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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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JEN B20.9 - 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.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Nalini SinghTitle is in all caps and is red
TOTAL POINTS: 140
Amy FL5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Mercy by David Baldacci ("D"avid)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Amy FL10.6 - Shelf Aware
Inside Out - added to my GR TBR on 10/8/21
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 3: A Gambler's Jury (main character is a lawyer)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Mod
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter
Paradox by Catherine Coulter
Points this post: 10
Points total: 255
Mod
Read any book from a series with at least 14 primary works. The book must have a whole number series designation. (#1-#14+)
Enigma by Catherine Coulter
#21 in series
Points this post: 10
Points total: 265
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.4 We're not in Kansas Anymore
Silver Borneby Patricia Briggs
MPG fantasy 1,921 users as of 12/27/21
Task +5
Grand Total: 20
Books read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Julia103Unclaim
10.7 - Not This Year
Castle Shade
This post: -10 points
Total points: 225
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 12
Books read: 16
Julia10310.7 - Not This Year
The Hills Have Spies (360 pages)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 235
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 13
Books read: 17
Julia10330.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (author last name starts with G)
Option 4: Castle Shade (two-word title)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 265
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 14
Books read: 19
Mod
15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Option 2:
Read 1 book that satisfies both A and B above. 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.
AND B. in which ALL of the author’s initials are found in the word VALENTINES.
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Eckhart Tolle
Task: 15
Total: 250
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Repost:15.2 Endings and Beginnings
Book 1 - Better off Dead by Lee Child
Book 2 - Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
This is a new series to me.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 40
ElaineL30.8 - 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.
The General's Mate by C.W. Gray
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count). Until Talon by Aurora Rose Reynolds
**400 p. minimum**
Book 1 396 p. + Book 2 226 p. = 622 p.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 465
ElaineL10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Read a book with one of the words from one of Ira Gershwin's notable song titles in the title.
You Never Know by Mary Calmes
You from "Embraceable You"
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 475
ElaineL30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title.
A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars by A.J. Sherwood (ebook verified in msg #8396) MAgE guiDe familiaRs
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 505
DeborahPost #14
30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
3) Transcendence MPG: Science Fiction
4) The Guncle
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 17
Tasks Done: 14
Task 5.6 – Follow the Yellow Brick RoadBook chosen: Preludes & Nocturnes
Fits task: page 14 pos. 1329
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 233 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Task 5.10 – Heart's DesireBook chosen: Confession of the Lioness
Fits task: meets SRC rules
Format read: audio
# of pages: 192 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Task 10.1 – GiftsBook chosen: Option B The Thorn Birds
Fits task: page 17 pos. 1598
Format read: audio
# of pages: 692 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Task 10.4 – MMXXIIBook chosen: Gilded
Fits task: author's initials are the same (Marissa Meyer)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 512 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Task 10.5 – Naughty or Nice?Book chosen: Leave the World Behind
Fits task: author's initials (Ramaan Alam) found in KRAMPUSLAUF
Format read: audio
# of pages: 241 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Task 10.6 – Shelf AwareBook chosen: Empress of All Seasons
Fits task: added to my GR to-read shelf on April 1, 2021
Format read: audio
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Task 10.7 – Not This YearBook chosen: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Fits task: 210 pages ... ends in 0
Format read: audio
# of pages: 210 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Task 10.8 – #ownvoicesstoriesBook chosen: Pride
Fits task: page 2
Format read: audio
# of pages: 304 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Task 10.10 – The Story ContinuesBook chosen: The Clocks
Fits task: book 39 in the series
Format read: audio
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Task 15.1 – Welcome to Oz DISREGARD ... reposting with the correct edition for the coversBook 1 chosen:
Fits task: black/white/gray cover
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 176 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen:
Fits task: multiple colors (e.g., pink - banner top, yellow - banner bottom, green - leaves in the background, brown - skin color)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 95 points
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”Option A: #ALLCAPS – For this option, show your team spirit and read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red.
"Mediocre" is the title (the rest is the subtitle) and is in red and all capital letters.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 100
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Task 15.4 – Happy Valentine's Day! DISREGARD! REPOSTING WITH THE LINK TO THE CORRECT BOOKBook 1 chosen: Tom Sawyers Abenteuer/Leben auf dem Mississippi/Verrückte Geschichten
Fits task: title at least 3 words, T, S, A found in VALENTINES
IL: MG+, BL: 8.1, AR Pts.: 12.0
Format read: audio
# of pages: 624 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: A Deadly Education
Fits task: author's initials (Naomi Novik) found in VALENTINES
Format read: audio
# of pages: 336 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Task 15.4 – Happy Valentine's Day!Book chosen: A Strange Hymn
Fits task: set in the land of the Fae
Format read: audio
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 125 points
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Opt. 2-
Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
149p.
Task Total= 20
Grand Total=70
Books Read=4
Task 20.1 – Most Improved PlayerBook chosen: Option 2: Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind & Soul
Fits task: new-to-me author, never read anything by this author before
Format read: paperback
# of pages: 224 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the TopBook chosen: Option 2: Fire Storm
Fits task: book 12 in the series, I have read all 11 previous novels, e.g., Ice Crown, Winter Crown, Earth Gate
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 214 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Molly's TaskBook chosen: Option 1: Hearing God: For Intimacy, Healing, Creativity, Meditation, and Dream Interpretation
Fits task: author born in 1952; source: https://prabook.com/web/mark_william.....
Format read: audio
# of pages: 192 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
Task 20.8 – Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's TaskBook chosen: Option 3: The Cost of Sugar
Fits task: page number includes 9
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 296 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 205 points
Task 30.5 – Judy's TaskBook chosen: Option 1: The Plague
Fits task: MPG Classic
Format read: audio
# of pages: 308 (printed edition)
Book chosen: Option 4: Drei Frauen im Schnee
Fits task: author's initials (Bianca Imboden) found in AUDIOBOOKS
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 208 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 235 points
Task 30.8 – Nick KY's TaskBook chosen: Option 1: On the Island
Fits task: author's last name (Tracey Garvis Graves) starts with "G"
Format read: audio
# of pages: 328 (printed edition)
Book chosen: Option 2: This Place: 150 Years Retold
Fits task: page 4
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 287 (printed edition)
Total # of pages: 328 + 287 = 615 pages
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Rockynook20.3 - Representing Cats
Option 1: read a book with MPG of Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG+ BL: 7.2 AR: 29.0
Claiming 1 BB ticket (652 pages)
Points This Post: 20
BB tickets: 4
Total Points: 315
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn.
My post is #5 in the discussion board.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Natalie CH20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 1- author initials in RESOLUTIONS
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Her initials are R and O
Points this post: 20
Tasks completed: 8
Total Points: 125
Heather KSTask 20.1 Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2
-Read a book by a new-to-you author. REQUIRED: When you post, state that you haven't read that author before.
I read The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
This is the first book I have read by this author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Heather KSTask 20.8 Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Opt 2: For this option read a book with a MPG of Sports. It can be standalone or embedded.
I read Beartown (418 pages long)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
10.9 - Winter is ComINGEverywhere, EverythING, Everyone by Katy Warner
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 310
Julia10310.1 - Gifts
Option A: A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse
I received this as a Christmas present.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 275
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 15
Books read: 20
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 3: A Midwinter's Tail by Bethany Blake
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315/970
Tasks completed: 21/56
Books read: 25
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse by Ishle Park
I have not read this author before.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335/970
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 26
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Found on page 8 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 340/970
Tasks completed: 23/56
Books read: 27
Kai5.10 Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Fantasia for the Man in Blue by Tommye Blount
New Points: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read for Challenge: 7
Mod
5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
Set in Texas: Down Range by Taylor Moore
From the description: Kohl knows the wild and forsaken Llano Estacado region of Texas better than anyone. And like so many trespassers before them, these murderers will find out the hard way that the only thing tougher than this land is the people who call it home.
total = 125
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15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book that is a primary work in a series
Killer Research. Jenn McKinlay
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series. This series is new to me.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs. Alexander McCall Smith
Task: 15
Total: 235
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