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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Barbara ★10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name. The two Gs must be found consecutively in the same word or name. Anthology would work.
Digging In - Loretta Nyhan 2/18
(GG in diGGing)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 700
Barbara ★10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Read a book in which the digits in the page count decrease sequentially (ex: 210, 321, 432, 543, 1098, etc.).
Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux (432 pages) 2/23
Points this task: 10
Total points: 710
Barbara ★5.1. Name Calling!
Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title.
Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24
(Jack Daniels Mystery #1) (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is the main character)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 715
PegW10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Tales of the Peculiar Listened to audio, linked to paperback.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book: 9
Total Tasks: 30
Nick KY15.5 with a Lamp Nurse as protagonist. I read The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 1125
Karen DTask 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Book: The French Girl, finished 2/26
Option 1
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1000
babbling c30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 2: The Round House
In 2012 Erdrich received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House.
Storm of Locusts - audio Storm of Locusts - paperback pgs. 313 by Rebecca Roanhorse
pg. 6 #525
Option 3: Birchbark Books
Louise Erdrich is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis, that focuses on Native American literature and the Native American community. Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK. Letters can be used only as often as they
appear in the target word.
Scourged - Audio Scourged - paperback pgs 297 by Kevin Hearne
BIRCHBARK
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Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 390/1165
Completed Tasks: 20/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 10,546
Books read this season: 30
babbling c15.8 - Ice Ice Baby
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE" or "ICY" intact.
EX "ice" intact: The Alice Network
"icy" intact: Bicycle Diaries
Sugar and Iced - Kindle Sugar and Iced - paperback 306 by Jenn McKinlay
ICEd
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 405/1165
Completed Tasks: 21/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 10,852
Books read this season: 31
Kristen IA20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
This task is a one book task. Read a book from one of the options below.
Required: Identify the option.
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.
Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 310/1165
Tasks Completed: 17/64
BB: 1
GO: 0
Sarah E20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: Single author whose name contains both an E and a D
Havisham by Ronald Frame
Total points: 290
Sarah E25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 3
Book 1: Author initials in MONEY
Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News by Emily Maitlis - 352 pages
Book 2: WATER in title
A Boy in the Water: A Memoir
I read the kindle edition, top paperback with a page count is A Boy in the Water - 180 pages
352 + 180 = 532 pages
Total points: 315
Sarah E25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option 1: Two books
Option A: Author whose first and last name initials are found in CHARITY CAROLS
A Very Catty Murder by Carolyn Q. Hunter
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option C: TITLE of at least 3 words, where the beginning letter of each word is found in SEASONAL WARMTH
A Murder of No Account
ebook only approval in message 7709
Total points: 340
babbling c30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: The Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually
recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING. All initials count.
Hate to Want You - kindle Hate to Want You -paperback pg 371 by Alisha Rai
CORETTA
Option 4: Coretta Scott King has two sets of double letters in her name (TT in Coretta and Scott).
Read a book with at least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name (single authors only.) Subtitles should be ignored. The sets of double letters can be the same or different.
Kitty Saves the World -Audible Kitty Saves the World paperback pgs. 325 by Carrie Vaughn
TT in kitty
RR in Carrie
371+325= 696>500
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 435/1165
Completed Tasks: 23/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 11,548
Books read this season: 33
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantRequired: For all options, include the award name in your post and state the page of Book Awards | Goodreads where the award is found.
Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
Examples:
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie, page 1
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
The Agatha Award named for Agatha Christie, page 1 of the Book Awards page.
I claim one Golden Oldie ticket as The Mysterious Affair at Styles was first published in 1920.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Total GO tickets: 2
Total BB tickets: 2
CEELEETask 5.10 Your Personal Award!
Choose your own award winner! Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC Rules.
I chose THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS by Amy Meyerson
The Bookshop of Yesterdays
Wonderful novel about family relationships and a complicated mystery with books s that held the clues! I loved it!!!
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 50
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 4
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 5
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 1
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics. Required: State the page on which your book can be found.
Geekerella, by Ashley Poston
This found twice, actually, on the list. The first listing is currently #1086 on page 11.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 485
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Andy P.Task #
15.3 - 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 with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
Goodnight Stranger byMiciah Bay Gault
R in Stranger
S in Stranger
T in Stranger
L in Gault
N in Stranger
E in Stranger
C in Micah
D in Goodnight
M in Micah
A in Stranger
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1015
CEELEETask 50.1 Diversify Your Reading
Three book task from options. All three books must have different authors and each must be written by a single author. At least two books must be written by "new to you" authors. State which authors fit that category. You can use one of the options twice. Page count must be 750+ pages.
New To Me Authors: Jean Kwok ( Book 1) and Helen Hoang (Book 2)
Page Count:
Book 1: 307 pp
Book 2: 336 pp
Book 3: 382 pp
Total Page Count: 1, 025 pp.
Book 1
Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
I chose Category 2: Refugee/Immigrant
I read GIRL IN TRANSLATION by Jean Kwok.
Girl in Translation
Why The Book Fits Category: Kimberly Chang is the main character. She and her mother emigrate to America (New York City) from Hong Kong. The novel focuses on their experiences assimilating into American culture. The story begins when Kimberly is eleven years old and follows her into adulthood. It is a beautiful novel. I read a lot of it through tears! I also liked how Kimberly handled her own life and never caved into what the men in her life wanted her to do.
Book 2: Read a fiction book by an author who falls into one of the diversity categories. if the author's Goodreads data doesn't clearly indicate how the author fits the diversity category. , provide an outside verification link.
I chose Category 6: Physical Disability
I read THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang.
The Kiss Quotient
How Author fits the category Helen Hoang was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder , formerly known as Asperger's syndrome, in 2016. She created her character Stella who also has Asperger's. The Goodreads data mentions Hoang's Asperger's in her author data. I really enjoyed this book. I am not that big of a romance reader so I had avoided it but when I discovered the book was actually about a woman trying to find love with a "disability" I decided it might be a good read. Very cool to see there are romance novels that have disabled characters in them. Very enjoyable read.
Book 3 Read a nonfiction book that is about one of the diversity categories.
I chose Category 5: Nuerodiverse or having a Mental Health disorder.
I read THE GREATV PRETENDER: THE UNDERCOVER MISSION THAT CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MADNESS by Susannah Cahalan.
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
How Book Fits The Task: Very interesting study of the treatment of people with mental disorders in our society when in 1973 eight people had themselves admitted into a mental facility to learn what it was like in those places. Cahalanm is an awesome writer and I was riveted to the book., I read her BRAIN ON FIRE so I know she has some understanding of the subject of mental disability herself and she was misdiagnosed for several years. This is not a new idea as reporter Nellie Bly did the same in the 19th century. I have read her report too and not a lot had changed in 1973.
Total Points for Task: 50
Total Books Read for Task: 3
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed or Task: 0
Total Points for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 100
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 5
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 8.
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2019-2020: 1
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Winter Challenge 2019-2020
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges
Nonfiction and Autobiography MPG
Points this post: 15
Total points:1015
TraceyL 15.5- Lady With A Lamp
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
Misery by Stephen King
Annie Wilkes is a nurse. Approved in the help thread post #26.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 1005
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
BUCKET5.10 Your Personal Award!
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Points this post: 5
Points total: 335
BB this post: 0
BB total: 1
GO this post: 0
GO total: 1
EMurphy10.9 Winter's In the Air - Book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
*Won National Book Award for Fiction in 2019
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 325
Books Read: 24
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
EMurphy5.6 Have You Heard the One About...? Author's initials appear consecutively in the name of the award: Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 330
Books Read: 25
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 16
EMurphy5.10 Your Personal Award! Book of your choice
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 335
Books Read: 26
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 17
50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your ReadingHelp Thread
In 2019, I undertook a challenge to diversify my reading both in characters and authors. This led me down the path of discovering many new authors that I never would have found.
For the purpose of this task, diverse characters/authors are divided into 6 categories:
1) Person of Color/Diverse Background* see HT post 2;
2) Refugee/Immigrant;
3) LBGTQIA*;
4) Religion Other than Own;
5) Neurodiverse* or having a Mental Health Disorder*; and
6) Physical Disability
For this task you will read 3 books; all books MUST be by different authors and each must be written by a single author. At least TWO of the authors must be new to you, i.e. no book by the author has been read before. You MAY REPEAT one of the diversity categories ONCE.
Your books must total at least 750 pages.
No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
Required: Identify the category for each book.
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
Required: State the character and how the character fits the diversity category.
i read This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel who is a new to me author. The main character is LGBTQ. It has 336 pp
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories.
Required: If the author’s Goodreads data doesn’t clearly indicate how the author fits the diversity category provide an outside verification link.
I read Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz. She is also a new to me author. This book has 400 pp. The author is
a person of color and a religion other than my own. (She is Muslim; I am Jewish.)
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories.
I read Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century by Sarah Abrevaya Stein. She is a new to me author. This book had 336 pages. This book is about a family of refugees after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, through the Balkan Wars and WWI and WWII.
Required: State the 2 authors who are new to you.
336+400+336= 1072 pp.
points: 405
books read: 29
tasks completed: 23
Big Books: 4
pages read: 10,621
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Task 25.4 – Sally M - I’d Like to Thank…REQUIRED: 600+ pages: 288 + 688 = 976 p
Option 1: Author initials in spreadsHeet tracKer
Kathy Hepinstall / Blue Asylum - 288 pg
Option 3: Borrowed from the library
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer - 688 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 688 pages
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 525 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 7
Jen K25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option 2: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
A - Christian holiday- cHArity carols
B - Jewish holiday- Page 1, #24
505 pages> 500 pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 595
StaceyNC5.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Book: Outmatched
Completed: 2/10/20
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 25
StaceyNC25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Read two books, from two different options.
REQUIRED: Indicate the options you chose.
The total number of pages for both books combined must be at least 600.
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.
Book: Wildfire
Completed: 1/21/20
Pages: 391p.
MPG Fantasy>Magic, from book description: "Prime is helping her navigate the complex magical world"
Option 3: Audible Escape and Scribd
Read a book you borrowed from a friend, the library or a subscription service, such as Audible Escape, Kindle Unlimited, LibriVox, OverDrive/Libby, Scribd, Spotify, or Storytel.
Book: Blood Truth
Completed: 2/26/20
Pages: 432
Borrowed from the Wake County Library
Total Pages: 823p.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 26
REPOSTCathyG
25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
two different options.
Option 1- The Quest- Read a book FIRST published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count.
Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan
published 12/8/15
277 pp
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.
Required: State that you have read previous book(s) in the series before the Winter Challenge began.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Accelerated Reader: IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
I have read the first 3 books in the Harry Potter series before the Winter Challenge began.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 23
CathyG15.7 - Stand Alone
Read a book that is a standalone- NOT part of a series or continuing story or world.
Hack Your Journal: Stay Organized Record Everything that Matters with One Notebook by Lark Crafts
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 24
Stephanie12715.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170/1165
Tasks completed: 11/64
Books read: 13
CathyG30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Choose 2 different options
Option 1: Ball of color
Read a book with a ball or skein of yarn on the cover.
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Option 3: Step back from the yarn
For this option, read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN.
Required: State your word. more
More Than by Diane Barnes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 26
CathyG15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a Non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi
Points this post: 15
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 27
CathyG20.2 - 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.
A Simple Amish Christmas by Vannetta Chapman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 28
CathyG15.3 - 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.
The Lopsided Christmas Cake by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 29
CathyG15.4 - Go Red
Option 2 Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1 Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY AND Book 2 Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover. Required:Include the cover.
Unexpected Gifts by Elena Aitken
Points this post: 15
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 30
CathyG15.6 - 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.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 31
CathyG10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas
Points this post: 10
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 32
CathyG15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Tamed by a Beast by Miranda Bridges
Approved for length post #7767
Points this post: 15
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 33
CathyG10.6 - Fresh Start
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Scorch Road by Toby Neal
Approved for length post #7767
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 34
CathyG10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 35
CathyG10.1 - Home for the Holidays
Read a book with HOME, HOLIDAY, FAMILY, or FRIEND found intact in title, subtitle, or series title.
Home For Christmas by Melissa McClone
Approved for length post #7767
Points this post: 10
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 36
SandyL10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award
Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr
12k+ ratings and no nominations or awards
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 51
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
First published in 2019
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (John W. Campbell Memorial Award, page 4)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 580
Coralie 30.7 Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: 50 years
book published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive
Oathbringer first published 2017
At 1233 pages I would like to claim 3 big book tickets
Option 2 The Sesame Street Muppets
From page 9 of anthropomorphism
The Bird King
Total to date 580 points
Amy FL30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: The Night Fire (Published October 22, 2019)
Option 3: The Myth of Perpetual Summer by Susan Crandall (Susan Robinson)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610
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10.3 - Let It Snow
Read a book with a title consisting of at least 3 words where each initial letter can be found in the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND. All title words count.
The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21
(T, L, D in winTer wonDerLand)
(IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9.0)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 690