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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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20.3 Representing Cats!I chose option 1 and read Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (fantasy and Science fiction MPG)
New Total: 30
Delicious Dee5.9 - Home Sweet Home
A Match for the Marine - H in The; O in For; ME in Marine
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 360
Sara G20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option B: “The Great Eight” – For this option, pay homage to Ovi and read a book that contains “the great”, intact, in its title or subtitle.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Nick KY30.7 DLMRose’s Sleep
Book 1. I read Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System by Michael Summers. The letters SLEEP are in the title: “ExoPLanEtS.” 224 pp.
Book 2. I read There's Something About St. Tropez by Elizabeth Adler. Z in San Tropez, Z in Elizabeth. 400 pp.
Total pp = 624 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 600
Sarah E25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Option Two: The Diaries of Nella Last: Writing in War and Peace
CLEAN in peaCe and NELlA
SLATE in thE and LAST
This is a new-to-me book. It has been on my library wishlist since approximately 2015 - there are no dates given on the library website but I began borrrowing ebooks and eaudiobooks from my library in 2015, and this is the 24th oldest book on my list, which I have since filled to its maximum capacity of 5000.
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Diaries of Nella Last: Writing in War & Peace - 576 pages
Big Book, 576 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 25
Total BBs: 1
Kristina Marie10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 624 pages. I am not claiming a BB ticket.
Cassandra Clare's initials are the same letter, CC.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Mod
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
A Deception Most Deadly
has DE in both DEception and DEadly
(I read this as an advance reader copy audiobook, but the paperback is now out)
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name. If the book is by multiple authors, all must have a K in their name.
Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools
The authors are Lee Parkinson & Adam Parkinson
Par K inson has a K in it
I also read this as an advance reader copy of the ebook, but it exists in paperback
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 175 + 25 = 200/970
Total Tasks Completed: 12
CYNBAXTERTask #05.10 – Heart's Desire
Task Description: Read a book of your choice
Book: Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan's Buddhist Temples by Gesshin Claire Greenwood
Note: More stories than recipes. Excellent book
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 050 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Mod
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words, where all the initial letters can be found in the phrase “CATS HAVE STAFF”.
A Fatal Crossing
The titles letters AFC are in CAts have staFf
I read this as an advance reader copy of the ebook, but it now exists in paperback too
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200 + 20 = 220/970
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Lisa MD15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 1. Read two books:
Book 1 – read a book whose title/subtitle contains the name of one of seven precious gemstones
👠The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank
Listened to audio. Linked to PB. No MMPB
247 pages
Book2 - read a book with a pair of shoes on its cover.
👠Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
227 pages
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300/970
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 20/56
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Julia10310.3 - 'S Wonderful
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
(Title word "How" is in song title "How Long Has This Been Going On?")
This post: 10 points
Total points: 550
BB:2
GO:1
Tasks complete: 27
Books read: 38
Mod
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover / set in Texas, in data on GR page
Points this post: 5
Points total: 565
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty D - Danielle
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 230
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreMPG Fantasy and Science Fiction.
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 235
15.5 - There's no place like home I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery:
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 250
Delicious Dee10.3 - 'S Wonderful
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together -How in the subtitle for "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 370
Megs20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by.
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
I have previously read: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea & Anne of the Island by this author.
Book has MPG of Childrens. IL = MG, BL = 6.1, AR = 13.0
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket: book was first published in 1917.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 3: read a book with a page count that includes a ‘9’.
Bombproof by Michael Robotham
392 pages
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 700
5.7 - The Emerald CitySleep with the Lights On (Brown and de Luca #1) by Maggie Shayne
word in title, LIGHT(S), found in "Light Green"
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 705
15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?Read a book set at least 50% in one of these land areas: Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Russia
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, set 85% in Iceland, 15% in Denmark
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Task 30.4 - Winter in Ms. Kat’s KindergartenDecember - 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
The Minders (2020) by John Marrs (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 402 pages)
MINDERS = MIltoN the Dancing chRiStmas mousE
February – 3.a.Read a book that is at least 100 years old (published in 1922 (inclusive) or before)
Cousin Henry (1879) by Anthony Trollope (Paperback, 336 pages)
175 + 30 = 205
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 175 + 30 = 205
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,875
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Coralie25.1 Read a Newbury
Option 2; book by an author whose initials are included in KdekljkllkpeGs
Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood
Option 3 – Book with a title where the first letter of each word can be found in jOhn newbeRy medAl
Realm of Ash
Total to date 375 points
10.10 - The Story ContinuesAny book from a series with at least 14 primary works: Haunted Hibiscus by Laura Childs, (Tea Shop Mystery #22)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 490
INSIYAH30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Author LN starts with G
Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (ebook)
How it fits: Author LN starts with G
Note: Top MMPB has 503 pages.
Option 2: Book from Minority Authors List
Book: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
How it fits: Book on Page 1 of list.
Total pages: 503 + 477 = 980 pages.
Claiming one Big Book Ticket for Memoirs of a Geisha (503 pages).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 16
Big Book Tickets: 8
Golden Oldies Tickets: 5
Amy B30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Read 2 books. You may do different options or the same option twice. REQUIRED: State the option(s) when you post.
No books with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task.
Option 1 - Read a book with a main page genre Classics
City of God by E.L. Doctorow
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 305 Points
30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and WholeBook 1: Read a collection or anthology. This can be short stories, novellas, poems, essays etc. There must be at least 3 authors/contributors, listed as authors or in the main page description of the book.
The Book of Swords edited by Gardner Dozois
1x Bigger is Better tix (522p)
Book 2: Choose one of the authors who contributed to Book 1. Read a book that they have solo authored (e.g. a novel or a collection of stories written by the one author).
Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 735
Joanne Mi20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option A: read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red
Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
The cover was approved in the help thread entry # 22
Points this task 20
Total Points 255
BB's 6
Mod
Option 2: “Aussie Jingle Bells”
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami - originally published in Japanese, I read it in English which is my first language
Points this post: 20
Points total: 585
ROBIN P20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 1: Author born 1946-64
River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh was born in 1956 per GR author page
**Requesting BB credit - book is 528 pages**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 520
BB: 2 GO: 3
Christine V10.9 - Winter is ComING
Under the Whispering Door
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
CEELEETask 5.1 Dorothy, Dot and Dotty
To honor Dorothy Gale, the brave heroine of L Frank Baum 's Oz books, read a book whose author's first name begins with "D"
I read To Dwell In Darkness by Deborah Crombie. Even with the unusual spelling, Deborah begins with the letter D.
To Dwell in Darkness
Great book, wonderful mystery series and this particular story had KITTENS!
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Points not claimed for KITTENS (and WHY NOT??) 5
Total Points for Witmer Challenge 2021-2022: 5
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 1
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Witter Challenge 2021-2022: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 0
Helen B10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
The Contract by Melanie Moreland
Total points: 260
BB:1
HelenB30.7 - Festival of Sleep
Book 1. Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP, including 2 Es, in the TITLE.
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
Book 2. Catch some Zs. Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of the title, subtitle, and/or single author’s name.
Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz
FroZen CruZ
Total points: 290
BB:1
CEELEE Task 5.10 Heart's Desire
Dorothy aims to find her heart's desire over the rainbow. Find yours by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
I read Maid by Stephanie Land
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
This book made me cry. I loved it. I watched the Netflix series and it inspired me to read the book. Would you believe there were several cats in the story? At least 3. They belonged to her clients. My heart's desire is always seeing a cat in a book. :) Or anywhere!
How many tissues used credits do we get? I think I used about 10.
Total points for Tasks: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Fake Points for Cats; 3 Fake Points for Tissues: 10
Total Points for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 10
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 2
Total Books read for Winter 2021-2022: 2
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.9 - Winter is ComING
Word in the TITLE that ends in ING
Page Count:324
Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 130/970
GO Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 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
Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy 800 p.
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.
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah 335 p.
GREN in Kingfisher, E in The
page count 800 + 335= 1135> 500 page minimum
Points this post: 25
Total points: 520
Mod
Read any book from a series with at least 14 primary works
For Better or Hearse
This is book #2 from the "Annabelle Archer" series which now has 15 main books + a handful of novellas
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220 + 10 = 230/970
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Option One:
Read two books on your TBR that across their combined titles, contain the letters CLEAN SLATE (must find all the letters, i.e. 2 of L, E, A).
Book1. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood 273 p. on my to be read shelf since 3/4/04 1 C, 2L, 2E, 2A, 1S, 1T, 1 N
Book 2. My Real Children by Jo Walton 320 p. on my to read shelf since 4/11/14
All the required letters are in Book 1, but I needed Book 2 to make the 500 page requirement
Page count 273 + 320 = 593 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 545
30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”Option 1: The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
❄️MPG Classics❄️
Option 2: Time and Again by Jack Finney
❄️TAA found in FANTASY ❄️
Total points: 280 + 30 = 310
20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2'sRead a book that has at least three of the following 2's
My book is Two Time by Chris Knopf
A: Read a book that is #2 in a series
Two Time is #2 in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series
D: Read a book with a 2 in the page count
Audiobook, 261 pg in the first listed paperback edition
E: Read a book with a two word title Two Time
F: Read a book with one of TO/TOO/TWO in the title: TWO in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 54
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Barbara ★50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
I rolled 5, 19 and 23.
5 horror
The Langoliers - Stephen King (304 pages) 1/21
19 fantasy
Devil Days in Deadwood - Ann Charles (374 pages) 1/19
23 Young Adult
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon - Christopher Paolini (288 pages) 1/21
Total Pages: Book 1 (304 pages) + Book 2 (374 pages) + Book 3 (288 pages) = 963 pages > 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 525
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D
A Perfect Bind - Dorothy St. James 1/26
Points this task: 5
Total points: 530
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?Reading 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.
Larry s Party
Set about 66% in Canada
New Points: 15
Total Points: 250
BB: 2
Maria Jo20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1
The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes by Louis A. Markos
Approved in Messages 12-13 in Help Thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”Option A: #ALLCAPS – Caps fans can keep up with all the latest Washington Capitals news and happenings on Twitter, Instagram and NHL.com, which is marketed under the “ALL CAPS” brand.
For this option, show your team spirit and read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red. Subtitles may be ignored.
I read
. This was approved on the help thread.This book has 512 pp and is a *****BIG BOOK *******
points: 135
books read: 15
tasks completed: 10
tasks in progress: 5
Big Books: 1
pages read:5484
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Combined page number of at least 500 pages.
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials(all of them) may be found in the phrase COMPANIONDOG
Page Count: 325
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
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
Page Count: 384
The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 155/970
GO Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.3 - 'S Wonderful
one of the words from one song title in the title or subtitle. May not be used: the, a, on, is, to.
Song Title:"Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Word: It
Page Count: 384
When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 165/970
GO Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: FeverOption 2: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.
Page Count: 146
Night Shift Witch by Cate Lawley
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I read Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear - H in the, O in among, M in mad, E in the
Season Total: 10