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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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5.10I read Crossing to Safety
points: 270
books read: 23
tasks completed: 18
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 5
pages read: 8693
10.8 #ownvoicestoriesFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
On page 1 of Own Voice list
Points this post: 10
Total Points 260
Task 10.9 – Winter is ComingTitle word ends with -ING
The Nursing Home Murder
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 285 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 20.3 – Best Review – Trishhartuk – Representing Cats!Option 3: 1st letter each title word in CATS HAVE STAFF - T C T
The Children's Train
I listened to audio / No MMPB / Paperback: The Children's Train – 320 p
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 305 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
REPOSTING ONLY to add GOLDEN OLDIE TICKETTask 10.9 – Winter is Coming
Title word ends with -ING
The Nursing Home Murder
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1935
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 285 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
15.9 Where DO Those Letters Go? The Call of the Wild by Jack London
: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Takes place in Alaska and the Yukon (Canada)
CLAIMING 1 GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET first published 1903
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 275
BB tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
MARGO20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Read a book that has at least three of the ... 2’s.
Devil in the Detail by Ed James
satisfies the following 4 criteria:
A. Is #2 in a series. (Scott Cullen Mysteries #2)
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2. (2012)
C. The author has a name part with 2 letters. (ED)
D. Has a 2 in the page count. (402 pages for top paperback)
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
MEGSCL15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Book 1 The Pearl Sister
**682 pages - 1 big book
Book 2
TOTAL TO DATE
525 points
11 big book
MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 1 - Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
TOTAL TO DATE
545 points
11 big book
StaceyNC5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Book: The Billionaire's Christmas List
Completed: 12/20/21
Approved for length Post 8452
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 16
StaceyNC5.10 - Heart's Desire
Find yours by reading a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book: Dear Enemy
Completed: 1/2/22
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 17
StaceyNC10.3 - 'S Wonderful
Read a book with one of the words from one of Ira Gershwin's notable song titles in the title or subtitle.
Book: Things We Never Got Over
Completed: 2/22/22
Song: I Got Rhythm -- Word: Got
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 18
StaceyNC10.4 - MMXXII
Read a book written by a single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter.
Book: The Troublemaker
Completed: 2/6/22
Author: Claire Contreras
Approved for length post 8448
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 19
StaceyNC10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
Book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Completed: 12/4/21
Pages: 870
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Teri-K's Task: Ready, Set, GO! Option 1: Published before 1900.
The Aeneid by Virgil.
Published long before 1950 (19 BC?) for 1 Golden Oldie point.
This author is new to me.
Points: 20
Total Points: 865
GO Points: 8
BB Points: 2
StaceyNC25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS.
Book: A Good Day for Chardonnay
Completed: 2/10/22
Author: Darynda Jones
Option 3: Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in John Newbery Medal.
Book: All Rhodes Lead Here
Completed: 2/17/22
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 21
StaceyNC25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials(all of them) may be found in the phrase COMPANIONDOG
Book: Baby Maker
Completed: 1/4/22
Author: P. Dangelico
Pages: 346
Book 2. Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) in which the letters for the word GREEN can be found i.e.1 G, 1 R, 2E’s and 1 N.
Book: The Green Mile
Completed: 12/18/21
Pages: 399
Total Pages: 745
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 22
StaceyNC25.5 - 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).
Book: Obsessed
Completed: 12/11/21
Letters: SE/SE
Option 3: Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.
Book: Knight
Completed: 1/2/22
Author: Kristen Ashley
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 23
StaceyNC30.8 - 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.
Book: Last Man Standing
Completed: 2/2/22
Author: Cindy Gerard
Pages: 323
Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS (articles count). The book may have an additional subtitle.
Book: The Will
Completed: 2/5/22
Pages: 592
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 24
30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep Book 1. Letters in SLEEP in the TITLE.
Special of the Day by Elaine Fox
Book 2. 2 Two Zs in title.
I listened to the audiobook, no mmpb, pb is here: Blizzard of Love: A Long Valley Romance Novella by Erin Wright.
Pages 373+ 136=509
Points: 30
Total Points: 895
GO Points: 8
BB Points: 2
This will be my last post for this challenge. I'd want to thank the mods for all their hard work! It's always fun. :)
ROBIN P15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1 - cover black, white & gray only
Vies et légendes de Charles Aznavour : biographie
- read ebook, linked pb, no mmpb**CLAIMING 1 BB TICKET - 637 pages
Book 2 - at least 3 other colors on cover
La Charrette bleue
Blue coat, red cushion, green carriage
Points this post: 15
Total points: 740
BB: 3 GO: 5
25.2 New Year, New Goals1) The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
This was placed on my GR To Read list on January 22, 2010
3) How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
9th in the Chief Inspector Armande Gamache series
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 385
Task 20.1 - Challenges and PleasuresOption 2
-Read a book by a new-to-you author.
This is a new-to-me author.
Sanctuary (1990) by Gary D. Svee (Hardcover, 168 pages)
Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1990)
290 + 20 = 310
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 290 + 20 = 310
Books read: 21
Pages read: 6,895
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
👠Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
432 pages
Meets criteria:
A. Is #2 in a series (Lilac Girls #2)
D. Has a 2 in the page count.
E. Has a two-word title.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 505/970
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 30/56
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 - 10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from the first 25 pages of this shelf list: Own Voice. I read All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson, from page one of the list and shelved 81 times as ownvoices.
Total points so far: 730
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 1: Read a book written by an author with the letters J and W in their name. Single authors only. I read Dying to Get Published by Judy Fitzwater.
Total points so far: 750
FLY Task # 30.8 - Nick KY’s task: Four Years, Four Films: 2000 – 2003
task: Option 1. Read a book whose author has a last name beginning with a G.
book: Princess of Glass
how it fits: author Jessica Day George last name George
task: Option 4. Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS
book: Good Omens
how it fits: two-word title (plus subtitle on most editions, not sure why it's missing on the audiobook entry)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 560
Tasks completed: 31/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Sarah E15.2 - Endings and Beginnings.
Book 1: 1225 Christmas Tree Lane (Cedar Cove #12)
I read an ebook, hardcover is 1225 Christmas Tree Lane - no MMP, the paperbacks with pagecounts are combined with other stories/novels
Book 2: Fairy Tail Vol. 1 (Fairy Tail #1) - this is a new-to-me series
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Fairy Tail, Tome 1
Total Points: 700
Sarah E25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 1: The Book of Three TH in THe and THree
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is The Book of Three
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0
Option 3: The Father Brown Megapack: 52 Classic Mystery Tales by G.K. Chesterton
Approved for length in message 8421
Total Points: 725
Mod
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll / TERESA is on list
Points this post: 5
Points total: 955
Kathy KS25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
Choose one option from my son's category, and one from my daughters
EVAN'S OPTIONS:
2: Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title (ignore subtitles).
The Beast Must Die, by Nicholas Blake
ST/ST in beaST...muST
pb=260 p. (no mmpb)
I read this as part of an omnibus: The Nicholas Blake Treasury, Volume 1, p. 171-334.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1938
RILEY'S OPTIONS:
3: Read a book that follows another book. #2 in a series.
Marque and Reprisal, by Elizabeth Moon.
Series: Vatta's War #2
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=448 p. (Moving Target)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 520
Tasks completed: 22/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5
ROBIN P10.8 - ownvoices stories
The Sun Is Also a Star - on p 1 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 750
BB: 3 GO: 5
15.8 - The Peculiarity of Time PassingOn Second Thought by Kristan Higgins
❄️ second in title ❄️
Total points: 415 + 15 = 430
Sue T10.8 - #ownvoicestories
Read a book that has been shelved as Own Voice from this shelf list: Own Voice.
Becoming by Michelle Obama - from page 3 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100/970
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 3: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
❄️ page count includes 9 ❄️
📖 329 pages 📖
Total points: 430 + 20 = 450
30.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer CurseBook 1: In honor of my lovely sister, read a book that is set at least 80% in NYC (includes The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island), AND with a ‘4’ in either the number of pages or the series number (series number must appear in grey-scale on the Goodreads record and must be a whole number - no 4.5).
Immortal in Death (In Death #3) by J.D. Robb
404 pages
Book 2: To commemorate the second event, read a book with either LOGIC or BOARD intact in the title (subtitles are excluded), AND with a ‘3’ in either the number of pages or the series number (series number must appear in grey-scale on the Goodreads record and must be a whole number - no 3.5).
pathoLOGICal by Wang Jinkang
350 pages
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 910
Amy FL30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1: The World Played Chess - SLEEP (thE worLd PlayEd cheSs)
Book 2: The Red Umbrella by Christina DiaZ GonZaleZ (IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8.0)
I linked to the audios I listened to. Combined pages in paperbacks is 688 = 400 + 288
Points this post: 30
Total points: 840
Line5.4
read a book with the mpg fantasy or science fiction
i read Det gylne kompasset:3086164 which has a mpg of both fantasy and science fiction
IL: UY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19.0
tasks done: 10
books read: 11
points for this task: 5
total points: 130
Line5.4
read a book with the mpg fantasy or science fiction
i read Det gylne kompasset which has a mpg of both fantasy and science fiction
IL: UY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19.0
tasks done: 10
books read: 11
points for this task: 5
total points: 130
15.10a book from “best books to read when the snow is falling” i read [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|22844191] which is on page 1 of the list
IL: UY- BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
tasks done: 11:
books read: 12
points for this task: 15
total points: 145
15.10a book from “best books to read when the snow is falling” i read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which is on page 1 of the list
IL: UY- BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
tasks done: 11:
books read: 12
points for this task: 15
total points: 145
20.2 option 3
read a book with a title that starts with A
i read After the Night
tasks done: 12
books read: 13
points for this task: 20
total points: 165
20.5 option 2
read a book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6, or 9
i read The Hating Game which has 363 pages
tasks done: 13
books read: 14
points for this task: 20
total points: 185
Amy FL50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Rolled 24, 9, 23
24. Holiday: Best in Snow
9. Mystery: Shady Cross
23. Young Adult: One of Us Is Next
I linked to the audios I listened to. Combined pages in paperbacks is 989 = 306 + 308 + 375
Points this post: 50
Total points: 890
Task 10.2 – Something FishyBook chosen: The Bass Rock
Fits task: fish on the cover
Format read: audio
# of pages: 368 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 760 points
Task 10.3 – 'S WonderfulBook chosen: My Monticello
Fits task: Word "my" in the title found in the song title "My Ship"
Format read: audio
# of pages: 224 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 770 points
20.6 option 3
read a book by an author whose initials can be found in Deck the Sheds
i read ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
tasks done: 14
books read: 15
points for this task: 20
total points: 205
20.8 option 3
read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS
i read Unwind
tasks done: 15
books read: 16
points for this task: 20
total points: 225
20.8 option 3
read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS
i read Unwind by Neal Shusterman
tasks done: 15
books read: 16
points for this task: 20
total points: 225
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Option 1a, a book with a word in the title made from the letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE: Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
The word is Daughter.
Option 2a, a book with MPG Race: Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Points this post: 30
Total points: 835