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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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MaryPDX15.4 Feed the Birds
***1 BB ticket***
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
a) Read a book with a bird on 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, according to the Big Garden Birdwatch 2020:
BLACKBIRD
Barbara Kingsolver
This Task:
BB: 1
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 15
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 3
GO: 1
Points: 180
MaryPDX**1 GO fist published 1938**
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings.
Best Endings: Page 1
10.10 - The End?
Rebecca
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 1
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 3
GO: 1
Points: 190
MAZZA110.6 - Roll the Bones
Read a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided dieThe Queen of Hearts 352 pages
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 440
Julia1035.3- Better in a sweater
The Call of the Wrens
WRENS is found in bettERiNaSWeater
This post: 5 points
Total points: 280
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Jasmiina F10.6 - Roll the Bones:
Read a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die:
Micah and Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Pages: 416
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.7 - Telephone Pictionary.
Read a book with the MPG of 'Art.'
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody (311 p.) *
* I would like to claim an IAF ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 120
➸ Total Pages: 3,860
Kristina Marie5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Audiobook. The MMPB has 458 pages.
Mockingjay has no repeat letters.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
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.Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - 355 pgs
Points: 10
Total/challenge: 10
Kristina Marie5.5- 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
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 416 pages.
This book was published in 2023, and the author is new to me.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
15.8 An Extra DayRead a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
Monday Mornings Published 2012
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 25
15.9 Pass the parcelRead 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
Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life - borrowed from the library
NF - I would like to claim an It's a Fact ticket
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 40
20.4 Golden OldiesOption A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age.
Mother-Daughter Murder Night - Approved Post #2 in help thread
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 60
Kristina Marie10.9 - 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. The award must show up on book's main page under Literary Awards.
Required: Indicate which award fits the task.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 208 pages.
This book won the Nebula Award for Best Novella (2016). N for Nebula can be found in winter.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
25.2 Oh What FunOpt 1 Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series. The series name must be present in grayscale on the Goodreads main page. For this task only whole numbers are allowed.
Sugar Cookie Murder- Hannah Swenson #6
Opt 1 Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in tis tHe seAson
The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 85
30.1 Life of Solomon >600 pgsOption 1 Two book option " Christened on Tuesday"
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.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - 576 pgs
AT in TuesdAy
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
The Best Life Diet - 304 pgs
Diet in chrIsTEneD
576 + 304=880 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge 115
30.2 Winter Zodiac >500 pgsOption 3: Aquarius - January 20- February 19
Book 1 - Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
A Thousand Ships - 368 pgs
Book 2 - Read a book with a star or stars on the cover or with the word STAR/S in the title (not subtitle). They can be actual stars or stylized stars.
- 325 pgs368+325=693 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 145
Kristina Marie15.2 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.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
A. Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 416 pages.
This is the latest book in the Jane Austen Murder Mystery series.
B. The School of Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 488 pages.
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
This book is the first in the School for Good and Evil series.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
30.3 Books of the Winter Months - used DecemberBook 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
A Wedding in December: A Christmas Romance
Book 2 - the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain - DC in DeCember
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 175
30.4 Murder in the ManorOpt A - Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain list pg 1
A Great and Terrible Beauty
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.
Rose Under Fire
ROSE in nEgate pRiSOn
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 205
Kristina Marie30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 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.
Chosen Line: "That was the end of Solomon Grundy."
A. Murder in the Secret Garden by Ellery Adams
Audiobook. The MMPB has 304 pages.
B. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Audiobook. The MMPB has 512 pages.
Ellery Adams' initials (EA) and the word STARS can be found in: That was the end of Solomon Grundy.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Mai15.5 What the Dickens!
Book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens novel
"House" from "Bleak House"
House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Kristina Marie5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name.
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 336 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
Lisa MD15.7 - When the Music Stops...
Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots by Reba McEntire
288 pgs
MPG: Music
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 7 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 4
Task 15.3 - Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for Allbook 1: UHDR in title
Maigret and the Nahour Case
UHR in naHoUR
D in anD
book 2: on p1 of Justice list
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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510 points
Delicious Dee15.1 Long and Short
Book A - Short - The Chimes - book is 118pgs, claiming 1 golden oldies ticket - book first published 1844
Book B - Long - Cursor's Fury - book is 676pgs; claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+pgs
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 320
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Phrase: Took Ill on Thursday
Option 1 Two book option
a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse.
Murder in Seattle by Dianne Harman
DH=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
The Case of The Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner
SULKY= tooK ilL on t UrS aY
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1933
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 395-30=365
Tasks completed: 22/49-1=21/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4-1= 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel PrizeOption 1: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize laureate from this list
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
New Points: 20
Total Points: 165
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate GameOption 1:Read a book which is #6 in a series. The series must be evident in greyscale on the GR book page.
I listened to an audio version of Magic Rises
New Points: 20
Total Points: 185
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
10.1 - Poetry for NeanderthalsTea Set and Match (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) by Casey Blair
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 515
Andy P.Task # 15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year ( 2020)
Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Mai20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 2: Book with a cover that is at least 50%
Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 14
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Kathy KS30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Phrase: Christened on Tuesday
Option 1 Two book option
a) Read a book where the Author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse.
The Book of Charlie by David von Drehle
DD=christeneD... tuesDay
I listened to an audiobook; pb-208 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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
The Case of The Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner
CASE=Christened... tuESdAy
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1933
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 22/49
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
Kathy KS10.6 - 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.
Murder in Seattle by Dianne Harman
Pages: 133
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 405
Tasks completed: 23/49
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: 6
Lisa MD5.7 - Telephone Pictionary
March: Book Three by John Lewis
246 pgs
MPG: Graphic Novel
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 8 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Julia10325.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Option 1: The Eighth Sister
(SISTER in title)
Option 3: The Devil and Her Son
(Devil spelled backwards is Lived)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 305
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 24
Amy FL5.7- Telephone Pictionary
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession - MPG Art
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245
Amy FL10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
The Spy Coast - all words in title have one syllable
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Amy FL15.7 - When the music stops ...
Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin - MPG Music
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Amy FL20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe - YA in love ActuallY is all around
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Amy FL20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham (Carolyn John)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
MEGSCL15.4 Feed the Birds
Option 2:
Christina Lauren in bLaCkbird
Total
220 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact - 2 Big Books
MEGS20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Read a book with a person wearing at least one of a hat, scarf, or glove(s) on the cover.
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
<- cover model is wearing a hatPoints this post: 20
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Total points: 70
GO: 1
10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern…The Sorcerer and the Assassin by Stephen O’Shea
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 525
MaryPDX**1 IF ticket**
5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 5
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 4
GO: 2
Points: 195
Task 30.1 The Life of SolomonOption 1 Two book option
Line of Verse Used:
Christened on Tuesday
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.
christened on tuEsdaY
Diary of a Void (2020) by Emi Yagi (female); translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North (Paperback 213 pages)
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
When the Moon Turns Blue (2023) by Pamela Terry (Hardcover 304 pages)
TURNS = chRiStened oN TUesday
80 + 30 = 110
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 80 + 30 = 110
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,570
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for AllThis is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
UDHR found in UnDeR tHe pendulum sun
b) Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves:
Vox by Christina Dalcher
freedom (p8)
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 540
Task 20.9 - Winter Love... Actuallyauthor name JOHN matches actor Caroline JOHN (Sam's granny)
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
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530 points
Joanne MI15.4 Feed the Birds
Option A- A bird on the cover
The Ninth Rain
Claiming 1 BB with 544 pages
Book B-Authors initials in one of the birds- House SparroW is the bird
War and Remembrance-Volume I by Herman Wouk
Mods-I am posting the link to the page below-it will not come up in the add author/book link above
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Claiming 1 BB at 558 pages
Points this task 25
BB's this task 2
Season Total 145
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Born in Stockholm, Sweden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
Task completed: 41
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