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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
ElaineL5.5 - The Land of Oz
Read a book written by author born in Australia. Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 35
5.7 - The Emerald City Title word from Shades of Green list.
"Dark"
Death in Castle Dark by Veronica Bond
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
GO Points: 0
BB Points: 0
10.7 - Not This Year Pages end in Zero.
The Listening Eye by Patricia Wentworth
Points: 10
Total Points: 15
GO Points: 0
BB Points: 0
Joanne MiReposting with AR Bookfinder info:
AR Quiz No. 71092 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27.0
Task 20-3 Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. The Girls. Read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction
The Curse of Chalion MPG Fantasy-
Claiming 1 BB at 512 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 30
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
Bujold, Lois McMaster
AR Quiz No. 71092 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Katrisa10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
I read
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 55
Katrisa15.8: 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.
I read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - has second in title
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 70
Nikki B10.1 Gifts
The Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews
This was given to me as a gift from a life long friend
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 80
Total BB Tickets: 1
Nikki B10.6 Shelf Aware
The Night Window
Dean Koontz
Added to my TBR 10/3/2018 here on Goodreads
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 90
Total BB: 1
Shelby
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.: Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski
How Fits: MPG - Fantasy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1
Read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.: Unnatural by Alessandra Hazard
How Fits: MPG - Fantasy & Science Fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task:20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’sOption:A. Is #2 in a series., B. Has a first publication year ending in 2. and D. Has a 2 in the page count.
Book read:A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison
Required: number two in The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey series, first published in 2012, and has 246 pages.
Points this task:20
Total points:20
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
Task:20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!Option:2 - a book first published between January 2002 and April 2020, inclusive, AND which has a domestic cat on the cover.
Book read:
by Louise RennisonChildrens MPG: IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8.0
Required:first published in 2008, and a cat is standing on the edge of the bathtub on the cover.
Points this task:20
Total points:40
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:2
CHANDNI 15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Read a book set in the country in which you were born.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
I was born in India.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick RoadRead a book found on the list: Yellowest Books Ever list.
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
Page 9
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 45
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
CHANDNI20.6 - 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.
A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Julia10330.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1: The Templar Treasure (S in Treasure, LE in Templar, E in The, P in Templar)
Book 2: Muzzled (2 Zs in title)
pages 293 + 320 = 613
This post: 30 points
Total points: 75
BB:0
GO:0
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 5
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10.10 - The Story Continues
Read any book from a series with at least 14 primary works. (This series has 19 books).
Forbidden Falls. Robyn Carr
Task: 10
Total: 75
5/56
JEN B30.8 - 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.
Class Mom by Laurie Gelman
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count).
Home Stretch by Graham Norton
304 pages + 320 pages = 624 Pages
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Katrisa15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
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.
I read Medicine Walk
It is set in Canada. The GR blurb doesn't mention setting but it is included under "setting" in the description
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 85
DeborahPost #5
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
1) Dragons of Autumn Twilight
MPG: Fantasy
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 5
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
This book fits both option 1 & option 2!
1. Read a book written by an author with the letters J and W in their name. Single authors only.
Sector General, by James White
pages: 196 (mmpb)
I read this as part of an omnibus: Alien Emergencies, p. 213-400
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Tasks completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kai5.1 Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
New Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
DeborahPost #6
10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
The One and Only Crystal Druid 330 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 6
FLY Task #15.1 - Welcome to Oz
task: Book 1 – read a book with black/white/gray cover
book: The Stranger
how it fits:
task: Book 2 –read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover
book: Saga, Vol. 4
how it fits:
= green and gold outfit, pink and purple smokeper tineye: (view spoiler)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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Task:20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIAOption:1: “Six White Boomers” - a book by an author born between 1946 – 1964
Book read:Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison
Childrens MPG?:IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
Required: Louise Rennison was born October 11, 1951 according to her goodreads bio.
Points this task:20
Total points:60
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Task:15.5 - There's No Place Like Home [a book set in the country in which you were born]Book read:Withering Tights by Louise Rennison
Required: Withering tights is set in the UK (Yorkshire to be specific, my home county!).I was born within about 20 miles of where the book is set!
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/w/w... : "But Yorkshire isn’t quite what she expected"
https://lifegoesonaroundme.blogspot.com : "Tallulah Casey who goes to a performing arts school in Yorkshire for the summer."
it is also on this list of books set in Yorkshire, UK: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklist... "From the moors to the dales, this county has to be one of the most swoon-some in the UK"
Points this task:15
Total points:75
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:4
Mod
I read Razorblade Tears, found on p.22 of the own voices shelf. I read the kindle, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
total points: 10
Mod
I read The Obsidian Tower, set in the fictional land of Vaskandar. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 25
Mod
I read Cold Days, with the word "cold" in the title. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 40
Mod
I read The Dark Hours, with the word hour(s) in the title.
total points: 55
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I chose option 2, and read The Woman They Could Not Silence: Elizabeth Packard’s incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Clean Slate:
CL in CouLd
E in thEy
AN in womAN
SL in SiLence
A in pAckard
TE in ThE
Added to my GR TBR May 25, 2021. 560 pages. This book was new to me.
total points: 80
Siobhan5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Unseen
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...Read book that is #3 in a series.
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Rockynook10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
by Kiley ReidFish appears in the right corner, by the name "Reid"
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Task 25.2 - New Year New Goalsoption 1: I added this book to my kindle TBR in Dec 2015 - 6 years ago
kindle ed that I read: The Mage Storms
PB (no MMPB) that my wrists are relieved I didn't read: The Mage Storms: A Valdemar Omnibus - 1040pages - claiming 3 BB tix
option 3: #7 in series
Goldfinger
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95 points
5 BB tix
2 GO tix
Nikki B5.10 Heart's Desire
The Little Runaway
Patrick Reuman
Task Points 5
Total Challenge Points 95
Total BB Tickets 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Something Fishy
by MaryJanice DavidsonPoints this post: 10
Total points: 45/970
Tasks completed: 3/56
Books read: 4
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Fantasy is #1 MPG
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Nikki B5.4 We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Inspection
Josh Malerman
Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 100
Total BB Tickets: 1
hoodoomends20.1 - challenges and pleasures - option 2
task: a new-to-you author
book: Las Tetas de Tiresias (55 p.) + Desire: a play (63 p.)
[combined plays = 118 p.]
how it fits: it was my first time reading both Guillaume Apollinaire and Pablo Picasso
claiming 1 GO ticket: "las tetas de tiresias" was published in 1917 and "desire" in 1945
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this post:
points: 20
GO: 1
BB: -
total:
points: 20
GO: 1
BB: -
hoodoomends5.10 - heart's desire
task: your choice
book: Tornar-se Negro
how it fits: my choice
using 80-99 pages book: paperback edition has 88 p.
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this post:
points: 5
GO: -
BB: -
total:
points: 25
GO: 1
BB: -
HanneloreTask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 2: For this option, read a book originally published in a language other than your first language, that has been translated into the language in which you read it. REQUIRED: Please state the original language of publication and your first language in your post.
Book: Zomer in de kleine bakkerij
How it fits: This book was originally published in english ('Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery'). My first language is dutch.
The version I read was translated into dutch.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
ED20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 2: “Aussie Jingle Bells”
My first language is English and this book was originally written in Japanese.
Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki -
Task Total= 20
Grand Total=20
Books Read=1
Joanne Mi5.9 - 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.
Winter's Fire -GR's data specifies the story takes place in Norway
Points this task 15
Total Points 45
BB's 1
MEGSCL5.5 - The Land of Oz
Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe (author bio notes Australian birthplace)
**507pp -1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
10 points
1 big book
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30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
Required: state the options you used.
1.a. Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
Loving My Omega by C.W. Gray (ebook approved msg #8388 of verifciation thread)
OMEGA - MiltOn thE dAncinG christmas mouse
1.b Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in GINGERBREAD
Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray (GinGerbreAd)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30