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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Kristen IA5.5- It's a New Year
Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author/authors (if multiple authors all authors need to be new to you)
Required: State that the author/authors are new to you
The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories by Danny Pellegrino
Danny Pellegrino is a new-to-me author.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the hardcover edition.
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 65/795
Tasks Completed: 6/50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Kristen IA15.5 What the Dickens!
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")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff (4) by Kristy Woodson Harvey
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80/795
Tasks Completed: 7/50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Susan A10.8 - Winter Migration - set in one of these countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere
Exiles by Jane Harper
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback here
setting - Australia mentioned in book blurb and in the link provided
previous post: 550
points this post: 10
new total: 560
Susan A15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
Why Did The Alien Cross The Galaxy? To Find a Fake Boyfriend and Befriend a Vacuum Cleaner. by A.M. Rose
no MMPB, paperback here
Why Did THe Alien Cross The Galaxy? To Find a Fake BoyfRiend and Befriend a VacuUm Cleaner.
b) Read a book that is on the first 20 pages
Freedom, page 9
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
I listened to audiobook, MMPB here
previous post: 560
points this post: 15
new total: 575
Susan A20.9 - 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.
Chosen Prey by John Sandford
I listened to audiobook, MMPB here
actress Caroline John (role: Sam's grandmother) --- author first name John
previous post: 575
points this post: 20
new total: 595
Truitt_T20.6 - 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)
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
Paperback: Des mammouths à la porte
Author initials N, V found in: loVe actually is all arouNd
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 385 / 775
Truitt_T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
Task: Read a book that features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials from the list.
Up To Snow Good by Charlie Novak
Paperback: Up To Snow Good: An MM Christmas Romance
The word: SNOW
The TV special: The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 405 / 775
Truitt_T15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Task: Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS.
Storm Season by Elle Keaton
Paperback: Storm Season
Author initials E, K found in firEworKs.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 420 / 775
Truitt_T15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both A & B requirements.
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
MMPB: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
A: Bird on cover
B: Author initials D, A found in blAckbirD
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 435 / 775
Truitt_T15.1 Long and Short
TWO book task
Task 1: Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages.)
Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Paperback: Fairview
Paperback edition has pages.
Task 2: Read a LONG book (over 500 pages.)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Paperback: Alas de sangre
Paperback edition has 528 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 450 / 775
Truitt_T10.10 - The End?
Task: Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Paperback: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
It's currently #2092 on page 21 of the Best Endings list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 460 / 775
Truitt_T10.9 - Winners of Winter
Task: Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
Paperback: Glamour in Glass
Nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2012), per the GR book page. N is found in wiNter.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 470 / 775
Truitt_T10.8 - Winter Migration
Task: Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere.
EWB: Enemies With Benefits by N.R. Walker
Paperback: EWB: Enemies With Benefits
Tagged 'Australia' 3 times.
p26 "It wasn't bad enough that they'd monopolized the entire hardware industry in Australia...."
p260 "Just since I've been back here in Sydney...."
Plus 8 other mentions of Sydney.
p185 "How's Melbourne?"
Plus 16 other mentions of Melbourne.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 480 / 775
15.10 Here be Dragonsb) Read a book with the word Dragon intact in the title or subtitle
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Total IAFs to date: 1
Truitt_T10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!
Task: 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.
Agents of Winter by Ada Maria Soto
Paperback: Agents of Winter
MARIO found in author name: ada MARIa sOto
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 490 / 775
Truitt_T10.6 - Roll the Bones
Task: Read a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
Dragon Ever After by Louisa Masters
Paperback: Dragon Ever After
Both the edition I read (231) and the paperback edition (254) have appropriate page counts.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 500 / 775
Truitt_T10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Task: Read a book that contains one of the following D&D classes in its title or subtitle: Fighter, Bard, Cleric, Warlock, Sorcerer, Wizard, Paladin, Rogue, Ranger, Druid, Monk or Barbarian. Plurals and possessives allowed, no other variations.
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Paperback: Paladin's Grace
Paladin is a qualifying class.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 510 / 775
Truitt_T10.3 - Season of Love
Task: Read a book with the MPG Romance. Genres may be embedded such as Paranormal Romance or Historical Romance.
Burner Account by L.A. Witt
Paperback: Burner Account
MPG Romance and MM Romance
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 520 / 775
Truitt_T5.9- Secret Santa
Task: Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
The 12 Kittens of Christmas by Amy Lane
Paperback: The 12 Kittens of Christmas
Wrapped gifts on both covers:
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 525 / 775
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor***1 IF Ticket***
Opt A: Opt. A.
For this option read a book from one of the “Manor House” lists:
Novels about Big Houses-- page 1
Gallant
Opt. C Read a book which has a three-letter-or-longer word in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in the phrase: NEWGATE PRISON.
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
Word AGENT. **IF ticket**
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Tasks: 6
Books: 7
Points: 90
10.5 - A Ghost Story For ChristmasRead a book that features ghosts or spirits.
Hidden Pictures
From quotes page: “I can’t wait another week, Adrian. This thing—this spirit or ghost, whatever it is—she’s getting inside my cottage. Some nights I feel her watching me.”
― Jason Rekulak, Hidden Pictures
The ghost is basically the main character.
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 7
Books: 8
Points: 100
Bookwrm526Task #5.3- Better in a sweater
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title. I made the word RAIN and read Red Rain by Toby Neal.
Total points so far: 120
Joanne MI5-6 Christmas Murder Mystery Night
The Libyan Diversion-Mystery genre noted in help thread
Points this task 5
Season total 55
Andy P. Task # 10.7 - 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
A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend by Michael Brandow
MAI in Michael
RO in Bradlow
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170
Katrisa15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
I read From the Dust Returned
UDHR in fRom tHe DUst
b) The 2023 Theme is Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves: "human rights", "dignity", "freedom" or "justice"
I read I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity from P3 of the Human Rights list
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 320
Katrisa20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age.
I read A Murder Is Announced which is a Miss Marple book allowed by the task creator in message 5
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 340
5.6 Christmas Murder Mystery NightCopper River by William Kent Krueger
MPG Mystery
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 10
15.9 Pass The ParcelsLone Women by Victor LaValle
I borrowed this from the library.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 35
20.4 Golden OldiesOption A:
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The series main characters are all seniors who live in a senior housing development.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 55
20.6 The Chocolate GameOption 1: Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
# 6 in the series
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 75
Readerboard name: Mel S10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
The Gate Thief
All words of the title are one syllable
This post: 10 points
Total this season: 40 points
Tasks completed: 3
Readerboard name: Mel S10.6 - Roll the Bones
Lost in Time
All numbers in page count are 1 - 6 (455pgs)
This post: 10 points
Total this season: 50 points
Task completed: 4
Christine V5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Be Right Back!: How To Overcome Your Dog's Separation Anxiety And Regain Your Freedom
This book is Nonfiction. ***Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket***
Points this post: 5
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
Aimee G5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a book with the MPG Mystery or Christmas
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens, MPG Christmas
I read the Kindle edition linked above (150p); top MMP is Il grillo del focolare which is 95p so I am using book formats rule 3: "One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task"
**Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for book published in 1845**
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Points for this task: 5
Total points: 70
BB: 1; GO: 2; IaF: 0
LoraTask: 10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Book/Author: Last Supper / Libby Howard
How it fits: main character sees ghosts of her husband and victims of foul play; ghosts listed in GR description
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 240
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
JenJ IA15.9 Pass the Parcel
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
Required: State where you obtained the book - Borrowed from the Library
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 150/775
Tasks Completed: 13/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
For this task, read a book that features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials (not necessarily Christmas), from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.
Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel
Required: State the word and the television special - "Christmas" from "The First Christmas"
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170/775
Tasks Completed: 14/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Susan A25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Option 1
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.
Big Nick Energy by Morgan Elizabeth
Paperback here
Big =3
Nick=4
Energy =6
Book 2 - every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it
Driven by Rebecca Zanetti
I listened to audiobook, MMPB here
379 pages
previous post: 595
points this post: 25
new total: 620
Mai15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year: 1996
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 1: 2 books
"That was the end of Solomon Grundy"
Option 1 Two book option
a) Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse.
Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes
b) Book with a word of 4 OR MORE letters in the title made from the remaining letters: "Orleans"
Frommer's EasyGuide to New Orleans by Diana K. Schwam
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 5.4- A Werewolf in the MafiaRead a book that is first published in or is set in the 1980's.
Published in 1980
Mockingbird (1980) by Walter Tevis (Paperback 288 pages)
15 + 05 = 20
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 15 + 05 = 20
Books read: 03
Pages read: 712
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Julia10315.10 Here be Dragons
The Turnspit Dragon and other Tales of the Blue OrderThis fits both options: Dragon on cover and the word dragon in title
This post: 15 points
Total points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Kristen IA10.7 - 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.
Required: State the character. - MARIO
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/775
Tasks Completed: 8/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Kristen IA15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
A Christmas Spark by Cindy Steel
I listened to the audio and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 105/775
Tasks Completed: 9/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
5.9- Secret SantaA gift on the cover: Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Angela IL15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
a) Read a book with a bird on the cover
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal- 12/3
b) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds, according to the Big Garden Birdwatch 2020:
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O' Neal
Bird: Robin
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
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15.6 Let's Celebrate!
I Can See You - Karen Rose - KR found in FIREWORKS; claiming 1 big book ticket - i listened to the audio but the MMPB is 618pgs
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1