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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown / top middle of pg 7 on list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625
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The Ghost Illusion by Kat Martin / shares a name with MARTIN Freeman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
trishhartuk10.2 Festive Folklore
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Angela Carter (176pg)
Third from the top page 2 as of 19/01/24
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 20
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
20.6 - 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) or
“I KNOW HIM!” (Elf)
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
quote: “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND” (Love Actually)
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
MAZZA125.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 1 Twelve Days
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series.
Home #11 in Myron Bolitar series
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill Sophie Hannah
points this post = 25
points to date =490
Deborah25.1 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.
Be the Serpent (2,3,7)
Book 2:
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it
Sleep No More (368 pages)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking SanctuaryOption 2: Read a book where the main character is a refugee or asylum seeker.
The definition of a refugee is "someone forced to leave their country to escape war or persecution", so an economic migrant wouldn't count for this task. An asylum seeker is a person who has applied for refugee status and is waiting for a decision to be made.
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
A book about refugees, and mostly set in refugee camps in Israel and Lebanon
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 260
Total IAFs to date: 2
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; ...; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.1; ...; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; ..., 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10
30.1
Apple wrote: "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. Digits may appear multiple times.
Lucy by [aut..."
Please move [book:Lucy|69719] by Jamaica Kincaid to :
5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 265
Total IAFs to date: 2
5.1; 5,2; ...; 5.4; ...; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.1; ...; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; ..., 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10
30.1
5.3- Better in a sweaterRead a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee
WANT
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 270
Total IAFs to date: 2
5.1; 5,2; 5.3; 5.4; ...; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.1; ...; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; ..., 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10
30.1
Laurah3020.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age.
The Waters
The main character, Hermine Zook, is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother in this book. She is 80 years old.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 125
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Laurah3025.1 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.
The Shadow Murders
Book 2:
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it.
The Mistake I Made, 368 pages
This post: 25 points
Total points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Susan A50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1: The Past
Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
257 pages
MPG Historical
timeframe: Regency Period - from book description "world of the Regency"
Book 2: The Present
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
I listened to audibook. No MMPB paperback here
341 pages
First published July 11th 2023, set in present day
Book 3: The Future
The Damning Stone by T.J. Klune
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB paperback here
383 pages
MPG Fantasy
Author T.J. Klune also writes contemporary novels.
Tell Me It's Real
MPG contemporary
total pages: 257 + 341 + 383 = 981
previous total: 725
points this post: 50
New total: 775
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 1: Read a book that has a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word appears in SESAME STREET. I read An Evil Shadow by A.J. Davidson (sESAmestreet).
Total points so far: 300
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.3 - Better in a sweater.
Read a book with a word of 4+ letters in the title found in BETTERINASWEATER.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (306 p.) *
* 'Bitter' is found in BETTERINASWEATER.
➸ Total Points: 125
➸ Total Pages: 4,166
Erica H.Task 15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book passed on... can be borrowed from the library
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
This is a children's book with IL - MG, BL - 7.6 and AR Pts. - 14
I got this book from the local library.
Also claiming a Golden Oldie ticket. Book first published in 1919.
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
NF tickets: 1
LoraTask: 25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest, using Option 1
Book 1:
Book/Author: Honey Dipped Secrets / K.D. McCrite
How it fits: title contains word sequence length 5,6,7
Book 2:
Book/Author: The Christmas Guest / Peter Swanson
How it fits: page count is 124
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 510
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: 7
MaryPDX20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 2: 50% green cover
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 0
Points: 20
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 4
GO: 2
Points: 215
Kathy KS25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
select one book from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book with a title that contains at least two rhyming words of three or more letters each.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
Rhyming words: Hong, Kong
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-229 p.
Option 3: read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards. Required: Identify the words in your post
Murder Out of Turn by Frances Lockridge
MURDER spelled backwards is REDRUM
Definition of redrum: https://www.wordsense.eu/redrum/
I read as an ebook; mmpb-198p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1941
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 455
Tasks completed: 25/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
Candace Woods5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
if multiple authors none of them may contain the letter "L"
The Winter Guest Pam Jenoff
The Winter Guest
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
Jasmiina F20.6 - 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 a quote: “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”:
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Joanne MI25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 2. Female Protagonists
A Perilous Undertaking -Veronica Speedwell is main character in this series.
Option 3 Travel
The Devil's Cave -Set in the countryside of France, where I have never been and dream to go!
Task Total 25
Season Total 175
2 BB's
JEN B15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
I bought this book secondhand at my local used bookstore
TOTAL POINTS: 180
Julia10315.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
Book A: Destiny's Conflict (most recently published book in Wars of Light and Shadow series, the next book is scheduled for publication in May 2024)
I read the Kindle edition. The MMP edition Destiny's Conflict is 585 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
Book B: On Basilisk Station (first book in Honor Harrington series)
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 360
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Jen K50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1: The Past
The Auburn Conference -199 pages
MPG: Historical, set in 1883
Book 2: The Present
The Chinese Groove -304 pages
Published 2023, set in present day
Book 3: The Future
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb -320 pages, MPG Sci Fi
JD Robb writes Sci Fi but is also Nora Roberts (used as an example for task)
A present day book is The Obsession, MPG Contemporary Romance
199+304+320 = 823 pages > 750 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 200
IAF: 1
Lisa MD25.3: Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Opt 1 - Sister in Title
The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal
381 pgs
Opt 2 - Title has 2 rhyming words
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
336 pgs
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Total Books Read: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 10 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Kristina Marie10.2 - Festive Folklore
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Audiobook. The MMPB has 495 pages.
This book can currently be found on page 7 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Kristina Marie10.10 - The End?
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Required: State which list you used and which page of the list your book appears on.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Audiobook. The MMPB has 432 pages.
This book is currently on page 1 of the Best Endling list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Kristina Marie15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
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"
Human Rights Books https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: State which shelf you chose and what page the book is on.
A. Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles by A.L. Herbert
Audiobook. The MMPB has 336 pages.
UDHR can be found in Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles.
B. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
E-book. The MMPB has 272 pages.
This book can currently be found at the bottom of page 3 of the Human Rights Books list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the FutureBook 1, set before 1950 and MPG Historical Fiction: The Bones of Paris by Laurie R. King
Set in 1929
paperback edition The Bones of Paris 428 pages
Book 2, first published 2021-2024 and set in present day: The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
Published 2023
paperback edition The Breakaway: A Novel 400 pages
Book 3, an author who has published both present day and science fiction books: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
paperback edition See You Yesterday 432 pages
This book is MPG Science Fiction. She has also written numerous books with current day settings, including The Ex Talk, MPG Contemporary
Points this post: 50
Total points: 305
JP10.8 - Winter Migration
Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere
Lindsay: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Set in Australia
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Lisa MD10.9 - Winners of Winter
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
416 pgs
RUSA CODES Reading List Nominee for Adrenaline (2023)
Literary Award beginning letter "R" found in "winteR"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 175
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
Julia1035.1- No "L" Day
The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
(no L in title or author name)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 365
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking SanctuaryRead a book that is at least 75% set in one of these countries.
My Book is set in Turkey
The Red-Haired Woman
The Description for this edition of the book The Red-Haired Woman states that "On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul," Istanbul is a city in Turkey.
New Points: 20
Total Points: 205
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
Barbara ★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.
The word must match exactly. A possessive (eg Oliver's) would be permitted.
The Little Grave - Carolyn Arnold 1/20
(Little Dorrit)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Theresa10.8 - Winter Migration
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
set in Botswana
Points this post - 10
Total points - 70
Theresa10.9 - Winners of Winter
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
RITA award nominee 2003
Points this post - 10
Total points - 80
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.10 - Group Reads.
Read a book selected as a Group Read and comment in the discussion thread.
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston (326 p.) *
* I would like to claim an IAF ticket (nonfiction), please.
➸ Total Points: 145
➸ Total Pages: 4,492
Jen K30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt. A. Heartless
List: Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain, page 1
Opt. C Ruddy Gore
Word: GORE -- newGatE pRisOn
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 230
IAF: 1
Jen K20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
Cursed Bunny
Word: Bunny
Television Special: The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
IAF: 1
5.7- Telephone PictionaryRead a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Heartstopper: Volume One - Alice Oseman
288 pages, MPG: Graphic Novels
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Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75
GO: 1
Julia10320.10 Group Reads
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
My reaction is post #13 in the discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 385
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
Angela IL30.1 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.
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller- 1/8
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 Only Survivors by Megan Miranda- 12/4
Word: ONLY
Authors Initals: SM
Line of Verse: SOLOMON GRUNDY
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Amy B15.7 When the music stops...
Read a book with MPG Music
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 95 Points
Angela IL15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS.
Regrets Only by Kieran Scott- 12/30
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Amy B5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 100 Points
Amy B10.9 - 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.
Matrix by Lauren Groff (National Book Award Finalist for Fiction - 2021)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 110 Points
Amy B10.10 - The End?
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings.
Required: State which list you used and which page of the list your book appears on.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Best Beginnings page 1)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 120 Points
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Task # 15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
In the Blink of an Eye by Wendy Corsi Staub
Points this post: 15
Total points: 380