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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Jen K15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Last Night in Nuuk
Set in Greenland
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
CYNBAXTERTask #05.07 – The Emerald City
Task Description: Read a book with a word from the Shades of Green list in the title/subtitle
Book: In the Forest of Light and Dark: A Witchcraft Novel by Mark Kasniak - the word "Forest" comes from "Forest Green"
**This is a Big Book (570 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 035 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #05.08 – Just Click Your Heels...
Task Description: Read book that is #3 in a series.
Book: Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin - #3 in the Inspector Rebus series
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 040 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: X
15.8: The Peculiarity of Time PassingA book with the word second in the title: Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option 2: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
❄️found on p. 1❄️
📖 291 pages 📖
Option 4: The Plague by Albert Camus
❄️2-word title ❄️
📖 308 pages 📖
📖📖 291 pages + 308 pages = 599 pages 📖📖
Total points: 155 + 30 = 185
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5.7 - The Emerald City
Read a book with a word from the Shades of Green list in the title (Bright)
Merry and Bright. Debbie Macomber
Task: 5
Total: 310
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10.10 - The Story ContinuesShadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco #2) by Lindsey Davis
series has 20 books
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 480
ZachFor Task 10.6 - Shelf Aware I read On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. This was added to my GR want to read list on June 1st 2019.
Points this post: 10
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Totals:
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Points: 75
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - 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, like Gale and Gage. I read Where There Are Monsters by Breanne Mc Ivor (words are where and there).
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name. I read Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
Total points so far: 230
20.10 - Group ReadsElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
discussion post
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 500
Suzannesea15.2 - Endings and Beginnings
Book 1
Hemlock by Susan Wittig Albert is the most recently published in the China Bayles series.
Book 2
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg is the first book in the Elmwood Springs series. I haven't read this series before.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 95
5.5 - The Land of OzRead a book set in Australia or written by an author born in Australia.
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Book is set in Sydney (stated multiple time in book) and Liane was born in Australia (stated in her wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liane_M...)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 90
25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?This is a two book task, using two different options.
Option 1: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title.
The SEVen Husbands of EVelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (EV in seven and evelyn)
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Points this task: 25
Total points: 115
Task:30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option: 2 -a book from the following list: Minority Authors.
Book read:The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Page count:343
Required: on page 1 of the minority authors list.
Option:4-a title of exactly TWO WORDS
Book read:Cult Following by Bexy Cameron
Page count:390
Required:cult following is a two word title
Total page count:343+ 390 = 733/400
Points this task:30
Total points:195
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:11
Tasks completed:10
5.3 - "It's A Twister!"Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles #2) by Ilona Andrews
approx 95% in Texas
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 505
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15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1, B&W:
In Pieces by Sally Field37.9 %#696467 Grey
25.5 %#c8c4c5 Grey
20.9 %#323335 Grey
15.7 %#969294 Grey
Book 2, green, blue and yellow on cover
Last Days of the Bus Club by Chris Stewart27.0 %#9baf38 Green
21.0 %#28b2e5 Blue
20.8 %#53773b Green
12.9 %#cfccb2 Grey
9.1 %#39604f Green
3.2 %#b9e7f0 Blue
2.0 %#e5ea1d Yellow
1.9 %#d4a74b Brown
1.2 %#335593 Blue
0.9 %#49afa4 Blue
PB: Last Days of the Bus Club
total = 340
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15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Set in Sweden: Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
total = 355
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
option 3, A title: All These Ashes by James Queally
total = 375
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25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Option 2, one book
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
CLEANSLATE in title/subtitle
Added to GR tbr Feb 5 2011
This book was new-to-me
528 pages
total = 400
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25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
one book, 500+:
EVAN 2: IN in Winter and King
RILEY 2: KING in Kindergarten Class
approved in HT
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell, 560 pages
I read the kindle The Winter King
total = 425
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30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to Zulu
Book 1, Whiskey in title: Whiskey Business: How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits by Tom Acitelli
Book 2, Oscar author: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
MMPB: Le fantôme de Canterville
total = 455
Delicious Dee15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Book A - Learning to See - LTS found in VALENTINES
Book B - The Shaadi Set-Up - Lillie Vale - LV found in VALENTINES
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 185
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30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
option 1, G name author: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant, 307 pages
option 4, two-word title: Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger, 385 pages
307 +385 = 692
total = 485
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.8 Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths
352 pages
Option 4: Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
288 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 485/970
Tasks completed: 29/56
Books read: 37
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25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 1: Read a book that has won a Newbery Award
The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS
The Last Thing He Told Me. Laura Dave
Task: 25
Total: 335
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ROBIN P30.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary
2 books, 1 nonfiction - total 600 pages
1. Author initials in WOWBRARY - Black Sun - 432 pages - author Rebecca Roanhorse
2. Title at least 3 words, initial letters in I LOVE MY LIBRARY
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency - 262 pages. This book is Nonfiction.
Total pages - 694
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
BB:0 GO: 1
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30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1. Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP (352 pages)
Summer People. Elin Hilderbrand
book 2. Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of the title (328 pages)
The Zig Zag Girl. Elly Griffiths
Task: 30
Total: 365
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Helen B15.6 - Far, Far Away
Read a book that takes place in a fictional land, or an alternate version of a real country.
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Set in a near future Nigeria
Total points: 135
INSIYAH30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things"
Option 1: MPG Classics
Book: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
How it fits: MPG Classics
Option 4: Single author, first and last initials in AUDIOBOOKS
Book: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (ebook)
How it fits: B and S in AUDIOBOOKS
Note: Top MMPB (in French) has 448 pages. Top PB (in English) has 359 pages.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1904. Claiming one Golden Oldies Ticket.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 4
Kristina Marie10.6 - Shelf Aware
Read a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.
Required: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Audiobook. The MMPB has 408 pages.
I added this book to my personal, off-line to be read list on November 22, 2019.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Nick KY5.5 Oz. I read Death Of An Old Goat by Robert Barnard, set in Australia.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 370
15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!A book with"cold" or a synonym for "cold" in its title (Wintry): That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1. Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP, including 2 Es, in the TITLE.
The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni S in Chess, L in World, E in Played and Chess, P in Played. 400 p.
Book 2. Read a book with at least 2 Zs in the title A Blizzard of Polar Bears by Alice Henderson ZZ in Blizzard. 352 p.
page count ; 400+ 352= 752 p. >500 page requirement.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
Lisa MD30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1. Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP, including 2 Es, in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
👠The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich
SLEEP found in The Solace of Open Spaces
144 pages
Book 2. Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of the title, subtitle, and/or single author’s name.
👠The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
2 ZZ's found in Blizzard
384 pages
TOTAL PAGES = 528
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 160/970
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.3 - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!Option 1: Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Science Fiction Fantasy
Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World by Walter Mosley, Science Fiction MPG
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2021 SRC
15.10 - Curl Up and Read
A Court of Thorns and Roses on page 11 of list
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 180
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2021 SRC
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: “Six White Boomers”
For this task, read a book by an author born between 1946 – 1964 OR a book first published between 1946 – 1964.
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
born in 1956 - https://www.bing.com/search?q=when%20...
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 200
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 3
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 3: “Deck the Sheds”
Read a book by an author whose initials (all initials) can be found in DECK THE SHEDS.
Angel Falls. Kristin Hannah
Task: 20
Total: 385
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Katrisa15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Option 1
Book 1 - 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.
I read The Invisible Library
TIL - vaLenTInes
Book 2 - Read a book in which ALL of the author’s initials are found in the word VALENTINES.
I read Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
EA - vAlEntines
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 620
LAUREN JODI15.8 - The Peculiarity of Time Passing
After Hours by Lynda Aicher
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175/970
Total Books Read: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 13/56
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2021 SRC
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 2. My children are 4 and 1. The highest temperature either of them had was 39.6. 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.
Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book - 134 pages
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 220
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 3
Task 30.8 - Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option 1. Film1. Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
Final Sentence (Cookbook Nook Mystery #1) (2013) by Daryl Wood Gerber (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 283 pages)
Option 4. Film 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS.
The Firedrake (1966) by Cecelia Holland (Paperback, 176 pages)
Pagecount: 283 + 176 = 459 > 400 pages
60 + 30 = 90
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 60 + 30 = 90
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,733
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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Option 2-
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing - FY in Fantasy and OG in Dragon
Option 4-
Best Laid Plans by Allison Brennan - AB in phrase
Points this post: 30
Points total: 385
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Read a book set in the country in which you were born. For those born in the US or Canada, the book should be set in the same State or Province in which you were born.
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey / I was born in Washington state
Points this post: 15
Points total: 400
FLY Task # 10.7 - Not This Year
task: Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
book: Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning
how it fits: 300 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
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Coralie5.9 Home Sweet Home
Book with all the letters of HOME in the title
H in Half, O & M in kindOM, E in thE
Half the Kingdom
Total to date 200 points
5.10 - Heart's DesireDorothy aims to find her heart's desire over the rainbow. Find yours by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
North and South
Points this post: 5
Total: 5
10.4 - MMXXII
I read The Quiet American by Graham Greene.
Points this post: 10
Total Points so far: 15
5.10 - Heart's DesireThe Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) by Agatha Christie
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1925)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 510
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle (other topics)Everything, Everything (other topics)
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20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. The Girls.
The Girl in Red
MPGs Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 300