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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Nikki B20.7 Shorter Is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2's
Option D, the book has 240 pages
Ghost Stories of Ontario
John Robert Colombo
Task Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 245
Total BB Tickets: 1
5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...Read book that is #3 in a series.
I listened to the audio book of Daylight. This is #3 in the Atlee Pine series.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreRead a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
I read House of M, which has an MPG of Science Fiction.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
ROBIN P10.3 - 'Wonderful - word from song title
The Man Who Folded Himself
MAN from The Man I Love
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Katrisa20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
opt 1 - read a book with at least 3 people on the cover.
I read
my book was audio - paperback pages 320
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 370
Nick KY30.9 Sandy’s Wowbrary!
Book 1. I read Against the Grain-An Autobiography by Boris Yeltsin. The book is nonfiction and the author’s inits are in “wowBrarY.”
Book 2. I read You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes. The first letters of all title words are in the target phrase, “I Love MY library.”
213 pp + 432 pp = 645 pp > required 600.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 240
Task:20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption:2-by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by
Book read:Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning
Childrens MPG?: IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9.0
Required: I have read at least 8 previous books by Sarra Manning - including Adorkable French Kiss and Let's Get Lost
Points this task:20
Total points:135
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:7
Tasks completed:7
5.9 - Home Sweet HometHOMpson othEr
Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
+ 5 Task
Points this post: 5
Season Total: 80
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.8: The Peculiarity of Time Passing
One Day in December
Totals
Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Completed: 2
Coralie5.4 we’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Book with MPG Fantasy
The Orphans of Raspay
Total to date 105 points
Coralie10.1 Gifts
Option A – book that was a gift from my daughter
The Winged Histories
Total to date 115 points
30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option 1. Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
Say Goodbye (Quincy & Rainie #6) by Lisa Gardner
360 pages
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count).
The Bat (Harry Hole #1) by Jo Nesbø
425 pages
Total pages read: 785
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 135
ROBIN P20.2- Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2 - Book by an author who you have already read 3 books by
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
I have already read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Final Solution, and The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Amy B25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
This is a two-book task. REQUIRED: Please note in your post which 2 options you used.
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS. All initials count. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the list of initials.
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Option 3: Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in John Newbery Medal. Ignore subtitles. There is no minimum word requirement for the title. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the target phrase.
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 100 Points
FLY Task #20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
task: Option C: title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.”
book: Edenbrooke
how it fits: Edenbrooke and CAPS share no letters
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Jasmiina F20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures:
Option 2. Read a book by a new-to-you author:
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
I haven't read anything from this author before.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
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30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option 1. Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
Undercover by Eliot Grayson
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count). The book may have an additional subtitle.
Saffron Alley by AJ Demas
Undercover (paperback) = 198 pages
Saffron Alley (paperback) = 269 pages
Together = 467 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Mary P30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
288 pages
Option 4: Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS
Close Liaisons by Anna Zaires
320 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
10.7 - Not This YearRead a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
Magic Strikes 310 pages
New Points: 10
Total Points: 55
25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New GoalsOption 1:Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years.
Clara Callan
This was added to my To Read shelf on Goodreads on May 31, 2013
Option 3: 3. Continuing series.
Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series.
I listened to an audio version of Hardcore Twenty-Four
New Points: 25
Total Points: 80
Mod
5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Read a book found on the list: Yellowest Books Ever list. Found on page 2
A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry
Task: 5
Total: 145
10/56
INSIYAH25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1: All author initials in COMPANIONDOG
Book: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
How it fits: ACD in phrase (238 pages)
Book 2: Letters of GREEN in title
Book: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
How it fits: GRN in Ring, EE in the & the (527 pages)
Page Count: 238 + 527 = 765 pages (>500)
Claiming one Big Book Ticket for The Fellowship of the Ring - 527 pages
Claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket for The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - first published in 1893
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Read a book with one of the words from one of Ira Gershwin's notable song titles in the title
The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
The Man I Love
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
ElaineL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri-K's Task: Ready, Set, GO!
Option 2: Read a book with MPG mystery published between 1913 and 1939, inclusive.
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay Published 1936
Required: State in your post that the author is new-to-you.
This was a new to me author prior to the undertaking of this task.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 400
Nick KY15.7 Cold I read The Changing Arctic Environment: The Arctic Messenger by David P. Stone, "Arctic" in the title.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 255
15.1 - Welcome to OzBook 1, a book with a black/white/gray cover: This Is All I Got by Lauren Sandler
Book 2, a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The colors are blue, red, and yellow.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Mod
Option 3:
A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday - starts with A
Points this post: 20
Points total: 210
Andy P.10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters 320 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
20.10 - Group ReadsNomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
❄️ post #6 in discussion thread ❄️
Total points: 20 + 20 = 40
Mai10.9 - Winter is ComING
Book with a word in the title that ends with "ING"
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Mai5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...
Read book that is #3 in a series.
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3 by James Tynion IV
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Rockynook30.4 - Winter in Ms. Kat's Kindergarten
Option 1a: book with a word 4+ letters that is made from MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Word: Secrets
milton thE dancing ChRiSTmas mouSE
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR: 14.0
Option 1b: read a book with author initials in GINGERBREAD
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205
Coralie10.10 The Story Continues
Book from a series with at least 14 primary works
Callander Square There are 32 primary works in the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series
Total to date 125 points
Mai10.1 - Gifts
A. Read a book you have received as a gift
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World by Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
ROBIN P15.4 - Happy Valentines Day
Option 2 - Book title of at least 3 words and author name all start with letters found in VALENTINES
Stupeur et Tremblements (SET) by Amélie Nothomb (AN)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Kim O5.9 - Home Sweet Home Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 65
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mod
I read The Man Who Died Twice - I listened to the audiobook, linked to top pb (no MMPB).
All letters of HOME found in tHE Man whO.
total points: 145
Mod
For book 1, I read
. I read and linked to the kindle edition. Tineye shows that this cover is all black and various grays.For book 2, I read a kindle ARC of
triangle colors include blue, gold and pink.total points: 160
Mod
I chose option 2 and read
- listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB).This book was written in French - my first language is English.
total points: 180
Mod
I chose option A and read
. Title is in all caps and red.total points: 200
Mai20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option B: “The Great Eight”
Book with "The Great" in the title
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
*(Big book ticket: this book has 705 pages)*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Barbara ★5.5 - The Land of Oz
Read a book set in Australia or written by author born in Australia.
Afterthought - Janet Clare (set in Australia) 12/21
Points this task: 5
Total points: 180
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer 12/21
(found on page 15)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
hoodoomends30.2 - what does home mean to you? - options 1 & 2
task 1: author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE
book: Contra los hijos by Lina Meruane
how it fits: grandMa woLfe
task 2: all the letters of DREAM in the title
book: Uma Temporada no Inferno (76 p.) + Na vertigem do dia (96 p.)
[combined poetry = 172 p.]
how it fits: tEMpoRADa + veRtigEM DiA
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this post:
points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
total:
points: 205
GO: 6
BB: -
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreTask: Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Book Read: Traitor to the Throne - paperback edition: Traitor to the Throne, 570 pages
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
BB tickets: 1
GO: -
5.10 - Heart's DesireTask: Read a book of your choice
Book Read: Kulti - paperback edition: Kulti, 572 pages
How it fits: book of choice
1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
BB tickets: 2
GO: -
15.10 - Curl Up and ReadTask: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Book Read: Shadow and Bone - mass market paperback edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..., 352 pages
How it fits: #1253 on page 13 of the list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
BB tickets: 2
GO: -
Natalie CH10.7 - Not This Year
page number ends in zero
Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film by Maya Deren
260 pages
Points this post: 10
Tasks completed: 5
Total Points: 80
Task 10.8 - #ownvoicestorieson page 1 of list (150 tags)
Felix Ever After
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250 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
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Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF.
I read Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0