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WINTER CHALLENGE 2023
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MAZZA130.4 Nick KY’s Task: Murder in the Manor
Opt. A.
For this option read a book from one of the following “Manor House” lists:
Novels about Big Houses https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Northanger Abbey this book was first published in 1817 and I am claiming a GO ticket
Page 1 of list
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.
Required: state the word = SAINT
The Saint of Lost Things
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 185
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 1
Delicious Dee30.1 Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Line: That was the end of solomon grundy
Book A - Red River Seven - A.J. Ryan - AR found in the line
Book B - A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II - GAME can be spelt from the line of the poem; claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Points in Post: 30
Total Points: 115
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee10.4 - You All Meet In A Tavern...
Rogue - class = rogue
Points in Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Erica H.Task 10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with the MPG Romance.
Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
Has an MPG of Romance
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 0
NF tickets: 1
5.3- Better in a sweaterRead a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
The word I used was : WATER
Open Water
New Points: 5
Total Points: 20
Barbara ★30.1 - Mazza1's Task - The Life of Solomon
Option 1 Two book option
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.
It's Getting Scot in Here - Suzanne Enoch 12/7
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
Scot Under the Covers - Suzanne Enoch 12/11
(SE & UNDER in chRiStENEd on tUesDay)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.5 - Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
Option 2: Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
Payback in Death - J.D. Robb 12/5
(MC is Eve Dallas)
(has MPG mystery)
(this is book #57 in series)
Option 4: read a book with a pun or a play on words in the title
Required State the original word or phrase that is a pun
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! - Donna Andrews 12/2
(originally Let it Snow)
(has MPG mystery)
(this is #34 in series)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.1 - 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.
Pastrami Murder - Patti Benning 12/16
(75.7% green)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 75
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA5.3- Better in a sweater
Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
Required: State the word - Winter
A Wish for Winter: A Christmas Romance Novel by Viola Shipman
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 55/775
Tasks Completed: 6/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Barbara ★15.6 - Let's Celebrate!
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIREWORKS
Hollyberry Homicide - Sharon Farrow 12/3
(S & F in FireworkS)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 90
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA15.5 What the Dickens!
Read a book that shares a word of 3 letters or more in the title with one of Dickens novel/novella
The Christmas Promise by Lindsay Gibson
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70/775
Tasks Completed: 7/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Barbara ★15.8 - An Extra Day
Read a book first published in a leap year (2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004 etc)
Warrior Witch - Danielle L. Jensen 12/10
(published May 3, 2016)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 105
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.9 - 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
I.O.U. - Nancy Pickard 12/10
( I purchased from Half Price Books.com)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 120
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.1 - Poetry for Neanderthals
Read a book where all the words in the title consist of a single syllable
Hope for the Best - Jodi Taylor 12/13
Points this task: 10
Total points: 130
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.6 - Roll the Bones
Read 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.
A Dawn of Onyx - Kate Golden 12/17
(has 432 pages)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 140
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2023 season.
Non-Fiction: Treasure Hunting - The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
Discussion Thread - Post #8
I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90/775
Tasks Completed: 8/49
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
ROBIN P25.Susan A's Task: Long, Longer, Longest
Option 1
Book 1 - Title of 3+ words, each longer than the one before
The Neon Bible
Book 2 - Each digit in page # is higher than previous
System Collapse - 245 p
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:1
ROBIN P15.1 Long & Short
Book 1 - under 200 p - The Christmas Hirelings - 101 p
**Claiming 1 GO point - pub 1894
Book 2 - over 500 p - The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries - 654 p - read ebook, linked pb
**Claiming 1 BB point for over 500 p
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
BB:1 GO:2 IAF:1
Kathy KS25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
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.
Both books have MPG Mystery.
Option 1. Historical Series.
Read a mystery set at least 50 years ago (before 1973).
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
1st published: 1929 (<1973) and the story is contemporary to that time
Series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #2 of 6
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-230 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1929
Option 2. Female Protagonists. Read a book where the main character solving the crime is female.
If She Hid by Blake Pierce
Main character: Kate Wise, a 50-something semi-retired FBI agent
Series: Kate Wise #4 of 7
I listened to an audiobook; pb=170 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 190
Tasks completed: 11/49
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
5.2- Unique Like a SnowflakeThe Iron Duke (The Iron Seas #1) by Meljean Brook
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 170
10.3 - Season of LovePlaying with Hellfire (Sin Demons #1) by Mila Young & Harper A. Brooks
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 180
Task 5.1 - No "L" Dayno L in title or author name
Maigret's Memoirs by Georges Simenon
first pub 1950 - claiming 1 GO
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225 points
5 GO tix
2 BB tix
1 NF tix
AMANDA VA10.7 - It's-a Me, Mario!
Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Tamara Rosier
Character: Mario -- tAMaRa rOsIer
Claiming one (1) It's a Fact ticket
Post total: 10
Challenge total: 10
IAF total: 1
BB total: 0
OG total: 0
Rockynook10.3 - Season of Love
Read a book with MPG Romance
Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
trishhartuk20.2 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
Miss FROST Solves a Cold Case, Kristen Painter
FROST from Jack Frost (1979)
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (324pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Rockynook20.6 - Say It's Carol Singers
Option 1: Chosen Phrase: LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND
Read a book with author initials in phrase
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
love aCtually iS all around
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Kristina Marie20.6 - It's A Fact - MaryPDX's Task: Say It's Carol Singers
Choose from the following options:
Required: Specify the option.
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in one of these famous quotes:
“I KNOW HIM!” (Elf)
Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State which phrase you're using.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Audiobook. The One of Us Is Lying has 352 pages.
Karen M. McManus' first and last initials can be found in "I KNOW HIM!"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Kristina Marie20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sarah E's Task: The Chocolate Game
Read one book for one of the following options.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Chocolate Time
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CHOCOLATE.
Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
Audiobook. There is no MMPB. The paperback has 432 pages.
Asha Lemmie's initials can be found in CHOCOLATE.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Bookwrm526Task #5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia
Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's. I read The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters, first published in 1982.
Total points so far: 70
Truitt_T30.3 Cat : Books of the Winter Months
Option 1: TWO book task
Book 1: All letters of DECEMBER in title
Devin December by Kate McMurray
Only ebook editions - approved for length here.
Book 2: Author first and last initials in DECEMBER
Tied Over by Mary Calmes
Author's initials found in deCeMber.
Paperback: Tied Over
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70
Truitt_T25.5 Dee's Task : I Like A Good Mystery (series) and I Cannot Lie!
TWO book task
Book 1: Option 1 - Historical Series - pre 1973
Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh
MMPB: Colour Scheme
MPG Mystery
Originally published 1943 and opens in a January during WWII, so 1940, 1941, or 1942.
Book 2: Option 4 - Oh the Puns - word play or pun in title
Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews
MMPB: Six Geese A-Slaying
MPG Mystery
Title - Six Geese- A -Slaying is a play on "six geese-a-laying" from 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Truitt_T25.3 Amy FL's task: Best Sister Ever
TWO book task
Book 1: Option 1 - Read a book with SISTER in the title.
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
MMPB: La hermana menor
Note: the first MMPB has no page count listed - this is the second.
Book 2: Option 3 - Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that makes a different word when spelled backwards.
Time to Shine by Rachel Reid
Paperback: Time to Shine
TIME reversed is EMIT.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 120
AMANDA VA15.9 Pass the Parcel
Read a book that has been "passed on"
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
borrowed from the library
Post total: 15
Challenge total: 25
IAF total: 1
BB total: 0
OG total: 0
Truitt_T20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Kathy P's Task: Winter Love... Actually
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of the actors in the movie Love Actually.
Dragged to the Wedding by Andrew Grey
Paperback: Dragged to the Wedding
Actor: Andrew Lincoln
Author: Andrew Grey
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Mod
Option 1-
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi / set in Iran
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
Mod
Option 1-
Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris / SISTERS in title
Option 3-
The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels / SWAP is PAWS spelled backward
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
Truitt_T20.1 - Most Improved - TessaVanessa's Task: TessaVanessa's NYC Adventure
Option 1: Read a book that has a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word appears in SESAME STREET.
The Reluctant Swordsman by Dave Duncan
MMPB has no page count listed.
Paperback: The Reluctant Swordsman
The first letters of the 3 title words appear in Sesame sTReet.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Truitt_T15.10 Here be Dragons
Option B: Read a book with the word Dragon intact in the title or subtitle.
The Professor's Dragon by Louisa Masters
Paperback: The Professor's Dragon
Dragon appears intact in the title.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 175
Truitt_T15.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
TWO book task
Book 1 - Option A: Read the latest published book in a series which has at least 3 published works.
Daddy's Boy: by Jett Masterson
Paperback: Daddy's Boy:
It's the third book in the Vanilla Baby Trilogy.
Book 2 - Option B: Read the first book (#1) in a series.
Spell Cat by Tara Lain
Paperback: Spell Cat
It's the first book of The Aloysius Tales.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 190
ROBIN P10.9 Winners of Winter
Winner/nominee of a prize starting with a letter in WINTER
The Nickel Boys
Nominee for National Book Award 2019
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
BB:1 GO:2 IAF:1
Susan A5.1- No "L" Day - Read a book with no "L" In the title/subtitle/authors name
Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, Paperback here
The letter L is not in the title or author's name.
previous points: 30
points this post: 5
total points: 35
Susan A5.2- Unique Like a Snowflake Read a book where each word in title contains no repeat letters
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
I listened to audiobook, approved for length HERE
no repeat letters in the individual words of the title
previous points: 35
points this post: 5
total points: 40
Susan A5.3- Better in a sweater - Read a book with a 4 or more letter word found in betterinasweater in the title.
Christmas with Saint by J. Sterling
I listened to audiobook. paperback here
betTerINASweater - SAINT
previous points: 40
points this post: 5
new total: 45
Susan A5.4- A Werewolf in the Mafia - Read a book that is first published in or is 75% set in the 1980's
The Taming of Annabelle by Marion Chesney
I listened to audiobook, MMPB here
First published October 13th 1983
previous points: 45
points this post: 5
new total: 50
Deborah10.10 - The End?
Shades of Grey
Best Beginnings page 2 #174, currently
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
SUSAN A5.5- It's a New Year - Read a book published 2023 by a new to you author
The Monstrous Duke and I by Dee St. Holm
I listened to audiobook, paperback here
Published February 22, 2023
Dee St. Holm - new to me author
previous points: 50
points this post: 5
new total: 55
Susan A5.6- Christmas Murder Mystery Night - Read a MPG Mystery or Christmas.
Ginger Snapping All the Way by Gabbi Grey
I listened to audiobook, paperback here
MPG Christmas
previous points: 55
points this post: 5
new total: 60
Susan A5.9- Secret Santa - Read a book with a Santa or a gift on the cover.
My Ex-mas Emergency by Jennifer Peel
I listened to audiobook, no MMPB, paperback here
present on cover
previous points: 60
points this post: 5
new total: 65
Susan A5.10 A Holiday Gift For You
Dasher: An mm mpreg holiday shifter romance by Lorelei M. Hart and Colbie Dunbar
meets gen req
previous points: 65
points this post: 5
new total: 70
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Flaunt by Adriana Locke / AL in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 280