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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
To The Bright Edge of the World
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Totals
Points: 105
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Completed: 14
Jen K15.5 What the Dickens!
The Turner House
HOUSE matches Bleak HOUSE
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 690
IAF: 1
Jen K5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
An Unkindness of Ghosts
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 695
IAF: 1
Jen K5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
All the Sinners Bleed
MPG Mystery
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 700
IAF: 1
Deborah5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Saga, Volume 6
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 18
5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery NightRead a MPG Mystery or Christmas. (Mystery)
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 375
5.7- Telephone PictionaryRead a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Bhimayana by Durgabai Vyam
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 380
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the Newa) Read the latest published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
The Singing Hills Cycle Series #4, 2023
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 395
15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for Allb) 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"
Required: State which shelf you chose and what page the book is on.
Dignity, page 1
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 410
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 (excluding "The" and "And")
Bleak House: House
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 425
15.8 An Extra DayRead a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
2012
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 440
50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future750 Pages: 400 + 495 + 272 = 1008p
Book 1: The Past
Read a book that is set in, or is about a period, before 1950, AND has one of the MPGs “History” or “Historical”, stand alone or embedded (e.g. “Historical Fiction”)
1321
Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader
Book 2: The Present
Read a book first published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day or (for non-fiction) discusses current affairs.
2021:
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Book 3: The Future
Read a novel by an author who has published one or more novels with a "present day" setting relative to its publishing date, defined as within the same decade and also one or more novels in the science fiction and/or fantasy genres.
Margaret Atwood also writes science fiction:
Oryx and Crake
and because the book I read is short stories, mostly contemporary, but with a couple of science fiction stories thrown in, here's a contemporary book:
Cat's Eye
Contemporary: 2023:
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 490
20.10 Group ReadsMy post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 510
Bookwrm52620.5 - Bigger is Better - The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway. I read Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum, born in Norway.
Total points so far: 610
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 Oh What Fun!
Option 1: Twelve Days
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series. I read The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu, book 2 in the Crown Colony Series.
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season. I read The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao (T in Tis and T in The).
Total points so far: 635
30.1 - Mazza1's Task - The Life of SolomonOption 1: That was the end of Solomon Grundy
Book A: author’s FIRST and LAST initials appear in the line of verse
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
💘 TR = T in That; R in Grundy 💘
Book B: word of 4 OR MORE letters in the title made from the remaining letters
Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
❄️ HOME - HE in the; OM in Solomon ❄️
Total points: 180 + 30 = 210
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
5.6 - Christmas Murder Mystery NightMPG Mystery
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King
Total points: 210 + 5 = 215
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 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”
Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure by Christopher S. Stewart
Points this post: 20
Total points: 650
Barbara ★15.7 - When the music stops ...
Read a book with MPG Music
The Hush - Skye Melki-Wegner 2/14
Points this task: 15
Total points: 480
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kathy KS10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with the MPG Romance.
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede
includes MPG: Romance
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-197 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 640
Tasks completed: 35/49
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 8
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 110
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 15
MaryPDX25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
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 2.
Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Option 3:
Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
Call for the Dead
Set in England,I have never been but would like to visit. I live in the US.
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 25
Totals:
BB: 2
IF: 5
GO: 2
Points: 395
Kai25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
OPTION 2: FEMALE PROTAGONISTS
Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton
OPTION 3: TRAVEL
Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Set entirely in Australia, a country I have never visited.
New Points: 25
Tasks Competed: 19
Total Points: 215
MEGS15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor
Book first published in 2024
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
GO: 1
Amy B30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Choose an option.
Required: Indicate the option.
Note that for both options you are using the same month to meet your task requirements, not different months.
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. December) and read one book for each of the tasks below. There is no page minimum for the two book option
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 495 Points
Kai10.4 You All Meet In A Tavern…
Read a book that contains one of the following D&D classes in its title or subtitle: Fighter, Bard, Cleric, Warlock, Sorcerer, Wizard, Paladin, Rogue, Ranger, Druid, Monk or Barbarian.
Warlock by Oakley Hall
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 29
Total Points: 225
Delicious Dee5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Artifice - ART is a top genre
Points in Post: 5
Total Points: 600
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
Book A - At Her Pleasure: A Mistresses of the Board Room Series novel - #4 in the Mistress of the Boardroom series
Book B - Wild Fire - #1 in the New Frontier series
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 615
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Chris MD 5.2 Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no paperback yet. The top hardback has 272 pages.
Total points: 485
Chris MD 5.10 A Holiday Gift for You
Book of your choice
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 352 pages.
Total points: 490
Chris MD 10.1 Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable.
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 320 pages.
Total points: 500
Chris MD 10.2 Festive Folklore
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf:
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 144 pages.
Total points: 510
Chris MD 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: MARIO, LUIGI, PEACH, YOSHI, WARIO or BOWSER.
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
the character BOWSER can be found in RhyS BOWEn.
Total points: 520
FLY Task #25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
task: Option 2. Female Protagonists.
book: Plum Lovin'
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Mystery, (Stephanie Plum, #12.5), Stephanie is female MC
task: Option 4. Oh the Puns
book: Dark, Witch & Creamy
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG Mystery, (Bewitched by Chocolate, #1), 7 primary works, pun on dark, rich, and creamy (it's about chocolate)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 14/49
BB: 2 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
FLY Task #25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 1: Pin the Tail on the Donkey
task: Book A: a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover
book: Dumb Witness
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
- it's a stubby little terrier tail, but a tail nonetheless task: Book B: author’s first and last initials in DONKEY TAIL
book: The Sound of Stars
(my version is audio, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits: author Alechia Dow initials AD in (D)ONKEY T(A)IL
other:
**claiming GO ticket for Dumb Witness First published July 5, 1937
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 15/49
BB: 2 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
FLY Task #20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
task: Option 3: single author whose initials can be found in CHOCOLATE
book: Death on the Nile
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author Agatha Christie initials AC in (C)HOCOL(A)TE
other:
**claiming GO ticket for First published November 1, 1937
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 16/49
BB: 2 / GO: 3 / IAF: 2
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2023 season
The Only Good Indians
I made several comments in the discussion thread!
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150 + 20 = 170
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5
Barbara ★30.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt. B. Read a book with an MPG of “Horror” – because you can still read horror over Christmas. Genre may be embedded IE Gothic Horror
Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher 2/15
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.
Nest Egg - Josi Avari 1/26
(NEST in NEwgaTe priSon)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 510
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1: Poetry for Neanderthals: What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.3: Season of love: Murder at the Seven Dials by Cara Devlin has MPG
ROMANCE.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 20
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.6: Roll the bones: Shadow Dancer by Dinah Miller has page count 213.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 30
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Winter migration: A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao is set entirely in Fiji in the Southern Hemisphere, as documented on the book MP.
Totals: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 40
Books: 4
Tasks: 4
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.1: Long and short:
Short book: The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das has 119 pages <= 200.
Long book: The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander has 504 pages > 500. Claim big book ticket for more that 500 pages.
Totals: 15
Books: 2
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 55
Books: 6
Tasks: 5
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.4: Feed the birds: Option 2: Iced in Paradise by Naomi Hirahara meets both requirements of option 1. It has a bird on the cover (a rooster, bottom left of cover above the P in paradise).
Author initials NR can be found in staRliNg.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 70
Books: 7
Tasks: 6
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.6: Let's celebrate: Night Shift by Stephen King. Initials SK can
be found in fireworKS.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 85
Books: 8
Tasks: 7
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: An extra day: Paper, Scissors, Death: Book #1 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series by Joanna Campbell Slan was first published
in 2008.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 100
Books: 9
Tasks: 8
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9: Pass the parcel: Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer. I acquired the book used at a second hand book store.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 115
Books: 10
Tasks: 9
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
15.1 Long and Short
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Short Book - Sherlock Holmes & the Singular Affair - 147 pages
Long Book - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - 518 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 90
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.3 - Season of Love
MPG Romance
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 26
NF Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 0