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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Sarah E30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meier
I read an ebook, top MMP is Candy Cane Murder
Book 2: Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Key Lime Pie Murder
Total points: 220
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - “Rock the Red”
Option C: Read a book whose title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.” Subtitles may be ignored and there is no minimum title word requirement. I read Beyond by Mercedes Lackey.
Total points so far: 530
Lisa MD5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
👠The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
214 pages
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 365/970
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Heather KS15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
I read The Midwife's Confession
It was on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures Option 2 New-to-you author.
Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver
I have not read this author before.
Points: 20
Total Points: 735
GO Points: 7
BB Points: 2
Heather KS5.10 - 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 Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?: 10 Ways the Gospels Can Help You Combat Teacher Burnout and Rediscover Your Passion for Teaching
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
EVAN'S OPTIONS:
Option 1. read a book with a MPG of Space.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
RILEY'S OPTIONS:
Option 2. read a book that has a minimum of three letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS
The Lake District Murder by John Bude
KINDERGARTEN CLASS
LAKE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and PleasuresOption 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author
Sima's Undergarments for Women by Ilana Stanger-Ross
This is a new to me author
New points: 20
Total Points: 290
BB: 2
GO: 1
MEGSCL5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...
The Shadow Sister
- 672 pages - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
375 points
10 big book
MEGSCL15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1: Half a Crown
Book 2: A Suitable Boy (this series is new to me)
1472 pages - 3 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
395 points
13 big book
30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”Option 1- Before I did SRC, I seemed to have missed out on reading many of the classics- or maybe I just forgot them.
Read a book with a main page genre Classics
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
Option 4- My eyes aren’t as young as they used to be. Audiobooks help me to read when my eyes give up.
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last- you may ignore middle initials) can be found in AUDIOBOOKS. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the phrase.
AudiobookS
The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 410
Mod
Juniper Hill by Devney Perry -
Satisfies A,B,E: Edens #2, pub 2022, 2 word title
Points this post: 20
Points total: 785
Barbara ★5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE.
Hold Back The Storm - Lynn Hanna 2/1
HO in HOld
M in storM
E in thE
Ebook Approval: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 585
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to ZuluBook 1, a word from the phonetic alphabet in its title: The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
The word is Echo
Book 2, a book whose author's name is one of the phonetic alphabet words: The Lost Carousel of Provence by Juliet Blackwell
The word is Juliet
Points this post: 30
Total points: 630
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.8
Option 4
Foundationby Mercedes Lackey
ML found in meals on wheels
Task +20
Grand total: 65
FLY Task # 30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
task: Option 1- Read a book with a main page genre Classics
book: Waiting for Godot
how it fits: MPG Classics
task: Option 4- Read a book by a single author whose initials are in AUDIOBOOKS.
book: I, Robot
how it fits: author = Isaac Asimov, initials IA
**Claiming Golden OIdies Ticket** as this barely squeaks by, first published December 2nd 1950
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 20/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Priya25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 1: Read a book that has won a Newbery Award, according to this curated list. Newberry Medal Winner Books
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS. All initials count. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the list of initials.
kdeklJkllkpegS
Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Amy B15.3 - 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: diamond, pearl, ruby, sapphire, emerald, catseye, and alexandrite.
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
AND
Book 2 - read a book with a pair of shoes on its cover. These can be any sort of footwear - slippers, pumps, boots, flip flops - and they can be empty or with feet in them, but there must be a pair of the same shoes. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 390 Points
Task 25.1 - Read a Newberyoption 3: title initials in NEWBERY MEDAL
Blind Lake
option 4: book by a medal winner that does NOT have Childrens MPG
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
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770 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
LAUREN JODI10.3 - 'S Wonderful
One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay
Word: for
Song: "But Not for Me"
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 535/970
Total Books Read: 41
Total Tasks Completed: 33/56
Mod
I listened to an audiobook of The Beekeeper's Apprentice, linked to the MMPB. Book is found on page 1 of the Yellowest Books Ever list.
total points: 690
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and listened to an audiobook of Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, linked to the paperback edition. I added this to my GR Want to Read shelf on 7/1/13.
For my second book, I used option 3, and read Lucky Stiff - #4 in the Mattie Winston Mystery series. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb.
total points: 715
Mod
For book 1, I read Spoils of the Dead - 304 pages.
SL in SpoiLs
E in thE
E in dEad
P in sPoils
For book 2, I listened to Fuzzy Nation. linked to the MMPB - 343 pages.
2 Zs in fuZZy (with a bonus Z in author's name, scalZi)
total pages: 647 (>500)
total points: 745
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and PleasuresOption 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese
I have not read anything by John Cleese before.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 470
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Helen B50.1 - Advent Calendar
I rolled 14 (contemporary), 21 (literary fiction) and 22 (politics)
14. The Dealby Elle Kennedy
MPG contemporary. I read the ebook the paperback The Deal has 330 pages.
21. The Great Leader: A Faux Mystery by Jim Harrison
MPG Literary Fiction. Paperback 352 pages
22. The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America by Adam Serwer
MPG Politics. Hardcover 358 pages.
330+352+358=1040
Total points: 370
BB: 1
25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?Option 1: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title (ignore subtitles).
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
ES appears in placES and spacES
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
Canada by Mike Myers
K appears in miKe
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 495
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.7 - Not This YearRead a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
Satan's Harvest Audiobook
Satan's Harvest PB 240 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 505
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.10 - Heart's DesireFind yours by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 510
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
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 ResolutionsOption 1: Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
❄️ author's initials (TL) found in RESOLUTIONS ❄️
Total points: 355 + 20 = 375
APRILLEIGH10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen(IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0)
Cover approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (310)
Books Read: 1 (27)
Total Tasks: 27
Nick KY30.3 Mazza 1’s Alpha to Zulu.
Book 1. I read Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History by Stephan Talty. “Bravo” in title.
Book 2. I read Best Self: Be You, Only Better by Mike Bayer. “Mike” in author’s name.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 750
Kristina Marie10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Audiobook. The MMPB has 262 pages.
There is a crocodile on the cover.Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
Sarah E5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
Only the Truth - over 50% set in Arkansas
From the GR description "... Billy Ray Hutchins, a lonely uneducated man living in the hills of Arkansas."
Approved for length in message 8446
Total points: 225
Sarah E5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
The Tempest - on page 1 of the list, currently #8
I listened to an audio, top MMP is The Tempest
Golden Oldie, first published 1611. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 230
Total GOs: 3
Jen K30.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Book 1: The Lions of Fifth Avenue - 354 pages> 250 pages
more than 80% set in NYC (Manhattan) and 4 in page number
Book 2: Logical Family: A Memoir - 330 pages> 250 pages
LOGICal and 3 in page number
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 565
Lisa MD25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
EVAN'S OPTIONS:
2: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
👠Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
212 pages
Sequential Letters: "ti" found in title words"Time" and "Traditionally"
RILEY'S OPTIONS:
2: Read a book that has a minimum of three letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS in the title or subtitle.
👠The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
376 pages
Title Word: "Stars" found in KINDERGARTEN CLASS
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 390/970
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 25/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name: Priya15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!
Read a book with the word "cold" or one of the following synonyms for "cold" in its title.
polar
Polar Bared by Eve Langlais
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
Angela IL30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
December -
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 Christmas Light by Donna VanLiere-12/24/21
(word is Christmas)
1.b. Read a book where all the author’s initials can be found in GINGERBREAD
The Wife by Alafair Burke-2/7/22
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 18/56
BB Ticket: 1
30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?Help Thread
Please choose two different options below for your two books. REQUIRED: State in your post the options that you chose.
Option 1: For the first 5 years of my life we lived at my grandma’s house. These years were great ones. I remember so many things from this time: playing with cousins who were there too, picking black raspberries from her garden, playing games at the dining room table and working on jigsaw puzzles with her.
In honor of my grandma read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
I read The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont. All 3 of her initials can be found in GraNDma wolfe.
Option 4:
Read a book that doesn't include any of these numbers in the page count: 0,1,2,4,5,9 .
I read Going There which has 736 pp.
This is a *****BIG BOOK***** Please give me 1 BIG BOOK Ticket please.
Points: 175
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 2
pages read: 7087
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 1. Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
Where They Wait by Scott Carson HE in Where and They
Option 3. Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name. The Library of Lost and Found: A Novel by Phaedra Patrick K in Patrick
Points this post: 25
Total points: 730
Kai25.1 XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
OPTION 1
Read a book that has won a Newbery Award, according to the Newberry Medal Winner Books list.
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13.0
OPTION 3
Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in "John Newbery Medal".
No Bones by Anna Burns
New Points: 25
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read for Challenge: 27
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS. I read The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson(496p).
Total points so far: 550
15.5 - There's No Place Like HomeA book set in the state in which I was born: The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis (Wildstone #6)
Wildstone Series set in mid-coast of California.
I was born in California.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 645
Kathy KS30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Read 2 books. You may do different options or the same option twice.
Option 2- Read a book with at least a 3 word title where all the initial letters are in DRAGON and/or FANTASY
Thou Shell of Death, by Nicholas Blake
TSOD=DragOn, fanTaSy
I read this as part of an omnibus: The Nicholas Blake Treasury, Volume 1, p. 1-170
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1936
Option 3- Read a book from this list: Excellent Space Opera
You may read any book in a series, if the first book is included on the list. REQUIRED: If your book is not specifically listed, state the page on which book 1 of that series is listed.
Courageous, by Jack Campbell
This is book #3 in the series; Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) is found on page 1 of the list, currently #11
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 390
Tasks completed: 18/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
Deborah20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C: Read a book whose title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.”
Homegoing
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 31
Tasks Done: 23
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10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list: Own Voice.
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
Audiobook. There is no MMBP. The paperback has 416 pages.
This book is currently on page 16 of the Own Voice list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270