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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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a) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
read Spell, Don’t Tell #3
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read The Night of the Sleepover #1
Points this post 15
total points 560
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Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
read Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
points this post 15
total points 575
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Option 2: Read a book where the main character is a refugee or asylum seeker.
read
The Book of Lost Names
points this post 20
total points 595
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 2: Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female. I read Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey (#3 in the Emma Djan Investigation series, female PI).
Option 4: Read a book with a pun or a play on words in the title. I read Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price (title is a play on Mansfield Park, #3 in the Jane Austen Murder Mystery series) (confirmed that the title fit the prompt in the help thread at posts 49 and 50).
Total points so far: 710
Kathy KS15.1 Long and Short
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
pages: 160 (<200)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham
pages: 517 (>500)
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 517
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 685
Tasks completed: 40/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 10
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the NewThis 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.
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Book One
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Book Two
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 495
Total IAFs to date: 3
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
15.1; 15.2; ...; 15.4; 15.5; ...; ....; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5, 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; .20.9; 20.10
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4; ...
30.1; ...; ...; 30.4
30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter MonthsBook 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
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 FEBRUARY
Book One
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (first published: 1884)**
Book Two
Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Journey into Fear (first published: 1940)**
Point this Post: 30
Total Points: 525
GOs this post: 2
Total IAFs to date: 3
Total GOs 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
15.1; 15.2; ...; 15.4; 15.5; ...; ....; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5, 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; .20.9; 20.10
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4; ...
30.1; ...; 30.3; 30.4
15.7 When the music stops ...Read a book with MPG Music
Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor
*I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Rememberings (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 540
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 4
Total GOs 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
15.1; 15.2; ...; 15.4; 15.5; ...; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
...; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5, 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; .20.9; 20.10
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4; ...
30.1; ...; 30.3; 30.4
10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthalsall the words in the title have a single syllable
Jack & Jill by James Patterson
Total points: 245 + 10 = 255
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC AdventureOption 3: Read a book with all of the letters of SUBWAY in the title (ignore subtitles).
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 560
Total IAFs to date: 4
Total GOs 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
15.1; 15.2; ...; 15.4; 15.5; ...; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5, 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; .20.9; 20.10
...; 25.2; ...; 25.4; ...
30.1; ...; 30.3; 30.4
5.1 - No "L" Dayno "L" in the title/subtitle/authors name
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Total points: 255 + 5 = 260
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
5.7 - Telephone PictionaryMPG Art or Manga/comic book/graphic novels/Sequential Art
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points by Kelly Thompson
Total points: 260 + 5 = 265
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 1: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize laureate
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
How it fits: Lewis won the Nobel Prize in Literature 1930
I listened to an abridged audiobook (about 7 hrs.); mmpb-560 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1920
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 705
Tasks completed: 41/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 8
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 10
Delicious Dee15.4 Feed the Birds
Book A -
Book B - Competence - Gail Carriger - GC found in Goldfinch
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 675
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee5.8- Polar Bear Plunge
- according to tineye, the cover is 94% white; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fictionPoints in Post: 5
Total Points: 680
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Mai15.4 Feed the Birds
Option 2: Book that has a bird on the cover and where ALL of the author's initials are found in "House Sparrow"
Harold by Steven WrightPoints this post: 15
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 28
NF Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on" - I borrowed this book from the library
Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 29
NF Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
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Amy O.30.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor - 2 books
Option A: book on "Whodunit Mansions" Listopia
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - page 1 of list
Option B: book with MPG Horror
Winterset Hollow
Total points: 190
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 12
10.2 - Festive FolkloreA book from Folklore Books, page 2: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Points this post: 10
Total points: 740
Amy O.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
book with word in title that is also in title of a Rankin-Bass TV special
word: ADVENTURES
Special: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
Book: The Adventures of Sally
**Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket - book was first published in 1922**
Total points: 210
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
It's a Fact: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 13
Amy O.25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party Games
Option 2: Musical Chairs
Book 1: picture of chair on cover - The Baltimore Book of the Dead
Book 2: author's first and last initials in MUSICAL CHAIRS - The Saltwater Murder by L. B. Hathaway
**Claiming one It's a Fact ticket for The Baltimore Book of the Dead**
Total points: 235
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
It's a Fact: 2
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 15
5.5- It's a New YearThe Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo
Published in 2023 - Paz Pardo is a "new to me" author
Total points: 10
15.1 Long and Shorta)Voyager: Constellations of Memory - 108 pages
b)My Name is Barbra - 1,040 pages
Total points: 55
Lisa MD30.2 - Katrisa's Task - Winter Zodiac
Option 1:
Bk 1 - Archery Book list - pg 5
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
703 pgs
I claim an IAF ticket
Bk 2 - Author Initials in TEMPERANCE
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
298 pgs
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 440
Total Books Read: 33
Total Tasks Completed: 24 / 49
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC AdventureOption 3: What you are looking for is in the library
All letters of SUBWAY in title: WhAt YoUare looking for iS in the liBrary
Total points: 75
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate GameOption 1: Death Of An Expert Witness
#6 in the Adam Dalgliesh series
Total points: 95
Task 5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery NightRead a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone
MPG of Mystery
Well-Offed in Vermont (Pret’ Near Perfect Mystery #1) (2011) by Amy Patricia Meade (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 236 pages)
265 + 05 = 270
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 265 + 05 = 270
Books read: 23
Pages read: 6,399
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.8- Polar Bear PlungeRead book with a cover of at least 70% White according to Tineye. https://labs.tineye.com/color/
Required Post the Cover
According to tineye, the cover is
WHITE = 82.7%
An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood (2018) by Emma Brockes (Hardcover 290 pages) [Biography/921]
** An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
270 + 05 = 275
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 270 + 05 = 275
Books read: 24
Pages read: 6,689
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FLY Task #5.3- Better in a sweater
task: Read a book with a 4+ letter word found in betterinasweater in the title
book: Razorblade Tears
(my version is audio, MMPB here)
how it fits: tears in betterina(s)we(ater)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 23/49
BB: 2 / GO: 4 / IAF: 2
Amy B15.9 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
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward - borrowed from the library
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 680 Points
Joanne MI25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 1
Book 1 -a book that is 1-12 of a series.
Red Seas Under Red Skies -# 2 in a series
Claiming 1 BB at 558 pages
Book 2-authors initials can be found in Tis the Season
Wild Salvation by Alfred Stifsim
Task points 25
BBs this task 1
Season Total 315
Delicious Dee15.8 An Extra Day
Hard Rain - first published 2012
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 695
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 2
Book A - Thirteen Candles - candles
Book B - Kissing Kosher - has a top genre of holiday
Points in Post: 25
Total Points: 720
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Kristina Marie10.7 - 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. Required: State the character.
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
Audiobook. The MMPB has 241 pages.
AR BookFinder Information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
The name MARIO can be found in John Grisham.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 575
Kristina Marie20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Apple's Task: Christmas Special
Read a book that features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials (not necessarily Christmas), from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Required: State the word and the television special.
Winter by Marissa Meyer
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 842 pages.
The title Winter can be found in the television special Frosty's WINTER Wonderland.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 595
Kristina Marie50.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Read three books totalling at least 750 pages. No books with MPG: Children’s or Kids (or variants such as Middle Grade), Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may be used.
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”).
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Audiobook. The MMPB has 242 pages.
This book is set in the early 1880s and has a MPG of "Historical Fiction."
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.
Brighter Than the Moon byDavid Valdes
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 352 pages.
This book was published in 2023 and is set in present day.
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. 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.
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 222 pages.
This book has "Science Fiction" as a MPG (MPGs: Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Retellings, Dystopia, Fiction, Romance, Fairy Tales, Audiobook, Novella). She has also written Let It Glow which is a contemporary novel (MPGs:Middle Grade, Contemporary, Young Adult).
242 pages + 352 pages + 222 pages = 816 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 645
Julia10350.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 1: Artifice
Historical Fiction - This is set during WWII
Book 2: Yellowface
MPG Contemporary, published in 2023, setting is current-day
Book 3: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
MPG Fantasy (the main character travels between our world and a world populated by fairies, witches and were-folk).
This author also wrote The Search which has MPG Contemporary and was approved as present day, non SF/F in post 19 of task help thread.
This post: 50 points
Total points: 640
BB: 6
GO: 2
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 52
Kai5.3 Better in a Sweater
Read a book with a word (4 or more letters) in the title that is found in BETTERINASWEATER.
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
BEES
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 23
Total Points: 265
Kai5.10 A Holiday Gift for You
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 24
Total Points: 270
25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!Option 1
Book 1: The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
How it fits: #2 in the Crowns of Nyaxia series
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 624 pages. I'd like one big book ticket, please.
Book 2: Hello Beautiful
How it fits: written by Ann Napolitano, author initials A, N in "tis the seAsoN"
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 464 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 6
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Option 2. Female Protagonists. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
read The Girl’s Last Cry
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Option 3: Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
read Stitches and Witches
takes place in england where I have never been
points this post 25
total points 620
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a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
read Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember 183 pages
and
Stray 618 pages
points this post 15
total points 545