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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
Option 2. Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in BARTENDERS.
by Allen Eskens BARTENDERSOption 5. Option 5. Read a book with an animal that is typically considered an indoor pet (cat, dog, lizard, fish, hamster, etc.) on the cover
by Sara Driscoll Despite the title the animal on the cover is a Search and Rescue Labrador Points this post: 25
Total points: 895
Andy P.Task # Task 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.
Option 2. Read a book where the digits in the page number count add up to 20, Lenin's Roller Coaster by David Downing 299 p.
Option 3. Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word VIGESIMAL
Injustice: A Novel by Lee Goodman VIGESIMAL
Points this post: 25
Total points: 920
Task 25.15 – Sarah D – Do You Want To Build a Snowman?Option 3: All the letters of CARROT in title
TheRe’s AbOut ChRistmas
There's Something about Christmas
Option 5: Snowman on cover
I read the large print edition / original hardcover edition: Let It Snow 253 pg
Cover approved In HELP THREAD
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 445 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
perletwo15.3 - Spin the Wheel - Option 2: Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name - AND - Book 2: Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale
Points this task: 15
Total points: 715
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 42
Delicious Dee5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature
Blindness - José Saramago won in 1998
points this post: 5
points overall: 865
Pat☆ ☆ 15.6 ~ Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards.
The awards must be listed in the GR metadata.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul TremblayBram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2018)
Locus Award for Horror Novel (2019)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2018)
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 535
Tasks Completed ~ 28
Books Read This Season ~ 43
Pages Read This Season ~ 14,739
Amy W25.4 Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER.
I read Beard with Me by Penny Reid. PR is found in SPREADSHEET.
Option 2: Read a book that features at least one witch or wizard as a character, or witchcraft or magic as a central plot point.
I read Circe by Madeline Miller. The main character, Circe, is a witch and magic is central to the plot.
(500 p + 393 p = 893 p)
Points This Task: 25
Total Points to Date: 255
Suzannesea50.1 Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Claude/Poppy is a transgender child. (Category 3)
336 pages
Book 2
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The author is a person of color. (Category 1)
216 pages
Book 3
The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú
This non-fiction book is about refugees and immigrants. (Category 2)
250 pages
All three of these authors are new to me.
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 605
Bookwrm526Reposting because I forgot to include the cover - so close to the end and I screw up!!
Task #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
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in December. I chose Bangladesh and read Revenge by Taslima Nasrin.
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January. I chose Myanmar and read Smile As They Bow by Nu Nu Yi. The description in goodreads says it is set in Burma, but Burma is another name for Myanmar.
Total points so far: 750
Queen Bee Darlene5.8 Speaking My Language?
Book originally written in a language other than my primary language
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura If Cats Disappeared from the World
My primary language is English. This book was originally written in Japanese
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 1115
Karen DTask 50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Such a Fun Age, finished 1/23
How it fits:Category 1: Emira (MC) is African-American; author new-to-me
Book 2: Patsy, finished 1/24
How it fits: Category 2 - Author Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn; immigrant from Jamaica per GR bio, new-to-me author
Book 3: Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn't Over, finished 2/21 (Category 5), author is new to me
Points this task: 50
Total points: 965
SandyL5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature
Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
Won in 2016
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 45
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Gypsy King by Devney Perry
Series: Tin Gypsy #1
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 2, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January
Inherit the Sky by Ariel Tachna
Set in Australia
Option 3, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in February
Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James
Set in New Zealand
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 48
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL15.4 - Go Red
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY
Another One by Aleatha Romig
nAtional weaR red for women day
Book 2: Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Red dress and red shirt on cover
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 50
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia10310.6 - Fresh Start
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
(I was going to use this for the Standalone task and then saw that it said (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1) after the title.)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 800
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 56
DeborahPost #18
30.8 - Brooke TX's Task: Worlds Without End
1) The Drowning Girl 332 pages
Mythopoeic Award nominee in 2013
2) Ancillary Justice 386 pages
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner 2014
332 + 386=718/500
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 350
Books Read: 26
Tasks Done: 18
Anja15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
Published February 18th 2020
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 225
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 15
ED10.4 - Snuggle Up
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
"GG" found in "riGGs"
Points this task: 10
Total points: 415
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 21
perletwo25.7 - 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.
Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays
Book2. Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists: 5. Commentary, 1973—present.
No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times by Dorothy Rabinowitz, 2001 winner for Commentary
Points this task: 25
Total points: 740
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 43
Coralie 15.7 Strand Alone
A book that stands alone.
The Storyteller and his Three Daughters
Total to date 510 points
Julia10310.7 - I Have a Dream
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
This is on page 3 of 2019 Books by Authors of Color
This post: 10 points
Total points: 810
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 57
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: E and D in author name
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 245/1165
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 22/64
30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on YarnOption 1: Read a book with a ball or skein of yarn on the cover.
(It's a Purl Thing)
Option 3: Step back from the yarn BACK FROM THE YARN
My word is HOPE-H in the, O in from, PE in step,
The Age of Hope
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 460
BB: 1
GO: 1
Sara G30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 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.
Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 517 pages.
**Mistress of the Revolution is a Big Book (517 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 2 On That Farm
Option 1
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches an animal from this list of Animal Sounds. The animal word may be used in the singular or plural form.
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Lions is on the animal sounds list.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 527 pages.
**The Lions of Al-Rassan is a Big Book (527 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 835
Task 5.5 Try to Count Them.Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
As She Climbed Across the Table (1997) by Jonathan Lethem (Paperback, 212 pages)
335 + 05 = 340
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 335 + 05 = 340
Books read: 27
Pages read: 6,736
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 16
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.6: 2019:
Option 2: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. This book book won several awards, including: Andre Norton Award (2018).*** CLAIM Big book ticket for 531 pages.
Option 3: Murder Will Travel by Emily Toll. Author initials ET are in two thousand and ninETeen.
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
15.3 - Spin the WheelOption 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book 2: Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
R & S from Sorry
L, A, T & E from Late
N & D from Didn't
C & M from Come
[POINTS]
This post: 15
Total points: 290
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.4: That's a strange title: The Hydrogen Murder by Camille Minichino has 3 words in title.
Totals this posting:
Points: 5
Summary Totals:
Points: 200
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
And Then There Were None
By: Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award, page 1
This book was first published in 1939 - I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 310
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
*REPOST TO SWAP BOOK NO CHANGE TO POINTS*Task: 30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option: 1: 50 years
Book read:How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb
Required: Published 2017
Option 2: The Sesame Street Muppets
Book read: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Required: On page 4 of list.
GO/BB requested?: GO requested. Book first published in 1915. - ALREADY CLAIMED THIS IS A REPOST
Points this task: No change to points as swapping book
Total points: 610
Total Golden Oldies: 12
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 31
Task: 5.4. That's a Strange Title!Book read: Working at Love by Judy Baer
Required: Odd number of words in title (3)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 615
Total Golden Oldies: 12
Total Big Books: 1
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 32
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Non-fiction sequential art/graphic format
A Fire Story by Brian Fies A Fire Story
This is one of the examples used for the task
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 1130
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak
❆ found on p. 8 ❆
Total points: 360 + 20 = 380
30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50thOption 1: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
❆ first published 2019 ❆
Option 3: Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen
❆ author's first name (Billy) matches character Billy Tuesday ❆
Total points: 380 + 30 = 410
TraceyL25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
Option 1: Read a book with a color word in the TITLE.
The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
"Blue" appears on the list of colors.
Option 4: Read a book with a question mark "?" in the title, subtitle or series name.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
"?" in Title
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 885
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
ED10.3 - Let It Snow
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima
"TOL" found in "winTer wOnderLand"
Points this task: 10
Total points: 425
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 22
15.3 - Spin the Wheel**Reposting to add the links**
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book 2: Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
R & S from Sorry
L, A, T & E from Late
N & D from Didn't
C & M from Come
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This post: 15
Total points: 290
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important**Reposting to add the link**
Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
And Then There Were None
By: Agatha Christie
The Agatha Award, page 1
This book was first published in 1939 - I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 310
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Kathy KS20.2 - 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.
Amish Vampires in Space, by Kerry Nietz
AMISH
Claiming one (1) Big Book ticket. pb=610 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 430
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Coralie 25.15 Do You Want to Build a Snowman
Option 2: Coal for the eyes and buttons
Book with black writing on cover
Option 4: Sticks for the arms
Book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in stiCkS
The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross
Total to date 535 points
ED5.7. Play Those Words!
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
small horn on cover-
Points this task: 5
Total points: 430
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 23
SALLY M.50.1 Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: fiction book w/main character Chloe from category 1 (African origins) and 6 (chronic illness); new-to-me author
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: fiction book w/author from category 1 (African origins)
A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Book 3: non-fiction book from category 2; new-to-me author
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
373 + 374 + 336 = 1,083 > 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 45
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
trishhartuk25.4 Sally M’s Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: The Academy, er, SRC! Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in SPREADSHEET TRACKER.
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
spreADsheet
Golden Oldie: First published in 1844
Big Book: 1,276 pages – 1,000+ = 3 tickets
Option 3: Audible Escape and Scribd. Read a book you borrowed from a friend, the library or a subscription service
Boxes in the Basement, by Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB here (235pg)
Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited
Total pages: 1,276 + 235 = 1,511!
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 1 - The Count of Monte Cristo was first published in 1844
Big book: 3 - TCoMC is 1,276pg = 1,000+ = 3 BB tickets
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 3
Task 5.1 - Name CallingPerson’s first name in Title
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
I listened to the audiobook / MMPB: Confessions d'une fan de Jane Austen - 414 pg
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 450 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
Amy W20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
I chose Option 1: The Thrilling Woman - Read a book with mystery or thriller as a main page genre and the word 'girl" 'wife' or 'woman' in the title.
I read The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 275
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25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1: I read Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader by Vivian Gornick; double S in BUSINESS.
Book 2: I read The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea (paperback for length. This was a finalist for the General Non-fiction Prize in 2005 (Wikipedia article for reference).
Previous point total: 230
New points this post: 25
Total points: 255
Total tasks completed: 17
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2