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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Sarah E10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Class used - Rogue
Rogue Moon
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Rogue Moon
Total Points: 220
Sarah E10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Murder in G Major
I listened to an audio, the MMP has no page count, the paperback is Murder in G Major
From the GR description- The ghost of the cottage's murdered owner haunts the place.
Total Points: 230
5.3 - Better in a sweater 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title
Water Bound by Christine Feehan
💘 WATER found in betterinasWeATER 💘
Total points: 295 + 5 = 300
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Laurah3030.2 Katrisa's Task : Winter Zodiac
option 3
book 1 Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
Circe 393 p
book 2 Read a book with a star or stars on the cover or with the word STAR/S in the title (not subtitle).
The Silver Star 267 p
total pages = 660 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Kathy KS10.2 - Festive Folklore
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Folklore shelf:
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Found on page 9 of the list
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 760
Tasks completed: 47/49
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
Kathy KS5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's.
Galactica: 1980 by Marc Guggenheim
Setting: 1980 (from one of the GR reviews: "This is set in 1980, hence the title, and is really a pretty cool "what if" style Galactica tale..."
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 765
Tasks completed: 48/49
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
Sarah E15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
Book A: Travel by Bullet - The Dispatcher, #3
I listened to an audio, the only print editions are hardcovers, top hardcover is Travel by Bullet
Book B: The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions - Dilbert: Business #1
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 245
Total NF: 3
Sarah E15.5 What the Dickens!
Grave Expectations - Expectations from Great Expectations
I read an ebook, top paperback is Grave Expectations
Total Points: 260
Sarah E25.1 Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Option 1
Book 1: Aunt Bessie Believes - 4, 6, 8
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Aunt Bessie Believes
Book 2: Murder Goes Solo
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Murder Goes Solo - 269 pages
Total Points: 285
Sarah E25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 1: Closed Casket - set in 1929 per GR metadata
Option 2: Arsenic and Adobo - main character is Lila Macapagal
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Arsenic and Adobo
Total Points: 310
15.10 Here be Dragonsa) Read a book with a dragon on the cover
Black Powder War by Naomi NovikTask Total: 15
Season Total: 610
Mod
Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
readIn an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
points this post 5
total points 740
Mod
Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's.
read The Cotton Candy Massacre
takes place in 1989
points this post 5
total points 745
Mod
Read a book that contains one of the following D&D classes in its title or subtitle: Wizard
read Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
points this post 10
total points 755
Gangee 25.4 Children's Party Games Option 1
A.
by Carl Hiaasen ( cover will not print)B
by Lauren Asher LATotal 45
Theresa15.5 - What The Dickens
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
House from Bleak House
Points this post - 15
Total points - 145
ED10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
pub. 1927 *****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
This post: 10 points
Total points: 95
BB: 2
GO: 3
NF: 1
Books read: 8
Tasks completed=8
5.3; 5.10
10.1; 10.6; 10.8
15.9
20.6; 20.7
Theresa15.6 - Let's Celebrate
The Guests on South Battery by Karen White
fireWorKs
Points this post - 15
Total points - 160
Mod
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.3 Season of Love
Hard Eightby Janet Evanovich
MPG Romance
Task +10
Grand Total: 70
ED15.8 An Extra Day
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
628p.- *****I CLAIM 1 BB TICKET*****
This post: 15 points
Total points: 110
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 1
Books read: 9
Tasks completed=9
5.3; 5.10
10.1; 10.6; 10.8
15.8; 15.9
20.6; 20.7
EMurphy15.9 Pass the Parcel - Book that has been "Passed on" Drowning by TJ Newman
*Got from library
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 225
Books Read: 16
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 9
Mod
EMurphy15.8 An Extra Day - First published in a leap year A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman
*Published in 2016
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 240
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 10
EMurphy15.6 Let's Celebrate! - Author's initials can be found in FIREWORKS The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 255
Books Read: 18
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 11
Readerboard name: Mel S25.2 - Oh What Fun!
Option 1
Book 1: #1-12 in series
Speaker for the Dead
(Ender's Saga #2)
Book 2: Author's initials in "tiS the seAson"
The Thing in the Snow by Sean Adams
This post: 25pts
This season: 575pts
Tasks completed: 30
Readerboard name: Mel S10.8 - Winter Migration
Set in the Southern Hemisphere: Ecuador
The Queen of Water
This post: 10pts
This season: 575pts (correction to post 2247: 540 + 25 =565 + 10 = 575pts)
Tasks completed: 32
Books read this season: 40
Kristen IA30.2 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. One children’s/middle grade book may be used.
Option 2 - Capricorn - December 22- January 19
Book 1 - Read a book set in either the mountains or by the ocean (any coastal setting will do).
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen - 363 pages
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 - 347 pages
363 + 347 = 710 pages > 500 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 395/775
Tasks Completed: 27/49
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Required: State your Month - DECEMBER
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. December, January, February) and read one book for each of the tasks below. There is no page minimum for the two book option
Book 1: ALL the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Always, in December by Emily Stone
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
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 425/775
Tasks Completed: 28/49
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake
Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters.
Don't Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 640/775
Tasks Completed: 38/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable.
All We Could Still Have by Diane Barnes
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 650/775
Tasks Completed: 39/49
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
For this task, themed around refugees, please choose one of the following options.
Required: state the option.
Option 1: The top five host countries are Turkey, Iran, Colombia, Germany and Pakistan. Read a book that is at least 75% set in one of these countries.
Required: state the country the book is set in. If the setting is not obvious from the GR metadata or description, provide a reference.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 592 pages - Set in Germany
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 670/775
Tasks Completed: 40/49
BB: 4
GO: 0
NF: 4
FLY Task #10.3 - Season of Love
task: Read a book with the MPG Romance
book: Ten
(my version is audio, MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Romance
Points this post: 10
Total points: 595
Tasks completed: 37/49
BB: 4 / GO: 5 / IAF: 4
Shelby
15.3 Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Option A
Read a book where the letters of UDHR appear in the title: Broadway Butchery
How Fits: Title - bRoDway bUtcHery
AND
Option B
Read a book that is on the first 20 pages of one of the following shelves: "human rights", "dignity", "freedom" or "justice": White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
How Fits: Human Rights Pg1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 710
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
Option 1
The top five host countries are Turkey, Iran, Colombia, Germany and Pakistan. Read a book that is at least 75% set in one of these countries.: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
How Fits: Location - Turkey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 730
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
Option 2
Read a book with a title that contains at least two rhyming words of three or more letters each.: Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
How Fits: Title - puck DRILLS & quick THRILLS
AND
Option 3
Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards.: Wolf and the Holly
How Fits: Title - Wolf backwards is flow
Points this post: 25
Total points: 755
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Jenny H's Task: The Nobel Prize
Option 2
Read a book by an author born in Sweden or Norway.: Mind's Eye
How Fits: Author - Hakan Nesser was born in Kumla, Sweden
Points this post: 20
Total points: 775
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Amy B10.5 - A Ghost Story For Christmas
Read a book that features ghosts or spirits.
("Ghosts" in main page genres.)
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 735 Points
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Apple's Task: Christmas Special - Features a word of 4 or more letters from one of the television specials from the list Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
*Show is That Girl in Wonderland
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 275
Books Read: 19
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 12
EMurphy15.4 Feed the Birds
Option 1: Bird on the cover
by Charlie Jane AndersOption 2: ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following birds Sleigh Bells Ring by RaeAnne Thayne
*Bird is Starling
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 290
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 13
AMANDA VA20.6 It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger
"love Actually iS all around"
Claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Post total: 20
Challenge total: 210
IAF total: 5
BB total: 1
OG total: 0
AMANDA VA5.3 Better in a Sweater
Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More by Christopher Palmer
BetteRINAsweater
Claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Post total: 5
Challenge total: 215
IAF total: 6
BB total: 1
OG total: 0
trishhartuk15.5 What the Dickens!
Read a book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with a Dickens novel/novella
A Treacherous Tale, Elizabeth Penney
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (288pg)
TALE: A Tale of Two Cities
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 40
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
ED15.6 Let's Celebrate!
How to Be Happy, Dammit: A Cynic's Guide to Spiritual Happiness by Karen Salmansohn
"KS" found in "fireworKS"
NF--*****I CLAIM 1 NF TICKET*****
This post: 15 points
Total points: 125
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 2
Books read: 10
Tasks completed=10
5.3; 5.10
10.1; 10.6; 10.8
15.6; 15.8; 15.9
20.6; 20.7
ED5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure by Stuart Stevens
pub. 1989
NF-- ***** I CLAIM 1 NF TICKET*****
This post: 5 points
Total points: 130
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 3
Books read: 11
Tasks completed=11
5.3; 5.4; 5.10
10.1; 10.6; 10.8
15.6; 15.8; 15.9
20.6; 20.7
15.2 Out with the Old, In with the Newa) Read the latest* published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
The Other Queen
b) Read the first book (#1) in a series
Dawn
New points: 15
Total Points: 365
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 5
Laurah3030.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
option 1 The line is 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.
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
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
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
the word is "earth"
Points this post: 30
Total points: 310
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
ED10.9 - Winners of Winter
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Literary award-
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1982)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 140
BB: 3
GO: 3
NF: 3
Books read: 12
Tasks completed=12
5.3; 5.4; 5.10
10.1; 10.6; 10.8; 10.9
15.6; 15.8; 15.9
20.6; 20.7
15.1 Long and ShortThis is a two book task, read one book for each option:
a) Read a SHORT book (under 200 pages)
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave pgs 108
b) Read a LONG book (over 500 pages)
Purity pgs 563
Claiming GO book a original pub date 1831
Total points - 300
Books read - 23
GO - 3
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.7- Telephone Pictionary
Giant Days, Vol. 5
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Giant Days, Vol. 5
Total Points: 210