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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Task:15.5 What the Dickens![a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens novel/novella]
Book read:The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
Required:times matches hard times
I claim 1 It's a fact! ticket as this is nonfiction.
Points this task:15
Total points:135
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:7
Tasks completed:7
Task:15.9 Pass the Parcel [a book that has been "passed on"]Book read:Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms [80 pages] and The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman [29 pages] - combining two books of poetry to make up the word count as allowed in rules.
Required:I received bargain bin rom-com as a gift for Christmas and borrowed the hill we climb from the library.
I claim 1 It's a fact! ticket as both books have an mpg of nonfiction.
Points this task:15
Total points:150
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:3
Books read:9
Tasks completed:8
Task:50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the FutureBook 1:set in, or is about a period, before 1950, AND has one of the MPGs “History” or “Historical”
Book read:Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Required:published 1813, set in the 19th century [from Goodreads info] mpg historical
I claim one golden oldie ticket a this was first published in 1813.
I claim 1 big book ticket as this has 520 pages.
Book 2:the present- published in 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, which is set in the present day
Book read:Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
Required:published 2021 and set in the present day, mpg contemporary.
387 pages
Book 3: the future-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
Book read:The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson
Required:the shadow cabinet has an mpg of fantasy. Juno Dawson has also written Meat Market which is a contemporary novel with a present day setting and no sci-fi/fantasy elements.
I claim 1 big book ticket as this has 528 pages.
520+387+ 528=1435/750 pages
Points this task:50
Total points:200
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:2
Total It’s A Fact:3
Books read:12
Tasks completed:9
Task:15.1 Long and ShortBook A- a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
Book read:100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan
Required:175 pages
I claim 1 it's a fact! ticket as this is non-fiction
Book B- a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Book read:Watermelon by Marian Keyes
Required:520 pages
I claim 1 big book ticket as this is 520 pages.
Points this task:15
Total points:215
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:4
Books read:14
Tasks completed:10
Task:5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake[each word in title contains no repeat letters.]Book read:Alone in Space: A Collection by Tillie Walden
Required:no repeat letters within title words [collection is in the subtitle]
Points this task:5
Total points:220
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:4
Books read:15
Tasks completed:11
Task:10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas[a book that features ghosts or spirits.]Book read:The Sad Ghost Club Volume 3: Find Your Kindred Spirits by Lize Meddings
Required:all characters are ghosts. from GR description"When one sad ghost, alone at a crowded party, spies another sad ghost across the room, what happens next changes everything. "
Points this task:10
Total points:230
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:4
Books read:16
Tasks completed:12
Task:10.6 - Roll the Bones[a book whose page count consists solely of numbers found on a traditional six-sided die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6]Book read:Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman
Required:336 pages
Points this task:10
Total points:240
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:4
Books read:17
Tasks completed:13
Task:15.8 An Extra Day[published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)]Book read:Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Required:published 2016
Points this task:15
Total points:255
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:4
Books read:18
Tasks completed:14
JenJ IA25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 3. Fruit Basket
Book A: Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.
Required: Post the cover
Blue Ridge Sunrise by Denise Hunter
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in FRUIT BASKET.
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
*****I claim 1 "It's A Fact" ticket*****
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590/775
Tasks Completed: 35/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
15.10 Here be Dragonsa) Read a book with a dragon on the cover
b) Read a book with the word Dragon intact in the title or subtitle
I listened to an Audio version of Sacrificed to the Dragon
New Points: 15
Total Points: 350
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 5
Nick KY5.2 Snowflake I read Working Men by Michael Dorris, each word of title has no repeated letters.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 755
Nick KY20.5 Jenny H’s Task. Opt. 1. I read The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1986.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 775
Thank you, Moderators!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mod
Read a book with the MPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Number Call
This has the MPG Manga
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 235 + 5= 240
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 5
trishhartuk5.4 A Werewolf in the Mafia
Read a book that is published in or takes place in the 1980s.
Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (265pg)
First published in 1988
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 34
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
trishhartuk10.7 It's-a Me, Mario!
Read a book by a single author whose name contains all the letters of one of the Mario characters...BOWSER.
Evan Help Us, Rhys Bowen
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (224pg)
BOWSER: RhyS BOWEn
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Andy P,Task # 15.9 Pass the Parcel
I obtained this book second hand
The Phoenix by S. Alden Reilly
Points this post: 15
Total points: 770
Kristina Marie5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover. Required: Post the Cover.
Talk Santa to Me by Linda Urban
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 288 pages.
Presents can be seen on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 485
Kristina Marie5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 472 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 490
Kristina Marie10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Read a book that features ghosts or spirits. Required: If the ghostly connection is not evident from the GR description, provide a reference.
Hellcop, Volume 2: The Sasquatch War by Brian Haberlin
This book features the spirit of a dead politician who helps the main characters solve their problem.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 500
Kristina Marie10.8 - Winter Migration
Read a book set in one of these countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere: https://www.worldatlas.com/countries-...
Antarctica Volume 1 (1) by Simon Birks
Points this post: 10
Total points: 510
Kristina Marie15.9 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.
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 214 pages.
I borrowed this book from the library.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 525
Kristina Marie20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 2: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye.
Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. paperback has 336 pages.
https://labs.tineye.com/color/9d1a529...
57.1 %#afcda9Green
7.0 %#dea080Orange
6.4 %#ebc178Orange
6.3 %#92a078Grey
5.5 %#4e372aBrown
5.3 %#a06e52Brown
5.2 %#edf6efWhite
5.0 %#cf8860Brown
1.4 %#f3b0c0Pink
Points this post: 20
Total points: 545
Kristina Marie20.5 - Bigger is Better
For this task, choose either option 1 or option 2. Required: State the option
Option 1: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize laureate from this https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis...
Love by Toni Morrison
Audiobook. The MMPB has 256 pages.
The author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 565
Angela IL10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Read a book that features ghosts or spirits.
The Life I Left Behind by Colette McBeth-2/20
In Synopsis: Narrated alternately by Melody and by Eve's lingering ghost
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 550
Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 29
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Angela IL30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt B: Read a book with an MPG of “Horror”
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay- 2/22
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: The Night Shift
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.A Winter in New York by Josie Silver- 1/3
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: A Winter in New York
Word: New
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 580
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 30
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Angela IL5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett-2/11
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 585
Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 31
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
Option 3: Chocolate Time
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
Author's initials in "chocolAtE"
This post: 20pts
This season: 515pts
Tasks completed: 28
FLY Task #5.9- Secret Santa
task: Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
book: Knight Before Christmas
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits:
<-- hard to see if you aren't looking for it, but there are gold wrapped packages just under her butt Points this post: 5
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 19/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
I chose DECEMBER
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book. I read Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke (DEMR in murder; CEB in cobbler E in peach).
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. I read Love, Lies and Liquor by M.C. Beaton (deCeMBer).
Total points so far: 685
FLY Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
task: read a book that features a word from one of the television specials
book: City of Dragons
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "dragons" in The Flight of Dragons
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 20/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
FLY Task #15.10 Here be Dragons
task: dragon in title or on cover
book: Dragon by Midnight
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits: both title and cover :)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 21/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2023 SRC
15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
by Stephen King, 980 pages, claiming 2 BB ticketsPoints this post: 15
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 160
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
FLY Task #20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
task: Option 2: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green
book: The Last House on Needless Street
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
- 70% green per tineyePoints this post: 20
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 22/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... ActuallyRead a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the actors in the movie.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Actor: Shannon Elizabeth
Author: Samantha Shannon
Total Points: 115
Deborah20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Option 2: Get Dressed Up
Scarf
Mail Order Minotaur: A sweet and steamy monster romance.Points this post: 20
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 25
Tasks Done: 20
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: NYC Adventure: Option 4: Dead Man Haunt by T. M. Simmons.
Author shares last name with Gene SIMMONS.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 135
Books: 11
Tasks: 10
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Chocolate game: Option 3: Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge.
Author initials CC are in ChoColate.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 155
Books: 12
Tasks: 11
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Winter love actually: The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree, who shares a first name with Elisabeth Margoni, who plays Eleonore.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 175
Books: 13
Tasks: 12
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 50.1: Spirits of past, present and future:
Book 1: the past: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is set in Italy 1327 documented on book's main page and has MPG Historical and Historical Fiction.
Number of pages: 611 *** Claim Big Book Ticket ***.
Book 2: the present: Photo Bombed by Daria White was first published in 2021 and content is contemporary with publication date, documented by cover and contemporary terms in the title of the book.
Number of pages: 274
Book 3: the future: The Gray and Guilty Sea by Scott William Carter, which is a present day mystery, set on the Pacific Nortwest Coast.
Non-reading book in different genres by this author: fantasy and science fiction, for example Ghost Detective (MPG fantasy).
Approved in Help thread #79 & 81.
Number of pages: 268
Page total: 611 + 274 + 268 = 1,153 > 750 required
Totals: 50
Books: 3
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 225
Books: 16
Tasks: 13
Big books tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
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 Woodpigeon
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Total points - 165
Books read - 11
GO - 1
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.
Lessons in Chemistry - nominee for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
Total points - 175
Books read - 12
GO - 1
10.6 - Roll the BonesRead 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 Unknown Beloved pgs 413
Total points - 185
Books read - 13
GO - 1
Jasmiina F10.9 - 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:
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde.
Warwick Prize for Writing Nominee for Longlist (2011).
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
10.3 - Season of LoveRead a book with the MPG Romance. Genres may be embedded such as Paranormal Romance or Historical Romance.
Clockwork Boys it's the 4th mpg listed
Total points - 195
Books read - 14
GO - 1
Amy B5.9- Secret Santa
Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
For this task the Santa needs to be clearly wearing a Santa coat hat ( red with white trim) and the Gift must be a box with a ribbon and/or bow.
Required: Post the Cover
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 665 Points
5.1- No "L" DayRead a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
sea-change by Jessica Streeting
Total points - 200
Books read - 15
GO - 1
5.4- A Werewolf in the MafiaRead a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's.
Malibu Rising
Total points - 205
Books points - 16
GO - 1
10.1 - Poetry for NeanderthalsRead a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
The Hole
Total points- 215
Books read - 17
GO - 1
Mod
Read a book set in one of these countries in the Southern Hemisphere:
setting is Australia
read What Alice Forgot
points this post 10
total points 530
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Book read:Bone China by Laura Purcell
Required: Laura Purcell matches Laura Linney
Points this task:20
Total points:120
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:6
Tasks completed:6