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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
10.5 - Naughty or Nice?Heiress on Fire (Indigo #1) by Kellie McCourt
author's initials, KM, found in KraMpuslauf
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 400
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’sThe Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2 - pub 1812 (1x Golden Oldies tix)
D. Has a 2 in the page count - 320 pages
E. Has a two-word title
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 420
Rochelle20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: Read a book by an author born between 1946 – 1964
Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, by Jeffrey Rosen.
Jeffrey Rosen is born in 1964 (on the help/discussion page for the challenge, it mentioned the range is inclusive).
It does not say his birthdate on his GR bio, but can be referenced on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey...
Points: 20
Total points: 40
Barbara ★15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Read a book set in the country in which you were born.
All Is Not Forgotten - Wendy Walker 12/31
(this is set in Connecticut and I was born in there)
From premise - "In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect."
Points this task: 15
Total points: 210
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kai20.1 Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
OPTION 1
Read a book in which all the letters of CHALLENGES or PLEASURES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
New Points: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read for Challenge: 9
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, and Dottie
Book by Author whose first name starts with D
Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Gifts
Option A: Book you have received as a gift
The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling
This book was given to me new by my grandmother for Christmas
AR Bookfinder Information:
Book level: 5.9 (>5)
AR Points: 8.0 (>7)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Elizabeth PTask 10.10 - The Story Continues
Book from a series with at least 14 primary works
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
This is book 1 in the Wheel of Time, which has 14 primary works according to series page
At 814 pages, good for *2 Big Book Tickets*
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 3
ROBIN P30.8 Nick KY's Task: Four Years, Four Films
2 books - 400 pages
Option 1 - Author last name begins with G - Thale's Folly by Dorothy Gilman - 222 pages
Option 4 - 2 word title - Network Effect (listened to audio, linked paperback, no mmpb) - 352 pages
Total pages 574
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
BB: 0 GO: 1
Elizabeth PTask 10.9 - Winter is ComING
Book's title ends with ING
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
risING
At 1007 pages, good for *3 Big Book Tickets*
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 4
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: Book by author I haven't read before
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
This author was new to me, first finished 12/31/21
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 5
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1 (scifi fantasy) - An Unkindness of Ghosts
TOTAL TO DATE
95 points
3 big book
MEGSCL25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 2: Read a book that has two words in the title (ignore subtitles) that only have one letter different - (wERE hERE) - Wish You Were Here
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
TOTAL TO DATE
120 points
3 big book
Fiona aka Titch5.10 - Heart's Desire
I read Fatal Act - Leigh Russell
15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Fallen Idols - Neil White (read 531 page book)
I was born in the UK
Points: 20
Total so far: 20
BB: 1
Natalie CH25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
Evan's Option 2- Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
'th' is repeated in thing and withheld.
Riley's option 2: read a book that has a minimum of three letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind
the word 'riders' can be made
Points this post: 25
Tasks completed: 9
Total Points: 150
Mod
5.5 - The Land of Oz
Read a book set in Australia or written by author born in Australia.
Apples Never Fall. Liane Moriarty
Task: 5
Total: 255
17/56
Delicious Dee15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book A -
Book B -
- colors: violet writing, brown his face, orange hers, dark blue the couch - all per tin eyePoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 150
LAUREN JODI10.9 - Winter is ComING
Waiting for Nick by Nora Roberts
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160/970
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 12/56
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions Option 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read three other books by.
I read the ebook, mmpb is here: Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb
I have read over 40 book by this author, including:
Naked in Death
Glory in Death
Immortal in Death
Points: 20
Total Points: 280
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 0
15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside! "Cold" in title.
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Points: 15
Total Points: 295
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 0
Angela IL25.1- XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS.
The Web by Jonathan Kellerman-12/5
Option 3: Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in John Newbery Medal.
Hand-Me-Down by Lee Nichols-12/31
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/56
BB Ticket: 0
Helen B20.2 - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 3: read a book with a TITLE that starts with an A.
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
Total points: 120
15.6 - Far, Far Away Takes place in an alternate version of a real country.
Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb
Approved in help thread, message #17.
Points: 15
Total Points: 310
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 0
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Christmas in Australia
Option Three: Author's initials in DECK THE SHEDS
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Deck the Sheds
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 6
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option One - Book with at least 3 people on cover
by Jesse Q. SutantoPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 7
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - Rock the Red
Option Two - Book with "The Great" intact, in title or subtitle
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
At 705 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 8
Elizabeth PTask 25.6 - Honoring Family
Option Evan (A) 2: Book that has same two letters sequentially in same order in title
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev
Letters SE: incenSE and SEnsibility
Option Riley (B) 3: Book that is number 2 in a series
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
Book 2 in The Rajes series
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 10
Mai15.6 - Far, Far Away
Read a book that takes place in a fictional land
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
Fictional metropolis of Olympus
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - Winter in Ms. Kat's Kindergarten
Option December 1: Word of 4+ letters in title that can be made from "Milton the dancing christmas mouse"
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
Word: Much
Milton tHe danCing christmas moUse
Option December 2: Author's initials in GINGERBREAD
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
gingerbrEAd
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 12
25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals 2 books, 2 options
1. Dust off some old books.
Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years.
A Star Looks Down by Betty Neels
I created the spreadsheet with this book in 2009.
3. Continuing series.
Book third or higher in series.
I read the ebook, mmpb here: Connections in Death by J.D. Robb
Points: 25
Total Points: 335
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: FeverOption 1: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains the letters J and W
Harrow by Joy Williams
Points this post: 20
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Katrisa10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
I read The Man Who Lived Underground
hardcover pages 240
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 560
Lisa MD15.8: The Peculiarity of Time Passing
Read a book with one of the following words in the title: second, minute, hour, day, week, month or year. Plural and possessive forms can be used, but no other variations.
👠In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Title Word: Years
288 pages
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/970
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Suzannesea20.3 - Rookie at the Top -Tamara's Task: New Year Resolutions
Option 1
Read a book whose author's initials are in RESOLUTIONS.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
ResoluTions
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 80
Julia10310.6 - Shelf Aware
The Flight Girls
I added this to my GR To-Read shelf on 07/03/21
This post: 10 points
Total points: 330
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 18
Books read: 24
Readerboard Name: Priya20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by.
Have previously read Killing Floor, The Midnight Line and Past Tense
Blue Moon by Lee Child
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's task: Three 2’sA Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon
❄️ A: Black Cat Bookshop Mystery #2 ❄️
❄️ B: first published 2012 ❄️
❄️ D: 293 pages ❄️
Total points: 135 + 20 = 155
25,5 - Amy FL's Task: What's in a Name?Option 1: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
The Wanderer by Robyn Carr
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter "K" anywhere in their name
Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 29
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2 - Archangel's Viper - Nalini Singh - i've lost track of how many books I've read by this author, but its definitely more than 3 (I think upwards of 30) - other books include Angels' Blood; Slave to Sensation and Rock Addiction
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Mod
I read Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, the Nonfiction - Social Justice selection. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no mmpb).
My discussion thread post is post 7
total points: 285
Katrisa30.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary!
Book 1 - Read a book with a single author, with ALL of the author's initials found in WOWBRARY.
I read The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America by Robert Wuthnow
RW - WowbRary
This is my nonfiction book. My book was audio and the top PB page count is 208
Book 2 - Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each title word can be found in I LOVE MY LIBRARY.
I read Life After Life.
LAL - i Love my LibrAry
My book was audio and the MMPB is 544 pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 590
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.6 - Shelf Aware
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Added to my Goodreads to be read shelf Oct 11, 2020.
Pages 640 - Claiming one Big Book ticket.
Totals
Points: 35
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Completed: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
Option 1:
Wishin' and Hopin'Author: Wally Lamb
Option 2: The Handmaid and the Carpenter
D in Handmaid
R in Carpenter
E in Carpenter
A in Handmaid
M in Handmaid
Totals
Points: 65
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Completed: 5
Mod
Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter - on my GR series-tbr shelf since 1/10/2019
Points this post: 10
Points total: 300
Mod
Option 1a-
Local Woman Missing - MISSING can be spelled from the phrase
Option 3b-
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - 100 is in the title
Points this post: 30
Points total: 330
Nick KY10.5 – Naughty or Nice? I read Summerwater by Sarah Moss. The author’s inits are in the keyword “kraMpuSlauf.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 350
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore>Read a book tqqa Science Fictio
We're Not in Kansas AnymoreRead a book that has a Science Fiction and or Fantasy MPG
The Dispossessed has both a Fantasy and a Science Fiction MPG
Points this post: 5
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 30
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Fiona aka Titch5.10 - Heart's Desire
I read Fatal Act - Leigh Russell
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
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20.10 - Group Reads
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
I posted my reaction in the discussion thread - post 8
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 1