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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard Name Kathy P50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Category LBGTQIA
Character: Lorena Hickok is a lesbian
White Houses
Book 2: Category Person of Color/Diverse Background
Author is Dominican Elizabeth Acevedo
With the Fire on High
Book 3: Category LBGTQIA
Calypso Memoir by a homosexual author
New authors to me Amy Bloom and Elizabeth Acevedo
Totals
Points: 305
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 13
Total Books read: 18
Amy W10.3 - 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.
I read Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points to Date: 285
20.4 Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again Cruel Beauty #17 page 1 of list
Points: 20
Total: 365
25.5 All Work and Some PlayOpt 1 book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8.
The Fated Sky - 384 pgs
Opt 2 - book that is the second in a series
A Scot in the Dark (Scot and Scandal #2)
Points: 25
Total: 430 pts
25.10 Rewards of Awards - >500 pgs 297+384=681Opt 1 Popular book club books list - . Found on pg 1 of list.
Bk 1 - Everything I Never Told You - 297 pgs.
Bk 2 - Opt 4 book from list of influencers list - Reece Witherspoon book club #33 pg 1
The Sun Is Also a Star - 384 pgs
Points: 25
Total: 455
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotMiss Austen by Gill Hornby
pub. 2020
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 935
JUKKA10.8 - Leap Year
Book published in a year with double consecutive digits.
Monstrous Compendium Appendix by Allen Varney was first published in 1994.
Total Points: 425/1165
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 29/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
trishhartuk5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories, Ernest Hemingway
From the GR author write-up: “Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.”
Golden Oldie: First published in 1936
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 – The Snows of Kilimanjaro was first published in 1936
Big book: No
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 29
Golden oldies: 7
Big Book tickets: 4
PegW25.15 Sarah E's Task: Do you want to build a snowman?
Option 2: Read a book with black text anywhere on the cover.
Option 4: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in STICKS or TWIGS: Sticks - Candacy A. Taylor
Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book: 9
Total Tasks: 31
PegW5.10 Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice.
Listened to the audio book, linked to MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 560
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book: 9
Total Tasks: 32
Amy B20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: Economics Nonfiction: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. Posted comment 2-27
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This task: 20 points
To Date: 490 points
25.4 - 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.
The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer - 304 pages
Option 3: 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.
The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick
Borrowed from the library
Referring to this edition for page count: 448 pages
Total pages 304+448 = 752
Total points: 190
TraceyL25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 2
Book 1 - Read a book set in Space.
Firefly: Big Damn Hero Audiobook
Firefly: Big Damn Hero PB 384 Pages
Book 2 - Read a book with the word “NOTHING” in the TITLE.
Much Ado About Nothing Audiobook
Much Ado About Nothing MMPB 166 Pages
384 + 166 = 550 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 1030
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.3 - Spin the WheelOption 2, a book with all the letters R S T L N E in the title/author name and all the letters C D M A in the title/author name: Pekoe Most Poison by Laura Childs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1045
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
Option 1: Palm Springs, CA
The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne
3 and 8 in page #
Option 2: New Orleans, LA
MacNamara's Woman by Alicia Scott
2nd in the Family Secrets series
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305/1165
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 25/64
Task 20.7- Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 3) As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
christopher DickEy
Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South (2015) by Christopher Dickey (Hardcover, 388 pages) [921]
415 + 20 = 435
Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 415 + 20 = 435
Books read: 35
Pages read: 8,988
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 18
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Option 1: The Plague of Doves
Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism). mpg may be stand alone or embedded.
The Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction
Option 2: The Round House
Read a book from this list Native American Fiction.
Required: State the page of the list where your book was found.
The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel
Page 6, #568
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 355
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Sarah H25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes - Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1 - Read a book with at least one word in the TITLE which has a set of consecutive double letters.
The Book of M
Book 2 - Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists.
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
From list #1, Fiction, finalist in 2016.
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 475
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 27
Books read: 37
Sarah H5.10. Your Personal Award! - Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 480
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 28
Books read: 38
Nick KY20.7 Queen Bee Darlene’s Be Better Opt. 2. I read The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, # 19 on the Best Up Lit list, p. 1. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1145
Nick KY20.9 Sarah Ruth’s Can You Keep a Secret?
Opt. 3. I read Mercury Under My Tongue: A Novel by Sylvain Trudel, inits in “SpecTre.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1165
FIN
Sarah E20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 2
Recursion
Winner of Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2019)
Total points: 375
Bookwrm526Task #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. I read If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen. (GG in gregg).
Total points so far: 790
Sarah E25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 1: P.S. from Paris - first published 2015
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Elle & lui - 372 pages
Option 2: Wayward - Wayward Pines #2
I listened to the audio, MMP is Șeriful
I read book #1 in the series before the Winter Challenge began.
Total points: 400
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotRead a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020
Published February 6, 2020
Link to paperback: The Lantern Men
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 340/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
REPOST25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
MARKET: TRENTO
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
The couple NExT doOR
308 pages
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: 644 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 355/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Sarah E15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
The Way of Kings
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the MMP
Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2011),
David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2011),
Whitney Award for Best Novel (2010),
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and for Favorite Book and for Goodreads Author (2010)
Big Book - 1258 pages. I claim 3 BB tickets.
Total points: 415
Total BB tickets: 5
5.8. Speaking My Language?Read a book originally written in a language other than your primary language.
My primary language is Spanish
This book was written in English
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 360/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
TraceyL30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING.
Light from Other Stars by Erika SwylerAudiobook
Light from Other Stars PB 320 Pages
ES appears in corEtta Scott
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in January of any year.
The Seep Audiobook
The Seep HC 203 Pages
First Published January 21st 2020
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 1060
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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
Looking to the Woods
Double set of letters in lOOking to the wOOds
Book 2. Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists
Fiction, 1948 to the present
Winner 2009
Olive Kitteridge
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 385/1165
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
GO Total:
BB Total: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Blueberry50.1
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories. Son of a Trickster
Jared, the main character is an Indigenous Native American from Canada. pgs: 336
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories. The Valley of Amazement
The author, Amy Tan, is Chinese. This is a Big Book with 589 pgs.
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
The author is a Queer Muslim. Pgs. 226
The two authors new to met were Samra Habib and Eden Robinson.
Pgs of 3 books total: 1141
Pts: 50
Total pts: 210
Books read: 12
Big Books: 1
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TraceyL25.12 - CathyG’s Task: Challenge Addict
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2015 with at least two of the numbers from 2877 in the page count.
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film Audiobook
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film PB 288 Pages
First Published January 6th 2015
2&8 appears in 288 Pages
Option 2: Using a series that you started before the Winter Challenge began (12/1/19), read a book in the series #2 or higher.
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple #10
I previously read The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Miss Marple #9 on August 21st 2019
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 1085
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Task 25.11 – SandyL – Rescue Me!REQUIRED: 500+ pages: 319 + 291 = 610 pg
Option 2: Mpg ANIMALS
Hannah's Dream – 319 pg
Genre confirmed in HELP thread
Option 4: Dog on the cover
I listened to the audiobook / MMPB: Pies and Prejudice 291 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 550 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
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded. Sourdough byRobin Sloan Food and Drink MPG
Points this post :10
Total points: 1040
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
All three authors are new to me
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
Don't Cry, Tai Lake: An Inspector Chen Novel byQiu Xiaolong Asian Pacific Main Character(Chinese) fiction, 262 p.
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories.
House on Endless Waters byEmuna Elon Author 's religion is different from my own She is Jewish, I am Christian Fiction book, 320 p.
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism byBarry M. Prizant 272 p.
# 5 Neurodiverse Autism, Nonfiction
page total : 252 + 320 + 272 = 844 p.
Points this post :50
Total points: 1090
10.6 - Fresh StartRead a book that is #1 in a series. The series designation (series name #1) must appear on the book's main Goodreads page.
I listened to an audio version of Three Men in a Boat
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket as first published in 1889***
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 470
GO: 2
BB: 1
Queen Bee Darlene30.6 Aprilleigh's Task: The World of Xanth
Min 200 pgs per book and 500 pgs total
Book 1, option 2: from Popular Punny books list
Heartless by Marissa Meyers Heartless
453 pages, this book is located on page 2 on the list
Book 2, option 2: author's initials found in PIERS ANTHONY and both genres Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd The Book of M
485 pages PierS anthony
both genres Science Fiction & Fantasy are listed
453 + 485 = 938 total pages
I hope I have included all needed information because:
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 1165
Brooke TX5.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 575
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 88
Brooke TX10.3 - 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. Approved in eBook Verification spreadsheet, line 3875:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 585
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 88
Brooke TX10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Read a book in which the digits in the page count decrease sequentially.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 595
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 88
Brooke TX20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 3: Read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name. Found on page 1 of Gay Beach - Summery Reads:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 615
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 88
Mary P30.5 - 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.
Do Not Forsake Me by Rosanne Bittner
512 pages
Option 2. Read a book that has a series number consisting only of 1 and/or 2
Savage Winter by Constance O'Banyon
Savage Seasons #2 368 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Brooke TX20.2 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 635
Completed Tasks: 43
Books Read: 88
Laurah3050.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Read a fiction book where the main character falls into one of the diversity categories.
Women Talking 216 p
The eight women are part of a Mennonite colony where they are plotting their escape after a series of rapes. Greta and Ona are two of the main characters. The diversity category is religion. (I am not Mennonite).
Book 2: Read a fiction book where the Author falls into one of the diversity categories.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
403 p
Kevin was born and raised in Singapore (person of colour, diverse background)
Book 3: Read a non-fiction book that is about one of the diversity categories
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
509 pages -
claiming 1 BB ticket
(person of colour, diverse background)
Total pages - 1128
Points this task: 50
Total points to date: 430
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Tasks complete: 18
Books read: 28
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15.9 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Non-fiction work in graphic format
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words
Total to date 595 points