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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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15.4 - Happy Valentine's Day!Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words in which the initial letter in each word in the title can be found in the word VALENTINES and all of the author's initials can also be found in VALENTINES
I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti vAleNtINeS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
Book: Circe
How it fits: The author of the book is Madeline Miller, a 2-part name, both initials are M.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
Task:20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption:1 -at least 3 people on the cover
Book read:
by Sally RooneyRequired: if you zoom in you can see 4 people in the yellow squiggles on the cover (the 4 main characters of the book).
Points this task:20
Total points:115
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:6
Tasks completed:6
trishhartuk15.3 The Ruby Slippers
Option 1. Read two books: Book 1 – seven precious gemstones: diamond...
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds, T.E. Kinsey
Read the kindle edition. PB here
AND Book 2 - read a book with a pair of shoes on its cover.
Read thekindle edition. PB: here
Shoes confirmed in help thread message #29: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
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Option 4:
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry - EH initials are in phrase
Points this post: 20
Points total: 150
MARGO20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 2
Read a book first published between January 2002 and April 2020, inclusive, AND which has a domestic cat on the cover.
The Cat of Yule Cottage
- first published November 3rd 2016
- domestic cat on cover of the Kindle edition I read
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
ROBIN P15.9 - Where Do All Those Letters Go?
Book set in specific countries
The Brutal Telling - set 100% in Canada
Points this task: 15
Total points: 125
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that matches Terry or a name related to Terry: I chose Tess from the list (in the Dutch section) and read Caramel and Magnolias by Tess Thompson.
Total points so far: 145
Task 20.6 - Christmas in Australiaoption 1: author born 1952
A Fine Balance
603 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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180 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 10.3 - S WonderfulHOW in title, from "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
How to Find a Princess
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190 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 20.1 - Challenges and Pleasuresoption 3: MC is lawyer
The Devil's Advocate
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210 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Amy B25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
This is a two book task, using two different options. REQUIRED: specify in your post the options you used.
Option 1: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title (ignore subtitles). The letters can be in the same word (like Toto) or in two different words of at least three letters each .
In One Person by John Irving (ON in One and Person)
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 75 Points
Nick KY20.2 Tamara’s Resolutions I read
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen, fulfills opt. 3 – title begins w “A”. I listened to the unabridged audiobook. There is no MMPB. The top Paperback edition (for acceptable page count) is here: At the Water's Edge.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 180
Nick KY30.8 Nick KY’s Four Films
Opt. 3. Paycheck. I read Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch, 1st pub’d in 1967 which is in Philip K. Dick’s lifetime and is Science Fiction genre.
Opt. 4. Twin Towers. I read
Little Night by Luanne Rice, with a title consisting of two words. I listened to the audiobook. There is no Mass Market Paperback, the top paperback edition (for page count) is here: Little Night.
184 pp + 352 pp = 556 pp > required 400.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 210
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. Read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130
5.10 - Heart's DesireA children's book not on AR bookfinder:
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
+5 Task
Points this post: 5
Season Total: 50
Julia10330.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Book 1: Murder on Wall Street
(set in New York, #24 in series)
Book 2: Fire Logic
(Logic in title, 335 pages)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 165
BB:0
GO:1
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 10
Kathy KS20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
A Dance Through Time, by Lynn Kurland
MPGs include:
Science Fiction > Time Travel 290 users
Fantasy 60 users
Fantasy > Paranormal 27 users
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 90
Tasks completed: 4/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri-K's Task: Ready, Set, GO! Option 1: The best old books have been around the longest. Read a book published before 1900:
1882
Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 80
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever2. My children are 4 and 1. The highest temperature either of them had was 39.6. Read a book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9. Each number can only be used once, and no other numbers can be used.
314p
Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 100
ElaineL15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Option 1:
A. Read a book with a title of at least three words in which the initial letters of each word in the title are found in the word VALENTINES.
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
B. Read a book in which ALL of the author’s initials are found in the word VALENTINES.
Catnip by Arden Steele
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 350
Katrisa30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to Zulu
Book 1 - Read a book with a word from the phonetic alphabet in its TITLE
I read The Glass Hotel (HOTEL)
Book 2 - Read a book whose SINGLE author has one of these names (in any position).
I read The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (SIERRA)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 320
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
by Alexandra MortonOrca under author's name and two under the title though they are harder to see unless you have a hard copy (They look like blak and white blobs)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
MEGSCL15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Book 1 - The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
Book 2 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
TOTAL TO DATE
50 points
2 big book
15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!Cold Mourning (Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery #1) by Brenda Chapman
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 105
Casey WTask 5.1 - Read a book by an author who's name starts with D
After the Cure By Deirdre Gould
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Casey WTask 5.4 - Read a book with MPG Fantasy/Science Fiction
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Nikki B5.5 The Land of Oz
The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 215
Total BB Tickets: 1
Task 10.5 - Naughty or Nice?Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF.
KrAmpsulauf
Mind Over Murder (Raven's Nest #1) (2011) by Allison Kingsley (Paperback, 262 pages)
20 + 10 = 30
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 20 + 10 = 30
Books read: 02
Pages read: 540
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Julia1035.5 - The Land of Oz
The Ladies of Missalonghi
(set in Australia)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 170
BB:0
GO:1
Tasks complete: 9
Books read: 11
15.3 - The Ruby SlippersI chose option 2 and read
by Rosie Thomas. The book has a gemstone in the title (Ruby) and features a pair of shoes on the cover (flip flops).
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
10.5 - Naughty or Nice?I read Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King.
Stephen King's initials can be found in KRAMPUSLAUF.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
10.4 - MMXXIIRead a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
trishhartuk15.10 Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling.
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Page 1, #4 on the list
Golden oldie: First published in 1843
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 – A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 1
Task 30.2 - What Does Home Mean To You?option 1: author initials in GRANDMA WOLFE
Battle of the Birds - Te pakanga o nga manu by Lee Murray
option 4: page count does not include listed numbers
Vespertine
368 pages
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240 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell
Born in 1956 Information from Britannica.com
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180/970
Tasks completed: 13/56
Books read: 15
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2: The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths
Option 3: Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence by Tanya Selvaratnam
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205/970
Tasks completed: 14/56
Books read: 17
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Romantic Times: Vegas: Book 1 by Heather Graham and others.
Book 2: Law and Disorder by Heather Graham
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235/970
Tasks completed: 15/56
Books read: 19
Laurah3020.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
option 3 Read a book with a title of at least three words, where all the initial letters can be found in the phrase “CATS HAVE STAFF”.
The Secret History
559 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Laurah3020.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri-K's Task: Ready, Set, GO!
Option 1: The best old books have been around the longest. Read a book published before 1900.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne is a new to me author.
pub in 1872
Claiming 1 GO ticket
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Mod
Option 1-
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 20
Points total: 170
Mod
Fiction: Pun Title
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel In Letters
My Discussion Post: Https://Www.Goodreads.Com/Topic/Show/...
Points This Post: 20
Points Total:190
ElaineL25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
EVAN'S OPTIONS:
2: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title (ignore subtitles).
Pixie Little Liar by Arden Steele (LI) - LIttle LIar
RILEY'S OPTIONS:
3: Read a book that follows another book. #2 in a series.
Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 375
ElaineL5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
A Rubber Ducky Kind of Day by M.A. Innes (ebook verified in msg# 8404)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 380
Katrisa30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
opt 3 - from excellent space opera list
I read Dune it is on the first page of the list
opt 4 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last- you may ignore middle initials) can be found in AUDIOBOOKS.
I read A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry SB - audioBookS
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 350
Nikki B10.10 The Story Continues
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
Janet Evanovich
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 225
Total BB Tickets: 1
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5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
author first name begins with a 'D'
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
Points this post: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Total Points: 70