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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
I posted a comment (Message #16) in the discussion thread.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 270 points
Tasks completed: 19
Task 20.1 - Challenges and Pleasuresoption 2: new-to-me author
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Alexander McCall Smith
amazingly I have managed to not read any of his books before now - new to me.
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653 points
12 BB tix
2 GO tix
Mod
5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!
Read a book written by a single author with a name part that matches Terry or a name related to Terry
Catching Christmas. Terri Blackstock
Task: 5
Total: 880
52/56
Mod
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book in a series
The Couple at the Table
This is the latest in the "Spilling CID" series, only just published!
I read this as an Advance Reader copy e-book, but the book is now published in both hardback & paperback
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series.
The Hidden Village
This is book 1 in the "Wartime Holland" series which currently has 2 books in the series (The Hidden Village & Hidden in the Shadows). This series is new to me
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270 + 15 = 285/970
Total Tasks Completed: 17
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!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”.
Felix Ever After
Total Points: 40
Task 5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Roadon page 1, #30 on list
American Born Chinese
IL: MG+
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635 points <-fingers crossed this is right now!
12 BB tix
2 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I read Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and posted in the discussion thread at post #8.
Total points so far: 425
Readerboard Name: Priya30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
Option 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
Sentinel in miLtoN thE danciNg chrIsTmaS mousE
The Sentinel by Lee Child
Option 1.b: Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in GINGERBREAD.
GingerbRead
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Mary P20.2 - 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.
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
I have also read Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager by the same author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Nick KY15.3 Ruby Slippers
Book 1. I read Emerald City by Alicia K. Leppert.
Book 2. I read Love, Etc. by Julian Barnes, shoes on cover.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 650
Sarah E15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 2:
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Mourning Ruby: 6
Total points: 70
Angela IL30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
Option 1: In honor of my grandma read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead-1/15/22
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title.
The Woman He Loved Before by Dorothy Koomson-2/2/22
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 16/56
BB Ticket: 1
Amber10.7 - Not This Year
Book with a number of pages that ends in Zero - the top PB has 120 pgs
Rachel Rising, Volume 1: The Shadow of Death by Terry Moore
Total Points: 350
Kristina Marie5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task only, you may choose a book with the genre Childrens that is not found in AR Bookfinder.
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Audiobook. There is no MMPB nor paperback. The hardcover has 336 pages.
The Last Cuentista has a main page genre of childrens but is not found in the AR Bookfinder.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Kristina Marie5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D.
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 401 pages.
Diane Mott Davidson's first name begins with a D.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar>The page total must be at least 750 pages
Go to RollADie.net and roll 3 24-sided dice and read one book for each roll that matches the rolled MPG
My rolls were 2 (Romance) 14 (Contemporary) and 24 (Holiday)
Book 1 - Romance: MPG: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord , Audiobook, no MMP, 358 pages for first listed paperback edition
Book 2 - Contemporary MPG: After Dark by Haruki Murakami Audiobook, 244 pages for first listed MMP
Book 3 - Holiday MPG: The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis Audiobook, 361 pages for only listed MMP
358 + 244 + 361 = 963 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 745
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 57
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
MEGSCL5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Page 1: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
From arbookfind IL: UY
TOTAL TO DATE
370 points
9 big book
Mod
30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Read a collection or anthology.
Midnight Kiss. Robyn Carr
Book 2: Choose one of the authors who contributed to Book 1. Read a book that they have solo authored
Promise Canyon. Robyn Carr
Task: 30
Total: 910
53/56
ROBIN P25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
2 books from TBR new to you, 500 p total, 1 on TBR 12 months, titles contain CLEAN SLATE
1. Louisa and the Crystal Gazer - added to my "Owned" list on Goodreads 12/29/2013
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
LouiSA aNd ThE CrystAL GazEr - contains all letters of CLEAN SLATE
This book is new to me and has 288 pages
2. England's Finest: Stories - No additional letters needed but it does have LEANSTE
Currently marked "Read" but was added to my To Be Read shelf on 3/4/2021
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...+
This book is new to me and has 321 pages
Total pages 609
Points this post: 25
Total points: 560
BB: 2 GO: 3
20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!Option 1.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Total Points = 80
Coralie15.1 Welcome to Oz
Book 1 – book with a cover that is only black/white/grey
Book 2 – book with at least 3 different colours on cover
Title in green
Inside pentagon in yellow
Words under pentagon in red
Total to date 415 points
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
1. Read a book written by an author with the letters J and W in their name. Single authors only.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson
Golden oldie ticket: Book first published in 1912
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Maria Jo25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan; 416 pgs. in pb
Book 2: The Girls in the Stilt House; 384 pgs. in pb
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar20: CULTURAL
Peepshow (Simone Kirsch #1) by Leigh Redhead
302 pages
16: THRILLER
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot #11) by Agatha Christie
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1934)
224 pages
12: SOCIOLOGY
The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures by António R. Damásio
MPG locked
336 pages
Total pages read: 862
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 830
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.9 - Home Sweet Home
all the letters of HOME in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Page Count: 436
CHOcolate Chip Cookie MurdEr
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 300/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & DottyRead a book written by an author
whose first name begins with the letter D.
I read Fiskadoro, by Denis Johnson.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
10.8 - #ownvoicestoriesA growing trend in publishing is #ownvoicestories - books that reflect diverse characters and stories that are written by members of that same group.
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list: Own Voice.
Required: State the page.
I read Red, White & Royal Blue. It was listed on Own Voice on page 3.
points: 145
books read: 16
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 4
Big Books: 1
pages read: 5905
Task 15.1 - Welcome to OzBook 1 – read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
Verified by tineye
Angels on Toast (1940) by Dawn Powell (Paperback, 273 pages)
** Angels on Toast is a Golden Oldie, published in 1940**
Book 2 –read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray). The book may have these colors on the cover, but there must be at least three other colors.
REQUIRED: Include the covers in your post. For book 2, point out the three required colors.
Verified by tineye
Colors: Violet, Orange, Red, Blue, Green
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond (2021) by Robin George Andrews (male) (Hardcover, 336 pages) [551.21]
210 + 15 = 225
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 210 + 15 = 225
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5,684
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Deborah50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Required: List your rolls when you post.
I rolled 19, 7, 5
Book 1) FANTASY (19) Emerald Blaze 392 pages
Book 2) HUMOR (7) The Guncle 326 pages
(MPG approved in help thread post #3)
Book 3 ) Horror (5) Carrie 253 pages
Total page count 971 out of required minimum of 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 28
Tasks Done: 20
15.2 - Endings and BeginningsBook 1, most recently published book in a series: Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs (A Tea Shop Mystery #23), published October 5, 2021
Book 2, first book in a new to you series: Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods (The Sweet Magnolias #1)
This series is new to me.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Deborah5.10 - Heart's Desire
Finding His Potential
E book verification post #8371
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 29
Tasks Done: 21
Deborah5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
Under the Mesquite
Eagle Pass, Texas
AR Bookfinder: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3.0
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 30
Tasks Done: 22
Mod
Read a book set in the country in which you were born. For those born in the US or Canada, the book should be set in the same State or Province in which you were born.
Underneath the Christmas Tree
This book is set in England, and I was born in England
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 285 + 15 = 300/970
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Mod
15.2 - Endings and Beginnings
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book in a series
The Couple at the Table
This is the latest in the "Spilling CID" series, only just published!
I read this as an Advance Reader copy e-book, but the book is now published in both hardback & paperback
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series.
The Hidden Village
This is book 1 in the "Wartime Holland" series which currently has 2 books in the series (The Hidden Village & Hidden in the Shadows). This series is new to me
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270 + 15 = 285/970
Total Tasks Completed: 17
EMurphy25.6 Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
Option 1b: Same 2 letters sequentially in the same order in the title The Farmer's Slaughter by Liliana Hart
Option 2b: Minimum of 3-letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS in title/subtitle The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
*TIGER
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 245
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 11
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Cold As Ice by Toni Anderson
Set in Alaska
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 425/970
Total Books Read: 33
Total Tasks Completed: 26/56
LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 2 - Page #496
The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 445/970
Total Books Read: 34
Total Tasks Completed: 27/56
Task 10.9 - Winter is ComINGword in title ends in ING
Winter Rising
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645 points
12 BB tix
2 GO tix
15.1 - Welcome to OzBook 1 – read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif AbdurraqibBook 2 –read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray). The book may have these colors on the cover, but there must be at least three other colors.
The colors are blue, green and red:
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'FarrellPost Total: 15
Season Total: 265
15.8: The Peculiarity of Time Passing"Days" in the title:
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 280
15.10 - Curl Up and ReadMy book is on page 9:
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 295
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri-K's Task: Ready, Set, GO!Option 1: The best old books have been around the longest. Read a book published before 1900.
This author is new to me:
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 315
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIAOption 2: “Aussie Jingle Bells”
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.
My first language is English. The book is originally in Turkish.
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 335
25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals1. Dust off some old books.
Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years.
This book has been on my Goodreads TBR since February 13, 2015
The Beast Within by Émile Zola
3. Continuing series.
Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series. Series name & number must be noted in grey parenthesis under book title.
You series #3
You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 360
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C: Title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.”
Quite
The edition I read has no page numbers listed, the only paperback with a page count is Quite
Total Points: 90
5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...Read book that is #3 in a series.
The Death and Life of Dominick Davidner
#3 in the Middle Falls Time Travel series.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 365
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
APRILLEIGH5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the title.
Amazon Echo by Steve Wright
aMazon EcHO
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (5)
Books Read: 1 (1)
Total Tasks: 1
APRILLEIGH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea’s Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Get going with Amazon Echo and Alexa in easy steps by Nick Vandome
Author is new-to-me.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (25)
Books Read: 1 (2)
Total Tasks: 2
APRILLEIGH10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in 0.
Alexa for Dummies by Paul McFedries (320 pages)
Author is new-to-me.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (35)
Books Read: 1 (3)
Total Tasks: 3
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Killing Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries
Option 2: The book's title has one of seven precious gemstones (ruby) AND there is a pair of shoes on its cover.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Killing Ruby Rose
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Tasks completed: 18