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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Bookwrm526Task #5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Read a book found on the list: Yellowest Books Ever list. I read Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke, from page one of the list.
Total points so far: 390
Suzannesea10.6 - Shelf Aware
Read a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
I added it to my GR Want to Read Shelf on September 10, 2021.
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 285
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF. I read The Night Country by Melissa Albert.
Total points so far: 400
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option 1: read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE. I read Jaktselskapet
option 2: read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title. i read My Sweet Audrina
tasks done: 5
books read: 6
points for this task: 30
total points: 85
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option 1: read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE. I read Jaktselskapet by Lucy Foley
option 2: read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title. i read My Sweet Audrina
tasks done: 5
books read: 6
points for this task: 30
total points: 85
30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of SleepBook 1: Read a book with all the letters in SLEEP in the title
Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook Audiobook, 256 pages in the only MMP edition
PLEaSE look after mom
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of title/subtitle/single author's name
The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin bliZZard
Points this post: 30
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
ROBIN P20.10 - Group Read - The Picture of Dorian Gray
**Claiming 1 GO ticket - orig published 1890
My comment is #11 in the thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
BB: 0 GO: 2
Heather KS10.9 - Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING. Subtitles are excluded.
I read Giving Thanks and Letting Go: Reflections on the Gift of Motherhood
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 190
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I read Murder On A Midsummer Night, set in Australia and author born in Australia.
total points: 525
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I read The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories - top PB for page purposes (no MMPB) is The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.
Word "tea" is found in the color "tea green."
total points: 530
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I read An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good.
Words "lady" and "good" found in song "Oh, Lady Be Good."
total points: 540
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I read a kindle ARC of Scandal in Babylon. The hardback edition (no MMPB or PB) is Scandal in Babylon - 240 pages, so ending in "0."
total points: 550
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I listened to the audio edition of The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way. Top pb (no MMPB) is The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Book is found on page 20 of referenced list.
total points: 565
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.
Come Closer Audiobook
Come Closer MMPB 194 Pages
Pages made up of 1 9 & 4
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 275
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Shawn H.25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1: author whose initials in COMPANIONDOG
Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy (223 pages)
Book 2: GREEN found in title
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway (296 pages)
***Claiming Golden Oldie - published in 1935***
296 + 223 = 519 > than 500
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
Jasmiina F20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy:
Option 3. Read a book with a page count that includes a ‘9’:
He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät by Jussi Valtonen.
Pages: 559.
*Big Book Ticket with 559 pages.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and PleasuresOption 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
I read Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French. She is a new-to-me author.
Task points: 20
Total Points: 20
Readerboard Name: Priya10.9 - Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING. Subtitles are excluded
Hunting Season by Shelly Laurenston
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIAOption 3: “Deck the Sheds”
I read Verity by Colleen Hoover. "C" and "H" are found in the phrase.
Task Points: 20
Total Points : 40
Megs20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1 “Six White Boomers”: Read a book by an author born between 1946 – 1964 OR a book first published between 1946 – 1964.
A Town Divided by Christmas by Orson Scott Card.
Author was born in 1951 as listed on his author page.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...
Read book that is #3 in a series. I read Nasty Breaks by Charlotte Elkins, #3 in the Lee Ofsted series.
Total points so far: 405
Sara G20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. The Girls. read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
MPG Fantasy 2,537 users
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Delicious Dee30.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Book A - Leverage in Death - more than 80% set in NY and has a 4 in the series number
Book B - The Billionaire's Board - BOARD in title; 3 in the page count
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.7 - Not This Year
Number of pages that ends in Zero
Page Count:150
The Fix-It-Shop by Friedrich Wilhelm
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 120/970
GO Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Oma122920.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
I chose Option #4
Option #4-For this option read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS. All initials count.
The Joy and Light Bus Company-Alexander McCall Smith
Points: 305/970
Tasks: 15/56
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: ()500+,()750+,()1000
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1. Read a book with a MPG of fantasy.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (246 p.)
➸ Total Points: 100
➸ Total Pages: 2,318
FLY Task #20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
task: Read a book that has at least three 2’s.
book: The Selection
how it fits:
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2. - First published April 24th 2012
D. Has a 2 in the page count. - I did audio, no mmpb with pages listed, first pb listed is La selección with 240 pages
E. Has a two-word title.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 17/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
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10.10 - The Story ContinuesRead any book from a series with at least 14 primary works. The book must have a whole number series designation. (#1-#14+) The series name and number must be indicated in grayscale parentheses following the title on the GR page.
I read The Joy and Light Bus Company. It is #22 in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency Series.
points: 115
books read: 14
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 5
pages read: 4972
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30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s KindergartenOption 1A: 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
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
CULT appears in miLTon Christmas moUse
Option 2A: Read a book with Race or Social Justice on Main Page genre.
Riot Baby
MPG Race
Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 305
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name: Priya10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list
Page 1 of the list
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
*UNCLAIMING TASK*10.7 - Not This Year
A Christmas Carol
-1 Golden Oldie Ticket (Will reclaim when I reuse this book in a future task)
Points Earned This Post: -10
Total Points Earned: 195
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2 (3-1)
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years ResolutionsI chose option 2
Option 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by.
Deliverance by Garrett Leigh
(I have previously read Heartscape, Redemption, The Sex Coach and a few others by this author)
BB Tickets this post: 0
BB Tickets Total: 1
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
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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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
The Garden of Small Beginnings. Abbi Waxman - 347 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 - Nonfiction, 327 pages
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Malala Yousafzai
Task: 30
Total: 660
39/56
Delicious Dee25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Option A
Book 1 - BoneMan's Daughters - Added to my amazon-archive shelf in 2010
Book 2 - If Looks Could Kill - Added to my amazon-archive shelf in 2010
CL - found in If Looks Could Kill; EAN found in Boneman's Daughters; SL found in If Looks Could Kill; ATE found in BoneMan's Daughters
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 345
Theresa5.1 - Dorothy, Dot & Dotty
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Points this post - 5
Total points - 5
Theresa5.2 - … And Your Little Dog, Too!
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Points this post - 5
Total points - 10
Heather KSTask 10.1 - Gifts
Option A. Read a book you have received as a gift
I read Never Fall for Your Fiancée which I received as a Christmas gift this year.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 200
Helen B30.8 - Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
The Promise by Damon Galgut
269 pages
Option 4: Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count). The book may have an additional subtitle.
Dirty Gold: The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring by Jay Weaver
384 pages
Total pages: 653
total points: 250
BB: 1
Suzannesea30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to Zulu
Book 1
Read a book with a word from the phonetic alphabet in its title.
November Road by Lou Berney
The word in November.
Book 2
Read a book whose author's name has one of the words from the phonetic alphabet.
The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
The word is Charlie.
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 315
MARGO20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
APPROVED in task help message 8 by Lisa
Option A: Read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red.
Read Kindle version with this cover:
The Hanging Shed
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Amy B30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
Choose 2 different tasks. 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
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (House)
2.a. Read a book with Race or Social Justice on Main Page genres - may be embedded
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 275 Points
CYNBAXTERTask #05.09 – Home Sweet Home
Task Description: Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE.
Book: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 045 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Sara G20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2
-Read a book by a new-to-you author. REQUIRED: When you post, state that you haven't read that author before.
Tsarina by J. Nelle Patrick
J. Nelle Patrick is a new author to me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Joanne MI15.8: 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
Every Minute Is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room, and a City Under Siege (do I get extra points for having 2 words? 😂-)
Points this task 15
Total Points 235
Total BB's 6
Kristi CO20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 2: temperature
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim is 416 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 4 MEALS ON WHEELS
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 3 DECK THE SHEDS
Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C no CAPS
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
Option 1: GRANDMA WOLFE
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
Option 4: no 0,1,2,4,5,9
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel is 336 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.5 - There's no place like home
Read a book set in the country in which you were born or state if born in the US.
I was born in the state of Maryland, U.S.
Book Setting: Edgewood, Maryland - Maryland identified in the book description.
👠Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
336 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 260/970
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 17/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0