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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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High Crimes by Christopher Sebela / page count has digits in 1,2,3,4,5,6; 224 pg HC
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
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Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen / Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Reality-Based Work 2012 - Won
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Delicious Dee10.6 - Roll the Bones
Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories - 352 in the page count
Points in Post: 10
Total Points: 70
Its a Fact Tickets: 1
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Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Allison Bechdel / published 2012
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
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The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar / borrowed this book from the library
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Kathy KS20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2023 season.
I chose to read: Gutenberg Classic - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James
My discussion is found at Message 6
I listened to an audiobook; pb-157 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1904
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 60
Tasks completed: 5/?
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
LoraTask: 10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!, using character MARIO
Book/Author: Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota / Marion Dane Bauer
Children's book data: (L: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7.0)
How it fits: all letters of MARIO are found in the author's first name Marion.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 65
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the ManorOpt. B. Read a book with an MPG of “Horror”
The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles
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.
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
SNOW found in neWgate priSON
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 70
Reposting message 18, as repost in 64 was problematic.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
Reposting message 19, as repost in 64 was problematic.Lora
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15.5 What the Dickens!
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"
Reposting message 33, as repost in 64 will be problematic.Lora
Task:
5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Book/Author: A Deadly Chapter / Jan Fields
How it fits: MPG of Mystery, and also MPG of Christmas (in case one disappears)
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Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
According to Tineye, the cover is:
84.8 %#f9f9f9White
5.0 %#a3a3a2Grey
4.5 %#161616Black
2.2 %#6f6f6fGrey
1.6 %#f1ba07Orange
0.8 %#ba900bBrown
0.7 %#9c936dGrey
0.5 %#ecdfa3Yellow
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20 + 5 = 25
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Joanne MI10.6 - Roll the Bones
1,2,3,4,5,6 in the page count
Murder in LaMut Read MMP 324 pages
Task Total 10
Season Total 35
Nick KY5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
I read Miró by Janis Mink, GR genre of "Art." (This is not a coffee table book.)
At 96 pp this is my one 5-pointer between 80-100 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 30
Kristina Marie15.7 When the music stops ...
Read a book with MPG Music
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 304 pages.
MPG: Music
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Nick KY5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
Every year on January 1st, Polar Bear Plunge Day encourages people to take a dip in cold, freezing waters.
Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
I read Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso
(See Message in "What are you Currently Reading?" thread for how I found the book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
Tineye says the bookcover is 85% White:
85.8 % #fbfcfb White
5.2 % #a7a7a7 Grey
2.8 % #89b744 Green
1.6 % #4a4a4a Grey
1.1 % #d3df93 Green
1.0 % #c0d267 Green
0.7 % #e5edb9 Yellow
0.7 % #7fa248 Green
0.6 % #5f8047 Green
0.5 % #a0cc3c Green
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 35
ROBIN P5.5 It's a New Year
Published in 2023, new to you author
On Earth as It Is on Television - Emily Jane - I read ebook, linked pb
**This author is new to me**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:1
Kai5.4 A Werewolf in the Mafia
Read a book that is first published in or is set in the 1980's.
1984 by George Orwell
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 3
Total Points: 15
Kai5.6 Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M.C. Beaton
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 4
Total Points: 20
Kai5.8 Polar Bear Plunge
Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
Cold People by Tom Rob Smith
70.3% White
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 5
Total Points: 25
Stephanie1275.1- No "L" Day: Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
I'm Afraid of Men (book has 96 pgs) by Vivek Shraya
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/
Tasks completed: 2/
Books read: 2
So sorry for editing-doing this immediately after posting d/t forgetting to include author name.
Katrisa15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
I read Finders Keepers. I got this book from the library.
Points this Post:15
Points Total: 70
Julia10310.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
(Title words are all one syllable)
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 10 points, 1 NF
Total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Andy P. Task # 5.2- Unique Like a SnowflakeRead a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
Points this post 5
Total points: 35
Andy P.Task # 10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Read a book that contains one of the following D&D classes in its title Rogue
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Kai5.5 It's a New Year
Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author.
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Published June 6, 2023
New to me author
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 6
Total Points: 30
LoraTask: 10.3 - Season of Love. Read a book with the MPG Romance.
Book/Author: A Change of Fortune / Jen Turano
How it fits: has MPG Romance (also Romance as an embedded MPG if needed)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 75
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Kathy KS10.9 - 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.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Award (among many): W illiam Allen White Children's Book Award (1990)
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-189 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 6/?
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 1
Susan A10.2 - Festive Folklore
The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB, no paperback. Hardcover here.
page 5 of list
Points for this task: 10
Previous Points: 0
Total points: 10
Susan A20.10 Group Reads
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
discussion thread post
points for this task: 20
previous points: 10
total points: 30
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of SolomonOption 1 Two book option
Married on Wednesday
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.
Tide of Tricks (Shadows of London #2) by Ariana Nash
author's initials, AN, found in mArried oN Wednesday
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
Law & Old Order (Amish Inn Mysteries #6) by Jan Fields
word in title, ORDER, found in maRRiED On Wednesday
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 100
LoraTask: 5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Book/Author: Custer's Last Stand / Quentin Reynolds
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket: book has MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 80
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 2
Jasmiina F5.1- No "L" Day:
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name:
Praise by Robert Hass.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.6 roll the bones
A Scandal in Batterseaby Mercedes Lackey
Task +10
Grand total:15
Aimee GTask 5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
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Points for this task: 5
Total points: 35
BB: 0; GO: 1; IaF: 0
Aimee G15.1 Long and Short
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
I read the Kindle edition above, no MMP, top rated PB is The Black God's Drums which has 111 pages
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
I listened to the audiobook above, no MMP, top rated PB is Great Circle which has 655 pages
**Claiming one Big Book ticket**
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 50
BB: 1; GO: 1; IaF: 0
Katrisa5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
I read Majnun and Layla: Songs from Beyond the Grave
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 75
Julia1035.7- Telephone Pictionary
Goodbye, My Havana: The Life and Times of a Gringa in Revolutionary Cuba
(MPG is Graphic Novels)
This is non-fiction, so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 NF
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Task 30.3 - Books of the Winter Monthsmonth : DECEMBER
book 1: December in title
Maigret and the Man on the Bench
D in anD
EC in bEnCh
E in thE
M in Man
B in Bench
ER in maigREt
book 2: author initials DM in December
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass by Darren McGarvey
non-fiction - claiming 1 NG tix
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60 points
1 NF tix
1 GO tix
Task 25.5 - I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!both books from different series 3+ long
option 1: book set before 1973
Maigret and the Headless Corpse
#47 in series
set contemporaneous to publication in 1955 - i.e. 1950s
option 2: main character, Gethsemane (the investigator) is a woman
Killing in C Sharp
#3 in series of 5
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85 points
1 NF tix
1 GO tix
Task 25.5 - Oh What Fun!option 1
book 1: #5 in series
A Man's Head
pub 1931 - claiming 1 GO tix
book 2: author initials EA in SEASON
The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi
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125 points
2 GO tix
1 NF tix
Kristen IA15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
a) Read a book with a bird on the cover
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, according to the Big Garden Birdwatch 2020:
House sparrow
Weyward by Emilia Hart
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20/795
Tasks Completed: 2/50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Erica H.Task 30.2 - Katrisa's Task: Winter Zodiac
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1 - Read a book set in either the mountains or by the ocean (any coastal setting will do). If the setting is not obvious from the GR page please provide a reference.
The Leopard The story is set in Oslo, a Norwegian coastal city, which is included on the book's GR home page.
and
Book 2 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of the devilish list
The Last Devil to Die located on page 5 of the list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Also claiming a Big Book ticket for The Leopard which has 517 pages.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 1
KatrisaTenth of December30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Opt. 1 - month= December
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book
I read Tenth of December
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
I read Blessed Monsters by Emily A. Duncan
ED in DEcember
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 105
10.6 - Roll the BonesLost Wolf (Savage #1) by Mila Young
324 pages
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 110
LoraTask: 30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor, using Option A and Option C
Option A:
Book/Author: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. / Nicholas Meyer
How it fits: in Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain list, on page 1
Option C:
Book/Author: Agent Nine Solves His First Case / Graham M. Dean
How it fits: word "nine" (or "agent") can be made from NEWGATE PRISON (or NEWGATE PRISON)
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket for Agent Nine Solves His First Case, as it was published in 1935.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 110
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
15.8 An Extra DayA book published in 2020: The Bright Side of Going Dark by Kelly Harms, first published May 12, 2020
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
FLY Task #20.10 Group Read
task: Read a book selected as a group read for Winter 2023, and participate in the book's discussion thread
book: The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first paperback here)
how it fits: discussion
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
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Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron by Julia Quinn / MPG Romance
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25