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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Amy 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.
Required: State the word and the television special.
A Little Something Different: Fourteen Viewpoints, One Love Story by Sandy Hall (Little in The Little Drummer Boy)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 325 Points
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 When the music stops ...
Read a book with MPG Music. I read XOXO by Axie Oh.
Total points so far: 365
Delicious Dee5.3- Better in a sweater
Water Under The Bridge - WATER can be found in the letters of betterinasweater
Points in Post: 5
Total Points: 365
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Mary P20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: 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.
A Stardance Summer by Emily March
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Rockynook25.2 - Oh What Fun!
Option 1: Twelve Days
Book 1 - book that is 1-12 of a series
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Book 2 - author initials in Tis the Season
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
Tis the seAson
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 190
5.3- Better in a sweaterBook: Farm der Tiere: Eine Fabel
How it fits: "Tiere" in bETER In a sweater"
The book was first published in 1945, so I'd like to claim one Golden Oldie Ticket, please.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 195
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie tickets: 2
LoraTask: 10.2 - Festive Folklore
Book/Author: A Whole New World / Liz Braswell (IL: MG+)
How it fits: on page 15 of the Folklore shelf
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 545
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
STORMIE5.1: No "L" Day
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Read a book with no "L" in the title/subtitle/author's name
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 25
30.3 - Cat's Task - Books of the Winter Months
Month chosen: DECEMBER
Option 2: ONE book task; 500+ page book with all the letters from 'December' in the title and the author's initials in DECEMBER
A Long December by Richard Chizmar
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
New Points: 30
Total Points: 35
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(1)
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option 1 - The Highland Hens - the main character Mimi is 88
Points in Post: 20
Total Points: 385
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S20.4 - Joop's Task-Golden Oldies
Option B: Book published after the author's 65th birthday
Where the Crawdads Sing
By Delia Owens (born 1949)
Book published: 2018
This post: 20pts
This season: 255pts
Tasks completed: 15
It's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 3
Readerboard name: Mel SUpdate to post 774 on 1/3/24:
5.8 - Polar Bear Plunge (cover >70% white)
Flipped
TinEye says the cover is 90.3% white.
AR Bookfinder Ratings -- IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
[I think this is what the first post was missing?!]
This post: 5pts
This season: 260pts
Tasks completed: 16
It's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 3
Rockynook20.10 - Group Reads
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 210
Erica H.Task 30.4 Murder in the Manor
Two book task, one each from two options
Option A read a book from one of the “Manor House” lists
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Book is the first one on the Whodunit Mansions list
Option 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
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
The word SEA in the title is three letters long and can be formed from letters in NEWGATE PRISON.
I listened to the audio book of this. No MMPB. Paperback has 304 pages.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 9
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
NF tickets: 1
Mai20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 2: Read a book first published in 2003
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
All the words in the title consist of a single syllable
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
FLY Task #15.7 When the music stops ...
task: Read a book with MPG Music
book: Me
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG Music
other:
**claiming IAF ticket for nonfiction memoir
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5/49
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 2
Task 5.9 - Secret Santagift on cover approved in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
A Surprise For Christmas: And Other Seasonal Mysteries
red gift, held by child in middle
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675 points
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.5 - What the Dickens!
Read a book with a word of 3+ letters in the title that can be found in one of Dickens' novels/novellas.
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas (805 p.) * **
* "House" is found in "Bleak House".
** I would like to claim 2 BB tickets, please.
➸ Total Points: 160
➸ Total Pages: 5,297
Jen K20.10 Group Reads
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Message 17 in Group Reads Thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 420
IAF: 1
Jen K15.7 When the music stops ...
Wreck the Halls
MPG Music
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 435
IAF: 1
Jen K15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
fireWorKs
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 450
IAF: 1
Line5.10
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
i read The Toll
points for this task: 5
total points: 15
book sread: 3
tasks done: 3
Task 15.4 Feed the BirdsOPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
Death by the Sea (A By the Sea Mystery #1) (2018) by Kathleen Bridge (Goodreads Author) ] (Paperback 235 pages)
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
The parrot is located in the center, towards the bottom. The parrot’s wings and beak and a foot are visible.
b) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds
BlacKbird
120 + 15 = 135
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 120 + 15 = 135
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3,080
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Andy P.Task # 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
My Lady Judge by Cora Harrison
Book 2:
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it.
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff 137 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Andy P.Task # 25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 1: Twelve Days
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series
Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
#1 in Sharpe and Walker Series
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season
Dangerous to Know by Tasha AlexanderTIS THE SEASON
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Readerboard Name -- Vivian10.6 - Roll the Bones
Page numbers solely on dice
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
This book has 416 pages.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 1
Barbara ★10.8 - Winter Migration
Read a book set in one of these countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wings of Fear - Helene Young 1/27
(set 100% in Australia)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
20.2 - 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The Night of the Storm
Twas the Night Before Christmas, word is "night"
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 40
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
ROBIN P10.2 Festive Folklore
book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf
Kaikeyi - found on p 11 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 465
BB:2 GO:4 IAF:4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1- No "L" Day
Winterwood
Author: Shea Ernshaw
Totals
Points: 80
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Completed: 11
MaryPDX30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
**1 It's a Fact**
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
Verse used: ChRiSteneD on TUESDAY
a) My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland. "R" "D" in Christened
b) Tuesdays with Morrie "TUESDAY" plus S in Christened (It's a Fact)
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 5
GO: 2
Points: 275
Amy O.15.4 Feed the Birds
Option 2 - book that fulfills both requirements A & B of task
a) book with bird on cover:
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porterb) author's initials can both be found in MAGPIE
This post: 15 points
Total points: 80
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
LoraTask: 10.10 - The End?
Book/Author: A Christmas Carol / Charles Dickens
How it fits: on the Best Endings list, page 2
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies, since book was first published in 1843.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 555
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
Amy O.*****REPOST**** - forgot to claim It's a Fact ticket
Task 20.9 - Winter Love... Actually
Author of book shares a first or last name with an actor in the cast of Love, Actually - Pageboy by Elliot Page (same last name as actor Joanna Page)
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Total points: 80
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Deborah20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: The Innocent Sleep Approved in task help thread #2
After centuries of searching for a family of his own, he had finally found a way to construct the life of his dreams, and was looking forward to a period of peace—or at least as much peace as is ever in the offing for the husband of a hero.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 14
5.8- Polar Bear PlungeHare House by Sally Hinchcliffe
85.5 %#fbfbfaWhite
7.1 %#1c1b19Black
3.5 %#838382Grey
2.8 %#474746Grey
1.0 %#dec1a8Pink
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 615
Joanne MI15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Book 1: UDHR appear in the title The Red Threads of Fortune
Book 2: While Justice Sleeps -page 14 0f the Justice list
Points this task 15
Total points 190
BB's 2
Angela IL30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1 - Read a book set in the mountains.
Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle- 12/18 (368 pgs)
setting takes place at MC grandparents house in the mountains in Colorado
pg 1: "as if anyone could forget we’re in the Rocky Mountains when we’re literally shaded by them"
pg 54: "We arrive up on the mountain without the red pickup"
Book 2 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of this devilish list
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune- 1/27 (396 pgs)
On Page 3
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 330
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 Long and Short
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages). I read Southern Magic by Amy Boyles (178p).
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages). I read Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi (504p).
Total points so far: 380
JEN B15.4 Feed the Birds
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: House sparrow
by Ashley PostonAP in sPArrow; two birds sitting on the R in "year"
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Readerboard name: Mel S30.4 - Murder in the Manor
Opt. A: Clockwork Angel
#12 on pg 1 of "Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set in Britain" list
Opt. C: An Emotion of Great Delight
"Great" is a >3 letter word found in "newGATE pRison"
This post: 30pts
This season: 290pts
Tasks completed: 17
It's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 3
HanneloreTask 15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements;
A. Bird on the cover.
B. Initials of the author found in one of the bird names on the list.
Book: Het vogelhuis
How it fits: A. Bird on the cover:
and B. Initials of the author (EM) can be found in MagpiE.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
Amy FL10.2 - Festive Folklore
The Keeper of Night - page 17 of Folklore list at time of posting
Points this post: 10
Total points: 490
Amy FL10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - PEACH in PAtCHEtt
Points this post: 10
Total points: 500
Kristina Marie20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Choose one of the following options. Required: state the option.
Option B: Read a book published after the author's 65th birthday.
Requirement: State the author's year of birth and the book's original year of publication.
Death of a Celebrity by M.C. Beaton
Audiobook. The MMPB has 274 pages.
M. C. Beaton's birthday was June 10, 1936. This book was first published January 1, 2002, a few months after her 65th birthday.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
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Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø who was born in Norway
Points this post: 20
Total points: 520
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5.9 - Secret Santa
Dachshund Through the Snow by Rosie A. Point
156 pgs
Read ebook. Linked to PB.
Wrapped gifts on cover
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 205
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6