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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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JenJ IA25.1 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 Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
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
The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis - 356 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 625/775
Tasks Completed: 36/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA****UNCLAIM**** Dark Matter by Blake Crouch from 15.9 Pass the Parcel (post #539)
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
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Points This Post: -15
Total Points: 610/775
Tasks Completed: 35/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA10.10 - The End?
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings.
Required: State which list you used and which page of the list your book appears on. - Best Endings, page 16, #1585
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 620/775
Tasks Completed: 36/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA******UNCLAIM 30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac POST #1677
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1 - Read a book set in either the mountains or by the ocean.
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
Book 2 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of this devilish list
Devil Books
Required: State the Page - Page 18
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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Points This Post: -30
Total Points: 590/775
Tasks Completed: 35/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
Barbara ★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, LUIGI, PEACH, YOSHI, WARIO or BOWSER
The Hanging City - Charlie N. Holmberg 2/25
(chARlIe hOlMberg)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 545
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA15.9 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.
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 605/775
Tasks Completed: 36/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA30.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1 - Read a book set in either the mountains or by the ocean.
Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean
Book 2 - Read a book from the first 20 pages of this devilish list
Devil Books
Required: State the Page - Page 18
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 635/775
Tasks Completed: 37/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
Amy B5.5- It's a New Year
Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author
Required: State that the author is new to you
More Sure by A. Light Zachary (published April, 2023 - author is new to me)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 685 Points
Kathy KS10.4 - 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.
The Lone Ranger: Vindicated by Justin Gray
How it fits: RANGER in title
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 735
Tasks completed: 43/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 8
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 11
10.6 Roll the BonesI read As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson - 552 pages
Claiming a Big Book ticket - 552 pages
New Total: 90
10.9 Winners of Winter I read And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts - (National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction in 1987 - nominated)
Claiming a Big Book ticket (660 pages) and an It's a Fact ticket
New Total: 100
15.9 Pass the Parcel I read The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall - I got this book from the library
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket
New Total: 115
20.1 NYC Adventure I chose option 2 and read
by Carol Rifka BruntAccording to Tineye, 50.4% green!
New Total: 135
Mod
MEGSCL15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
Latest - Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
First - The Torrent
Total
715 points
Tickets - 8 It’s a Fact - 4 Big Books
Julia1035.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Liberty's Daughter
This post: 5 points
Total points: 650
BB: 6
GO: 2
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 54
Julia10315.9 Pass the Parcel
Murder Most Royal
I borrowed this from the library.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 665
BB: 6
GO: 2
NF: 8
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 55
LoraTask: 10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Book/Author: Going Rogue: An American Life / Sarah Palin
How it fits: class of Rogue in the title
Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 775
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: 9
trishhartuk10.10 The End?
Read a book from...this list of Best Beginnings.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (326pg)
Best Beginnings, page 1, #11
I don't see children's, but just in case: UK AR Quiz No. 220957 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: UY
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 36
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Deborah5.1- No "L" Day
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 26
Tasks Done: 21
25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!Option 3. Travel. Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
Set entirely in Japan, my dream place to visit
Option 4. Oh the Puns. For this task, read a book with a pun or a play on words in the title.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 610
Total IAFs to date: 4
Total GOs to date: 2
Total BB to date : 1
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10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; 10.5; 10.6; ...; 10.8; 10.9; 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
25.1; 25.2; ...; 25.4; 25.5
30.1; ...; 30.3; 30.4
Line20.7
Option 1, Read a book which is #6 in a series. The series must be evident in greyscale on the GR book page.
i read When He Was Wicked which is the sixth book in the bridgerton series.
points for this task: 20
total points:. 55
books read: 5
tasks done: 5
Laurah3015.6 Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
This post: 15 points
Total points: 195
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Laurah3050.1 - Trishhartuk’s Task: The Spirits of the Past, the Present and the Future
Book 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
We Must Not Think of Ourselves 304 p
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.
The Good Women of Safe Harbour pub 2022, 282 p
Book 3
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.
The Echo of Old Books 443 p
MPG - fantasy
I am linking it to Summer at Hideaway Key that is written in "present day". Both are by Barbara Davis
Total pages = 1029
This post: 50 points
Total points: 245
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
5.10 A Holiday Gift For YouHelp Thread
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
I read The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
points: 115
books read: 11
tasks completed: 8
its a fact: 3
pages read: 3368
10.3 - Season of LoveRead a book with the MPG Romance. Genres may be embedded such as Paranormal Romance or Historical Romance.
I read An American Beauty which has an MPG of romance
points: 125
books read: 11
tasks completed: 9
its a fact: 3
pages read: 3368
Amy B15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
This is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title
Thunder through my veins: Memories of a Métis childhood by Gregory Scofield
b) The 2023 Theme is Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves: "human rights", "dignity", "freedom" or "justice"
Required: State which shelf you chose and what page the book is on.
Freedom: Know My Name by Chanel Miller (page 7)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 700 Points
25.4 Robin P’s Task: Children’s Party GamesOption 3:
Book A: Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Book B: Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are found in FRUIT BASKET.
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
Total Points: 140
Bookwrm526Task #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-... chose FIJI and read A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao.
Total points so far: 745
Sarah E20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman was born in Sweden
I listened to an audio, MMP is Us Against You
Total Points: 180
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
Option 1: 100% set in Germany
The Hangman's Daughter
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Krvnikova kći
Total Points: 200
Kristina MarieUNCLAIMING
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25.5 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 2. Female Protagonists. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams
Audiobook. The MMPB has 271 pages.
Jane Steward is the female lead who solves the crimes.
Option 3. Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
Required: state you have never visited the location.
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton
Audiobook. The Death of an Outsider has 256 pages.
I have never been to the UK before.
Total Points: 655
Kristina Marie25.5 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 2. Female Protagonists. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson
Audiobook. The MMPB has 449 pages.
Goldy Schulz is the female lead who solves the crimes.
Option 3. Read a book set 80% outside your home country, in a place you have never visited but would like to.
Required: state you have never visited the location.
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton
Audiobook. The Death of an Outsider has 256 pages.
I have never been to the UK before.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 680
Kathy KS5.1- No "L" Day
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
Chéri, My Destiny! by Okoge Mochino
I read as an ebook; pb-162 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 740
Tasks completed: 44/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 8
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 11
Kristina Marie25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
This is a 2 book task pick and option and read two books (Book 1 and Book 2) from that option. Required: State the option
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams
Audiobook. The MMPB has 271 pages.
This book is number 2 in the Book Retreat Mysteries.
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season.
Meg by Steve Alten
Steve Alten's initials can be found in Tis the Season.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
Kristina Marie30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Choose an option. Required: Indicate the option. Required: State your Month
Option 1: TWO book task. My month is DECEMBER.
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles).
Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 240 pages.
DECEMBER can be found in Becoming Free Indeed.
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Death of a Prankster by M.C. Beaton
Audiobook. The MMPB has 168 pages.
M. C. Beaton's first and last initials can be found in December.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 735
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 Winter Zodiac
Option 1 Book 1 - The symbol for these freedom-loving adventurers is a centaur with a bow and arrow. Read a book from this Archery list. I chose the first list, Archery, and read Into the West by Mercedes Lackey from page 1 of the list (496p)
Option 1 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. I read World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (temperANce) (165p).
496+165 = 661p
Total points so far: 775, challenge complete!
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4: Golden oldies: Option A: Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs. The main character Victoria Trumbull is 92 years old documented on book's main page.
By the way, it also happens to fit option B as the book was first published when the author was 68: First published in 2001, and author born in 1931. :)
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 245
Books: 17
Tasks: 14
Big books tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: Say it's carol singers: Option 2: Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans was first published in 2003.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 265
Books: 18
Tasks: 15
Big books tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.1: Long, longer, longest:
Book 1: In Their Likeness by Denise Yoko Berndt 3-word title, each word longer than previous word.
Book 2: Tahoe Deathfall by Todd Borg has 256 pages, each digt larger than previous.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 290
Books: 20
Tasks: 16
Big books tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
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Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Moloka'i - Alan Brennert - Alan Brennert for Alan Rickman
Points in Post: 20
Total Points: 775
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.2: Oh What Fun! - Option 1
Book 1: Paths of Alir by Melissa McPhail is book #3 in the series A Pattern of Shadow & Light.
*** Claim Big Book ticked for 734 pages.
Book 2: Retirement Can Be Murder by Susan Santangelo. Author initials SS can be found in tiS the Season.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 315
Books: 22
Tasks: 17
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Kristen IA25.1 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 Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (3, 5, 7)
Book 2:
Read a book in which every number in the page count is greater than the number preceding it.
Required: State the page count
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan - 368 pages
I listened to the audiobook but have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 365/775
Tasks Completed: 26/49
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4: Children's party games - Option 1
Book A: Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund by Blaize Clement. The dog is a black dachshund and its short small black tail is entirely visible.
Book B: Limelight by Emily Organ. Author initials OE can be found in dOnkEy tail.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 340
Books: 24
Tasks: 12
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.5: Like a good mystery (series) I cannot lie
Option 1: Henry Wood Detective Agency by Brian D. Meeks is a mystery set in 1954, documented on main page. MPG mystery
-- #1 in the Henry Wood Detective mystery series
-- 4 primary works in the series
Option 2: The Silence of the Llamas by Anne Canadeo. The main mystery solving character is Maggie Messina, the owner of the Black Sheep knitting store. The name of the character is documented on main page. MPG mystery
-- #5 in the Black Sheep & Company mystery series
-- 13 primary works in the series
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 365
Books: 26
Tasks: 13
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2: Winter zodiac - Option 3
Book A: Vellum by Hal Duncan has MPG Mythology.
Number of pages: 480
Book B: De Weg naar de Sterren: een Jacobslegende by Jan Houdijk. The word STERREN in title (Dutch) directly translates to STARS in English. Approved in help thread #7.
Number of pages: 262
Total pages: 480 + 262 > 500 pages required.
Totals: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 395 ** over 50% points
Books: 28
Tasks: 14
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.4: Murder in the manor
Option B: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me, a collection of horror stories edited by Alfred Hitchcock, has MPG Horror.
Option C: Wings Once Cursed and Bound by Piper J. Drake. The word WINGS in title can be found in
NeWGate prISon.
Totals: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 425
Books: 30
Tasks: 15
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.6: Christmas murder mystery night
The Amun Chamber by Daniel Leston has MPG mystery.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 430
Books: 31
Tasks: 16
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.8: Polar bear plunge
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Bennison has a 77% white cover according to tineye.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 435
Books: 32
Tasks: 17
Big books tickets: 3 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
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10.10 - The End? - Post 1628
Read a book from either this list of Best Endings or this list of Best Beginnings.
Required: State which list you used and which page of the list your book appears on. - Best Beginnings, page 6, #535
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Points This Post:-10
Total Points: 600/775
Tasks Completed: 35/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4