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[Julia]

Julia103

5.9 - Home Sweet Home

The Nursing Home Murder (HOME in title)
First published in 1935 so claiming one GO ticket

This post: 5 points, 1 GO
Total points: 870
BB:5
GO:2
Tasks complete: 45
Books read: 62

[RedSycamore]

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.

The Fires of Heaven

989 Pages
**Claiming 2 Big Book Ticket**

Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1

[RedSycamore]

20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Molly's Task: CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA

Option 1: “Six White Boomers” - For this task, read a book by an author born between 1946–1964

Lord of Chaos
Robert Jordan was born in 1948.

1011 Pages
**Claiming 3 Big Book Ticket**

Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 14
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1

[Robin P]

ROBIN P

30.6 - Meg SCL's Task: Part and Whole

1. Anthology - A Homespun Regency Christmas
Authors are Carla Kelly, Sandra HeathEmma Jensen and Amanda McCabe, as listed in the GR entry

2. book by one of those authors - The Wedding Journey by Carla Kelly

Points this post: 30
Total points: 800

BB:3 GO:5

[RedSycamore]

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2’s

Sorry Please Thank You

Required: Three Options
Option B: Has an original publication year ending in 2 (Published 2012)
Option C: The author has a name part with 2 letters (Charles Yu)
Option D: Has a 2 in the page count (222 Pages)

Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 14
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1

[Christine]

Christine V

30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Option 3: Leviathan Wakes Found on page 1 of the list

I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top MMPB, L'Éveil du Léviathan, has 694 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***

Option 4: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Points this post: 30
BB Tickets this post: 1

Thanks for a fun Winter Challenge!

Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)

[Amy]

Amy B

20.9 - Moderator’s Pet – Lisa MD’s Task: “Rock the Red”
Choose one of the following options and read one book to fit.
REQUIRED: Identify the option you chose in your post.

Option A: Read a book whose entire title appears on the cover in ALL CAPITAL letters and is the color red. Subtitles may be ignored.

REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.

Five-Carat Soul by James McBride



This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 515 Points

[Jessica]

Bookwrm526

Task #15.8 - 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. I chose DAY and read Lovers on All Saints' Day: Stories by Juan Gabriel Vásquez.

Total points for challenge: 795

[RedSycamore]

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Suzannesea's Task: Challenges and Pleasures

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

Option 2: Read a book by a new-to-you author
I've never read anything by David Eagleman before!

Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 14
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1

[Kathy KS]

Kathy KS

25.6 - 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.
Faking It, by Jennifer Crusie
Series: Dempseys #2

I read a large print copy; mmpb=357 p. (Lažnjak)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 575
Tasks completed: 25/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5

[Ann A]

5.3 - "It's A Twister!"
The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
Set in El Paso, Texas

Total points: 225

[Ann A]

5.10 - Heart's Desire
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands

Total points: 230

[Ann A]

10.6 - Shelf Aware
Cockroaches
Book was added to my GR 'Want to Read' shelf on 7/9/19

Total points: 240

[Shelby]

Shelby

5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
Read a book written by an author whose first name begins with the letter D.: The Latecomers Fan Club by Diane Vanaskie Mulligan
How Fits: Author - Diane Vanaskie Mulligan

Points this post: 5
Total points: 520
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Ann A]

25.5 - Amy FL’s task: What’s in a Name?
Option 1: Crossroads
CROssROads

Option 3: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Author has a "K" in name

Final points total: 265

Thanks for the fun, as always!

[Shelby]

Shelby

10.6 - Shelf Aware
Read a book that was added to your TBR shelf before November 1, 2021.: Other Half by Jordan Castillo Price
How Fits: Shelved April 1, 2021 on "meet & greet to read" & "to read"

Points this post: 10
Total points: 530
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2
Read a book whose author’s share these initial: KDEKLJKLLKPEGS.: Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox
How Fits: Author: Lucy Lennox

AND

Option 3
Read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in John Newbery Meda: Hardwood by K.M. Neuhold
How Fits: Title: Hardwood

Points this post: 25
Total points: 555
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
Option 1
Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years.: ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor
How Fits: TBR: Added August 8, 2013

AND

Option 3
Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series.: Obsessed by Sloane Kennedy
How Fits: Series: #13 in The Protectors

Points this post: 25
Total points: 580
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

25.4 - Andy P.’s Task: Dog Shows
Option 1
Read a book by an author whose initials(all of them) may be found in the phrase COMPANIONDOG: Falling Hard by Pamela Clare
How Fits: Author - Pamela Clare

AND

Option 2
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) in which the letters for the word GREEN can be found: Peregrine by Piper Scott
How Fits: Title: pEREGriNe

Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Kristen]

Kristen IA

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Sophie's Task: Fever
REQUIRED: State in your post the option you used.

1. Read a book written by an author with the letters J and W in their name. Single authors only.
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.


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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 235/970
Tasks Completed: 14/56
BB: 0
GO: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

25.5 - 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: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
Childrens Approval: MG/BL-7/AR-7
How Fits: Title - The Case of the Left-Handed Lady

AND

Option 2
Read a book by an author who has the letter “K” anywhere in their name.: Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
How Fits: Author: Colleen Houck

Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

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.: Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
How Fits: Author - Mercedes Lackey

AND

Option 4
Read a book that doesn't include any of these numbers in the page count: 0,1,2,4,5,9 .: Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young
How Fits: Page Count - 336

Points this post: 30
Total points: 660
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

30.6 - MegSCL's Task: Part and Whole
Option 1
Read a collection or anthology.: His Immortal Embrace by Hannah Howell
How Fits: Author - Hannah Howell, Lynsay Sands, Sara Blayne, Kate Huntington

AND

Option 2
Choose one of the authors who contributed to Book 1.: Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands
How Fits: Author - Lynsay Sands

Points this post: 30
Total points: 690
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Option 1
Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP, including 2 Es, in the TITLE.: London's Perfect Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch
How Fits: Title - London'S PErfEct scoundrel

AND

Option 2
Read a book with at least 2 Zs in any combination of the title: The Grumpy Grizzly's Omega by Lorelei M. Hart
How Fits: Title - the grumpy griZZly's omega

Points this post: 30
Total points: 720
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Kristen]

Kristen IA

50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
This is a 3 book challenge. The total page count for all books must be at least 750 pages. No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.

Go to RollADie.net - https://rolladie.net/ - and roll a 24 sided die 3 times. Record your rolls. Using the calendar below, read one book for each roll with the main page genre that matches the number you rolled. The genre may be standalone or embedded.

Required: List your rolls when you post.

Roll 1 - 18: Science Fiction
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 152 pages

I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.

Roll 2 - 16: Thriller
Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering - 352 pages

I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.

Roll 3 - 5: Horror
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven - 304 pages

I read an ebook and linked to the PB edition.

152 + 352 + 304 = 808 pages


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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 285/970
Tasks Completed: 15/56
BB: 0
GO: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

30.8 - 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.: Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
How Fits: Author - Kerstin Gier

AND

Option 4
Read a book that has a title of exactly TWO WORDS: Blind Tiger by Jordan L. Hawk
How Fits: Title - Blind Tiger

Points this post: 30
Total points: 750
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Shelby]

Shelby

50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent Calendar
Option 1
Rolled 9, 12, 17
MPG: Mystery: Accidental Lover by Jocelynn Drake
How Fits: MPG - Mystery & Page Count: 256pgs

AND

Option 2
MPG: Sociology: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
How Fits: MPG: Sociology & Page Count: 411pgs

AND

Option 3
MPG: Paranormal: Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer
How Fits: MPG: Paranormal & Page Count: 240pgs

Total Page Count: 907pgs

Points this post: 50
Total points: 800
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0

[Kathy]

Readerboard Name: Kathy P

10.9 - Winter is ComING

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times


Totals
Points: 270
BB: 2
GO: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 19

[Kathy]

Readerboard Name: Kathy P

20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1:
The House in the Cerulean Sea

Totals
Points: 290
BB: 2
GO: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 20

[Kathy]

Readerboard Name: Kathy P

5.10 - Heart's Desire
Everything, Everything

Totals
Points: 295
BB: 2
GO: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 21

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

The Winter Challenge is over - thanks, everyone, for playing!