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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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LAUREN JODI10.6 - Roll the Bones
Fountain Of Secrets by Anita Clenney
Page #: 342
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/795
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/50
trishhartuk15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2012).
Sour Apples, Sheila Connolly (304pg)
First published 7 August 2012
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Kai5.1 No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" in the title/subtitle/authors name.
Independence Square by Martin Cruz Smith
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 2
Total Points: 10
Andy P.Task # 5.3- Better in a sweater
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg
SWEATER
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Andy P.Task # 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
Dark Ride by Lou Berney 244 p.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Nick KY10.10 The End? I read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. I listened to the audiobook. The most popular MMPB is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The book is on p. 1 of the Best Ending list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 15
Delicious Dee5.1- No "L" Day
In This Moment - Karma Brown
Points in Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Its a Fact Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
White Silence - mystery is a top genre
Points in Post: 5
Total Points: 60
Its a Fact Tickets: 1
ROBIN P5.7 Telephone Pictionary
MPG Art/Manga/Comics
Roaming - MPG Comics
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:1
Nick KY10.4 You All Meet in a Tavern… I read The Druid by Jeff Wheeler, the word “Druid” in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
JEN B10.7 - 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
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The letters in PEACH are in PAtCHEtt
TOTAL POINTS: 10
Reposting message 18, 19, and 33 (adding book links).Lora
Task:
5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Book/Author: Sugar Coated Lies / Jan Fields
How it fits: no repeat letters in any of each of the three words in the title
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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Task:
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")
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charl...
Book/Author: Mission: Christmas Proposal / Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton (ebook Approved post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
How it fits: shares the word "Christmas" with "A Christmas Carol"
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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Task:
5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
Book/Author: A Deadly Chapter / Jan Fields
How it fits: MPG of Mystery, and also MPG of Christmas (in case one disappears)
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 25
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name. I read Mr. Hotness by Peyton Banks.
Total points so far: 5
LoraTask:
15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 1: read one book A & one Book B
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
a) Read a book with a bird on the cover
The bird may be sketched, outline, silhouette or realistic but must be identifiable as a bird with a significant portion of wing and either beak or feet visible
Required: Post the cover
b) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds
Option 2 used
Book/Author: The Parted Earth / Anjali Enjeti
How it fits:
A) has cranes on the cover
B) author's initials are A and E, which are both found in magpie
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 40
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - Festive Folklore
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf. I read The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh, from page 2 of the list.
Total points so far: 15
Mod
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
word is WINTER
read Dead of Winter
Pointes this post 5
Total Points 5
Mod
Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
Read Good Girls Don’t Die
78.3 %#f3f3f3White- Tinyeye
points this post 5
total points 10
Mod
Read a book with the MPG Romance.
read In a Holidaze
Romance
Christmas
Holiday
Contemporary
Fiction
Audiobook
Contemporary Romance
Chick Lit
Adult
Time Travel
points this post 10
total points 20
5.8: Polar Bear PlungeTask: cover 70% white per tineye
Edition Read: Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso
No MMPB - 1st paperback edition: Verde brillante. Sensibilità e intelligenza del mondo vegetale
85.3% #ffffff White per Tineye
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
IAF: 0
LoraTask: 15.1 Long and Short
Book/Author:
A) Hippo For Christmas / C.J. Carrington (153 pages)
B) Solutions and Other Problems / Allie Brosh (519 pages)
How it fits: meet page requirements
Claiming 1 big book ticket for Solutions and Other Problems (519 pages).
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for Solutions and Other Problems (MPG Nonfiction).
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 55
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
ROBIN P15.5 What the Dickens!
Title shares word with a Dickens title
Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose - listened to audio, linked pb - matches Christmas in A Christmas Carol
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
BB:0 GO: 0 IAF:1
ROBIN P10.5 A Ghost Story for Christmas
Book with a ghost
A Christmas Carol
**Claiming 1 GO point, 1st pub 1843
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:1
5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery NightTo Love and to Vanish (Amish Inn Mysteries #5) by Tara Randel
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 25
ED10.6 - Roll the Bones
The Prisoner by Marcel Proust
422p.
pub. 1923- *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed=1
10.6
Task 15.6 - Let's Celebrate!author initials EW in FIREWORKS
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
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30 points
1 GO tix
trishhartuk15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
Talking God, Tony Hillerman (239pg)
Obtained second-hand from World of Books via Amazon Marketplace in May 2021
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
MaryPDX10.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
RUSA CODES Reading List Nominee for Relationship Fiction (2023)
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
Points: 30
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the Newa) Read the latest published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
Not Your Backup (Sidekick Squad #3) by C.B. Lee
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) by Casey Blair
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 40
JEN B5.3- Better in a sweater
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
WATER in betterinasWeATER
**Claiming one Big Book ticket**
TOTAL POINTS: 15
Bookwrm526Task #15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
a) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works. I read System Collapse by Martha Wells, book seven in the Murderbot series.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series. I read One Week to Claim It All by Adriana Herrera (book one in the Sambrano Studios series).
Total points so far: 30
Stephanie1275.7- Telephone Pictionary: Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Saga, Volume 10
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/
Tasks completed: 1/
Books read: 1
trishhartuk25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 2: Christmas Scavenger Hunt:
Book 1: Read a book with one of these common items found on our scavenger hunt list in the title...tree
Purring around the Christmas TREE, Liz Mugavero
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (298pg)
Using TREE
Book 2: Read a book with a MPG of Christmas or Holiday.
Note in the Nutcracker, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: Note in the Nutcracker (233pg)
MPGs include both Christmas and Holiday
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Andy P.Task # 5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
New York Dead by Stuart Woods
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
15.4 Feed the BirdsOption 1
Book A, a bird on the cover: Conversion by Katherine Howe
Book B, author's initials in STARLING: Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Kathy KS5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Resident Alien Volume 5: An Alien in New York by Peter Hogan
MPG=includes Graphic Novels, Comic Book
I read as an ebook; pb-104 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 30
Tasks completed: 3/?
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Kathy KS10.7 - 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: ...YOSHI, WARIO or BOWSER.
The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, and Preserve Your Ancestors' Graves by Joy Neighbors
Character: YOSHI =joY neIgHbOrS
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 40
Tasks completed: 4/?
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Katrisa10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
I read The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 55
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.6 - Christmas Murder Mystery Night.
Read a book with a MPG of Christmas.
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews (174 p.)
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 609
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of SolomonOption 1 Two book option
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.
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
Buried on Sunday
(Okay, I misread the task and thought I had to use a word of 4 or more letters IN the line, oops!)
Book A
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
buriED
Book B
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Sunday
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 50
Erica H.Task 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")
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Book is on the given list, shares all letters in the title with itself including two words of 3 letters or more
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 1
20.10 Group ReadsI read De verdwenen stad by Douglas Preston, the Dutch version of The Lost City of the Monkey God and I participated in the book's discussion thread.
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for De verdwenen stad by Douglas Preston (nonfiction)**
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 0+20= 20/950
Tasks completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
MaryPDX10.6 - 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.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
433 pgs
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
Points: 40
Aimee GTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2023 season
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James
See posts 3 and 5 on the discussion thread
I read the ebook linked above; no MMP but top-rated PB is Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
**Claiming one Golden OIdie ticket for book published in 1904**
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 30
BB: 0; GO: 1; IaF: 0
Mary P15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Mod
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones / ghosts or spirits in the story
I listened to the audio version, but checked the book in the library to get the references.
References: "If the woman howling from the back seat of Agent Carlson's black SUV weren't already dead, I would've strangled her" -pg 1 "Our room was pitch black, but that never stopped me from seeing the departed as though they were onstage with a spotlight. A man stood before me, pudgy, well dressed...." pg 221
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Mod
The Last Count of Monte Cristo by Ayize Jama-Everett / each title word contains no repeat letters
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
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Read a book with MPG Music
It's a Love Story
This has MPG Music
I listened to the audiobook, top PB linked
This is non-fiction so I claim an It's a fact ticket please
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 5 + 15 = 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1 + 1 = 2