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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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ROBIN P5.8 Polar Bear Plunge
cover at least 75% white
Rules for Visiting -
- per TinEye 76.9% whitePoints this post: 5
Total points: 645
BB:2 GO:5 IAF:6
ROBIN P30.2 Kartrisa's Task: Winter Zodiac
500+ pages
Option 1 - Sagittarius
Book 1 -The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 2nd list - Archery Books p7
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 21.0
344 p
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1883**
Book 2 - Author initials in TEMPERANCE
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
309 p
Total pages 653
Points this post: 675
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:6
Candace Woods 30.1 Using “That was the end of Solomon Grundy”
House of Earth and Blood - uses EARTH and SM
803 Pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 35
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Julia10320.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon
The author shares a name with actress Shannon Elizabeth.
This book is 501 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 505
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 42
LoraTask: 50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Earl's Hideaway, No Ladies Allowed / Esther Hatch
How it fits: set pre-1900s, which MPG Historical Romance; 292 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: Any Pot in a Storm / Sandra Balzo
How it fits: published in 2023 and set in present day; 224 pages
Book 3:
Book/Author: Cinder / Marissa Meyer
How it fits: Cinder (400 pages) has the sci-fi/fantasy MPG and Instant Karma is set present-day. Both are written by Marissa Meyer.
Total pages: 916
Points for this task: 50
Total points: 695
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
Andy P.Task # 15.10 Here be Dragons
b) Read a book with the word Dragon intact in the title or subtitle
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Points this post: 15
Total points: 580
Andy P.Task # 30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1. Read a book set in the mountains
Geneva: A Novel by Richard Armitage Set in Switzerland (the Alps)
Book 2. Read a book from the first 20 pages of this devilish list
Devil Books
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho page 1 # 10 on list as of 2/10/24
Points this post: 30
Total points: 610
Amy B25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
This is a two book task, choose 2 different options and read 1 book from each option. Both must have a main page genre of either MYSTERY or CRIME, both must be part of a series on Goodreads with AT LEAST 3 books listed on the series page, and the books must be from two different series.
Option 1. Historical Series.
Read a mystery set at least 50 years ago (before 1973). This book may be published during this time as long as its set in or before 1973. Required: If the setting of time is not obvious on the Goodreads main page, provide a reference
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #13 - written/set in 1936)
Option 2. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Holly by Stephen King (Holly Gibney #3)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 465 Points
20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol SingersOption 1, author's initials in LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND: Seasonal Work: Stories by Laura Lippman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 650
Deborah20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Sins & Needles by Karina Halle
KH: “I KNOW HIM!”
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 275
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 16
5.1- No "L" DayI read De tweede sekse by Simone de Beauvoir NOT containing the letter "L".
** This a Big Book (887 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
** This is a Non—fiction book. Claiming 1 Fact tickets. **
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 180+5=185/775
Tasks completed: 12/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 8
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: 3
10.3 - Season of LoveRead a book with the MPG Romance.
I read Lessen in chemie by Bonnie Garmus containing MPG Romance
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 185+10=195/775
Tasks completed: 13/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 7
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: 2
Julia10320.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: City of Betrayal by Victoria Thompson
Author initials VT are in “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”
This post: 20 points
Total points: 525
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 43
Jasmiina F5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night:
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas:
Winter's Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch.
MPG: Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Lisa MD50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Bk 1 - MPG: History / Historical - Set before 1950
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
367 pgs
MPG: Historical Fiction - Set in late 1800's
Bk 2 - Pub in 2021 - 24 and is contemporary
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
448 pgs
Published 2022
Bk 3 - Author who writes in present day and fantasy/SF
Identity by Nora Roberts
437 pgs
Identity was written in present day. Nora Roberts also writes fantasy: Year One
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 280
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 17 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6
Readerboard name: Mel S20.5 - Bigger is Better: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Author born in Norway according to GR bio
Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø
This post: 20pts
This season: 380pts
Tasks completed: 23
Correction to message 1817:Readerboard name: Mel S
20.5 - Bigger is Better: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Author born in Norway according to GR bio
Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø
This post: 20pts
---->This season: 395pts<----
Tasks completed: 23
Barbara ★50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
✔️Book 1: Read a book that is set in, or is about a period, before 1950, AND has one of the MPGs “History” or “Historical”.
Forever Your Earl - Eva Leigh 1/22
(takes place in 1816 England)
(has MPG historical, historical fiction and historical romance)
✔️Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day
Breaking Badger - Shelly Laurenston 1/25
(set in present day New York)
(published August 31, 2021)
✔️Book 3: Read a novel by an author who has published one or more novels which have the Science Fiction or Fantasy MPGs; and has also published one or more novels with a "present day" setting relative to its publishing date.
Rock Addiction - Nalini Singh 2/11 (contemporary romance)
Silver Silence (fantasy, science fiction)
Total: Book 1 (354 pages) + Book 2 (368 pages) + Book 3 (406 pages) = 1128 > 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 465
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Nick KY20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
We start watching Christmas movies as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over. The year 2003 brought two of my all-time favorites which I watch at least once a year: Love Actually, and Elf. Choose from the following options:
Required: Specify the option
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”
I read Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, inits in “love actually iS all aRound.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 660
Nick KY20.8 Aimee G’s Sanctuary. I chose Opt. B. I read Solito by Javier Zamora, from the accepted books where a main character is a refugee, listed in the help thread.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 680
Task 10.1 - Poetry for NeanderthalsRead a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable.
Plot Twist (2021) by Bethany Turner (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 321 pages)
230 + 10 = 240
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 230 + 10 = 240
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,825
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kathy KS15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 1: read one book A & one Book B
a) Read a book with a bird on the cover
by Charlene Weirb) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds... Blackbird
Zotero for Genealogy: Harnessing the Power of Your Research by Donna Cox Baker
DCB=BlaCkbirD
I read as an ebook; pb-159 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 615
Tasks completed: 33/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 8
Amy FL5.1- No "L" Day
Before the Storm by James D. Shipman - no "L" in title or author's name
Points this post: 5
Total points: 750
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Option 1: Light Bringer - Red Rising Saga, #6
Points this post: 20
Total points: 775
Done! Thanks, mods, for all of your hard work and another great challenge.
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 2
TinEye has 79.2% green
I listened to an audio, the only print edition is the hardcover - Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 80
Total NF: 2
Sarah E20.10 Group Reads
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
My comment is in message 16
Golden Oldie, first published 1904. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 100
Total GOs: 3
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of SolomonMy chosen line of verse is: MARRIED ON WEDNESDAY
Option 1a, author's initials appear in the line of verse: Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Option 1b, a word of 4 or more letters in the title is made from the remaining letters in the line of verse: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
The word is Nora.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age. I read Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis.
Total points so far: 565
Stephanie1275.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night: Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
Sharp Objects
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80/775
Tasks completed: 8/49
Books read: 8
10.7 - 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: I used MARIO,
Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories by Alice Munro
New Points: 10
Total Points: 295
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party GamesOption 1:
Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover
White FangBook B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in DONKEY TAIL.
Actress by Anne Enright
New Points: 25
Total Points: 320
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
Lisa MD25.4 - Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 2:
Book A - Chair on cover
Go Home for Dinner: Advice on How Faith Makes a Family and Family Makes a Life by Mike Pence
256 pages
Book B - Author initials found in MUSICA L C HAIRS
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
548 pages
I claim a BB ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6
15.4 Feed the BirdsOption 2
Book: Belladonna
How it fits:
A) birds on cover
B) written by Adalyn Grace, initials A & G in Starling
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 416 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
Amy O.Task 10.6 - Roll the Bones
Book page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die
The Bandit Queens - 342 pages (I read the hardcover edition)
Total points: 90
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
FLY Task #5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
task: Read a book that is first published in or is set in the 1980's
book: The Eight
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: First published December 27, 1988
other:
**claiming BB ticket for MMPB = 598 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 12/49
BB: 2 / GO: 0 / IAF: 2
5.7- Telephone PictionaryRead a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
i read Habibi by Craig Thompson with MPG graphic novels
** This a Big Book (672 pages). Claiming 1 BB tickets.**
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 195+5=200/775
Tasks completed: 14/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 9
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: 2
Delicious Dee25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 1 - Murder on Bedford Street - set early 1900's NYC
Option 2 - Pipeline Killers - main character is a RCMP detective Bernadette Callahan
Points in Post: 25
Total Points: 570
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Book A - A Lady Awakened - 3 word title - 1, 4, 8 letters in title
Book B - Bloodshot - 359 page count - each number sequentially higher
Points in Post: 25
Total Points: 595
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's New York Adventure
Option 1 - Title at least 3 words, all words start with letter in SESAME STREET
The Rosie Effect - listened to audiobook, linked pb
TRE found in STREET
Points this post: 20
Total points: 695
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:6
10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!author's name contains all the letters of MARIO
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
💘 MARIO 💘
Total points: 170 + 10 = 180
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
ROBIN P5.10 A Holiday Gift for You
Book of choice
L'enfant multiple
Points this post: 5
Total points: 700
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:6
FLY Task #15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
task: a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
book: Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first Paperback here)
how it fits: UDHR in witc(h) m(urd)er
task: b) Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of: "human rights", "dignity", "freedom" or "justice"
book: Death of a Salesman
how it fits: on page 3 of "dignity"
other:
**claiming a GO ticket for Death of a Salesman First published 1949
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 13/49
BB: 2 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Mod
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
read The Hidden found on page 24
points this post 10
total points 360
Mod
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.
read Imperfect Lives by C.J. Washington 346 pages
points this post 10
total points 370
Readerboard name: Mel S20.8 - Seeking Sanctuary
Option 2: Main character is a refugee (from Syria)
Nowhere Boy
IL: MG - BL 5.4 AR=12
This post: 20pts
This season: 415pts
Tasks completed: 24
Mod
a) Read a book with a bird on the cover and b) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in BLACKBIRD
read
by by Laura Barrow points this post 15
total points 385
Mod
Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway.
read Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson born in sweden
points this post 20
total points 405
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Task: 30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac, using Option 1
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Two Towers / J.R.R. Tolkien
How it fits: page 2 of the Archery list, 326 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: Pemberley / Emma Tennant
How it fits: author's initials are in TEMPERANCE, 184 pages
Total pages for task: 510
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 645
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7