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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Futures and Frosting: Chocolate Lovers by Tara Sivec
Satisfies:
A=Chocolate Lovers #2
B=First published in 2012
D=284 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400/970
Tasks completed: 26/56
Books read: 31
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by.
The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
Previously read books: The Priory of the Orange Tree, The Bone Season, The Mime Order
Total Points: 20
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Book 1: Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
304 pages
Takes place in New York City
Book 2: Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips
304 pages
BOARDwalk
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430/970
Tasks completed: 27/56
Books read: 33
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5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...
(Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, #3): A Line To Kill by Anthony Horowitz
total = 240
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5.9 - Home Sweet Home
letters Home in title: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
total = 245
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10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Song - "But Not for Me", Me in title: All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks
total = 255
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10.7 - Not This Year
-0 pages: These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett, 320 pages
total = 265
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
option 2, new author: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner a new-to-me author.
total = 285
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
option 1, JW in author name: All Things Left Wild by James Wade
total = 305
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20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
option 1, red caps title:
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejototal = 325
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15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Rendezvous by Amanda Quick
Required: Specify in your post the page of the list on which your book is found.
Found on page 25
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 605
ElaineL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Read a book that has at least three of the following 2’s.
Master Wanted by Susi Hawke
Required: Specify in your post the criteria that your book satisfies.
A. Is #2 in a series. (Rent-a-dom #2)
D. Has a 2 in the page count. (254 p.)
E. Has a two-word title. (Master Wanted)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 625
ElaineL5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D.
The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 630
Readerboard Name: Priya20.3 - 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.
First published February 5th 2017
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
STORMIE10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
STORMIE10.10 - The Story Continues
Read any book from a series with at least 14 primary works.
The series name and number must be indicated in grayscale parentheses following the title on the GR page.
A Christmas Resolution by Anne Perry
Christmas #18
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Lisa MD25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
2. Read a book from one of these lists about my favourite tropes:
"Girls Disguised as Boys" OR "Friends to Lovers"
👠When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
Page 2 - Friends to Lovers list
464 pages
3. Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series.
👠It's in His Kiss: Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Series: Bridgertons (#7)
384 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 130/970
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
JEN B10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
This book is on page 7 of this list
TOTAL POINTS: 220
15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!Read a book with the word "cold" or one of the following synonyms for "cold" in its title.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café
"Cold" in Title
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 180
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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reading 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.
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny - set in Canada
Points this post: 15
Points total: 355
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyYour book must have at least 275 pages.
Option 4: For this option read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell Audiobook
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism HC 320 Pages
AM found in MeAls
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 200
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!Single author with a name matching or related to Terry.
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett .
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Points this task: 5
Total challenge points: 25.
CYNBAXTERTask #05.04 – We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Task Description: Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Book: Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 020 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #05.05 – The Land of Oz
Task Description: Read a book set in Australia or written by author born in Australia
Book: Scrublands by Chris Hammer - Australian Author and the setting of the book is in Australia
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 025 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #05.06 – Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Task Description: Read a book found on the list: Yellowest Books Ever list.
Book: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Link: Yellowest Books Ever - Page 3
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 030 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Kristina Marie15.6 - Far, Far Away
Read a book that takes place in a fictional land, or an alternate version of a real country.
The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling
AR book information: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8.0
The book mainly takes place in the Land of Lost.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Kristina Marie5.2 - ...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.
Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas
The author's first name is Terry.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Kristina Marie15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Book 1 – read a book whose title/subtitle contains the name of one of seven precious gemstones: diamond, pearl, ruby, sapphire, emerald, catseye, and alexandrite.
Book2 - read a book with a pair of shoes on its cover.
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 320 pages.
AR book information: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13.0
Dragon Pearl has "pearl" in the title, and the character is wearing a pair of boots on the cover.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Nick KY15.10 Curl Up I read Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence from p. 4 of the list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 365
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book that is a primary work in a series
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan This is #3 in the Cormac Reilly series and is the most recently published (though, I hope not the last)
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series.
The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer This is first in the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. This is a new series for me though I have read a stand alone book by this author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190
5.8 - Just Click Your Heels…Joan Makes History (Singer family #3) by Kate Grenville
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 450
30.2 - Tessa Vanessa's Task: What does home mean to you?Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood gtAndMa Wolfe
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters in DREAM in the title
The Girl of His Dreams by Susan Mallery the girl of his DREAMs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Barbara ★10.1 - Gifts
A. Read a book you have received as a gift*.
Vicious - V.E. Schwab 1/2
(I received a Barnes and Noble gift card from my boss and used it to purchase this book and the sequel)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 320
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amy FL10.10 - The Story Continues
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (Stephanie Plum #28)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Amy FL15.2 - Endings and Beginnings
Book 1: 21st Birthday - Women's Murder Club #21 (#22 doesn't come out until April).
Book 2: Calculated - #1 in the Calculated series which was new to me
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C: Don't Look Now (no CAPS in title)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Amy FL25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 1: Fifty Fifty
Option 3: Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science by Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively - both authors have a "K" in their names
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Amy FL30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Gone by Lisa Gardner (author's last name starts with "G")
Option 4: The Switch (two-word title)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Bookwrm526Task 5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded. I read The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh (ho in who, m in woman, e in the).
Total points so far: 205
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option C: read a book where the title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS”.
i read Verity
tasks done: 2
books read: 2
points for this task: 20
total points: 40
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption 3: Alaska
*** 3 Big Book Tickets claimed - 1,275 pages
Total points: 40
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 4: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman, 400 pages
Author initials found in MEALS ON WHEELS
Total points: 60
10.4 - MMXXIIA book by an author with a 2-part name both beginning with the same letter: Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy.
Option 1. Read a book with at least three people on the cover.
It's Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan (355 p)
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 355
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1: Me by Amber McBride
coMpAnion dog
256 pages (I read the ebook edition)
Book 2: Something Borrowed, Something Mewed by Bethany Blake
336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455/970
Tasks completed: 28/56
Books read: 35
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsOption 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by.
Postern of Fate (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #5) by Agatha Christie
I've read more than 3 books by this author but the last 3 I read prior to above are:
Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #2)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #4)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 470
Angela IL30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Option 2- Read a book with at least a 3 word title where all the initial letters are in DRAGON and/or FANTASY
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing-1/2/22
Option 4- Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last- you may ignore middle initials) can be found in AUDIOBOOKS.
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur-12/7/21
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7/56
BB Ticket: 0
Jen K30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1. Film1. Memento
Confessions of a Curious Bookseller by Elizabeth Green - 488 pages >400 page total
Option 3. Film 3
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
MPG Science Fiction, Originally published 1950
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 280
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Challenge 10.5 Naughty or Nice?
Bone Dust White by Karen Salvalaggio
Points this post: 10
Total points: 380/970
Tasks completed: 25/56
Books read: 30