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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreThe Boy on the Bridge
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
10.1 - GiftsThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Option A
I identify that I got this book as a gift from a lovely friend
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3
10.6 - Shelf AwareHet tulpenvirus
This book was first shelved on my shelf Bennekom on november 4 2015, but as I moved it went on the shelf mtbr-2021
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Commented on thread post #6
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505/970
Tasks completed: 30/56
Books read: 38
Kai25.5 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 (ignore subtitles).
Parisian Charm School: French Secrets for Cultivating Love, Joy, and That Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi by Jamie Cat Callan
"ar"
OPTION 3
Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
New Points: 25
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read for Challenge: 12
Suzannesea25.1 -XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2.
Read a book whose author shares these initials: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS.
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
kDekL
Option 3
Read a book where the first letter of each title word is found in JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL.
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
JOhn
Points this post; 25
Total points to date: 120
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasuresoption 2
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
This author is new to me
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutionsoption 2
Dwaalspoor
3 books I have read from her before:
Goudkust
IJskoud
Bon Bini Beach
In total I have read 8 books from her, not including this one
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed:7
Mod
15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
. Diamond. Sharon SalaTask: 15
Total: 400
24/56
Nick KY30.2 TessaVanessa’s Home
Opt. 3. Tree Name in Title. I read Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita. (“Orange” is the tree name.)
Opt. 4. Book does not have 0,1,2,4,5, or 9 in page enumeration. I read Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler, 336 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 400
Mai25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
O1: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
"in"
O3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
READ 60 15,3 ! book for 2 options 
by Nancy Martin Op 1 Diamond Opt 2 High heels
15.3 Points 15
Total 15
30.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary!Book 1, a book whose author's initials are found in WOWBRARY: Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel
paperback edition Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life 217 pages
This book is nonfiction
Book 2, a book whose title initials are found in WOWBRARY: Long Bright River by Liz Moore 482 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
READ 60 #30.4 Katrisa's Task otion 1a. word in title four letters from the name of a play, Beach Read by Emily Henry the word is READ.
1b. The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin the E and the G .
points 30
total 45
30.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary!Book 1: Read a book with a single author, with ALL of the author's initials found in WOWBRARY.
A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton
author's initials, RB, found in wowBRary
416 pages
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.
Your Middle Years by Paula Mee & Kate O'Brien
Non-Fiction
3-word title with initials YMY found in MY librarY
272 pages
Total pages read: 688
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 540
30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New "Favorite Things" I am doing Option 1: Read a book with a Classics MPG twice
Book 1: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Book 2: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. Both books had Classics as the top listed MPG
I am claiming GO tickets for both The Mayor of Casterbridge (FP 1886) and The Woodlanders FP 1887
Points this post: 30
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 35
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
ROBIN P30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Miss Kat's Kindergarten
2 books
Option 1A - word in title at least 4 letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall - word is DAUGHTER IN DAncinG cHRisTmas moUsE
Option 2a - MPG Race or Social Justice
Hell of a Book - MPG Race
Points this task: 30
Total points: 310
BB: 0 GO: 1
* READERBOARD NAME DENISE M *30.8 - 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.
Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn
Option #4: Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count).
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to ZuluBook one: Read a book with a word from the phonetic alphabet in its TITLE I used Echo
The Echo Wife
Book Two: Read a book whose SINGLE author has one of these names I used Charlie
I listened to an audio version of The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
New Points: 30
Total Points: 160
BB: 1
READ 60 15.10 Curl up and Read The Selection by Kiera Cass
On the list for Read when Snow is falling
Points 15
Total 60
Laurah3010.9 - Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING. Subtitles are excluded.
The Hanging Girl 512 pages
Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: FeverOption 2: Read a book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9.
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Has 361 pages as stated on it's goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 135
Christine V15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
The Sentence
I was born in Minnesota.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
10.7 - Not This YearSinging the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman
240 pages
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 550
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & DottyRead a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D
Death, Taxes, and Mistletoe Mayhem: A Holiday Novella by Diane Kelly
Approved for a 5-point task in the SRC ebook verification spreadsheet line 933.
Total points: 5
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreRead a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
Total points: 10
10.10 - The Story ContinuesRead any book from a series with at least 14 primary works.
K is for Killer by Sue Grafton
There are 25 books in the Kinsey Millhone series.
Total points: 20
15.5 - There's No Place Like HomeRead a book set in the country in which you were born.
Zolang er leven is - Het tweede geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar by Hendrik Groen
Set in the Netherlands where I was born.
Total points: 35
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Liar's Oath
This fits A,B, and E: The Legacy of Gird #2, published in 1992, two word title
This post: 20 points
Total points: 370
BB:1
GO:1
Tasks complete: 20
Books read: 26
Task:20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: FeverOption:2 - the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9
Book read:The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
Required:this has 416 pages
Points this task:20
Total points:215
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:12
Tasks completed:11
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 'S Wonderful
Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths
YOU is from "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 515/970
Tasks completed: 31/56
Books read: 39
20.10 Group Reads I read the ebook, no mmpb, pb here: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn.
My comment is #10, here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 20
Total Points: 375
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 1
LAUREN JODI15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!
Cold Cruel Kiss by Toni Anderson
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190/970
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 14/56
READ 60 20.8 Picture of three people on the cover 
by Faith Hogan. Points 20
Total 80
Double entry. Sorry.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”Option C:
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
Total Points = 40
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.
The Annual Migration of Clouds
As stated in the description, the book takes place entirely in Alberta, which is a province in Canada.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 215
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
STORMIE15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
REQUIRED:State in your post the place of your birth: Virginia
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats! Option 2. Tyler.
First published between January 2002 and April 2020, inclusive, AND a domestic cat on the cover.
I listened to the audiobook,
, no mmpb, pb here: Bell, Book, and Scandal by Jill Churchill.First published Nov. 1, 2003.
Points: 20
Total Points: 395
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 1
Lisa MD15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
👠It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
376 pages
Page 17, #1688 on list.
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 175/970
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Option 1. Read a book with a main page genre Classics
That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stanger classics is mpg
Option 4. Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last- you may ignore middle initials) can be found in AUDIOBOOKS
The Nightworkers by Brian Selfon AUDIOBOOKS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
Andy P.Task # 15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley found on page 1 of list # 50 when I last looked
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Katrisa5.7 - The Emerald City
Read a book with a word from the Shades of Green list in the title
I read Dark Corners
word - DARK from dark green
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 625
Katrisa15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Read a book set in the country in which you were born.
I read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound
I was born in Washington State in the US
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 640
READ 60 15.10 Curl up and Read REPOST 
by Kiera Cass Best Books to Read page 3 #240
points 15
total 60
Mod
25.4 - 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
Noor. Nnedi Okorafor - 224 pages
Book 2. Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) in which the letters for the word GREEN can be found i.e.1 G, 1 R, 2E’s
and 1 N.
Bring Me Home for Christmas. Robyn Carr - 331
Task: 25
Total: 425
25/56
Coralie25.6 Honoring Family
I read one book of over 500 pages which fulfils an option from both categories
Evan’s option 1 – MPG space opera
Riley’s option 3 - #2 in a series
Chaos Vector 546 pages
Total to date 225 points
30.4 - Katrina's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat's Kindergarten December 1a: Read a book that has a word of at least four letters that can be found in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
Luster by Raven Leilani, miLTon thE dancing chRistmaS moUse
February 3a: Read a book that is at least 100 years old
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton FP 1911
I'm claiming a GO ticket for Ethan Frome, FP 1911
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 37
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1