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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Angela IL25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 2. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
12th of Never by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro- 1/9
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: 12th of Never
Female Lead- Detective Lindsay Boxer
Option 3. Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
Blue Monday by Nicci French- 2/16
Set in London, England (GR main page)
I never visited this location.
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 26
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Angela IL15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
a) Read the latest published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams- 12/5
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: A Very Merry Bromance
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev- 2/14
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 530
Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 27
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Joanne MI25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 1-
Book A- four-legged animal’s tail on the cover (horses tail is visible)
Act of Oblivion
Book B - first and last initials are found in donkEy Tail
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 25
IAF this task 1
Season Total 285
3 BB
5 IAF
1GO
Rockynook10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
all words in title are a single syllable
Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 245
Rockynook10.10 - The End?
Book from List: Best Endings, page 6
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 255
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.6 - Roll the Bones
Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
Pages: 352
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 120
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 16
Amy B30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
This is a 2 book task. Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1 - Sagittarius - November 22-December 21
Book 1 - Read a book from this Archery list
Archery Books
Required: State the Page
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (268 pages) - Archery Books Page 7
Book 2 - The tarot card associated with this sign is Temperance. Read a book with a single author or multiple authors where all the author’s initials can be found in the word TEMPERANCE. Letters can be used only as often as they appear.
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (307 pages)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 530 Points
Amy B 25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 2: Musical Chairs
Book A: Read a book with a chair on the cover. For this task a chair is defined as a seat for one person that has a seat & a back
Required: Post the cover
The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son by David Gilmour
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in MUSICAL CHAIRS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 555 Points
Amy B10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 565 Points
Amy B10.6 - 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 Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James (225 pgs)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 575 Points
Amy B 5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 580 Points
Amy B5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
if multiple authors none of them may contain the letter "L"
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 585 Points
Kristina Marie5.3- Better in a sweater
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title. Required: State the word.
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
Audiobook. The MMPB has 499 pages.
Sweet can be found in bETterinaSWEater.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 450
Kristina Marie5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art.
Hellcop Vol. 1: Welcome to Hell by Brian Haberlin
MPG: Graphic Novels
Points this post: 5
Total points: 455
Kristina Marie10.4 - 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.
Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina by Georgina Pazcoguin
Audiobook. There is no MMBP. The paperback has 288 pages.
Rogue can be found in the subtitle.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 465
Kristina Marie15.5 What the Dickens!
Read a book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens novel/novella https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
The Great British Bump-Off by John Allison
This title shares the word GREAT with Great Expectations.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 480
30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of SolomonOption 1
Line of verse: Solomon Grundy
a) Book: Lady Tan's Circle Of Women by Lisa See
How it fits: author initials in SoLomon grundy
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 320 pages
b) Book: Bright Young Women
How it fits: „young“ in sOlomoN GrUndY
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 384 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
Kai15.9 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
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M.C. Beaton
Borrowed from the library.
New Points: 15
Tasks Competed: 21
Total Points: 240
Andy P.Task # 15.4 Feed the
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements
a) 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, according to the Big Garden Birdwatch 2020:
House Sparrow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Andy P. Please cancel post # 2020.
Below is the corrected post
15.4 Feed the Birds
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements:
by Richard PowersBirds on cover, author's initials in House Sparrow
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Sarah E30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
Option 3
Book 1: MPG Mythology
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Stone Blind - 384 pages
Book 2: Star on the cover
Star in bottom right hand corner - approved in help thread here
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Bookshops & Bonedust - 352 pages
384 + 352 = 736 pages
Total Points: 130
Theresa15.1 - Long and Short
a) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 184 pgs
b) The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - 715 pgs
Points this post - 15
Total points - 115
Theresa15.4 - Feed The Birds
Option B
by Anjali EnjetiBirds on the cover
Author initials in mAgpiE
Points this post - 15
Total points - 130
Sarah E30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Option B: MPG Horror
Nona the Ninth
Option C: Word in title from NEWGATE PRISON
Our Wives Under the Sea - my word is SEA
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Our Wives Under the Sea
Total Points: 160
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
a) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
Betrayal: A Robin Lockwood Novel - #7 (latest in series)
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Fourth Wing #1 in Empyrium series
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 120
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with the MPG Romance. Genres may be embedded such as Paranormal Romance or Historical Romance.
Lowcountry Boil MPG Romance
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 130
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Realistic Origami Animals: 32 Amazing Paper Models from a Japanese Master, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 135
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
10.8 - Winter Migration
Read a book set in one of these countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere: https://www.worldatlas.com/countries-...
Required: If the setting is not evident from the book description or GR metadata, provide a reference.
Living Free, set in Kenya (where Elsa was born and Joy lived), claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 145
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska30.2 - Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac.
Option 3-1. Read a book with a MPG of Mythology.
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter (384 p.)
Option 3-2. Read a book with a star on the cover.
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (838 p.) * **
* The star is on her forehead.
** I would like to claim 2 BB tickets for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 190
➸ Total Pages: 6,519
Delicious Dee15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Book A - Girl Under the Ice - UDR found in Under, T in The
Book B - The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration - found on pg1 of the Justice list; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction; claiming 1Big book ticket for 500+ pgs - book is 622
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 630
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Opt B: Published after Author's 65th BD
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
380 pgs
Published 8/8/23
Author's Birthday - 9/11/57 (Turned 65 on 09/11/2022)
Link to birthday: https://www.bing.com/search?q=James+M...
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 345
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 20 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 6
15.4 Feed the BirdsOPTION 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: blackbird
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
blACkbird
Approved in Help Thread
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 455
Total IAFs to date: 2
Total BB to date : 1
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Kristen IA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285/775
Tasks Completed: 21/49
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Backman was born in Sweden
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305/775
Tasks Completed: 22/49
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
LoraTask: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize, using Option 2
Book/Author: Borkmann's Point / Håkan Nesser
How it fits: author born in Sweden, per GR author page
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 720
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: 8
25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party GamesOption 1: Pin the Tail on the Donkey (Blindfolded children try to attach the tail to a picture on the wall. The person who is closest is the winner.)
Book A: Read a book with a four-legged animal’s tail on the cover. Required: Post the cover
by Toshikazu KawaguchiBook B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in DONKEY TAIL.
I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
doNkEy tail
*I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 480
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 3
Total BB to date : 1
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15.1; ...; ...; 15.4; 15.5; ...; ....; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
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MEGS15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
Five Little Indians
My mom gave me her copy of this book to read.
***
Points this Post: 15
***
Total points: 105
GO: 1
CathyG50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Read three books totalling at least 750 pages.
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”).
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear 336pp
Book 2: The Present
Read a book first published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia 496pp
Book 3: The Future
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.
Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend by Linda Wisdom 354pp
fantasy
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.
Sudden Impulse romance
Points this post: 50
Books read: 3
Total: 50
CathyG30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options.
Opt. A. read a book from one of the following “Manor House” lists
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain p1
Rivals in the City by Y.S. Lee
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.
Required: state the word one
Just One Year by Gayle Forman
Points this post : 30
Books read: 5
Total: 80
CathyG25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
This is a two-book task. Please select one book from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book with a title that contains at least two rhyming words of three or more letters each.
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
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.
Required: Identify the words in your post star-rats
First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Points this post : 25
Books read: 7
Total: 105
CathyG25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Option 1: This is a two book task. Read one book from each option.
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. Ignore subtitles.
The Queen's Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
Book 2:
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it. (Page counts containing the number zero do not work for this task.)
Required: State the page count 256
All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
Points this post : 25
Books read: 9
Total: 130
CathyG20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Read one book for one of the following options.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Chocolate Time
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CHOCOLATE.
Isn't It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams
Points this post : 20
Books read: 10
Total: 150
CathyG20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
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” (Love Actually)
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
Points this post : 20
Books read: 11
Total: 170
CathyG20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
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.
Nora Roberts born 10/10/1950
The Awakening published 11/24/2020
The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Points this post : 20
Books read: 12
Total: 190
CathyG20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Pick an option and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option.
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.
Entice Me at Twilight by Shayla Black
Points this post : 20
Books read: 13
Total: 210
CathyG15.9 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
Required: State where you obtained the book- public library
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness by Pooja Lakshmin
Points this post : 15
Books read: 14
Total: 225
CathyG15.8 An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Points this post : 15
Books read: 15
Total: 240
CathyG15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
This is a 2 book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read the latest published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
The Queen's Triumph by Jessie Mihalik
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
The Queen's Gambit by Jessie Mihalik
Points this post : 15
Books read: 17
Total: 255
CathyG10.9 - 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. The award must show up on book's main page under Literary Awards.
Required: Indicate which award fits the task. Endeavour Award Nominee (2006)
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Points this post : 10
Books read: 18
Total: 265
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30.2 Katrisa's Task: Winter Zodiac
Option 3a: MPG Mythology Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
*416 pages
**It's a Fact ticket
Option 3b: Star(s) on the cover OR with the word star(s) in the title
*389 pages
*416+389=805 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 10
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 5