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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - It's a New Year
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
This book was first published in May 2023 and the author is new to me.
Link to MMP edition: Yellowface
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 5
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
The Monk of Mokha
Class is MONK
Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Completed: 1
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trishhartuk5.6 Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Murder in Midwinter: Ten Classic Crime Stories for Christmas, Cecily Gayford (ed)
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (274pg)
MPGs include both Christmas and Mystery
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
MAZZA120.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Aimee G's Task: Seeking Sanctuary
Option 2: Read a book where the main character is a refugee or asylum seeker.
Wandering Souls
approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
Points to date = 175
Bookwrm526Task #5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas. Genres may be embedded or stand alone. I read The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith, MPG Mystery.
Total points so far: 65
Joanne MI10.8 Winter Migration one of the countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere
The Women in Black set in Sydney, Australia
Task Total 10
Season Total 50
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!
Option 1-1. Read a book that is #1-12 in a series.
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (504 p.) *
Option 1-2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in TIS THE SEASON.
The Toll by Neal Shusterman (625 p.) **
* ** I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for each of these books, please (2 total).
➸ Total Points: 45
➸ Total Pages: 1,738
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock
One word title Okayed in help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Julia10315.6 Let's Celebrate!
The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle
(author initials EF in FIREWORKS)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 No "L" Day
A Fire Story by Brian Fies
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Task completed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Unique Like a Snowflake
Star Trek, Volume 4 by Mike Johnson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Task completed: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Better in a sweater
Star Trek, Volume 2 by Mike Johnson
WORD= star
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Task completed: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 A Werewolf in the Mafia
A Savage Place by Robert B Parker
First published November 1, 1981
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Task completed: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Ceremony by Robert B. Parker
MPG=Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Task completed: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 Telephone Pictionary
Star Trek, Volume 3 by Mike Johnson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Task completed: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 A Ghost Story For Christmas
Overdue or Die by Allison Brook
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Task completed: 7
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Roll the Bones
Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Graphic Novel by Fido Nesti
223 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Task completed: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Winners of Winter
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Reality-Based Work (2020)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Task completed: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Let's Celebrate!
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
fiReworkS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Task completed: 10
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 An Extra Day
On Cue by Cristy Watson
Published in 2016
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Task completed: 11
Katrisa10.8 - Winter Migration
Read a book set in one of the countries listed as being in the Southern Hemisphere
I read Birnam Wood set in New Zealand. Since the GR doesn't mention it here is a reference
"In roving, close third-person perspective, we meet the individuals who will be drawn together due to their interests in a plot of land in the town of Thorndike on New Zealand’s South Island, which has recently been cut off by a devastating landslide on a mountain pass. "
from https://4columns.org/mclean-ferris-la...
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 165
Katrisa5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas.
I read Those Empty Eyes MPG Mystery
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 170
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.
The Farming of Bones 312 pages
New points: 10
Total Points: 15
10.1 - Poetry for NeanderthalsI read King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard. Each word is only one syllable long.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 10
Task completed: 1
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
MaryPDX15.8 An Extra Day
***1 GO Ticket***
Read a book first published in a leap year
Anne of Green Gables
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
First published in 1908
https://time-and-calendar.com/leap-ye...
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 1
Books: 1
Points: 15
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 1
Tasks: 5
Books: 5
Points: 60
MEGSCL5.9- Secret Santa
Total
35 points
Tickets - 1 It’s a Fact -
PaxenarionChallenge:
20.4 Golden Oldies - Joop´s Task Golden Oldies
Option B:
Read a book published after the author´s 65th birtday
Requirement:
1) Kain
2) book published in 2009
3) author born in 1922
Personal stats:
Tasks completed: 01
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 00+20=20
LoraTask: 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies, using Option A
Book/Author: A Crabby Killer / Leighann Dobbs
How it fits: the male main character is in his sixties.
Quote from page 4: "Dom never had to worry about his weight before, but now that he was in his sixties, he was no longer a young man..."
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 190
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
10.5 - A Ghost Story For ChristmasRead a book that features ghosts or spirits.
Night Side of the River by Jeanette Winterson
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Total IAFs to date: 1
Natalie CH15.9 - Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been passed on to you
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide
I borrowed this book from the library.
point this post: 15
total points: 25
25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series
Silent Betrayal (Amish Inn Mysteries #7) by Rachael O. Phillips
Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season
The Girl from London by Olivia Spooner
author's initials, OS, found in seaSOn
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 165
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Joop's Task: Golden Oldies
Option A: The Latke in the Library & Other Mystery Stories for Chanukah
(book description says "elderly mystery writer")
This post: 20 points
Total points: 85
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Task 30.1 - The Life of Solomonone book task: 600+ pages
using the line "That was the end of Solomon Grundy"
task 1: author initials in THAT (AT)
task 2: FARM in title can be made form line: oF wAs soloMon gRundy
Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
825 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
pub 1861 - claiming 1 GO tix
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200 points
2 BB tix
3 GO tix
1 NF tix
Task 15.2 - Out with the Old, In with the Newbook 1: #1 in series
The Marriage Game
book 2: latest in series of 3+ = #5 in the series
Execution in E
215 points
3 GO tix
2 BB tix
1 NF tix
Delicious Dee15.5 What the Dickens!
Still Life - Life found in the Battle of Life
Points in Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Its a Fact Tickets: 1
Jasmiina F15.9 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:
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich.
I got this as a gift.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Amy FL5.5- It's a New Year
The Wind Knows My Name - published in June 2023 and the author was new to me
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
20.4 - Golden Oldiesoption A: Valentine is the titular old lady (described as being in her 70s)
Maigret and the Old Lady
pub 1950 - claiming a GO tix
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220 points
4 GO tix
2 BB tix
1 NF tix
Amy FL5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night
Resurrection Walk - MPG Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Amy FL5.9- Secret Santa
- box with bow on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 15
Amy FL10.3 - Season of Love
The Lonely Hearts Book Club - MPG Romance
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Amy FL10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice - RANGERS in subtitle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Mod
The Talk by Darrin Bell / pub in 2023, author is new to me
Points this post: 5
Total points: 195
10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!Help Thread
From its humble beginnings producing the card game Hanafuda, Nintendo has gone on to dominate the video gaming world with its Mario franchise. Outside of the mainline Super Mario Bros. series, its digital party games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party and WarioWare are ever popular.
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.
I read Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, whose initials are found in PeAch
points: 15
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 385
Mod
Going Remote : A Teacher's Journey by Adam Bessie / MPG Graphic Novels
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
Mod
Bubble by Jordan Morris / fits SRC rules
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
Mod
Book A-
The Stand-In by Kristen Proby / most recent book in series
Book B-
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton / #1 in series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
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Option 2-
by Meghan Quinn / at least 50% green65.6 %#23b198Green
11.9 %#eef7f6White
6.1 %#191919Black
4.8 %#e6b325Orange
3.4 %#83c7bbBlue
3.1 %#e3a084Orange
2.1 %#6b4437Brown
1.2 %#323b60Blue
1.1 %#436958Green
0.7 %#467d40Green
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
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Option 1-
Fluke by Adriana Locke / AL in phrase "LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
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20.10 - Group Reads
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
This book was the Fiction: Road Trips book. I posted in the Discussion thread Message #5
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 4