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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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MARGO20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
OPTION 2
Read a book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9.
Top paperback has 396 pages:
Ghost in the Machine
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Lisa MD5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Read a book found on the list: Yellowest Books Ever list.
👠Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
330 pages
Page 1, #86
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 475/970
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 28/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Kai15.1 Welcome to Oz
BOOK 1
Read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
by Manda ScottBOOK 2
Read a book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray).
by Gary ShteyngartBlue, Green, Red
New Points: 15
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read for Challenge: 31
Lisa MD10.6 - Shelf Aware
Read a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.
👠The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
304 pages
Added to my GR TBR on 04/27/2018
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 485/970
Total Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 29/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
ROBIN P20.5 - Bigger is Better: Sophie's Task
Option 2 - page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9 only used once each
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 - 163 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 705
BB: 2 GO: 5
FLY Task #20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
task: Option 2 -Read a book by a new-to-you author.
book: The Elephant Tree
how it fits: I have never read a book by this author before (and never will again)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 28/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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Deborah10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
HERE: "Love Is Here To Stay"
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 34
Tasks Done: 26
20.5 FeverOption 2
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (496 pages)
The page count made from a 4,6,& 9
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 250
20.6 CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA Option 3
Later by Stephen King
Author's initials can be found in DecK the Sheds
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 270
BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
ROBIN P15.6 - Far, Far Away
Dimension of Miracles
features alternate versions of Earth - approved in Msg 38 of Help thread
Points this post: 15
Total points: 720
BB: 2 GO: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - Honoring Family
Book 1 -
The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson
EVAN'S OPTION #2 - the title has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title (RI - chRIstmas, RIde)
Link to HB edition (no MMP edition, no PB edition): The Christmas Joy Ride
Book 2 -
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
RILEY'S OPTION #1 - The cover contains flowers
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 495 points
Tasks completed: 29
Mod
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox / set in Australia, in GR description
Points this post: 5
Points total: 925
Christine V20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Prior to reading this, I had previously read the following books by the same author: Children of Time, Children of Ruin, The Doors of Eden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
A. Is #2 in a series,
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2,
D. Has a 2 in the page count.
Series: Austenland #2
Publication date: January 6, 2012
Page Count: 277
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 695/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C: Rivalry Night - title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.” Subtitles may be ignored and there is no minimum title word requirement.
Page Count: 200
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 715/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 1: Read a book that has won a Newbery Award, according to this curated list.
Page Count: 368
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Book List: #60 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Option 2: book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS
Letters used: S and J
Page Count: 304
Morning Glory by Sarah Jio
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 740/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
MEGSCL15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1
Book 2
(pink and orange in background, red shirt, brown text)
TOTAL TO DATE
510 points
10 big book
10.6 Shelf AwareRead a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021. Your To-Be-Read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list.
Required: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Added to my Owned TBR on 9/8/11.
Task Points: 10
Season Total: 55
15.6 Far, Far AwayRead a book that takes place in a fictional land, or an alternate version of a real country.
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Task Points: 15
Season Total: 70
Delicious Dee5.10 - Heart's Desire
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 625
Delicious Dee10.1 - Gifts
Option A - The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos - I received this as part of a secret santa gift exchange
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 635
Jen K25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
1. Dust off some old books.
Flight Behavior
On Amazon Wishlist since 10/8/2012
3. Continuing series.
Soulstar
The Kingston Cycle #3
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 790
Jen K25.3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean Slate
Both books are new to me
Book 1: Uncanny Valley: A Memoir- 281 pages
added to public library Overdrive wishlist on January 20, 2020
Book 2: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
added to Amazon wishlist on June 22, 2019
unCANny vaLlEy - Clean
ThoSe who LEAve- Slate
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 815
10.6 - Shelf AwareAdded to my Goodreads TBR on February 28, 2018
Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 465
50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar750 Pages: 433 + 256 + 416 = 1105 pages
My Rolls: 4 / 17 / 18
4 Crime
The Ice Child by Camilla Läckberg
17 Paranormal
Me by Amber McBride
18 Science Fiction
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 515
MAZZA1Task 15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
Read a book set in the country in which you were born.
I read an ARC of this book via NetGalleyThe Trust
This is PB edition no MMP The Trust
I was born in UK this is set in Dorset UK in GR blurb
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 780
FLY Task # 30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
task: Option 1: single author with initials in GRANDMA WOLFE.
book: Arrow's Flight
how it fits: author Mercedes Lackey initials ML in grandMa woLfe
task: Option 2: all the letters of DREAM in the title
book: Interpreter of Maladies
how it fits: all letters of DREAM in interpretER MAlaDies
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 29/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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Amber30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 3: MPG of Science Fiction first published 1928 – 1982 - Top MMPB has 279 pgs
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
Option 4: Book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS - Top PB (non-large print) has 352 pgs
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
279 + 352 > 400 pgs
Total Points: 540
FLY Task #15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!
task: Option 2: Read 1 book that satisfies both:
A. title (3+ word) initial letters in VALENTINES
B. ALL of the author’s initials in VALENTINES
book: The Naked Sun
how it fits: A. initial title letters TNS in valenTiNeS
B. author Isaac Asimov initials IA in vAlentInes
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 30/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell - JW (JeWell)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 760
Amy FL25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
EVAN Option 3: Zero Sum by Barry Eisler - nEighBor
RILEY Option 2: Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard - ANGELS (kiNdErGArten cLaSs) - IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4.0
Points this post: 25
Total points: 785
5.9 - Home Sweet HomeRead a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE.
Hang the Moon
Total Points: 95
Sarah E10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Just Call Me an Angel
CALL from "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
Total Points: 635
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 4: Author initials in MEALS ON WHEELS
Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is La mort en embuscade - 382 pages
Golden Oldie, first published 1941. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 655
Total GOs: 6
LAUREN JODI5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
The Hot Zone by Jayne Castle
MPG Fantasy
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 650/970
Total Books Read: 51
Total Tasks Completed: 40/56
5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!An author with a name part that matches a name related to Terry: A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
Points this post: 5
Total points: 805
Mod
2 books, at least 500 pages total
Book 1: author whose initials found in the phrase COMPANIONDOG
The Captain's Wife
I had this as an advance reader copy audiobook under its pre-release title of "The Captains Wife" but it is now published as The Drowned Village & the paperback version has 252 pages
Author is Norma Curtis - initials NC can be found in CompaNiondog
Book 2: Read a book where the letters GREEN can be found in title
The German Wife
the letters GREEN are in the GERrmaNn wifE
I read the kindle version as an advance reader copy but the paperback is now published and listed as 402 pages
Total pages: 252+402 >500
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 655 + 25 = 680/970
Total Tasks Completed: 40
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Rock the red - OPtion A: Rage by Bob Woodard. All caps title in red.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 215
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1 read a book with a MPG of Science Fiction Fantasy.
Paper & Blood by Kevin Hearne
Points this post: 20
Total points: 900
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4: Dog shows - Book 1: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger initials GC are in Companion doG. 307 pages.
Book 2: What Angels Fear by C. S. Harris initials. Title has all letters of GREEN: what aNGEls fEaR410 pages.
Total number of pages >= 500 pages: 307 + 417 = 724
Totals this posting:
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 240
Books: 15
Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
25,3 - Cat's Task: Operation Clean SlateAll books must be new-to-me
Both books are new to me
My TBR list is an off GR list
These books were both added to my list on Sept. 2, 2019, after being acquired at the Calgary Labour Council's Labour Day celebration, which included a book giveaway table. Sadly, this event has not been held since then due to COVID.
Option 1: Read two books from the TBR list with titles that, between them, spell the words CLEAN SLATE
Book 1: Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 224 pg PB
Book 2: The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer 370 pg PB
LookiNg for ThE poSsibLE dAnCe the mAthematician's shiva
224 + 370 = 594 pg
Points this post: 25
Total points: 970
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 77
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
Finished ... for the first time in ages!
Mod
by MaryJanice Davidson / water creatures on coverPoints this post: 10
Points total: 935
Mod
Task 50.1 – TraceyL – Advent CalendarREQUIRED: 750 pages: 392 + 222 + 304 = 918 pg
Roll 1: 10 - Art
The Creation of Eve – 392 pg
Roll 2: 7 - Humor
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? - 222 pg
Roll 3: 24 - Holiday
Holly Jolly Cowboy – 304 pg
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – Suzannesea – Challenges and PleasuresOption 2: Book by a new-to-me author
This is the first (and so far only) book by this author that I’ve read
Lori Wilde / A Cowboy for Christmas
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Nick KYREPOST 15.5 No Place Like Home. I read Man With a Bull-Tongue Plow by Jesse Stuart, takes place in Kentucky, the U.S. state where I live and where I was born.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 930
Nick KY20.3 Trishhartuk’s Cats.
Opt. 3. Title inits in CATS HAVE STAFF I read The Spirit Engineer by A.J. West.
caTS havE staff
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 950
Task 10.10 – The Story Continues Amelia Peabody series has 20 titles – This is # 3
The Mummy Case
I listened to the audio / MMPB: The Mummy Case – 327 p
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
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30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
Option 1 - Jock Blocked - Pippa Grant
Option 4 - Saving Time
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 620