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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Task 5.1 – Dorothy, Dot & DottyBook chosen: The Order
Fits task: author's first name starts with a D: Daniel Silva
Format read: audio
# of pages: 444 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Katrisa20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Opt 1 - Read a book in which all the letters of CHALLENGES or PLEASURES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
I read As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
CHALLENGES - As LoNG aS grass grows: thE indigEnous figHt for environmentaL justiCe, from colonization to standing rock
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 715
Task 5.2 – ...and Your Little Dog, TooBook chosen: Aftermath
Fits task: author's first name is Terri (Terri Blackstock) which is on the list of names
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 336 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 245 points
Task 5.4 – We're Not in Kansas AnymoreBook chosen: Outlander
Fits task: MPG Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Format read: audio
# of pages: 850 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Task 5.5 – The Land of OzBook chosen: Aurora's End
Fits task: Authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff were both born in Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Kri...)
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 512 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Task 10.9 – Winter is ComINGBook chosen: Miranda Warning
Fits task: Warning ends in ING
Format read: audio
# of pages: 364 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Task 15.9 – Where DO Those Letters Go?Book chosen: The Snowman
Fits task: Set in Oslo, Norway
Format read: audio
# of pages: 383 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Task 15.10 – Curl Up and ReadBook chosen: The Bell Jar
Fits task: Book listed on page 3 of the list
Format read: audio
# of pages: 294 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 295 points
Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: FeverBook chosen: Veiled in Smoke
Fits task: Page # is made up of 1, 3, 4, 6, or 9 (416 pages)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 416 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Helen B 15.1 - Welcome to Oz
1. read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America by Joshua D. Rothman
2. read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray).
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Colors are brown, red and green
Tineye results
49.1 %#1e1c17 Black
34.7 %#725834 Brown
5.3 %#d1cecb Grey
3.5 %#cb3a38 Red
2.2 %#948b0d Brown
2.0 %#752724 Brown
1.6 %#b9832e Brown
0.6 %#557369 Grey
0.5 %#e94325 Red
0.4 %#7b905e Green
Total points: 160
Task 20.9 – Moderator's Pet - Lisa MD's Task: "Rock the Red"Book chosen: Option C - Rebel
Fits task: Title in all caps
Format read: audio
# of pages: 376 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 335 points
Task 25.1 – XBM's Task: Read a NewberyBook 1 chosen: Option 2 - Seven Devils
Fits task: author's initials (Laura Lam = L, L) found in KDEKLJKLLKPEGS
Format read: audio
# of pages: 458 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4 - Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Fits task: author Robin McKindley is on the list of authors and the book is not MPG Childrens
Format read: audio
# of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Task 25.3 – Cat's Task: Operation Clean SlateOption 2
Book 1 chosen: The Boy Between Worlds
Fits task: Letters L, E, N, S, T, E in the title; book added to my to-read shelf on GR on July 4, 2019
Format read: audio
# of pages: 272 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Daniel Fast for Financial Breakthrough: A 21-Day Journey of Seeking God's Provision for Your Life
Fits task: Letters C, A, L, A in the title
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 288 (printed edition)
Total number of pages: 272 + 288 = 560
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 385 points
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIAOption 3: Read a book by an author whose initials (all initials) can be found in "deCk the sHeds".
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Points this task: 20
Total points: 195
Task 25.4 – Andy P's Task: Dog ShowsBook 1 chosen: To Selena, With Love
Fits task: Author's initials (Chris Perez) found in COMPANIONDOG
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 304 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Rage Against the Minivan: Learning to Parent Without Perfection
Fits task: all letters of GREEN found in the title
Format read: audio with ebook readalong (GRE in "rage;" E in "the;" N in "against")
# of pages: 272 (printed edition)
Total number of pages: 304 + 272 = 576
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 410 points
Task 25.5 – Amy FL's Task: What's in a Name?Book 1 chosen: Option 1 - Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe
Fits task: BABA has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 154 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 3 - Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One
Fits task: author's name (Jenny Blake) has a K in it
# of pages: 282 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 435 points
Task 25.6 – Kaora's Task: Honoring FamilyBook 1 chosen: Evan - Option 3 - Akata Witch
Fits task: Author's initials (Nnedi Okorafor = N, O) found in HELLO NEIGHBOR
Format read: audio
# of pages: 349 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Riley - Option 1 -
Fits task: Book has a flower on the cover
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 460 points
Task 30.6 – Meg SCL's Task: Part and WholeBook 1 chosen: His Hideous Heart
Fits task: One of the author's of the short story collection is Rin Chupeco
Format read: audio
# of pages: 480 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Shadowglass
Fits task: Rin Chupeco contributed to Book 1 but solo authored this book
Format read: audio
# of pages: 449 (printed edition)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Suzannesea20.8 -Nickels & Dimes-Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 4
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS.
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
meaLs on Wheels
Points this post: 20
Totalpoints today: 215
Barbara ★10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero
Broken Ascension - Dave Walsh (260 pages) 1/9
Points this task: 10
Total points: 355
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Jen K30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation
The audio edition has the full list of contributors in the metadata: Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation- Engel has the third to last contribution.
Book 2: Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 375
ROBIN P10.9 - Winter is Coming - Word in title end in ING
The Nesting Dolls
Points this post: 10
Total points: 320
BB: 0 GO: 1
Deborah25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
1) Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews 352 pages
IA: COMPANIONDOG
2) Never Let Me Go 288 pages
G: GO
R: NEVER
EE: NEVER
N: NEVER
352+288= 640 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 16
Elizabeth PTask 10.4 - MMXXII
Book by author w/ 2 part name, both parts start with same letter
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 8
Total Books: 17
Elizabeth PTask 15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Book set 50%+ in one of the countries/states listed, I chose Canada
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Set in Quebec, Canada
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 8
Total Books: 18
trishhartuk20.9 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.
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Confirmed in help thread message #12: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 4
15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book in a series.
The Shadow Game (Harry Dunkley #3) by Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series.
Peeling the Onion (Autobiografical Trilogy #1) by Günter Grass
Series is new to me
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 585
Julia10325.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
Option 1: Thoreau at Devil's Perch
(This was added to my GR To-Read shelf on 10/26/13)
Option 3: 1636: The China Venture (1632 Universe/Ring of Fire #32)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 445
BB:2
GO:1
Tasks complete: 23
Books read: 31
ROBIN P25.5 Amy FL's Task: What's in a Name?
2 books
Option 1: 2 letters in a row repeated in title - Amsterdam
Option 3: Author with K in name - How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You by Katherine D. Kinzler
Points this task: 25
Total points: 345
BB: 0 GO: 1
HanneloreTask 25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
Choose one option from my son's category, and one from my daughters or read one book that is at least 500 pages which fulfills an option from BOTH categories.
Book: Kraai & koninkrijk: De Grishaverse
How it fits: I chose a book that fit one option from both categories.
EVAN'S OPTIONS: 3: Read a book where all initials of the author are in HELLO NEIGHBOR.
The author is Leigh Bardugo. LB can be found in 'heLlo neighBor'.
RILEY'S OPTIONS: 2: For this option read a book that has a minimum of three letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS in the title or subtitle.
The word 'Kraai' can be made from 'KIndeRgArten clAss'.
This book is 500+, as it has 622 pages.
** CLAIMING A BB TICKET **
Points this task: 25
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
BB tickets:
(1) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
Joanne MI30.8 - 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.
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone-by Diana Gabaldon
Claiming 2 BB's with 902 pages
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS
A Burning 304 pages
Total page count 1,206
Points this task 30
Total Points 185
BB's this post 2
Total BB's 6
Task 25.3 – Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate REPOSTING POST 1328 TO ADD INFOOption 2
Book 1 chosen: The Boy Between Worlds
Fits task: Letters L, E, N, S, T, E in the title; book added to my to-read shelf on GR on July 4, 2019
Format read: audio
# of pages: 272 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: The Daniel Fast for Financial Breakthrough: A 21-Day Journey of Seeking God's Provision for Your Life - added to my GR to-read shelf on January 5, 2021
Fits task: Letters C, A, L, A in the title
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 288 (printed edition)
Total number of pages: 272 + 288 = 560
Both authors are new-to-me authors!
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 385 points
Task 25.6 – Kaora's Task: Honoring Family REPOSTING POST 1332 to add AR Finder info!Book 1 chosen: Evan - Option 3 - Akata Witch
Fits task: Author's initials (Nnedi Okorafor = N, O) found in HELLO NEIGHBOR
AR Finder: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Format read: audio
# of pages: 349 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Riley - Option 1 -
Fits task: Book has a flower on the cover
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 384 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 460 points
Task 25.1 – XBM's Task: Read a Newbery REPOSTING POST 1327 TO ADD DIFFERENT BOOK 1Book 1 chosen: Option 2 - Euphoria
Fits task: author's initials (Lily King = L, K) found in KDEKLJKLLKPEGS
Format read: audio
# of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 4 - Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Fits task: author Robin McKindley is on the list of authors and the book is not MPG Childrens
Format read: audio
# of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Kim O10.7 - Not This Year Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
The Last Mona Lisa (400 pages)
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 125
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Helen BRepost with covers.
15.1 - Welcome to Oz
1. read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
by Joshua D. Rothman2. read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray).
by Ilona AndrewsColors are brown, red and green
Tineye results:
49.1 %#1e1c17 Black
34.7 %#725834 Brown
5.3 %#d1cecb Grey
3.5 %#cb3a38 Red
2.2 %#948b0d Brown
2.0 %#752724 Brown
1.6 %#b9832e Brown
0.6 %#557369 Grey
0.5 %#e94325 Red
0.4 %#7b905e Green
Total points: 160
The Ledger and the Chain is a big book (512 pages)
Claiming 1 BB ticket
FLY Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
task: 2. Read a book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9.
book: Exile's Honor
how it fits: Paperback, 431 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 12/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Shawn H. 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2 - Read a book by a new-to-you author
A Season in the Sun by Lars Anderson
***This is my first book by Anderson***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
10.6: Shelf AwareRead a book that went on one of my TBR lists prior to November 1, 2021
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, went on my bookshelf TBR list 10/30/2015
Points this post: 10
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 41
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Amber20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 2: Book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9 - the top paperback has 331 pgs
Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey
Total Points: 205
Mod
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik / MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 5
Points total: 445
Coralie10.5 Naughty or Nice?
Book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in kraMPuslauf
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip
Total to date 255 points
15.2 - Endings and Beginnings. 2 books
Book 1 – Most recently published book in series.
Guild Boss by Jayne Castle
Book 2 – First book in a new to you series.
I read the ebook, no mmpb, the pb is here: Disorderly Conduct by Rebecca Zanetti
This series is new to me.
Points: 15
Total Points: 435
GO Points: 5
BB Points: 1
Mod
10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Read a book with one of the words from one of Ira Gershwin's notable song titles in the title or subtitle. ("Someone to Watch Over Me")
Over My Dead Body. Jeffrey Archer
Task: 10
Total: 505
30/56
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & DottyRead a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D.
Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s by Dale Maharidge
Dale starts with a D.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 220
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kathy KSOption C: Rivalry Night - read a book whose title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.” Subtitles may be ignored and there is no minimum title word requirement.
13: The Flight That Failed, by Henry S.F. Cooper Jr.
Title does not include letters in "CAPS". The alternate title, Thirteen does not, either.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 195
Tasks completed: 10/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreImprudence (The Custard Protocol #2) by Gail Carriger
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 590
30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003Option 1, a book whose author has a last name beginning with G: The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
paperback edition The Friends We Keep 384 pages
Option 4, a book that has a title of exactly two words: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout 240 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 1:
by Michael Benson336 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600/970
Tasks completed: 36/56
Books read: 45
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10.9 - Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING.
I read Ring Shout
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 695