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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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JEN B5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
TOTAL POINTS: 250
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JenJ IA10.6 - Roll the Bones
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.
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery - 261 pages
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 390/775
Tasks Completed: 26/49
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA **UNCLAIM Small Things Like These from Task #5.4 (Post #461)
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Points This Post: -5
Total Points: 385/775
Tasks Completed: 25/49
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA15.1 Long and Short
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - 128 pages
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - 546 pages
*****I Claim 1 Big Book ticket*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 400/775
Tasks Completed: 26/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
Task 20.4 -- Joop's Task: Golden OldiesOption 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.
Published in 2011
Author year of birth is 1933
Age difference in 1980: 2011 – 1933 = 78
2011 – 1933 = 78 years old when this book was published
How It All Began (2011) by Penelope Lively (Hardcover 229 pages)
240 + 20 = 260
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 240 + 20 = 260
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,825 + 229 = 6,054
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+
JenJ IA15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 415/775
Tasks Completed: 27/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA15.7 When the music stops ...
Read a book with MPG Music
What You Do to Me by Rochelle B. Weinstein
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 430/775
Tasks Completed: 28/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
(approved for length in post #168 - ebook verification thread)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 435/775
Tasks Completed: 29/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA25.5 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.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Required: If the setting of time is not obvious on the Goodreads main page, provide a reference - Penguin Random House describes the setting of the first novel in the series as "summer 1950" and book 2 is not long after book 1.
Option 2. Female Protagonists. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 460/775
Tasks Completed: 30/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
JenJ IA30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Required: State your Month - DECEMBER
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season 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)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
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.
Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life by Brianna Madia
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 490/775
Tasks Completed: 31/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 2
Kristen IA5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
(approved for length in post #168 - ebook verification thread)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 265/775
Tasks Completed: 20/49
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Deborah15.5 What the Dickens!
Little Black Lies
Using Little: Little Dorrit
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 24
Tasks Done: 19
15.6 Let's Celebrate!Book: River Sing Me Home
How it fits: written by Eleanor Shearer, author initials E, S in „fireworks“
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol SingersOption 1
Book: So weit das Licht reicht
How it fits: written by Sabrina Imbler, author initials S, I in „love actually IS all around“
This is a nonfiction book, so I’d like to claim 1 it’s a fact ticket, please.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
It’s a fact tickets this post: 1
Total # of it’s a fact tickets: 2
trishhartuk30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
Option 3: Aquarius
Book 1 - Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
Tiger Honor, Yoon Ha Lee (272pg)
Mythology is the third MPG
MPGs include Middle Grade: US AR Quiz No. 517016 EN Fiction
AR Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0; AR Quiz Types: RP
Book 2 - Read a book with a star or stars on the cover
The Cosmic Clues, Manjiri Prabhu (371pg)
Confirmed for stars on the blue cushion just below the centre, in help thread message #34: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total pages: 272 + 371 = 643pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Amy B5.3- Better in a sweaterRead a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
Required: State the word.
Want by Lynn Steger Strong (WANT)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 500 Points
Nick KY20.2 Apple’s Christmas Specials. I read Peter Cushing: The Gentle Man of Horror and His 91 Films by Deborah Del Vecchio. The word “Peter” is in the holiday special “Here comes Peter Cottontail.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 700
Joanne MI10.7 a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters of one of the Mario characters:
Used: Mario
The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
by William Geroux
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 10
IAF this task 1
Season Total 260
3 BB
4 IAF
1 GO
Repost from 183325.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 1:
Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover
White FangAR Information: IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13.0
Book 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
Readerboard name: List_Addict20.6: It’s a Fact - MaryPDX’s Task - Say It’s Carol Singers
Option 1: An author whose initials can be found in one of the included phrases
Ripper by Isabel Allende
Phrase: LOVE aCTUALLY iS ALL AROUND
Total This Challenge: 55
10.10 - The End?book from Best Endings list
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
💘 page 9 of Best Endings list 💘
Total points: 215 + 10 = 225
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
LoraTask: 5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
Book/Author: My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business / Dick Van Dyke
How it fits: 80.7% white cover
Claiming 1 It's a Fact for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 700
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 8
trishhartuk30.3 Cat’s Task : Books of the Winter Months
Option 1: TWO book task: using DECEMBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book
A Deadly DECEMBER in Edgemont, Della North
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (254pg)
Book 2: author first and last initials in your chosen month.
Spouse on Haunted Hill, E.J. Copperman
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (293pg)
E, C - dECember
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
STORMIETask 20.2-Rookie at the Top-Apple's Task: Christmas Special
Read a book that features a word of four or more letters from one of the television specials on the list.
All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry
Word: Wind
Movie: The Wind in the Willows
Points this task: 20
Points total:90
Tasks Completed: 9
BB:2
Chris MD 15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Book A: Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
The Cornish Wedding Murder: Book 1 by Fiona Leitch
UDR in mURDer
H in tHe
Book B: Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of the https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/human-rights">Human Rights list.
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
The book is listed on page 3.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 240 pages.
Total points: 535
Chris MD 15.4 Feed the Birds
One-book option
Read a book with a bird on the cover AND read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds: STARLING.
by Lynda Stern LS in StarLing
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 256 pages.
Total points: 550
Chris MD 20.5 The Nobel Prize
Option 1: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize laureate
by John SteinbeckSteinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
Total points: 570
Chris MD 30.2 Winter Zodiac
I chose Option 1: Sagittarius
Book 1: Read a book from this Archery list.
by Sherman AlexieCurrently #83 on the first page of the list.
This book has 181 pages.
Book 2: Read a book with a single author or multiple authors where all the author’s initials can be found in the word TEMPERANCE.
by Ann CleevesAC in temperAnCe.
This book has 384 pages
181 + 384 = 595 pages
Total points: 600
30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the ManorThis is a two book task. Read two books from two different options.
Opt. A.
For this option read a book from one of the following “Manor House” lists:
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
# 4 on Whodunit Mansions
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
The Body by Stephen King
Point this Post: 30
Total Points: 430
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB to date : 1
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10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.1; ...; ...; ...; 15.5; ...; ....; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5, 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; .20.9; 20.10
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10.9 - Winners of WinterRead 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.
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Winner of Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Crime Novel & Best First Novel (2022)
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 440
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB to date : 1
5.1; 5,2; 5.3; 5.4; ...; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
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Readerboard name: Mel S15.5 - What the Dickens
Ape House
Title shares a >3 letter word with a Charles Dickens novel(la): Bleak HOUSE Bleak House
This post: 15pts
This season: 430pts
Tasks completed: 25
Jen K15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Book a) Under the Udala Trees
UnDeR tHe
Book b) The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Shelf: Justice, page 1
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 715
IAF: 1
Jen K15.4 Feed the Birds
Option B: Dele Weds Destiny: A novel by Tomi Obaro
Bird: lOng-tailed Tit
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 730
IAF: 1
Andy P.Task #20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the actors in the movie.
Emma Thompson as Karen
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Points this post: 20
Total points: 670
Kathy KS5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
by Amity AllenHow it fits: wrapped gifts on cover
I listened to an audiobook; Approved in ebook verification message 165 (no mmpb, pb, hb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 645
Tasks completed: 36/49
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
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Option 1: Read a book with SISTER in the title. Plural and possessives work, but no other options
read The Good Sister
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Option 3: For this task, read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards.
read No One Can Know word know is wonk
points this post 25
total points 435
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Option 1: Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover
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and Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in DONKEY TAIL.
read All the Light We Cannot See by by Anthony Doerr
points this post 25
total points 460
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Christened on Tuesday
read The Heiress by
by Rachel Hawkins
and
read Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
word used DEAD
points this post 30
total points 490
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Option 3: Aquarius
book 1 Read a book with an MPG of Mythology. read Atalanta
and
book 2 Read a book with a star or stars on the cover or with the word STAR/S in the title
read
points this post 30
total points 520
Barbara ★10.4 - 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. Plurals and possessives allowed, no other variations.
Barbarian Alien - Ruby Dixon 2/15
Points this task: 10
Total points: 520
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amy O.***UNCLAIM*** - Task 10.6 - Roll the Bones
The Bandit Queens - 342 pages (I read the hardcover edition)
Total points: 80
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Amy O.50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1: The Past: book set before 1950 with Historical MPG - Murder in Venice, 381 pages (mass market pb)
Book 2: The Present: Book published 2021-2024, set in contemporary times - The Bandit Queens 356 pages (mass market pb)
Book 3: The Future: book with Science Fiction MPG - Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, 381 pages (mass market pb);
author also has book set contemporary to its publishing date - Three Women, MPG Fiction, Contemporary
Total pages read for this task: 900+ - must be more than 750 pages total
Total points: 130
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Amy O.30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Line of poem: That was the end of Solomon Grundy
Book 1 - Prophet Song (word made from letters of line - song)
Book 2 - The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry (initials in line - SF)
Total points: 160
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 10
ROBIN P25.3 Amy FL's Task: Best Sister Ever
Option 1: Read a book with SISTER in the title.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
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
Good Time Coming
Time spelled backwards is Emit
Points this post: 25
Total points: 775 - and complete
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:6
50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the FutureBook 1: 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”).
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers
set in 15th century
549 pages
Book 2: 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.
Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #3) by Margaret Hickey
published 2023 & set in present day
352 pages
"Book 3: 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 (for example, one published in 1985 that was set in the 1980s, or one published in 1928 that was set in the 1920s), and also one or more novels in the science fiction and/or fantasy genres. Examples of possible authors include: George Orwell, Emily St. John Mandel, Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb, Iain Banks/Iain M. Banks, Joanne Harris/Joanne M. Harris.
You can use either a “current day” book, or a SF/fantasy one, and both can be written either under the author’s name, or a pseudonym, as long as a link is included to establish that they are writing in both genres.
Required: as well as the book you choose to read, include a link to a book written in the other genre(s), and state the MPGs used for both."
The Witness by Nora Roberts
MPG: Contemporarry / Romantic suspense
496 pages
author also uses pseudonym: J.D. Robb
Naked in Death (In Death #1)
MPG: Science Fiction / Romantic Suspense
Total pages read: 1,397
Total this Post: 50
Season Total: 775
Julia10315.8 An Extra Day
Outsider (published in 2020)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 540
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 44
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Winter 2023 SRC
15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on". For the purposes of this task, your book may have been gifted to you, obtained second hand, or borrowed from the library
Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1, I got this book as a gift from my daughter
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 105
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0