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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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INSIYAH10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Book: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Note: Top Paperback (no MMPB) has 266 pages.
How it fits: S & R in KRAMPUSLAUF
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 18
Big Book Tickets: 8
Golden Oldies Tickets: 5
Task 15.5 - There's No Place Like Homeset in England, where I was born
I Know Who You Are
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785 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
Boston Kate
repost
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Joanne MIReposting from post 2404 to record point totals
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Read a book that has at least three of the following 2’s.
Double Cross
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2. -Published 2012
D. Has a 2 in the page count.-432 Pages
E. Has a two-word title.-Double Cross
Points this task 20
Total points 340
BB's 6
Task 10.2 - Something Fishymermaid on cover
The Mermaid of Black Conch
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795 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
FLY Task # 10.9 - Winter is ComING
task: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING.
book: Under the Whispering Door
how it fits: ING in whisperING
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 21/56
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. I read The Puppy Who Knew Too Much by V.M. Burns.
Total points so far: 555
25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring FamilyEVAN'S OPTIONS:
1: For this option read a book with a MPG of Space.
Condomnauts
MPG Space
RILEY'S OPTIONS:
1: For this option read a book with a flower on the cover.
Background of the cover is floral.
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 535
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.4 Dog Shows1) The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
376 pages
The initials DG are found in companion DoG
2) Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
1058 pages
EdGE of eteRNity
My page total exceeds 500.
I'd like 3 BB tickets for Edge of Eternity
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 240
30.2 What Does Home Mean to YouOption 1: The Address by Fiona Davis
The initials FD are in granDma wolFe
Option 2: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
DREAM is in the title.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 270
Task 15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!One book option
3word title and author initials found in VALENTINES
The English Lesson by Sara Alexi
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810 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
Sarah E10.2 - Something Fishy
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Twyford Code
Total points: 240
Sarah E20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 2: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
Originally published in German, my first language is English
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is La vie secrète des arbres
Total points: 260
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Juniper Hill by Devney Perry -
Satisfies A,B,E: Edens #2, pub 2022, 2 word title
approval post for not children's book, POST 319:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Points total: 785
Amy FL10.8 - #ownvoicestories
The Music of What Happens
The book currently appears at the bottom of page 19 of the ownvoice list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 585
Amy FL15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
Option 1
Book A: The Neon Lawyer - TNL (vaLeNTines)
Book B: Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim - LI (vaLentInes)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
Kathy KS30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1. Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP
The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi
SLEEP=coLlapSing EmPirE
I read a large print; mmpb=372 p.
book 2. Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of the title, subtitle, and/or single author’s name.
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High, by Tony Danza
ZZ=apologiZe, danZa
264 pages
Total pages: 372+264=636 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 420
Tasks completed: 19/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
Amy FL30.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Book 1: Everything to Lose - set in Staten Island (mentioned in 4th paragraph of synopsis and in this review); 419 pages in paperback edition (I linked to the audio that I listened to)
Book 2: Murder Board - Board in title; 308 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 630
Angela IL50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Go to RollADie.net and roll a 24 sided die 3 times. Record your rolls. Using the calendar below, read one book for each roll with the main page genre that matches the number you rolled. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Roll #1-Thriller (16)
Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf-1/22/22 *296 pg
Roll #2-Crime (4)
Never Alone by Elizabeth Haynes-2/11/22
No MMPB edition, attaching the paperback edition for page count since I read it on Kindle *361 pg
Never Alone
Roll#3-Humor (7)
Why Moms Are Weird by Pamela Ribon-1/3/22
*285
Total Pages Read- 942
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 480
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 19/56
BB Ticket: 1
Mai5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
One Big Self: An Investigation by C.D. Wright
The book is a collection of poems written about inmates in three prisons in Louisiana (see Goodreads description and also https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/boo...)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Coralie25.4 Dog Shows
Book 1 : book by an author whoseinitials can be found in CoMpaniondog
The Armored Saint by Myke Cole
Book 2: Book with a title in which the letters GREEN can be found
G, R, E in manaGER, E in thE, N in Night
The Night Manager
Total to date 565 points
Readerboard Name: Priya20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Satisfies A, D, E
A. Is #2 in a series. - The Edens #2
D. Has a 2 in the page count. - 324 pages
E. Has a two-word title. - Juniper Hill
Approval post for not childrens book
Juniper Hill by Devney Perry
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
5.5 - The Land of OzRead a book set in Australia or written by author born in Australia.
I read In a Sunburned Country, the Kindle edition. The Goodreads description notes that this is about the author's travels in Australia.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Delicious DeeREPOSTING TO CLAIM BIG BOOK TICKET
25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
One Book Option
Chaos Vector
- for Book A - Option 1 - shelved as Space>space opera by 24 ppl
- for Book B - option 3 - #2 in the Protectorate series
- book is more than 500 pages - claiming Big Book Ticket for 1 500+pg book, book was 546pgs
Maria Jo10.9 - Winter is ComING
The Heart of a King
Approved as one book
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
5.9 - Home Sweet HomeRead a book with all the letters of HOME in the title
How May I Offend You Today?: Rants and Revelations from a Not-So-Proper Southern Lady by Susannah B. Lewis
HOw May i offEnd you today?
Kindle edition, no MMP, 224 pages in the only pb edition
Points this post: 5
Total points: 800
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 62
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 5
Amy B15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book that is a primary work in a series - no prequels or .5's. This is meant to be an ending.
Summer by Ali Smith (Seasonal #4)
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series. REQUIRED: State in your post that this series is new to you.
REQUIRED: The series name and number must be listed in grayscale in parentheses, after the title. A series must have at least 2 primary works published to count
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - Gilead #1 (this series is new to me and contains 4 books)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 405 Points
Brooklyn 5.5 – The Land of Oz
Read a book set in Australia or by an author born in Australia
The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope
Set in Australia per multiple GR reviews (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200/970
Tasks completed: 16/56
Books read: 22
Brooklyn 10.1 – Gifts
Read a book given to you as a gift
Broken by Jenny Lawson
I received a signed copy as a birthday gift a couple of months ago
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210/970
Tasks completed: 17/56
Books read: 23
EMurphy50.1 TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Rolled 2 (Romance), 20 (Cultural), 15 (Food/Drink)
2 (Romance) The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
*419 pages
20 (Cultural) The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
*304 pages
15 (Food/Drink) Eat a Peach by David Chang
*288 pages
419+304+288=1,011 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total: 310
Books Read: 22
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Brooklyn 10.2 – Something Fishy
Read a book with a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover
by Barbara RossClams & oysters on cover
Approved in help thread - listed in message #2
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220/970
Tasks completed: 18/56
Books read: 24
Coralie30.1 The computer Curse
Book 1 : Book set in NYC that has a 4 in its page count
The Lions of Fifth Avenue 464 pages
Book 2: Book with the word LOGIC in the title that has a 3 in its page count
Logic of the Heart 343 pages
Total to date 595 points
Brooklyn 10.3 – ‘S Wonderful
Read a book with one of the words from Ira Gershwin’s notable song titles in the title/subtitle
My Darling Husband by Kimberly Belle
Word is MY in “My Ship”
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230/970
Tasks completed: 19/56
Books read: 25
Sara G15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
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.
REQUIRED: State in your post the place of your birth.
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
I was born in California, USA, and this book takes place entirely there.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Brooklyn 10.4 – MMXXII
Read a book by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Points this post: 10
Total points: 240/970
Tasks completed: 20/56
Books read: 26
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.5: Fever - Option 2: Five by Christie Rich. The number of pages is 314, using numbers only from sequence 1 3 4 6 9
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:20
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Sara G10.6 - Shelf Aware
Read a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad by Brian Catlos
I added this book to my TBR list on September 8, 2014.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Brooklyn 10.5 – Naughty or Nice?
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF
When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250/970
Tasks completed: 21/56
Books read: 27
Brooklyn 10.6 – Shelf Aware
Read a book added to your TBR before 11/1/21
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Added to my Goodreads TBR 4/13/21
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260/970
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 28
Brooklyn 10.7 – Not This Year
Read a book with a page count that ends in ‘0’
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan – 320 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270/970
Tasks completed: 23/56
Books read: 29
Brooklyn 10.8 – #ownvoicestories
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the “own voice” listopia
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Found on pg. 2
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280/970
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 30
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: Christmas in Australia - Option 2: The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas. Original language is French, my first language is Dutch, I read the book in English
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:40
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Brooklyn 10.9 – Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in its title that ends in -ING
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 10
Total points: 290/970
Tasks completed: 25/56
Books read: 31
Brooklyn 10.10 – The Story Continues
Read any book from a series that has at least 14 primary works
Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb
#53 in the In Death series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300/970
Tasks completed: 26/56
Books read: 32
Line5.9
read a book with all the letters of HOME in the title. I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
it has a MPG of childrens, and it’s points in the AR bookfinder are:
IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR pts: 7.0
tasks done: 9
books read: 10
points for this task: 5
total points: 125
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Three 2's: Dying for Danish by Leighann Dobbs
meets criteria A, B, D.
It's #2 in series, published in 2012, and number of pages is 200.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals:60
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Brooklyn 15.1 – Welcome to Oz
Book 1: Read any book with a black/white/gray cover
by Isabel WilkersonBook 2: Read a book with at least 3 colors on the cover other than black/white/gray
by Ellen RaskinCover has red, green, yellow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315/970
Tasks completed: 27/56
Books read: 34
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle (other topics)Everything, Everything (other topics)
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Hisses and Honey (other topics)
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15.9 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
Try to find out where those letters to Santa go, by 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.
Setting: Alaska (United States) - as in GR metadata
Kodiak's Claim by Eve Langlais
Points this post: 15
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31