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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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2 books, one non-fiction. 600pg+
Book 1: Authors initials in WOWBRARY
An Act of Treachery
Author is Ann Widdicombe - initials AW are in WowbrAry
I listened to the audiobook (9hr, 34min) but the paperback is listed as 272 pages
Book 2: Title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each title word can be found in I LOVE MY LIBRARY.
Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School
This book is non-fiction.
Title initials are LAV which can be found in iLoVemylibrAry
I listened to the audiobook (7hr, 56min) but the paperback is listed as 343 pages
272 + 343 > 600 (just!)
(I didn't think I'd manage both books for this, but a few late nights got me there!! I read paper books so much quicker than listening to audiobooks ...)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 630 + 30 = 710/970
Total Tasks Completed: 41
FLY Task #20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
task: Option 1. read a book with a MPG of Fantasy and/or Science Fiction and/or Science Fiction Fantasy.
book: Dragonsong
how it fits: all above MPGs are present
note: MPG Childrens
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 32/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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Read a book from the first 25 pages of Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling list
The Call of the Wild
This is currently book #23 on page 1 of the list
It has a designation of Childrens but on ARBookfind.co.uk it is listed as: IL: MY - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0 which I believe meets the requirements
Golden Oldie: This book was originally published 1903
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 710 + 15 = 725/970
Total Tasks Completed: 42
Julia10315.5 - There's no place like home
A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York
I was born in New York.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 825
BB:5
GO:1
Tasks complete: 40
Books read: 57
Bookwrm526Task #10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero. I read Shadows Stir at Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock.
Total points so far: 770
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Courting Trouble by Kerrigan Byrne
Fits criteria:
A. 2nd in the Goode Girls series
D. 2 in the page count (202 pages)
E. Two word title
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 720/970
Total Books Read: 56
Total Tasks Completed: 44/56
Coralie20.5 Fever
Option 2 – Book where the page numbers are made up from 1, 3, 4, 6 or 9
Happiness, Like Water 196 pages
Total to date 760 points
Readerboard Name : List_addict5.10: Heart’s Desire
Read a book of your choice
The Villain by LJ Shen
Total this challenge: 25
Angela IL15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena-2/25/22
On Page 4 #367
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 645
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 26/56
BB Ticket: 1
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
1. Both my children have the initials JW. Read a book written by an author with the letters J and W in their name. Single authors only.
The Shadow Throne by Django Wexler
DJANGO WEXLER
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 600 pages.
**The Shadow Throne is a Big Book (600 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Amy FL25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
Option 1: Hanging Hill - added to my GR TBR on Dec 11, 2015
Option 3: Graveyard of Memories - John Rain #8
Points this post: 25
Total points: 920
10.10 - The Story ContinuesBrother Cadfael Chronicles #3 of 20:
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 525
25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery Option 3: Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in John Newbery Medal. Ignore subtitles. There is no minimum word requirement for the title. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the target phrase.
jOHn newBery medAl
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Option 2: Six authors have won the Newbery Medal twice. They are Kate DiCamillo, E. L. Konigsburg, Joseph Krumgold, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, Elizabeth George Speare. Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS. All initials count.
Being There by Jerzy Kosiński
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 550
Amy B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s
Read a book that has at least three of the following 2’s.
My book meets these criteria:
B. Has a first publication year ending in 2.
D. Has a 2 in the page count.
E. Has a two-word title.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the criteria that your book satisfies.
Defending Jacob by William Landay (published 2012, 421 pgs)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 480 Points
Line 10.6
book added to tbr before nov 1. 2021
i read The Hating Game which i added to my tbr on july 5th 2017
tasks done: 13
books read: 14
points for this task: 10
total points: 175
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: 195
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: 215
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Total Points: 115
Amber5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!
Book written by a single author with a name part that matches Terry
Rachel Rising, Volume 2: Fear No Malus by Terry Moore
Total Points: 570
Amber5.8 - Just Click Your Heels...
Book that is #3 in a series
Rachel Rising, Volume 3: Cemetery Songs by Terry Moore
Total Points: 575
Mai30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Book 1: Read a collection or anthology.
Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology by Robert C. Scharff
The list of authors is now in the description section.
Big Book ticket (736 pages)
Book 2: Author who contributed to the anthology:
Questioning Technology by Andrew Feenberg
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneREPOSTING Task 20.9: Rock the red - OPtion A: Rage by Bob Woodard. All caps title in red.
*** cover included
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 215
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Delicious Dee15.8: The Peculiarity of Time Passing
Nashville Days
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 685
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Option C - Gunner
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 705
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
Option 1: We Live in Water by Jess Walter
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 865
Kim O15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1 – read a book with black/white/gray cover - no other colors on the cover.
Tineye results:
92.3 %#e7eaec Grey
3.7 %#6f6b6a Grey
2.9 %#1e1f20 Black
1.1 %#8c9aa7 Grey
Book 2 –read a book with at least 3 different colors (other than black, white, gray) on the cover.
Golden Oldie -- first published May 1788Tineye results:
67.0 %#c0712f Orange
6.8 %#a17f76 Brown
6.0 %#135497 Blue
4.5 %#e82726 Red
4.1 %#f9f5f1 White
3.8 %#5a2b1a Brown
2.6 %#b96876 Pink
2.2 %#d44c54 Red
2.1 %#2a1213Brown
1.1 %#769fbaBlue
Three other colors are
1)Red (title banner)
2)Blue (title banner)
3)Orange (background)
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 320
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
babbling c5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D. Books with multiple contributors will work if all authors' first names begin with D.
Frankly in Love - kindle Frankly in Love - paperback pgs. 432 by David Yoon
David
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 360/970
Completed Tasks: 21/56
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 10,651
Books read this season: 27
babbling c10.7 - Not This Year
Read a book with a number of pages that ends in Zero.
Cookies and Clairvoyance - Audible Cookies and Clairvoyance - mass market paperback pgs. 320 by Bailey Cates
320
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 370/970
Completed Tasks: 22/56
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 10,971
Books read this season: 28
Chris MD repost of message 2869
Chris MD
20.2 New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Book by an author whom you've read at least three times before
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
According to my Read list on GR, I have read 16 other Christie titles, including the following:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Sleeping Murder
The Murder of Roger Akroyd
This book was first published in 1937. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 320 pages.
Total points: 260
Chris MD 10.4 MMXXII
Single author with a 2-part name whose initials both begin with the same letter
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
Total points: 270
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.4 - Dog Shows
Book 1 -
The House in the Woods by Mark Dawson
The author's initials are found in the phrase coMpanionDog.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The House in the Woods
Book 2 -
A Gingerbread Romance by Lacey Baker
The letters for the word GREEN are found in the title (GiNgERbrEad)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): A Gingerbread Romance: Based on a Hallmark Channel original movie
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 520 points
Tasks completed: 30
APRILLEIGH15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling.
Letter to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1929 ***
At time of posting this title was one of a half dozen at #1037 on page 11 of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (335)
Golden Oldie: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (30)
Total Tasks: 30
30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?Option 1: read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Option 3: Read a book that has a tree name from this list of tree themed street names
I used Orange Lane
You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked.
New Points: 30
Total Points: 405
BB: 2
GO: 1
Julia10310.5 - Naughty or Nice?
The Last Campaign by Martin L. Shoemaker
(author initials MS in KRAMPUSLAUF)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 835
BB:5
GO:1
Tasks complete: 41
Books read: 58
Laurah3030.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?
opt 1 read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
opt 4 Read a book that doesn't include any of these numbers in the page count: 0,1,2,4,5,9
The Mother's Promise 368 p
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 13
Big Book: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Mai30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Winter in Ms. Kat’s Kindergarten
1.a. Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the TITLE that can be made from the letters in MILTON THE DANCING CHRISTMAS MOUSE
Black No More by George S. Schuyler
The word: "More"
Golden Oldie ticket -- book first published in 1931
2.a. Read a book with Race or Social Justice on Main Page
Whereas by Layli Long Soldier
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 37
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 3
Mary P15.7 - Baby It's Cold Outside!
Read a book with the word "cold" or one of the following synonyms for "cold" in its title.
A Cold War by Alan Russell
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Andy P.Task # 5.10 - Heart's Desire
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Omnivore by Piers Anthony
Points this post: 5
Total points: 970
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Christine V20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures
Option 2: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
I have not read this author before.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
MARGO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read at least three other books by. (These can be books from the same series, but don't have to be.)
Fire in the Blood by Ed James
Other books I've read by Ed James:
Ghost in the Machine
Devil in the Detail
Snared
Flesh and Blood
Posted paperback but read Kindle edition
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
Helen B5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Forget the Alamo: The True Story of the Myth That Made Texas by Bryan Burrough
tHE AlaMO
Total points: 395
Helen B10.5 - Naughty or Nice?
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF.
The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything by Mike Rothschild
KRAMPUSLAUF
Total points: 405
Barbara ★15.3 - The Ruby Slippers
Option 1
Book 1 – read a book whose title/subtitle contains the name of one of seven precious gemstones: diamond, pearl, ruby, sapphire, emerald, catseye, and alexandrite. Plurals and possessives may be used - no other variations.
Sapphire Dream - Pamela Montgomerie 2/26
Book2 - read a book with a pair of shoes on its cover. There must be a pair of the same shoes.
Hello, Gorgeous! - MaryJanice Davidson 2/7
Points this task: 15
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
ROBIN P5.6 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
book from list of "yellowest books"
Black Buck - p 15 of list, #1481
Points this post: 5
Total points: 770
BB:3 GO:5
15.4 - Happy Valentines Day!Option 1:
A. Read a book with a title of at least three words in which the initial letters of each word in the title are found in the word VALENTINES.
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
initial letters of words in title, TLA, found in vALenTines
B. Read a book in which ALL of the author’s initials are found in the word VALENTINES.
One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews
author's initials, IA, found in vAlentInes
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 940
FLY Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
task: Option 1: author's initials in the word RESOLUTIONS.
book: Study of Instinct
how it fits: author Nikolaas Tinbergen initials NT in resoluTioNs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 33/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
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Book from the first 25 pages of this shelf list: Own Voice
The Color Purple
This is currently #47 on page 1 of the list
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 725 + 10 = 735/970
Total Tasks Completed: 43
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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A book with a number of pages that ends in 0: Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
paperback edition Good Company 320 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870