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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Meera10.6 - Shelf Aware
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
This has been in my GR TBR list since 4/26/2017
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
10.6 - Shelf AwareRequired: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
I read The Paris Library. According to Goodreads, I shelved this as "to read" 11 months ago. (this is how it is stated under "your activity on this book")
points: 60
books read: 5
tasks completed: 5
pages read: 1495
Nick KY20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option A: #ALLCAPS – Read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red. Subtitles may be ignored.
I read A Red Death by Walter Mosley.
For page count, the highest rated MMPB is A Red Death.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 280
Andy P.Task # 10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
Just Thieves by Gregory Galloway
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to ZuluBook 1: Romeow and Juliet by Kathi Daley
(read Kindle edition; linked to the only print edition)
❄️ JULIET in title ❄️
Book 2: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
❄️ OSCAR in author name ❄️
Total points: 40 + 30 = 70
INSIYAH20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1: MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy
Book: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Barbara ★5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Over the Faery Hill - Jennifer L. Hart 12/24
(MPG fantasy)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 215
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.10 - Heart's Desire
reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates 12/23
Points this task: 5
Total points: 220
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mai20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: “Six White Boomers”
Author born between 1946-1964
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan was born in 1948
(Big book ticket: this book has 624 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Delicious Dee15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Force of Nature - I was born in australia where this was set
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Task 30.2 - What does home mean to you?Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
grandma wolFE
Show Boat (1926) by Edna Ferber (Hardcover, Facsimile of the 1926 edition, 398 pages)
** Show Boat is a Golden Oldie, published in 1926**
Option 4: Read a book that doesn't include any of these numbers in the page count: 0,1,2,4,5,9 .
Pagecount: 336
Smoke Eaters (Smoke Eaters #1) (2018) by Sean Grigsby (Goodreads Author) [ANGRY ROBOT] (Paperback, 336 pages)
30 + 30 = 60
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 30 + 30 = 60
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,274
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Katrisa5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states located in the area known as Tornado Alley (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa or Nebraska).
I read Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
It is set in El Paso Texas. The setting isn't listed on GR but it is the direct continuation of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe which does have the setting listed and the characters all live in the same place as the first book.
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 410
Katrisa10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
I read Writing My Wrongs by Shaka Senghor
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 420
MARGO30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
option 1.a.
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
- chosen word = CHRISTMAS
One More for Christmas
option 1.b.
Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in GINGERBREAD.
- author initials = AB
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
Book 1: Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
Book 2: Posted and read paperback
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Coralie5.5 The Land of Oz
Book by an author born in Australia
The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions: The ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher collection by Kerry Greenwood
Total to date 130 points
5.10 Heart's DesireFind yours by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq by Jessica Goodell
Task Points: 5
Season Points: 5
15.1 Welcome to OzThis is a two book task.
Book 1 – read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
by Lisa JacksonTinEye: black 65.8%, grey 34.1%
Book 2 –read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray).
by Shilpi Somaya GowdaTinEye: green 84.6%, yellow 6.9%, brown 3.4%, red 2.8%, grey 1%, black 0.8%, pink 0.5% (5 colors)
Task Points: 15
Season Points: 20
Mary P10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list: Own Voice.
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Found on page 2 of list.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 85
LAUREN JODI20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option A: All Caps
Tightrope by Amanda Quick
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120/970
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 8/56
LAUREN JODI5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 125/970
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 9/56
15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?Read a book set at least 50% in one of the closest land areas to the North Pole - Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Russia.
- Set entirely in Norway (setting evident from Goodreads)
Christmas Island
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption 3: My main goals for next year are related to study. To help me manifest getting good grades, read a book with a TITLE that starts with an A.
All the Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 100
15.10 - Curl Up and ReadThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
❄️ found on page 1 ❄️
Total points: 70 + 15 = 85
Joanne Mi25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
Option # 1
Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years.
The Endless Forest
I have owned this book since 2015, has been on my IRL to-read since then. When reading a series, I do not add the entire series to my TBR on GR's , I add them as I go.
Claiming 1 BB for this book, at 628 pages
Option # 3. Continuing series.
Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series.
The Tyrant's Law # 3 in The Dagger and Coin series
Points this Task 25
Total Points 120
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 3
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states located in the area known as Tornado Alley (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa or Nebraska). I chose Louisiana and read Gumbeaux by Kimberly Vargas, which is set in Louisiana as stated in the Goodreads description.
Total point so far: 170
Sue T30.6 - MegSCL - Part and Whole
Book 1 Candy Cane Murder
Book 2 Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 335/970
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Laurah3020.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
option 2 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.
Firekeeper's Daughter 496 p
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Line20.1
option 2: read a book by a new to me author. i read Isprinsessen by Camilla Läckberg. its the first book i’ve read by her.
tasks done: 1
books read: 1
points for this task: 20
total points: 20
Delicious Dee5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness - David Casarett
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110
Delicious Dee25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 2 - A Holly Jolly Diwali - Holly/Jolly have 1 letter difference
Option 3 - The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Mod
The total number of pages for both books must be at least 500 pages.
Book 1-
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas/482 pgs - SLEEP in title
book 2-
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach/308 pgs - 2 Zs in title of book
Total pages read: 790
Points this post: 30
Points total: 245
Mod
30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
1.a. Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE (Main)
Flowers on Main. Sherryl Woods
1.b. Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in GINGERBREAD. (AR)
The Witching Hour. Anne Rice
Claiming 3 BB tickets (1207 pages)
Task: 30
Total: 210
13/56
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions Option 2: Read a book by an author who has written at least three other books that I have read
The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
I've read quite a few of her books - I think at least 15 or 20 - but my three favorites are The Lathe of Heaven, The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness. The Wind's Twelve Quarters is a collection of short stories and a good place to start if you haven't read any of her books
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Priya20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: “Six White Boomers” - read a book by an author born between 1946 – 1964 OR a book first published between 1946 – 1964
Author: Patrick Süskind birth year: 1949
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Julia10315.2 - Endings and Beginnings
Book 1: Over My Dead Body (most recently published in Detective William Warwick series)
Book 2: The Color of Magic (Discworld #1)
This series is new to me.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 210
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 11
Books read: 14
Julia10310.7 - Not This Year
Castle Shade (360 pages)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 220
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 12
Books read: 15
trishhartuk15.9 Where DO Those Letters Go?
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the closest land areas to the North Pole: Alaska...
Finding Christmas, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
100% set in Alaska
From the GR description: “Christmas arrives early in Rescue Alaska as the search and rescue team are tasked with finding a missing Santa.”
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 9
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Book: Ready Player Two
How it fits: This book has both the MPGs Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and PleasuresOption 2. I have never read this author before.
Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption 2. I have read many books by this author, including Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, and Magic's Price.
Boundaries
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!Option 1: MPG Fantasy
Comfort Me with Apples
Points this task: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 1: three people on the cover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Helen B20.3 - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1: read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly
MPG: Fantasy
Total points: 65
15.6 - Far, Far AwayThe Lightning-Struck Heart
Points this task: 15
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
10.3 - 'S Wonderful"But Not for Me" - word: ME
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
Points this task: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
10.5 - Naughty or Nice?KRAMPUSLAUF - F. M(anning)
One Little Word
Points this task: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
ElaineL25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) may be found in the phrase COMPANIONDOG
Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
Book 2. Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) in which the letters for the word GREEN can be found.
Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood RousiNG advEnturE
**500 p. minimum**
Book 1 359 p. + Book 2 184 p. = 543 p.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 435
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 1: Author initials in Resolutions
The Brazen Bride by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145/970
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 10/56
10.6 - Shelf AwareA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
(read Kindle edition; linked to the only print edition)
❄️added to my GRs TBR list on September 27, 2021❄️
Total points: 85 + 10 = 95
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30.5 Judy's Task: Some SRC New "Favorite Things"
Option 1: Classics genre The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
Golden Oldies Ticket: Published 1931
Option 4: Single author whose initials can be found in AUDIOBOOKS Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 65
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3