
Option 4:
by MaryJanice Davidsonsunglasses on cover
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 39
Completed Tasks: 22
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 00
GO Tickets to Date: 01
Karen DTask 30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, finished 12/2
Book 2:
Option 1 - Snakes and Ladders, finished in 2/20
Points: 30
Total points: 905
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.4: Old MacDonald had a Farm:
Book 1: Here and There: The Cat Who Turned On And Off by Lilian Jackson Braun has all the letters EIEIO in the title (EOE) and author name (II): thE cat whO turnEd on and off - lIlIan jackson braun.
Book 2, Option 1: : Bear Bait by Pamela Beason. The word BEAR in the title is on the list.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 170
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.5: As easy as 1 and 2:
Option 2: The Hydrogen Murder by Camille Minichino. This book in #1 in the Periodic Table series. The series has a total of 8 in the series so far.
Option 3: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Last book I gave 5 stars: Circe by Madeline Miller. Found it on Melanie's page. This book is new to me. *** CLAIM Big book ticket for 531 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 200
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotA book first published in 2019 or 2020: The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith, published 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 970
50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your ReadingRequired: State the 2 authors who are new to you.
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
Call of Fire (Blood of Earth #2) by Beth Cato
a bit of a spoiler but MC is 1) POC - (view spoiler)
397 pages
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories.
Seribu Tahun Cahaya by Lia Heliana
author & also MC identify as being 1) POC - Indonesian
191 pages
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories
Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
NF - author fits to category 6) Physical disability
266 pages
Total pages read: 850
All 3 authors are new to me
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 880
Coralie 15.8 Ice Ice Baby
ICE in the word Alice in the subtitle
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage
Total to date 495 points
Julia10330.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 2: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington #1)
Option 3: Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark
The most recent book that I rated 5 stars is They Called Us Enemy.
Mary Beth MacLeay rated that 5 stars and also rated Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark 5 stars.
(She was on page 1 on the day that I started reading this book.)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 790
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 55
Jasmiina F15.7 - Stand Alone:
Read a book that is a standalone:
Ihmettä kaikki by Juha Itkonen.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F5.4. That's a Strange Title!:
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title:
DCeased by Tom Taylor.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F5.10. Your Personal Award!:
Read a book of your choice:
Kohti arvoistasi: Suuntaa mielekkäisiin muutoksiin by Arto Pietikäinen.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Karen DTask 10.3 - Let It Snow
Book: All Our Wrong Todays, finished 2/21
Points this task: 10
Total points: 915
Task 25.9 – Diana K – 2020 Number FunOption 1: Consecutive repeating pair of letters in title: LU LU
Honolulu
Option 4: Pair of glasses on COVER
(you will need to enlarge, but you can just see he is wearing glasses)I listened to the audio / MMPB: Giovanni's Room - 150 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 405 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
MOVING A BOOK ... Taking this book FROM task 5.4 and moving TO:Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Zach – Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: MPG Historical fiction & an award winner
Jade Dragon Mountain
Award won: Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Historical Mystery (2015)
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Jade Dragon Mountain - 368 pg
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This Post: 15 points (20 points MINUS 5 points)
Total points to date: 420 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
READ 60 25.4 I'd like to thank Option 2 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Option 3 Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith This book was borrowed from my daughter
points 25
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)
*Borrowed through Libby from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
*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
ED10.10 - Overlooked?
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
Points this task: 10
Total points: 375
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 17
Task 30.1 - Celebrating Louise ErdrichI did option 3 twice
option 3: read books with author initials in BIRCHBARK
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch
Tuesday Mooney Wore Black by Kate Racculia
initials: BA & KR
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1140 points
12 BB tix
5 GO tix
BUCKET25.1 Learning the Alphabet
Book 1.
The Power by Naomi Alderman (no M or N in title).
385 pages.
Book 2.
Option 1.
Dear Life by Alice Munro (M and N in author name). 319pages.
385 + 319 = 704 pages
Points this post: 25
Points total: 325
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis
Points this task: 10
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 325
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
EMurphy25.1 Andy P.'s Task: Learning the Alphabet
1: Does not contain an M or an N in the title/subtitle Wilder Girls by Rory Power (353 pages)
2: Author's name contains both an M and an N The Farm by Joanne Ramos (327 pages)
*353+327=680 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 315
Books Read: 23
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 14
ED10.9 - Winter's in the Air
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
won New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play (1942)
pub. 1941- *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 10
Total points: 385
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 18
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’sYour choice of book must total at least 190 pages.
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive).
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson.
First published in 1993. 502 pages > 190 pages.
I claim one Big Book ticket as the edition I read had 502 pages.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Total GO tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 2
ED10.8 - Leap Year
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd
pub. 2009
Points this task: 10
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 19
APRILLEIGH25.14 - 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.
Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer (chArity carolS)
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.
The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony (SeasOnal warMTh)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (190)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (11)
Total Tasks: 9
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.5. Try to Count Them.
I read Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston. Several Fantasy MPGs are present.
Previous point total: 170
New points this post: 5
Total points: 175
Total tasks completed: 14
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.10. Your Personal Award!
I read Sanditon by Jane Austen and Kate Riordan.
Previous point total: 175
New points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Total tasks completed: 15
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Task 10.8 - Leap YearRead a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011).
2005
Dakota (2005) by Matt Braun (Paperback, 306 pages)
Spur Award for Best Original Paperback Novel (2006)
325 + 10 = 335
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 325 + 10 = 335
Books read: 26
Pages read: 6,524
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 16
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ED10.6 - Fresh Start
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
(Mrs. Pollifax #1)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 405
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 20
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (373p). As noted in the GR description, the heroine Chloe is chronically ill; this review at NPR further clarifies that she has fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndromes. Category 6: Physical disability.
Book 2: I read Real Life by Brandon Taylor (336p). Brandon's GR bio is pretty brief so here's the profile in the NYT that specifically notes he is Black and gay. Category 1: Person of the Color and Category 3: LGBTQIA+.
Book 3: I read Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (384p), which is about the author's experience as an undocumented immigrant as noted on the GR blurb. Category 2: Refugee/Immigrant.
373p + 336p + 384p = 1093
Previous point total: 180
New points this post: 50
Total points: 230
Total tasks completed: 16
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Bookwrm526Task #25.15 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2: Read a book with black text anywhere on the cover. The text may be part of the title, subtitle, author name, or any other text. I read The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials are found in STICKS or TWIGS. I chose twiGS and read Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.
Total points so far: 735
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 1. For this option, read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You by Jerome Groopman
MPG Health (20 users). Nonfiction top MPG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 870
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15.8 Ice With "Ice" in the title, I read Ice Cream and Incidents by Agatha Frost.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 995