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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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CathyG10.6 - 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
Verity by Colleen Hoover
323 pp
Points this post : 10
Books read: 19
Total: 275
CathyG10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with the MPG Romance. Genres may be embedded such as Paranormal Romance or Historical Romance.
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Points this post : 10
Books read: 20
Total: 285
CathyG10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
Too Fast to Fall by Victoria Dahl
approved line 4001
Points this post : 10
Books read: 21
Total: 295
JENNY H10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
All title words are monosyllabic
Tom Lake
Points this task: 10
Total points: 235
BB: 5
GO:
NF:
JENNY H20.9 - 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 Love Actually.
Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia by Caroline Kuzemko (same first name as actor Caroline John)
*Claiming one non-fiction ticket*
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
BB: 5
GO:
NF: 1
Task 5.1- No "L" DayRead a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
if multiple authors none of them may contain the letter "L"
Mapping the Interior (2017) by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 109 pages)
260 + 05 = 265
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 260 + 05 = 265
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,163
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 02
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
JENNY H15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on".
The European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development, Crisis (borrowed it from my university library)
*Claiming one non-fiction ticket*
Points this task: 15
Total points: 270
BB: 5
GO:
NF: 2
JENNY H10.10 - The End?
Read a book from either the list of Best Endings or the list of Best Beginnings.
Hello Beautiful (Found on page 1 of best endings list)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 280
BB: 5
GO:
NF: 2
AMANDA VA15.1 Long and Short
Book 1: Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! by Sasha Hamdani, 192 pages
Book 2: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, 624 pages
Claiming one Big Book ticket
Post total: 15
Challenge total: 185
IAF total: 3
BB total: 1
OG total: 0
AMANDA VA5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
Claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Post total: 5
Challenge total: 190
IAF total: 4
BB total: 1
OG total: 0
Kai20.9 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 Love Actually.
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Alan Rickman
New Points: 20
Tasks Competed: 22
Total Points: 260
Mai5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
Hogfather by Terry PratchettPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel PrizeOption 2
Book: Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten
How it fits: author bio on Goodreads says she was born in Sweden
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 384 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
Angela IL10.7 - 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
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash-2/18
Used Peach
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 28
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for Alla) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
Murder at the British Museum
b)Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves:
I used the shelf JUSTICE and the book is found on the first page.
I litened to an audio version of The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
***Claiming an Its a Fact Ticket for non-fiction***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 335
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 5
Kathy KS15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
UDHR=pRiDe, cHanUr
b) Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves... "dignity"...
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Dignity list, p. 2
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-245 p. (La formule préferée du professeur)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 660
Tasks completed: 37/49
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
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in “LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”. I read Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson (E in love, R is around).
Total points so far: 655
FLY Task #5.7- Telephone Pictionary
task: Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
book: Heartstopper: Volume Five
how it fits: MPG graphic novels
Points this post: 5
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 17/49
BB: 2 / GO: 3 / IAF: 2
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
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...
Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999 by Michael Korda
Character: Mario=MIchAel kORda
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 660-10=650
Tasks completed: 37/49- 1=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: 8-1=7
FLY Task #15.5 What the Dickens!
task: Read a book that shares a title word with a Dickens novel
book: The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "MYSTERY" in The Regatta Mystery and The Mystery of Edwin Drood
other:
**claiming GO ticket for First published 1939
Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 18/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
Kathy KS10.7 - 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:... YOSHI...
Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
Character: Yoshi=jackY cOllIsS Harvey
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 660
Tasks completed: 37/49
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
Kathy KS5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
Read book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye.
by Michael KordaTineye: 80.7 % #f4eee9 White
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 665
Tasks completed: 38/49
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: 9
Lisa MD10.6 - Roll the Bones
Page count consists solely of the #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6
The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle by Joanne Huist Smith
224 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 355
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 21 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
MEGSCL5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Set in the 1980s Malibu Rising
Total
515 points
Tickets - 5 It’s a Fact - 3 Big Books
MEGSCL10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
++It’s a fact ticket
Total
525 points
Tickets - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Big Books
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Option 3: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Total
545 points
Tickets - 6 It’s a Fact - 3 Big Books
MEGSCL30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt. B. The Institute
++561pp - 1 bb ticket
Opt. C. (tea) The Tea Ladies
Total
575 points
Tickets - 6 It’s a Fact - 4 Big Books
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.2 - Festive Folklore.
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore list.
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom (307 p.) *
* Found on page 8
➸ Total Points: 200
➸ Total Pages: 6,826
PAULA S30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 1 Two book option
Using the line: Christened on Tuesday
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.
by Clifford D. SimakAuthor initials CDS in ChriSteneD
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Way Station
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
NINTH can be made using
NITH from cHrIsTeNed
N from oN
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Gideon la Neuvième
The MMPB has 608 pages, I claim 1 BB ticket
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
BB: 1
GO:
NF:
trishhartuk50.1 Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1: The Past: Set before 1950, AND has the MPGs “History” or “Historical”, stand alone or embedded.
Loch Down Abbey, Beth Cowan-Erskine (304pg)
Set in the 1930s according to the GR description, and at the end it specifically mentions the repeal of Prohibition, which dates it to 1933. It has both the Historical Fiction and Historical MPGs
Book 2: The Present: First published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day
Lucky Leap Day, Ann Marie Walker
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (304pg)
First published 18 January 2022. MPGs include Contemporary, and there’s nothing which suggests its not contemporary to when it was written/published.
Book 3: The Future: Read a novel by an author who has published both SF/Fantasy and "present day" settings
All the Little Liars, Charlaine Harris
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (294pg)
This is the “present day” book - MPGs include Contemporary, Mystery and Cozy Mystery.
Charlaine Harris also writes various Urban Fantasy series. Dead Until Dark, Midnight Crossroad, and Grave Sight all have Fantasy and Urban Fantasy as MPGs.
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 31
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
trishhartuk20.6 It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in...“LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND”
The Draining Lake, Arnaldur Indriðason
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (405pg); MMPB (English): here (304pg)
A in Actually, I in Is from “Love Actually Is All Around”
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
5.7- Telephone PictionaryBook: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
How it fits: MPG Art
This is a nonfiction book, so I’d like to claim another it’s a fact ticket, please.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 345
It’s a fact tickets this post: 1
Total # of it's a fact tickets: 3
5.10 - A Holiday Gift For YouBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Total points: 225 + 5 = 230
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
15.9 Pass the ParcelBook: Love, Theoretically
How it fits: I borrowed this book from the library
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
JEN B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Option 2: Get Dressed Up
Read a book with a person wearing at least one of a hat, scarf, or glove(s) on the cover. One glove will work, it doesn't have to be a pair, but all items must be being worn by a person.
by Brenda JanowitzShe is wearing a 50s-style pillbox hat
TOTAL POINTS: 270
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers.
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (518 p.) *
* I would like to claim 1 BB ticket, please.
➸ Total Points: 220
➸ Total Pages: 7,344
Delicious Dee15.9 Pass the Parcel
Black Sunday - I received this book as part of a traveling bookclub (each month you read a book then send it on to the next person) - approved in the THT
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 645
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Task:20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option:1-title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word appears in SESAME STREET
Book read:The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket
Required:TSS in SeSame sTreet
Children’s:IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this task:20
Total points:20
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
Readerboard name: Mel S15.7 - When the Music Stops
Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon
MPG Music
This post: 15pts
This season: 445pts
Tasks completed: 26
Jen K5.3- Better in a sweater
A Song Below Water
Word: WATER - sWeATER
*****
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 735
IAF: 1
Jen K5.5- It's a New Year
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
The author was new to me.
*****
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 740
IAF: 1
Jen K10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
The Unrelenting Fighter
Class: Fighter
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 750
IAF: 1
Candace WoodsTask 15.5 What The Dickens!
HOUSE of Sky and Breath (Dickens Book “ Bleak HOUSE”)
House of Sky and Breath
Points this post:15
Total points:50
Books read:3
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:3
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Lys5.7- Telephone Pictionary
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MPG: Graphic Novel
I would like to claim an "NF" ticket for this book.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
NF tix: 9
BB tix: 1
Tasks Completed: 15
Lys5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
72.8% white cover
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
NF tix: 9
BB tix: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
Lys10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!
Heartstopper: Volume Two
by Alice Oseman
mAriO
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
NF tix: 9
BB tix: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Lys10.9 - Winners of Winter
When We Cease to Understand the World
National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2021),
International Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021),
I would like to claim an NF ticket for this book.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
NF tix: 10
BB tix: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Lys15.1 Long and Short
Short Book: The Shift: Poetry for a New Perspective
160 pages
I would like to claim an NF ticket for this book.
Long Book: Poems, 1962-2012
634 pages.
I would like to claim a BB ticket for this book.
I would like to claim an NF ticket for this book.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
NF tix: 12
BB tix: 2
Tasks Completed: 19
Lys15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Merry-Go-Round
Sergio Rossi
fiReworkS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
NF tix: 12
BB tix: 2
Tasks Completed: 20
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.
Option A: Read a book where 1 or more main characters is of old age. This should be clear from the book description or otherwise be made clear.
A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman (MC is 90 in 1st sentence of main page description)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 605 Points