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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Sanz10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Points this task: 10
Completed Tasks: 2
Total Points Earned: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
PegW5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Read a book with a title of at least 3 words for which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
The Secret Adversary
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - First published in 1922
Point this post: 5
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 6
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're HotRead a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020
Southampton Stalker by Hope Callaghan
Date Read: 1/12
How It Fits: First Published Nov 6 2019
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Golden Oldie books this post:
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Helen A. Task 20.2 Amish in title/subtitle
Dr. Frau: A Woman Doctor Among the Amish
12-16-19
Total Tasks: 1
Total Points: 20
BB= 0
GO= 0
Task: 20.10 - Group Reads
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Date Read: 13/12
Discussion Comment
Claiming big Book Ticket - 594pgs
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie Books This Post: 0
Total Golden Olfie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
5.5. Try to Count Them.Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction
Wasteland
New Points: 5
Total Points: 60
MAZZA125.7 - 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.
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
Book2. 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:
Using the Fiction, 1948 to the present.. https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
Winner Anne tyler 1989
Clock Dance
points this post = 25
Points to date = 320
Suzannesea20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task - Be Better
Option 3
As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book whose author's name contains an E and a D.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
DEanna
Points this post; 20
Total points to date: 150
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I read No Defense - book #5 in the Barbara Holloway series. First name, Barbara, is the main character in the books, and her name is in the series title. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB)
total points: 35
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I read Glass Houses, set almost entirely in Canada. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
total points: 40
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I read The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment by Dave Eggers. "gg" in author's name, Eggers.
total points: 50
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - Play Those Words
Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person in its title/subtitle, or pictured on its cover. I took the cover option and read Fatality in F by Alexia Gordon.
Total points so far: 60
ANGIE CA20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Book: Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith
Notes: 1) First published in 1996.
Total Points: 120
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5.4. That's a Strange Title!
At Bertram's Hotel
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
Books read: 4
Tasks Done: 3
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5.8. Speaking My Language?
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 43
First written in Japanese, my primary language is English
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’sOption 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive).
Die Trying (Jack Reacher #2) by Lee Child
published 1998
1x Bigger is Better tix (552 pages)
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 120
Jen K10.3 - Let It Snow
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
WinTer WonderlAnd
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Readerboard Name Kathy P15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Good Eggs
Points this post 15
Totals
Points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Books read: 1
Kathy KS15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards.
The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
I listened to the audio; mmpb=329 p.
Literary Awards:
All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements (2014)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript (2012)
Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction and for Book of the Year (2014)
UC Book of the Year (2015)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2013)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 35
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine
Published March 2019
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 50
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Christine V20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, winner of the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction (2012).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=3)
Amy W5.2 - The Maple Leaf Rag
Read a book set at least 50% in Canada.
I read Still Life by Louise Penny. It it set in Three Pines, Quebec, Canada.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 70
**Reposting due to problem in the second book option (AR points were lower for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe than required)**30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: 50 years
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Read Koyasan
(first published in 2006)
Option 2: The Sesame Street Muppets
Read a book that has been shelved as Anthropomorphism
Read The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Book can be found on page #20
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Elizabeth PTask 25.13 - Christmas Markets
Book One - Book with all letters of chosen Christmas market in title
I chose Edinburgh
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
tHE BaNDs of moURnInG
Book 2 - Book set 50%+ in country of chosen city
A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
This book actually happens to be set in Edinburgh, Scotland
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 16
10.6 A book which is #1 in a series.Old Man's War by John Scalzi, (Old Man's War #1)
Post Points: 10
Total Points: 65
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
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30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 2 - Shadow Hunter - #1 in the Rosie O'Grady Paranormal Bar and Grill series
option 3 - When We Believed in Mermaids - the last 5 star book i rated was The Alice Network; when i selected on Dec 3, 2019, Becca had also rated When We Believed in Mermaids as 5 stars on Dec 3, 2019; this book is new to me
points this post: 30
points overall: 180
5.4. That's a Strange Title!Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
I read Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen which was approved on the help thread.
points: 70
books read: 6
tasks completed: 4
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 1708
Karen DTask: 30.5 - Sandy's Task: As Easy as 1 and 2 (not even 3!)
Option 2: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, finished 12/1. How it fits: #2 in The Handmaid's Tale series.
Option 3: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, finished 12/17. How it fits: I gave 5 stars to Back Roads, Misti gave that 5 stars and also The Dutch House. This book was new to me!
Combined page total: 422 + 337 = 759
points for this task: 30
Total points: 50
Sandra20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
This book is #9 on the list (Page #1).
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
Sandra 20.10 - Group Reads
In the Woods by Tana French
Short review posted on Discussion thread (msg #7).
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 40
RAYNEBAIR10.8 - Leap Year
Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits (ex: 1944, 1995, 2008, 2011)
Black Rose by Nora Roberts
first published in 2005
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
20.6 Option 1: Looking Back An award-winning book which has an mpg of History or Historical Fiction.The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Winner: Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2017)
Post Points: 20
Total Points: 85
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the AlphabetBook 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Echo Killer
How it fits: Doesn't contain an M or an N in the title, single author
Pages: 444
Book 2.
Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N.
Book read: Sea of Shadows
How it fits: Single author, Author's (Kelley Armstrong) name contains both an M and an N
Pages: 406 (PB Edition: Sea of Shadows)
Total Pages: 850
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Total points: 100
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
The Lone Rancher by Andrew Grey
3 words in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.5. Try to Count Them
Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Nick KY10.1 Friends I read The Children's Home by Charles Lambert, with the word “Home" in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 135
Nick KY15.9 A Picture
I read They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, an autobiographical graphic book.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 150
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - In The Category...
Edgar Award 2019
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2019) If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
Edgar Award for the Best Novel (2019)Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
JEN B20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 2: For this option, read a book found on the listopia Scandinavian Lifestyle Books.
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well - Meik Wiking
On page 1 of this list (book #1)
TOTAL POINTS: 60
NAVI30.4 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
This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
How it fits: ThIs Is YOur Brain on ParasitEs: How Tiny CrEatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
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.
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
How it fits: "Wolf" in title
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets:
MAZZA110.2 - Comfort Food
Read a book with the MPG Food and Drink, standalone or embedded.
Sourdough approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
points to date = 330
MAZZA120.2 - 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.
Plurals and Possessives are fine.
Beneath the Ice: In Search of the Sami
Sami is in subtitle
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 350
Sanz5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature
The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom by Toni Morrison
Points this task: 5
Completed Tasks: 3
Total Points Earned: 35
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Pat ☆ ☆ 5.1 ~ Name Calling!
Task Description ~ Read a book with a person's first name in its title/subtitle/series title. The first name must be used as a first name in the title/subtitle/series title and must be the name of an actual character in the book. Initials do not work - it must be a name.
Cilka's Journey by Heather MorrisCompleted ~ 12.16.19
Pages ~ 352
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 120
Tasks Completed ~ 6
Books Read This Season ~ 9
Pages Read This Season ~ 3227
MAZZA 1 5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature
July's People author info highlights nobel prize https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
points this post = 5
points to date = 355
MEGSCL15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
TOTAL TO DATE
55 points
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
The Terror
**769pp - 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
75 points
2 big books
PegW15.1 - Days of Celebration
Select 2 options and read a book for each.
Option 1, Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed countries
The Dinner set in the Netherlands
Option 2, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause set in Cuba
Point this post: 15
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 7
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15.5- Lady With A Lamp - Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character.
Four Ever - "things come to a head when ER nurse Zak brings his work home with him"
I read the Kindle edition and linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 90
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 8