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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Andy P.Task # 5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels
1984: The Graphic Novel by Fido Nesti
Points this post: 5
Total post: 125
Barbara ★20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in one of these famous quotes: “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND” (Love Actually)
Saving Verakko - Victoria Aveline 12/23
(V & A in “LO V E A CTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”
Points this task: 20
Total points: 160
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
AMANDA VA20.4 -Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age.
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Betsy is referred to as "America's Grandmother" at the 12% mark on Kindle
Post total: 20
Challenge total: 45
IAF total: 1
BB total: 0
OG total: 0
Laurah3020.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in one of these famous quotes:
“LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa
This post: 20 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Laurah3020.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
opt 3 Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CHOCOLATE.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
This post: 20 points
Total points: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Katrisa15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
I read We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle
EK in firEworKs
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 220
Katrisa30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt A For this option read a book from one of the following “Manor House” lists:
I chose the Whodunit Mansions list and read the first book on the list The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Opt B - Read a book with an MPG of “Horror”
I read End of Watch MPG horror
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 250
Andy P.Task # 5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
by Stewart ScottPoints this post: 5
Total points: 130
Kristen IA15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
This is a 2 book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
I listened to the audiobook and linked to the PB edition.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Float Plan by Trish Doller
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60/795
Tasks Completed: 5/50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120/775
Tasks Completed: 11/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135/775
Tasks Completed: 12/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Mod
Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author/authors (if multiple authors all authors need to be new to you)
read The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
Andreina Cordani is new to me. Published 2023
points this post 5
total points 25
Mod
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
read The Book Club Hotel
MPG Christmas
points this post 5
total points 30
Mod
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
read
points this post 5
total points 35
Mod
Read a book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens novel/novella (excluding "The" and "And")
read Christmas Camp
used word Christmas from A Christmas Carol
points this post 15
total points 50
Mod
Read a book that has been "passed on". For the purposes of this task, your book may have been gifted to you, obtained second hand, or borrowed from the library
Borrowed book from library
read The Christmas Murder Game
points this post 15
total points 65
Truitt_T30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
TWO book task
Option 1
Book 1: Read a book from the Archery list.
Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey On page #1, currently #26. 318 pages
Book 2: All the author’s initials in the word TEMPERANCE.
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish
MMPB: The Lights on Knockbridge Lane - 282 pages
Author initials R, P - temPeRance
Combined page count: 318 + 282 = 600
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 295 / 775
Truitt_T30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 1: TWO book task
Chosen line: That was the end of Solomon Grundy
Book 1: Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse.
The Bear Claw by Holly Day
Approved for length here.
Author initials H, D: tHat was the enD of solomon grundy
Book 2: Read a book with a word of 4 OR MORE letters in the title made from the remaining letters in your chosen line of verse.
Sugar Plum Spies by Jennifer Estep
Paperback: Sense of Winter
Word from remaining letters: SUGAR - tAt waS the en of solomon GRUndy
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 325 / 775
Truitt_T25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Option 1: TWO book task
Book 1: Read a book with a title of 3 or more words. Each word in the title must contain more letters than the preceding word. Ignore subtitles.
A Lot Like Christmas: Stories (1, 3, 4, 9) by Connie Willis
Paperback: A Lot Like Christmas
Book 2: Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it.
The Nanny Proposal by Lucy Lennox 137 pages
Approved for length here.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 350 / 775
Truitt_T15.7 When the music stops ...
Task: Read a book with MPG Music.
Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata
Paperback: Rytmus, já & Malychin
Music is currently the 5th MPG.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 365 / 775
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White
Word: Christmas
Television special: Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60/795
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5/50
LAUREN JODI20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1
Hostage by Kay Hooper
Phrase: I KNOW HIM (Elf)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/795
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 6/50
Angela IL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age. This should be clear from the book description or otherwise be made clear.
The Christmas Table by Donna VanLiere- 12/11
Miriam and Gloria are recurring characters and elderly in this series.
Reference to being grandmas in a sample on kindle chapter 13: "We're just thrilled to be grandmas again," Gloria says. Also chapter 14: "She will be Grandma," Miriam says. "I will be Noni M."
(I had to return the book before the task came out, so do not have exact page numbers)
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
5.4- A Werewolf in the MafiaBook: Der Exorzismus der Gretchen Lang
How it fits: set in 1988/89
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Katrisa10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Read a book that features ghosts or spirits
I read Before We Say Goodbye this takes place in a café where there is a special chair that will take you into the past for as long as your cup of coffee takes to get cold. The special chair is occupied by a ghost who must vacate the chair before someone can use it which she does only once a day.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 260
Katrisa15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
I read Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum pub date - Jan. 23 2024
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 275
Katrisa10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!
Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters of one of the following Mario characters: MARIO, LUIGI, PEACH, YOSHI, WARIO or BOWSER
I read The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
MARIO in kIRAn MillwOod hargrave
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 285
Laurah3015.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
Amazing Grace Adams
I borrowed this book from the library.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 55
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Amy FL10.8 - Winter Migration
The Pain Tourist - set in New Zealand (in metadata)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Amy FL15.6 Let's Celebrate!
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester - SW in fireWorkS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Amy FL15.10 Here be Dragons
b) Dragonfly in Amber - Dragon in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 3: Boy Swallows Universe - SUBWAY in BoY SWAllows Universe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
AMANDA VA30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
line used: "Took Ill on Thursday"
Option 1
Book 1: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, tooK ill on thursdAy
Book 2: The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren
"story" - TOok ill on thuRSdaY
claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket (The Story of More)
Post total: 30
Challenge total: 75
IAF total: 2
BB total: 0
OG total: 0
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Winners of Winter
Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1957)
National begins with the N in Winter
'points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Erica H.Task 25.4 - Children's Party Games
Option 1 Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Book A - read a book with a real world four-legged animal's tail on the cover
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
cat's tail is visible on the cover just below the woman's skirtBook B - read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in DONKEY TAIL
by Lloyd Alexander author's initials are L and AThis is a children's book. IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts. 7.0
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 1
Kathy KS20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the actors in the movie.
The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost
HUGH Pentecost, author --- HUGH Grant, actor
I read as an ebook; mmpb-186 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 245
Tasks completed: 14/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable. I read Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf.
Total points so far: 115
15.5 What the Dickens!Book: The Echo of Old Books
How it fits: "old" in both the book title and "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Dickens
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 443 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
5.5- It's a New YearBook: Grinch Kisses by D.J. Jamison
How it fits: published in 2023 & the author is new to me.
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 210 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Delicious Dee20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1 - I KNOW HIM - The Paris Daughter - Kristin Harmel
Points in Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Christine V15.10 Here be Dragons
Option B: Here be Dragons
I read the above Kindle edition. The top PB (no MMPB available) Here Be Dragons has 704 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 15
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 0
Christine V15.4 Feed the Birds
Option 2: To the Bright Edge of the World
Requirement a)
Requirement b) Written by Eowyn Ivey whose initials are found in Magpie
I read the above Kindle edition. The top MMPB Au bord de la terre glacée has 624 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book ticket***
Points this post: 15
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 0
Katrisa10.9 - Winners of Winter
Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
I read Blackouts which won the National Book Award for 2023
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 295
Katrisa10.10 - The End?
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings
I read We Are Legion (We Are Bob) from P2 of the Best Endings list
Points this Post: 10
Points total; 305
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.9- Secret Santa
Dwell: Celebrating the Arrival of Advent at Home
Presents on left side of cover
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Completed: 4
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option B: Read a book published after the author's 65th birthday
The Secret Hangman by Peter Lovesey
book first published in 2007 when Lovesey was 71 (He was born in 1936)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.5 - It's a New Year.
Read a book that was published in 2023.
Unhinged by Vera Valentine (96 p.) *
* I would like to use this as my one 80-99 page book for the season
{Don't ask - my favorite book podcast made me read this 😭😂}
➸ Total Points: 50
➸ Total Pages: 1,834
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the ManorOpt. A. Novels about Big Houses page 1 #1
Book: The Remains of the Day
Opt. B. Read a book with an MPG of “Horror”
Our Wives Under the Sea
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
SHAUNA W15.6 - Let's Celebrate
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in FIREWORKS.
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Total completed tasks: 1
Total completed books: 1
Total It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Big Books Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
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5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a book with MPG Mystery
Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0