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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Angela IL20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2023 season.
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley- 12/29
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB Version: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Message #6 for my participation post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Susan A15.7 When the music stops ...Read a book with MPG Music
Jumping Jude by Lucy Lennox
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB paperback here
MPG music
previous post: 705
points this post: 15
total points: 720
Delicious Dee25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Option 2 - A Holly Jolly Ever After - Holly/Jolly rhyme
Option 3 - Evil Eye - EVIL is LIVE backwards
Points in Post: 25
Total Points: 245
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S20.6 - It's a fact--Mary PDX's Task
Option 2: Published in 2003
The Time Traveler's Wife
This post: 20pts
This season: 85pts
Tasks completed: 6
Task 20.2 - Christmas SpecialRead 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.
Required: State the word and the television special.
Word: Bunny
Television Special:
The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town
Cursed Bunny: Stories (2017) by Bora Chung (female); translated from Korean by Anton Hur (Paperback 256 pages)
20 + 20 = 40
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 20 + 20 = 40
Books read: 04
Pages read: 712 + 256 = 968
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.2- Unique Like a SnowflakeRead a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
96 pages: One book 80-100 pages
Venom by Saneh Sangsuk
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 5
5.8- Polar Bear PlungeRead book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
78.2 %#f5f6f3White
8.5 %#a4b4acGrey
5.1 %#134937Green
3.7 %#53786aGreen
1.9 %#d8810eOrange
1.5 %#1d1615Black
0.7 %#e3ac68Orange
0.4 % Pink
One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi PirandelloTask Total: 5
Season Total: 10
5.9- Secret SantaRead a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
Gift on the cover:
Secret Santa by Andrew ShafferTask Total: 5
Season Total: 15
10.3 - Season of LoveRead a book with the MPG Romance. (on main page, but must click through.)
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 25
10.6 - Roll the BonesRead a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
256 pages
Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35
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, LUIGI, PEACH, YOSHI, WARIO or BOWSER.
WaRio
Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 45
10.8 - Winter MigrationRead a book set in one of these countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere:
Argentina
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 55
10.9 - Winners of WinterRead a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
wiNter: National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2018
The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limon
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 65
15.7 When the music stops ... Read a book with MPG Music
A Musical Offering by Luis Sagasti
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 80
20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol SingersOption 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)
LovE
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 100
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate GameOption 2: Get Dressed Up
Read a book with a person wearing at least one of a hat, scarf, or glove(s) on the cover. One glove will work, it doesn't have to be a pair, but all items must be being worn by a person.
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsTask Total:20
Season Total: 120
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... ActuallyRead a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the actors in the movie.
Required: state the actor and the author.
Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet -- Elizabeth Harrower
A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower
Task Total:20
Season Total: 140
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon Option 1 Two book option
Selected Line: Took Ill on Thursday
a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse. Only books with a single author are allowed.
ThurSday
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
b) 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
Road -
tOok ill on thuRsDAy
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Task Total:30
Season Total: 170
AMANDA VA20.8 -Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
Option 1: Option 2: Read a book where the main character is a refugee or asylum seeker.
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Post total: 20
Challenge total: 115
IAF total: 3
BB total: 0
OG total: 0
Katrisa15.4 Feed the Birds
Opt 2 - a) Read a book with a bird on the cover AND 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
I read This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
AE and MG in MAGpiE
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 490
Katrisa20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Opt 2 - Read a book with a person wearing at least one of a hat, scarf, or glove(s) on the cover.
I read
Hat and scarf on cover
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 510
Katrisa25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Option 1: Read a book with SISTER in the title
I read Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Option 3: read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards
I read Keep It In The Family
KEEP to PEEK
Points this Points: 25
Points Total: 535
KatrisaMazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
My line is "Took Ill on Thursday"
a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse.
I read The Women by Kristin Hannah
KH in tooK ill on tHursday
b) 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
I read Only If You're Lucky
ONLY in tOo iLl oN tursdaY
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 565
MaryPDX--Reposted--
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
MaryPDX--REPOST--
10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Read 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
MaryPDX15.6 - 15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 15
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 2
GO: 0
Tasks: 8
Books: 9
Points: 115
SHAUNA W5.7 - Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Total completed tasks: 2
Total completed books: 2
Total It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Big Books Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Jasmiina F5.10 A Holiday Gift For You:
Read a book of your choice:
Sukupuolistunut väkivalta. Oikeudellinen ja sosiaalinen ongelma by Johanna Niemi, Heini Kainulainen & Päivi Honkatukia toim.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
LoraTask: 20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers, using Option 1 with quote “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”
Book/Author: Enchanted by the Enigmatic Duke / Abigail Adams; ebook approved:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
How it fits: using two A's (author's initials) from the quote
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 285
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
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway.
The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz born in Sweden
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 295
MAZZA125.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Option 1: Read a book with SISTER in the title. Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Option 3:Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards.
Lost In Time TIME spells EMIT backwards
points this post = 25
Points to date =325
JEN B20.2 - 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:
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
Word = GIRL from "That GIRL in Wonderland"
TOTAL POINTS: 75
Joanne Mi5.8 Polar Bear Plunge -
The Librarianist 73% White per TIneye
https://labs.tineye.com/color/afb71d8...
Points this task 5
Season Total 60
Chris MD 5.1 No "L" Day
No "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
Death of a Scriptwriter by M.C. Beaton
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 198 pages.
Total points: 5
Chris MD 5.7 Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Taxes, the Tea Party, and Those Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution by Stan Mack
Total points: 10
Chris MD 5.9 Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
Total points: 15
Chris MD 10.9 Winner 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.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2016) - T in winTer
This book is nonfiction. Claiming one It's a Fact ticket.
Total points: 25
Chris MD 15.2 Out With the Old, In With the New
Book A: Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
A Game of Fear by Charles Todd
This is #24 and the most recent book in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series.
Book B: Read the the first book in a series
Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony
This is the first in the Homefront News Mystery series
Total points: 40
Chris MD 15.5 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")
Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
"Mystery" matches with Dickens' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 288 pages.
This book was first published in 1930. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Total points: 55
Chris MD 20.2 Christmas Special
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...
Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlain Harris
"Christmas" matches with "T'was the Night Before Christmas"
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 224 pages.
Total points: 75
Chris MD 25.5 I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 1: From any mystery series set before 1973
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night by Sophie Hannah
All of Hannah's version of the Poirot series are set in the 1930s. This one specifically is set in December 1931.
Option 4: read a book with a pun or a play on words in the title
The Pawful Truth by Miranda James
Approved in help thread.
Total points: 100
Chris MD 30.4 Murder in the Manor
Option A: I chose a book from the Whodunit Mansions list (first page, currently #27)
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
I read the Kindle version. The top MMP has 214 pages.
This book was first published in 1930. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Option C: Three-letter-or-longer word in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in NEWGATE PRISON.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The word is WATER
WATE in neW gATE
R in pR ison
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has has 784 pages. As such, I'm claiming two Big Book tickets.
Total points: 130
25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games Option 2A, a chair on the cover: What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill
Option 2B, author's initials in MUSICAL CHAIRS: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Advent of Dying
First published in 1986
Totals
Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Barbara ★25.1 - Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
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.
Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney 12/16
(Rock, Paper, Scissors = 4,5,7)
Book 2
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it.
The Best of Friends - Susan Mallery 12/27
(has 368 pages)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 185
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CHOCOLATE
My Lady Judge - Cora Harrison 12/24
(C & H in CHocolate)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 205
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
read a book that features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials (not necessarily Christmas),
The Year of the Fox - Merren Tait 12/30
(The Year Without a Santa Claus)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amy B15.5 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...
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (Bleak House)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 65 Points
Barbara ★10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with the MPG Romance.
Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James 12/26
Points this task: 10
Total points: 235
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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15.1 - Long and Short
a) Stonefather (112pgs)
b) The Dovekeepers (504pgs)
This post: 15pts
This season: 65pts
Tasks completed: 5