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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Aimee G20.2 - 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 in the list.
Christmas Pie by Jodi Taylor; "Christmas" matches "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1974) in the list
I read the audiobook linked above. No print edition, e-book edition Christmas Pie is 100p and was approved for length in the e-book verification thread
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 130
BB: 2; GO: 3; IaF: 0
Aimee G15.2 - 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
System Collapse by Martha Wells, book 7 in the Murderbot Diaries series
I read the kindle edition linked above; no MMP but top PB is System Collapse
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley, book 1 in the Folktales series
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 145
BB: 2; GO: 3; IaF: 0
Readerboard name: Mel S30.2 - Winter Zodiac
Option 3
Book 1 (Mythology MPG)
Go the Distance
Book 2 (Stars on cover and/or in title)
The Weight of the Stars
This post: 30pts
This season: 175pts
Tasks completed: 12
That's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 1
JP15.8 - An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year
Chesterton: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
Published in 1908.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Task 5.2 - Unique Like a Snowflakeno repeated letters within each title word
Ethan of Athos
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445 points
BB (3) GO (7) NF (2)
Jen K30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 1 Two book option
Line: That was the end of Solomon Grundy
a) Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
DS- enD Solomon
b) Lady Renegades
Word: LADY- soLomon wAs grunDY
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Jen K20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
Nina matches actress Nina Sosanya as Annie
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC AdventureOption 4: Read a book by an author that shares a first or last name with one of the four final members: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, Eric Singer
KISS and Make-up by Gene Simmons
***Claiming an It's a FAct ticket for Non-fiction***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 105
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 3
10.10 - The End?The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
best ending (p32)
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 375
Mai5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Book first published in the 1980's.
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
MEGSCL5.1- No "L" Day
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
Total
140 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Big Books
MEGSCL5.7- Telephone Pictionary
The Village Teacher
Total
145 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Big Books
MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
Little from Little Drummer Boy - Little Family
Total
165 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Big Books
5.4 A Werewolf in the Mafia I read Midwives by Chris Bohjalian - set in 1981 and the next few years, as in GR description
Season Total: 15
10.1 Poetry for Neanderthals I read Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity by Kim Malone Scott - Just and Work are only 1 syllable each
Claiming an "It's a Fact" ticket - this book is nonfiction
Season Total: 25
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
Option 2: The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls
Paragraph 3 of GR description: When sixteen–year–old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post–war Germany
Total
185 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Big Books
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements - a bird on the cover and ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds. I chose the MAGPIE and read Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter.
Total points so far: 220
Deborah30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
A) The House of Silk
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain: Page 1 currently #45
B) Vampires of El Norte
MPG: Horror
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 9
Tasks Done: 8
5.3- Better in a sweaterDead In The Water by Penny Farmer
word in title, WATER, found in bETteRinAsWeater
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 380
LoraTask: 5.5- It's a New Year
Book/Author: Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks / Amy Hill Hearth
How it fits: author is new to me, and book published in 2023
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 375
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: 6
Nick KY30.1 Mazza1’s Life of Solomon
Book 1. I read Intimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence by David Deida inits in “marrieD on weDnesday.”
Book 2. I read Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr., letters in “WARM” in “MARrie on We_nesday.”
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 310
Nick KY30.2 Katrina’s Zodiac
I chose the sign Aquarius.
Book 1. I read Norse Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by Jake Jackson, GR genre of “Mythology”. 416 pp
Book 2. I read Revealing the Heart of the Galaxy: The Milky Way and its Black Hole by Robert H. Sanders, stars on the cover, 204 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 340
Boston Kate
10.7 It's-a Me, Mario!
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
author Moiya McTier has all the letters of MARIO
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
trishhartuk25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 1:
Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover
Totally Pawstruck, Sofie Ryan
I think the cat's tail is pretty visible.
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (288pg)
Book B: Author’s first and last initials in DONKEY TAIL.
A Pairing to Die For, Kate Lansing
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (320pg)
K, L: donKey taiL
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Roll the Bones
Read a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Digits may appear multiple times. I read Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison, which has 256 p.
Total points so far: 230
15.1 Long and ShortBook A, a short book: What Now? by Ann Patchett
hardcover edition What Now? 102 pages
Book B, a long book: Touchstone by Laurie R. King
paperback edition Touchstone 548 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
JEN B15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
Sunny Days and Sea Breezes by Carole Matthews
This book was published in 2020
TOTAL POINTS: 135
Readerboard name: Mel S15.10 - Here be Dragons (dragon on cover)
Fourth Wing (518 pgs)
This post: 15 pts
This season: 190 pts
Tasks completed: 13
Big books: 2
That's a Fact: 1
Kristen IA5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye. https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich
84.2% White
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110/775
Tasks Completed: 10/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
Required: State where you obtained the book - I borrowed this book from the library.
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket - 608 pages*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125/775
Tasks Completed: 11/49
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA15.10 Here be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket - 518 pages*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 185/775
Tasks Completed: 15/49
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
FLY Task #15.4 Feed the Birds
task: OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
book: The Island of Missing Trees
a) a bird on the cover
how it fits:
b) ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the listed birds
how it fits: author Elif Shafak initials ES found in Hou(se) sparrow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2/49
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
JenJ IA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Required: State in which country the author is born. If the author's location of birth is not evident from the GR author page, provide a reference - Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik...
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 205/775
Tasks Completed: 1649
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 3. Read a book with all of the letters of SUBWAY in the title
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
SU in Pause
B in Goodbye
W in Where
A in Pause
Y in Goodbye
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Kathy KS25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series.
The Blank Page by K.C. Constantine
Series: Mario Balzic Detective Mystery #3
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season
Topper by Thorne Smith
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-208 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1926
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 340
Tasks completed: 19/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Kathy KS15.5 What the Dickens!
Read a book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens' novel/novella
A Christmas Vanishing by Anne Perry
CHRISTMAS matches A CHRISTMAS Carol
I read an ARC version of this title.
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 355
Tasks completed: 20/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Kai10.6 Roll the Bones
Read a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Digits may appear multiple times.
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
Page Count: 464
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 10
Total Points: 70
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - Season of Love
The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller
This book has Romance as a MPG.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 6
20.1 - Most Improved Player - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC AdventureOption 2: cover at least 50% green according to TinEye
by Sarah Addison Allen🎄81.9% Green 🎄
Total points: 0 + 20 = 20
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel PrizeOption 1: written by Nobel Prize laureate
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
🎄1962 Nobel Prize in Literature🎄
Total points: 20 + 20 = 40
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
15.4 - Feed the BirdsOPTION 2: bird on cover + author's initials found in ONE of the most common British garden birds
by Donna Andrews🎄 ducks on cover; author's initials (DA) in Blackbird 🎄
Total points: 40 + 15 = 55
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
15.6 - Let's Celebrate!authors initials found in FIREWORKS
Family Tree by Susan Wiggs
🎄 SW in FIREWORKS 🎄
Total points: 55 + 15 = 70
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
15.9 - Pass the Parcelbook that has been "passed on"
Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber
🎄 I borrowed the Kindle edition from my library's e-collection 🎄
Total points: 70 + 15 = 85
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
10.9 - Winners of Winterwon or nominated for literary award beginning with a letter in WINTER
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
🎄 IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (2011) 🎄
Total points: 85 + 10 = 95
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
10.6 - Roll the Bonespage count consists only numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
Recursion by Blake Crouch
🎄326 pages 🎄
Total points: 95 + 10 = 105
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
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15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
I Know an Old Lady by Margaret Standafer
Published July 6, 2020
Points this task: 15
Total points: 125