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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Book 1 -
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Option 1 - This book has a MPG of Historical Fiction (shelved by 1,103 people).
Link to PB edition: The Island of Sea Women
Book 2 -
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Option 3 - This book is written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in biRchbarK.
Link to PB edition: Such a Fun Age
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Jen K15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 720
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 1
Book 1 -
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
NO PLASTIC is found in the subtitle - NO in inconceivable, P in princess, LAST in tales IC in princess
Link to PB edition: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (259 pages)
Book 2 -
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
"Library" is found in the title.
Link to PB edition: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library (368 pages)
259+368 = 627 pages
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Sara G25.7 - 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.
Death in the Valley of Shadows by Deryn Lake
Book 2. Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
This book is on the Fiction, 1948 to the present. list for 2016.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 915
Sara G30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 2: Tell me a story
Read a book from this list: Spinning A Romantic Yarn—Heroes and Heroines Who are Weavers, Spinners, and More
The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
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.
A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
I used the word "free" STEP BACK FROM THE YARN
Points this post: 30
Total points: 945
Chris MD 25.1 Challenge Addict
Option 2 - #2 or higher in a series started before the Winter Challenge
Death of a Snob by M.C. Beaton
#6 in the Hamish Macbeath series. I read 1-5 before the winter challenge.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 148 pages.
Option 3 - Book from the Books about Melbourne and Victoria
Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood
Currently #90 on the list.
And that's all for me for this challenge. Thanks, Mods!
Total points: 380
PegW20.5 Bigger is Better
Read a book by an author who has an award named for them.
Agatha Award for Agatha Christie, page 1
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 580
Golden Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 9
Total Tasks: 33
Readerboard Name: List_Addict10.10: Overlooked?
A book with over 10000 ratings and published 2017 or before which has never won an award
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Published 26 July, 2016
29 February: 12,832 ratings, no awards
Total this Post: 10
Total this Challenge: 70
Readerboard Name: List_Addict15.7: Stand Alone
A book that is a standalone
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margaret Magnusson
Total this post: 15
Total this challenge: 85
(Thank you all once again for a great challenge!!)
Sarah E25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle
Leap
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) Leap has 484 pages
Book 2
Option 2: TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence
A Study in Charlotte - 321 pages
LO in charLOtte
484 + 321 = 805 pages
Total points: 570
Sarah E30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Author initials in CORETTA SCOTT KING
Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries by Tonya Kappes - 432 pages
I listened to the audio but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option 4: Two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer - 408 pages
jeFF vandermEEr
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the MMP
432 + 408 = 840 pages
Total points: 600
TraceyLChallenge Complete!
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
In the Woods by Tana French
Post #27 in the Discussion Thread
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 1165
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Brooke TXRepost.
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 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. With "STATION" in the title:
Option 5: Read a book which has at least 2 of the following numbers: 2, 0, 1, 9 in the number of pages.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 780
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 88
Brooke TX15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 2:
Set in Cuba:
Set in Australia:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa
Option 2:
Book 1 - Read a book set in space. Set aboard various spaceships and non-Earth planets:
Book 2 - Read a book with the word “NOTHING” in the TITLE.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 870
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 90
Jen K30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1: Here and There
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
an OrchEstra of minorItIEs
Book 2 On That Farm
Option 1: Wake of Vultures
Animal: Vultures
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 750
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is ImportantOption 2: Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with the name of a book award or with the person that an award was named for.
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King shares name with Coretta Scott King Award, page 3
New Points: 20
Total Points: 500
GO: 2
BB: 1
that's it for me, thanks for a great challenge
Brooke TX25.12 - 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. I read the eBook, the top paperback edition is:
Option 2- Read a book #2 or higher in a series that you started before the Winter Challenge began. I first read book #1 in the series on 10/6/18:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 895
Completed Tasks: 53
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
I chose the Dresden Striezelmarkt, Germany - Dresden, Germany.
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.
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held. Set 50% in Berlin, Germany:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 920
Completed Tasks: 54
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2: Read a book with black text anywhere on the cover.
Option 3: Read a book with all the letters of CARROT found in the title.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 945
Completed Tasks: 55
Books Read: 90
Sarah E50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: The Garden of Evening Mists - 352 pages
The main character, Yun Ling Teoh, is a person of colour of Chinese ethnicity
"Being Straits Chinese, my parents spoke mainly English, ..." page 37
Book 2: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - 226 pages
Oyinkan Braithwaite is a person of colour of African origins (see author photo) and a NEW TO ME author
Book 3: I'm Only In It for the Parking: Life and laughter from the priority seats by Lee Ridley - 240 pages
Memoir about having a physical disability (cerebral palsy) - Lee Ridley is a NEW TO ME author
352 + 226 + 240 = 818 pages
Total points: 650
Sarah E10.4 - Snuggle Up
GG in the title
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
I read an ebook, MMP is Les Recettes de Nounou Ogg... assaisonnées de moult conseils sur les us et coutumes du Disque-Monde
Total points: 660
Sarah E25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: Author initials in SPREADSHEET TRACKER
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
I read an ebook, top paperback (no MMP) Bellewether has 414 pages
Option 3: Borrowed book
Livin' Lahaina Loca - I borrowed this from Kindle Unlimited
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Livin' Lahaina Loca - 290 pages
414 + 290 = 704 pages
Total points: 685
Sarah E25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 3: Author's initials in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN
Whoops! All The Money Went Missing (Susan Hall Investigates) by Adele Abbott
Option 4: Word in title found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN
My word is ASIA
Africa to Asia: One man, two continents, eleven countries
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Africa to Asia: One Man, Two Continents, Eleven Countries
Total points: 710
Sarah E30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: First published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive
The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
First published 2007
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Option 3: Human Sesame Street characters
Champagne Cream & Murder-An Oceanside Cozy Mystery - Book 14: Volume 14 by Susan Gillard
Author's first name matched character, Susan Robinson
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 740
Thanks to the mods and task creators for another fun season.
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Select one option and read a book that fits. Required: Identify the option.
Option 1: read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded).
MPG: Self Help 142 users
Option 2: read a book found on the listopia "Scandinavian Lifestyle Books." #2 on list today
Book fits both option 1 & 2
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, by Margareta Magnusson
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 535
Tasks completed: 23
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.8 - Leap Year
by Richard Adams1995
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 600
Books Read: 46
Completed Tasks: 26
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 00
GO Tickets to Date: 01
Sue T25.4 - Sally M - I’d Like to Thank…
Option 2: Harry Potter and JKR - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (AR Finder - IL: MG - BL: 7.2 )
Option 3: Audible Escape and Scribd - Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews which I borrowed from my sister-in-law.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 60/1115
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Kim O5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Caesar and Cleopatra Golden Oldie -- first published in 1898
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 17
babbling c5.10. Your Personal Award!
Choose your own award winner! Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Darkness Everlasting Kindle Darkness Everlasting - paperback pgs. 416 by Alexandra Ivy
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 440/1165
Completed Tasks: 24/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 11,964
Books read this season: 34
babbling c10.3 - 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. Subtitles should be ignored. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Last Remnant - audible The Last Remnant - paperback pg 320 by Pam Brondos
WINTER WONDERLAND
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 450/1165
Completed Tasks: 25/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 12,284
Books read this season: 35
Elizabeth PTask 10.8 - Leap Year
Book first published in a year with double consecutive digits
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
First published 2003 (double 0)
At 870 pages, good for *2 Big Book Tickets*
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 540
Total Tasks: 29
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 12
Total Books: 40
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - Be Better
Option Three - Single author whose name contains both E and D
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley
lucinDa rilEy
At 510 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 560
Total Tasks: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 14
Total Books: 41
babbling c25.14 - Cat's Task: Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Help Thread
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
Darkness Revealed - kindle Cezar - paperback pgs. 478 by Alexandra Ivy
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.
Subtitles should be ignored.
Line of Scrimmage - Audible Line of Scrimmage - paperback pg 356 by Marie Force
SEASONAL WARMTH
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 475/1165
Completed Tasks: 26/64
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 13,118
Books read this season: 37
Jen K10.9 - Winter's in the Air
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Award: Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist 2016
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 760
Thanks for a fun season!
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - The Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Initial letter of each word in title found in Neustadt International Prize for Literature
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
Neustadt InternAtional pRize fOr liteRature
*I included what I believe is subtitle letters here as well because they fit, I just wasn't 100% sure they weren't part of the title
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 565
Total Tasks: 31
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 13
Total Books: 42
Brooklyn10.9 – Winter’s In the Air
Read a book that has won or been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters in WINTER.
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Nominated for Edgar Award for 1st novel in 2016
Points this post: 10
Total points: 770/1165
Tasks completed: 37/64
Books read: 56
Big Book Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 25.4 - I'd Like to Thank...
Option Two - Book with at least one witch/wizard as main character
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
MG designation, BL of 6.8 and AR points 32.0
At 734 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Option 3: Book borrowed from the library
Deathcaster by Cinda Williams Chima
I borrowed this book from the Jefferson County Public Library
At 647 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Deathcaster
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 590
Total Tasks: 32
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 15
Total Books: 44
Brooklyn15.6 – Third Time’s the Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least 3 literary awards.
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019
Won Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction in 2019
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction in 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points: 785/1165
Tasks completed: 38/64
Books read: 57
Big Book Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Book first published in 2019 or 2020
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
First published 1/2019
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 605
Total Tasks: 33
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 15
Total Books: 45
Brooklyn20.6 – Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Read an award-winning book that has a MPG of history or historical fiction, standalone or embedded.
Silence by Shūsaku Endō
MPG of historical fiction; won Tanizaki price in 1966
Points this post: 15
Total points: 805/1165
Tasks completed: 39/64
Books read: 58
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.2 – Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING.
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella – 464 pages
Option 3: Read a book with a 3+ word title where the first letter of each word is found in GANDHI PEACE PRIZE.
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris – 338 pages
464 + 338 = 802 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 835/1165
Tasks completed: 40/64
Books read: 60
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn5.5 – Try to Count Them
Read a book with a MPG of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction.
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
MPG of fantasy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 840/1165
Tasks completed: 41/64
Books read: 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Thanks, Mods, for another great season!
Brooke TX30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK. The Wolf at Bay approved in eBook Verification spreadsheet line 3493:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 975
Completed Tasks: 56
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX30.2 - 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.
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in GANDHI PEACE PRIZE. With "GENDER" in the title:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 1005
Completed Tasks: 57
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3: 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. With "BONES" in the title:
Option 4: Read a book with a word from one of the crochet terms in the title or subtitle that ALSO has the letters from the abbreviation in the author’s name. I use bet = between:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 1035
Completed Tasks: 58
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX30.6 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The World of Xanth
Book 1:
Option 2: Read any book on Goodreads’ list of Popular Punny Books. Found on page 2:
Book 2:
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in PIERS ANTHONY AND that has MPGs of BOTH Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 1065
Completed Tasks: 59
Books Read: 90
Brooke TX30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name. By Jane Austen, who shares a name with Jane Tuesday:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 1095
Completed Tasks: 60
Books Read: 90
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25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1: Wildflower (288 pages)
Book 2: Option 2: LO
Twenty-one Truths About Love (352 pages)
288+352= 640>500
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 705