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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
MEGSCL5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
IL: UY
TOTAL TO DATE
400 points
10 big book
MEGSCL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2. This book is by a new to me author. The Heart Radical
TOTAL TO DATE
420 points
10 big book
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - New Years Resolutions
Option 3: Read a book with a TITLE that starts with an A. I read Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler.
Total points so far: 580
Mod
Option 1-
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear / JW in author
Points this post: 20
Points total: 805
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50.1 - Advent Calendar
Rolled 19, 9, 14
Book 1 - (19 - Fantasy)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Fantasy MPG, shelved by 11,566 users.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): La vida invisible de Addie LaRue - 500 pages
Book 2 - (9 - Mystery)
The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz
Mystery MPG, shelved by 91 users.
368 pages
Book 3 - (14 - Contemorary)
Hot Wheels and High Heels by Jane Graves
Contemporary MPG, shelved by 42 users.
363 pages
500+388+363 = 1,251 pages
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 390 points
Tasks completed: 23
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1 -
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Cover is black/white/gray and there are no other colors. From tineye: 50% white, 43.4% grey; 6.7% black
Link to MMP edition: In a Dark, Dark Wood
Book 2 -
Donovan's Angel by Peggy Webb
There are at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray). Purple sky; tan dog; red scarf. From tineye: Violet - 28.6%; Brown - 31.3%; Red - 1.4%; Green - 1.3%; Pink - 0.6%; Gray - 36.8%
Link to MMP edition: Donovan's Angel
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 405 points
Tasks completed: 24
15.8 - The Peculiarity of Time Passing (REPOST)The Dead Dog DAY (The Cora Baxter Mysteries #1) by Jackie Kabler
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 865
Mai15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1 – read the final or most recently published book that is a primary work in a series
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV
Book 2 – read the first book in a new to you series.
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
This series is new to me
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 29
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
15.10 - Curl Up and ReadRead a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Blackberry Winter
This is on the first page of the list (slot 29)
New Points: 15
Total Points: 305
BB: 2
GO: 1
Lisa MD25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Option One:
Read two books on your TBR that across their combined titles, contain the letters CLEAN SLATE
👠Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo
Title Contains Letters: CLEAN LTE - Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
288 pages
This book is new to me.
On my GR TBR since October 28, 2021
👠The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
Title Contains Letters: SA - The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
304 pages
This book is new to me.
On my GR TBR since April 27, 2018
288 pages + 304 pages = 592 Total pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415/970
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 25/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
ROBIN P50.1 Tracey L's Task: Advent Calendar - Dice rolls 19, 21, 2
3 books, 750 pages total
19 - Fantasy - The Dragon and the George - 244 p
21 - Literary Fiction - Redhead by the Side of the Road - 192 p
2 - Romance - The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart - 336 p
Total pages - 772
Points this post: 50
Total points 670
BB: 2 GO: 4
Stephanie12720.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
Option 2: “Aussie Jingle Bells”: 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.
Brickmakers: A Novel by Selva Almada, originally published in Spanish and read in the English translation by Annie McDermott.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65/970
Tasks completed: 5/56
Books read: 5
Mod
Truly Like Lightning by David Duchovny / author starts with D
Points this post: 5
Points total: 810
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Read a collection or anthology.
Page Count: 421
Authors: Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, Diann Hunt
Smitten by Colleen Coble
Book 2: Choose one of the authors who contributed to Book 1.
Page Count: 102
Author: Colleen Coble
A Heart's Home by Colleen Coble
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 515/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Mod
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D. >
Helmi's Shadow: A Journey of Survival From Russia to East Asia to the American West
The author is David Horgan
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 530+ 5 = 535/970
Total Tasks Completed: 32
Task 50.1 - Advent Calendar750+pages; no Kids
I rolled 9, 14, 19 (Mystery, Contemporary, Fantasy)
9 - Mystery MPG
Dead Dead Girls
336 pages
14 - Contemporary
Whispering Rock
400 pages
19 - Fantasy
Afterlove
400 pages
400+400+336 >750 pages
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890 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 15.8 - The Peculiarity of Time PassingSECOND in title
Second Chance Pass
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905 points
14 BB tix
2 GO tix
10.8 - #ownvoicestoriesFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
page 1
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 875
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.
I read In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories by Terry Bisson.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Angela IL30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1: Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
Grace by T. Greenwood- 2/13/22
Grace (attaching Paperback edition/ no MMPB/ read the Kindle edition) (416 pg)
Option 4: Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count).
Still Me by JoJo Moyes- 1/17/22 (368 pg)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 21/56
BB Ticket: 1
LAUREN JODI5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
Page #4, book #372
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 595/970
Total Books Read: 46
Total Tasks Completed: 36/56
Amy B25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
REQUIRED: State in your post that the book(s) used are new to you. No books with the MPG children or kids may be used. All books must have been added to your TBR by November 21.
REQUIRED: please state what list you are using and when book was added to your personal TBR
Your book(s) must have a combined page number of at least 500 pages.
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). One must have been on your TBR for at least 12 months. REQUIRED: indicate in your post which book has been on your TBR for at least 12 months and when it was added.
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad (E, A, N, S, A, T, E) - 256 pgs, placed on GR TBR list Sept. 20, 2021
The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka (C, L, L) - 320 pgs, placed on GR TBR list July 19, 2019, over 12 months ago.
Both books are new to me.
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 430 Points
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2.
Read a book by a new-to-you author
The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill
This is the first book I've read by this author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 785
Mai5.10 - Heart's Desire
Bubble by Jordan Morris
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Joanne Mi 10.1 - Gifts
Option A. Read a book you have received as a gift*
The Plague -My daughter gave this to me for Christmas a few years ago (because I had told her I never had read Camus ). Now seemed like a good time to get to it.
Claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket-first published 1947
Points this task 10
Total Points 350
BB's 6
GO's this task 1
Total GO's 1
Nick KY25.2 Tien’s New Year’s Goals
Opt. 2. On Girls Disguised as Boys Books list p. 2. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... I read As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
Opt. 3. # 3 of higher in a series. I read Mine by HelenKay Dimon, #3 in the Holton Woods series.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 795
Brooklyn ***REPOST OF 2517 TO ADD AR BOOKFINDER DATA**
15.1 – Welcome to Oz
Book 1: Read a book with a black/white/gray cover
by Isabel WilkersonBook 2: Read a book with at least 3 colors on the cover, not including black/white/gray
by Ellen RaskinAR Bookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0
Cover has yellow, green, blue and red
Points this post: 15
Total points: 970/970
Tasks completed: 56/56
Books read: 76
MAZZA115.8: 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. Plural and possessive forms can be used,
172 Hours on the Moon
points this post = 15
Points to date = 720
Shawn H.20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1 - read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0
Shelby
5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice.: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling.: The Lost World by Michael Crichton
How Fits: #1023 on Pg. 11 of Best books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Points this post: 15
Total points: 465
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2021-2022 season: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
How Fits: Comment on the Group Reads thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 485
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: The Hitman's Guide to Staying Alive Despite Past Mistakes by Alice Winters
How Fits: Author - Alice Winters & Page Count - 367pgs
AND
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.: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
How Fits: Title - I Am Malala, MPG - Non-Fiction, & Page Count - 327pgs
Total Page Count: 694
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
ROBIN P10.6 - Shelf Aware
Added to TBR before 11/1/21
An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery - listened to audiobook, linked pb, no mmpb
Added to my "Owned" list 7/21/18
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
BB: 2 GO: 4
Mod
Chill Factor by Sandra Brown / CHILL in title
Points this post: 15
Points total: 825
Mod
After You by Jojo Moyes / found on pg 6: #593 of list
Points this post: 15
Points total: 840
Amber20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option A: Book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red
You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManusTotal Points: 460
Barbara ★10.2 - Something Fishy
Read a book with an image of a creature that lives primarily in water on the cover.
Oceans of Magic - Brian M. Thomsen 2/13
(fish and sea serpents)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 595
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri - K's Task: Ready, Set, GO!Option 2: Read a book that was first published before 1900
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais FP 1564
This author is new to me
I'm claiming 2 BB tickets (816 pg) and 1 GO ticket (FP 1564) for Gargantua and Pantagruel
Points this post: 20
Total points: 830
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 64
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Deborah10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
AS: KRAMPUSLAUF
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 32
Tasks Done: 24
50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent CalendarMy rolls were 9, 13 & 23
9: Mystery
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell (340 pages)
13: Classics
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (279 pages)
23: Young Adult
Legend by Marie Lu (305 pages)
924 total pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 345
10.3 - 'S WonderfulRead a book with one of the words from one of Ira Gershwin's notable song titles in the title or subtitle.
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
(The world is YOU from "Embraceable You")
Points this task: 10
Total points: 355
5.4 - We're Not in Kansas AnymoreRead a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
(MPG of science fiction)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 360
5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & DottyRead a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Points this task: 5
Total points: 365
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - Heart's Desire
Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Link to MMP edition: Un été au lac des Saules
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 410 points
Tasks completed: 25
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Andy P.Task # 15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!
Read a book with the word "cold" in its title.
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 800
5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too! Single author name related to Terry.
I read the ebook, mmpb here: Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
Points: 5
Total Points: 815
GO Points: 7
BB Points: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1: Half a Crown
Book 2: Good Girl, Bad Girl (this series is new to me)
TOTAL TO DATE
395 points
10 big book