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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Maria Jo20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA Option 1: Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Author born 1949: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/di...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
Task 5.1 – Dorothy, Dot, DottyAuthor’s first name begins with ‘D’
Debbie Macomber / Dashing Through the Snow
I listened to the audio / MMPB: Dashing Through the Snow – 222 pg
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 10.4 – MMXXIIAuthor’s initials are the same
Lia Louis / Eight Perfect Hours
I listened to audio / No MMPB / Paperback; Eight Perfect Hours – 336 p
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Mary P20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C: Read a book whose title does not contain the individual letters “CAPS.”
The Wolf by J.R. Ward
Points this task: 20
Total points: 190
Suzannesea30.2 - TessaVanessa's Task: What does home mean?
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman
GranDma
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title.
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
thE wife, the MAiD, and the mistRess
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 365
Task 15.8 – The Peculiarity of Time PassingTitle word ‘DAY’
Five Days in London, May 1940
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 30.5 – Judy – Some SRC New Favorite things Allowed: May use same option twice
Option 4 – Author’s initials in AUDIOBOOKS - D.S.
Daniel Silva / The Kill Artist
I listened to the audio / MMPB: The Kill Artist – 512 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 512 pages
Option 4 - Author’s initials in AUDIOBOOKS - D.S.
Dai Sijie / Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
I listened on audio / MMPB: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise – 240 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Coralie30.7 Festival of sleep
Book 1: Book with all the letters of SLEEP in title
Hillsboro People 360 pages
Book 2: Book with 2 Zs in author’s name
Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 241 pages
Total to date 710 points
Task 30.8 – Nick KY – Four years, Four Films, 2000-2003 REQUIRED: Total pages 400+: 336 + 352 = 688 pg
RESTRICTIONS: NO children / kids
ALLOWED: Manga / comic for ONE option
Option 1 – Author last name begins with a ‘G’
Eva Gates / Reading Up a Storm
I listened to audio / MMPB: Reading Up a Storm - 336 p
Option 4 - Title has exactly two words
Ordinary Girls
I listened to audio / No MMPB / Paperback: Ordinary Girls – 352 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
10.5 - Naughty or Nice?Author's initials found in krampuSLauf.
Sweet Hell on Fire: A Memoir of the Prison I Worked In and the Prison I Lived In by Sara Lunsford
+10
total: 50
tasks: 4
books: 4
Task 30.2 – TessaVanessa – What Does Home Mean to You?Option 1 – Author initials in GRANDMA WOLFE - L W
Lisa Wingate / The Book of Lost Friends
I listened on audio / no MMPB / Paperback: The Book of Lost Friends – 416 p
Option 2 – All letters DREAM in title
D in goDs
R E A M in AMERican
American Gods
I listened on audio / MMPB: American Gods - 592 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 592 pages
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 225 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Task 30.4 – Katrisa – Winter in Ms Kat’s Kindergarten RESTRICTIONS: NO children / kids
Option 1a – Title word of 4+ letters made from
MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE - Langton
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
I listened to audio / No MMPB / Paperback: The Confessions of Frannie Langton - 384 p
Option 1b – Author’s initials in GINGERBREAD - A B R
Ann B. Ross /Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Three 2’s
Read a book that has at least three of the following 2’s. I read Old Haunts by E.J. Copperman. It meets criteria B. Has a first publication year ending in 2 (first published 2012); criteria D. Has a 2 in the page count (290p) and criteria E. Has a two-word title.
Total points so far: 710
Kim O50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Book 1: Literary fiction (dice roll 21) Notes on an Execution 306 pages
Book 2: Mystery (dice roll 9) Island of the Mad 306 pages
Book 3: Holiday (dice roll 24) A Christmas Carol 166 pages
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1843
Page count (306 + 306 + 166 = 778) > 750
Points this task: 50
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 290
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
Jen K25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1: Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 308 pages
compAnIon dog
Book 2: Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke - 248 pages
sEvERal typiNG
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 840
Readerboard Name: List_addict20.1:Most Improved Player - Suzannesea’s Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: A new-to-you author
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
This author is new to me
Total this challenge: 20
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.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the page of the list on which your book is found.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Found on page 1 of list
Task Points: 15
Season Total: 85
Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Molly – Christmas in AustraliaOption 2: Translated book
My 1st language: Spanish / Book written in Polish / I read it in English
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1947
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 275 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Task:5.9 - Home Sweet Home [all the letters of HOME in the TITLE]Book read:Think Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold
Required:HOME in tHink likE a MOuntain
this book has 85 pages so I am using it as my one short book for a 5 point task.
Points this task:5
Total points:375
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:24
Tasks completed:18
Task:10.6 - Shelf Aware [added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.]Book read:What the Cards Said by Isobel Bird
Required: September 3, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read
Points this task:10
Total points:385
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:25
Tasks completed:19
VANNESSA P10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Author whose initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF
Love & Other Disasters
Anita Kelly - KRAMPUSLAUF
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 40
MAZZA115.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
Invisible
Number 1017 page 11 of the list
Points this post = 15
Points to date 795
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Winter is ComING
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that ends in ING. I read A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn.
Total point so far: 720
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Judgement Dave - Si Clarke - meets requirements A, C, E
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 655
Suzannesea50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
I rolled 13 (Classics), 8 (Music), and 21 (Literary Fiction).
Classics
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Music
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Literary Fiction
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 415
Kai5.4 We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Read a book with the MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction.
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
New Points: 5
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read for Challenge: 32
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
I rolled 7,9,18 so
Book 1. # 7 Humor Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan Humor #1 mpg 340 p.
Book 2. # 9 Mystery Marked Man by Archer Mayor Mystery #1 mpg 304 p.
Book 3. # 18 Science Fiction Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden Science Fiction #1 mpg, 300p.
Page count 340 +304+ 300= 944 p.>750 requirement
Points this post: 50
Total points: 950
EMurphy15.6 Far, Far Away - Takes place in a fictional land, or an alternate version of a real country
Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 380
Books Read: 27
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Maria Jo20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 3: Mrs. Seton, Foundress of the American Sisters of Charity
498 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Sarah E10.10 - The Story Continues
Boats and Bad Guys (Dune House Mystery #2)
There are currently 21 books in the series.
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the paperback, no MMP
Total points: 665
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: The Parisian Christmas Bake Off by Jenny Oliver
Jenny Oliver is a new-to-me author
Total points: 685
Amy FL10.1 - Gifts
Option B. Stillhouse Lake - page 7 of list (#684)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 795
Amy FL15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 1
Book 1: The Pearl Thief (Pearl)
Book 2:
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810
LAUREN JODI25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2
The Lady's Command by Stephanie Laurens
Option 3
What Lies Beneath by Andrea Laurence
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 675/970
Total Books Read: 53
Total Tasks Completed: 41/56
Mod
Option 1:
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson / TVS in phrase
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim / EL in phrase
Points this post: 15
Points total: 950
Nick KY20.6 Molly’s Australia.
I read Constance by Patrick McGrath. -- Fits Opt. 1. Author born 1950 [between 1946 and 1964].
Points This Post: 20
Total Points -- End of Challenge: 970
CEELEETask 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books listed for the Group Reads featured for this challenge and make at least one comment about the book you read.
I chose The Mistress of the Art Of Death by Ariana Franklin for the topic of the Middle Ages.
Mistress of the Art of Death
My post is #11 which I posted this morning February 23, 2022 at approximately 12:: 30 pm CDT
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 30
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 3
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 3
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2021-2022: 0
Total Golden Oldies Books Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge 2021=2022: 0
15.5 - There's No Place Like HomeRead a book set in the country in which you were born.
A Gentleman's Position by Kj Charles
I was born in England/in the UK.
Book is e-book only, but has been already verified for length on line 86 of the e-book spreadsheet.
BB Tickets this post: 0
BB Tickets Total: 1
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 235
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Representing cats - Option 1: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson has MPG Fantasy.
*** Claim Big Book tickets for 1,088 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Big books tickets for book over 1,000 pages
Summary Totals: 260
Books: 16
Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.4: Representing cats - Option 1.a: Black Adagio by Wendy Potocki. Word in title is ADAGIO made from mIltOn the DAncinG christAmas mouse
option 1.b: Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer. Author initials ERN are in giNgERbread.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 290
Books: 18
Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Kristina Marie15.8: 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, but no other variations.
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
Audiobook. The MMPB has 256 pages.
Day and Labor Day
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Thank you!
Mod
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.3: 's Wonderful: First Strike by Richard Turner. Word in song title is STRIKE from STRIKE up the band!
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 300
Books: 19
Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.6: Shelf aware: Exposé by Laura Van Wormer added to my TBR shelf on july 22, 2020 before Nov. 1, 2021.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 310
Books: 20
Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.6: Far far away: Mark of the Mage by R. K. Ryals is set in the finctional country Medeisia.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 325
Books: 21
Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: New Years resolutions: A Necessary End by Anthea Fraser starts with the letter A.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 345
Books: 22
Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 0(750) 1(1,000)
Julia10310.9 - Winter is ComING
The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago
This post: 10 points
Total points: 800
BB:5
GO:1
Tasks complete: 38
Books read: 55
10.8 #ownvoicestoriesThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
This is on the first page.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 360
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option EVAN 2 – Same two letters sequentially in title
“OU” in abOUt and yOU
Much Ado About You
I listened to audio / No MMPB / Paperback: Much Ado About You – 384 p
Option RILEY 1 – Flower on cover (lower right corner)
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 105 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: