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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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ROBIN P30.7 Amy FL's Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1: Word in title starts with RE - Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel - Word is RETURN
Option 4: Author initials in MARISSA - The Geek Who Saved Christmas - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Author - Annabeth Albert
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:3
Kathy KS20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 512
Option 1: read a book who first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Under a Graveyard Sky by John Ringo
1st year of publication: 2013
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-512 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 80
Tasks completed: 4/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: o
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
5.1- It's All NaturalTask: No human objects on cover
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
MMPB: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90 / 995
Tasks Completed: 7/57
5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern HemisphereTask: Set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January
Trade Wind by M.M. Kaye
MMPB: Trade Wind
Set on the isalnd of Zanzibar, Tanzania AND first published January 1963 - both per GR book page.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 95 / 995
Tasks Completed: 8/57
Kathy KS15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters found in these lyrics: https://genius.com/Matthew-hall-and-m...
When the Saints by Dave Duncan
WORD: When ("I think of him when Christmas comes to town" and other instances)
I read as an ebook; hb-336 p. (no mmpb or pb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 95
Tasks completed: 5/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: o
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
10.1 - Look to the SkiesBook: Bride: Die unergründliche Übernatürlichkeit der Liebe
Task: Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
How it fits: moon, stars and night sky on the cover
The book had 512 pages - I’d like to claim one big book ticket, please.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 1
LoraTask: 30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games, using options 1 and 4
Book 1:
Book/Author: Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Thefts of Christmas / Tim Major
How it fits: TWELVE in title; 288 pages.
Book 2:
Book/Author: In the Shelter of Hollythorne House / Sarah E. Ladd
How it fits: #2 in The Houses of Yorkshire series; 338 pages.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 90
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Task 25.6 - New Year ReflectionsI did option 1 twice (and hopefully correctly this time!)
option 1: Mystery MPG + FATHER in title
book 1: The Furthest Station
book 2: The Madman of Bergerac
FuRTHEst stAtion
THE oF bergeRAc
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200 points
JEN B30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245). Numbers may be used only as often as they appear.
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
240 pages (2, 4, 0)
Option 2: New Year Resolution
Read a book with food on the cover. The food should be visible (i.e. not in a can or packet).
by Richard C MoraisTOTAL POINTS: 130
5.8 Birdwatching MonthTask: Title word for Bird list
Winter Wonders by Leighton Greene
Paperback: Winter Wonders
Winter, from Winter Wren
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 100 / 995
Tasks Completed: 9/57
10.2 - Crossing BordersTask: Set in 2 or more countries
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
MMPB: Silence Fallen
Countries: U.S.A., Czech Republic; Italy - see GR book Metadata
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110 / 995
Tasks Completed: 10/57
10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!Task: Book from Mythology Books shelf
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Paperback: The Fox Wife
Found on page 7 of the Mythology Book shelf.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 120 / 995
Tasks Completed: 11/57
Nick KY5.8 Birdwatchers. I read The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis. The word “Goose” is from the bird names list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 110
Nick KY25.1 Kathy’s Birthday Options
Opt. 1. 5+ words in the title. I read The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers, 6 words in the title. 160 pp.
Opt. 4. Author’s inits are in GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. I read the nonfiction The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts by Scott Anderson. gAlapagoS. 562 pp.
Total pp = 722 > required 500.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Quiet Americans
CLAIM ONE IT’S A FACT for The Quiet Americans
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 135
Total Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 2
brooke4.05.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from the list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title. Required: State the bird
The Cottage on Pelican Bay: A Small-Town Romance by Brenda Jackson (audio read, no MMP)
Bird: Dalmatian Pelican
Pts this post: 5
Total pts: 55
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20.10 Group Reads
Task: Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season and post about your reaction. (See message 7)
Weyward. Emilia Hart
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145 / 995
Tasks Completed 11/57
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10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
The Last Day (last in weTLAndS)
Points this task: 10
Season total: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
by Tash McAdamPoints this post: 5
Total points: 90
Task completed: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover, such as coffee, tea, cocoa/hot chocolate, hot cider, etc.
by Archie BongiovanniPoints this post: 5
Total points: 95
Task completed: 12
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4.
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 6 by James Tynion
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks Completed: 13
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters found in these lyrics: https://genius.com/Matthew-hall-and-m...
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7 by James Tynion
WORD=Children
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Tasks Completed: 14
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Winter Retreat
Read a book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape.
by Sarah VarlandPoints this post: 15
Total points: 135
Tasks Completed: 15
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Option 2: One-book task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Read a book with a cover with at least 75 percent of any combination of these THREE colors, RED BLACK AND YELLOW according to Tineye.
and Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
read
Smile: Behind the Lens of the ‘Dating Game Killer’129 pages
50.8 %#110303Black
14.2 %#55151bBrown
9.0 %#eee81aYellow
8.3 %#8a2226Red
points this post 15
total points 230
Mod
Option 2: Long nights are made for curling up with a good book and a blanket.
Read a book from this cozy mystery list: If a whole series is listed you may read any book from the series.
read The Maid
and Option 4: Dec 21st is also known as Yule. Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name. They do not have to be sequential
read Beautiful Ugly
points tis post 25
total points 255
Mod
Choose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance
Genres must be listed as a stand alone.
genre is thriller
book 1
Book 1: Read a book with a word int he title of 4 or more letters made from this quote:
Winter was made for warm blankets and large books.
word is resort
read The Resort
book 2 Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in COLD NIGHTS
read The Overnight Guest
by Heather Gudenkauf
points this post 25
total points 280
Nick KY15.8 New Beginnings.
I read the nonfiction A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder. Title word YEARS in “new YEAR beginningS.”
CLAIM ONE IT’S A FACT
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 150
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 3
15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!A word in the title from When Christmas Comes to Town: What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley
The word is Time in verse 2.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Jayme(the ghostreader) 20. 8 Nickels and Dimes
option 2 read a book with any 2 numbers in the publication date 1,2,8,9
Acorna's Questby Anne McCaffrey
published 1998
Task +20
Grand Total: 30
15.9 My Bloody ValentineMPG Romance and MPG War: The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
(Expand to see "War" after "France" among the genres on the main page.)
mass market paperback The Winemaker's Wife
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
FLY Task #5.8 Birdwatching Month
** +GO ticket
task: title word matches a word in the given list of birds
book: The Scarlet Letter
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: word = Scarlet, bird = Scarlet ibis
other:
**claiming GO ticket for First published March 16, 1850
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4/57
BB: 0 / GO: 0 + 1 = 1 / IAF: 2
Katrisa10.10 - Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Nordic Noir
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
I read The Lost Village from P1 of 52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 165
PegW15.10 Winter Retreat
Read a book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin in a snowy landscape.
I read
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
IAF: 0
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive LettersBook 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.
Stargazer (Evernight #2) by Claudia Gray
title begins with consecutive letters, Stargazer
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letter
These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
title ends with consecutive letters, these broken staRS
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 30
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 3: read a book with a MPG of either Classics or Gothic
Monkey by Wu Cheng'en
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 50
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: WordplayOption 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”.
a) Read a book with a title of at least two words where the total number of letters in the title can be averaged by the number of words, to get a whole number.
In Too Deep (Jack Reacher #29) by Lee Child & Andrew Child
9 letters divided by 3 words = 3
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 70
5.2- Circle of DarkAshes to Dust (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir #3) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
100% Iceland
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 75
Lisa MD10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
memoir about a musician
What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 105 / 995
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Deborah30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option D: Christmas
1) Christmas in Transylvania
MPG: CHRISTMAS and PARANORMAL ROMANCE
2) The Inn at the Edge of the World
MPG: CHRISTMAS and MAGICAL REALISM
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 1
Deborah15.5 Old Saint Nick
Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
CS: Santa Claus (SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 2
Deborah10.7 - I Want To Believe
I'll Be Waiting
MPG: PARANORMAL
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 3
JUKKA20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1A: Book with exactly five words in the title.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. First released in 1934, it is also a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 20/1045
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
It's a Fact Total: 0
5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern HemisphereBook: The Mother-in-Law
Task: Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January
How it fits: set in Australia and first published in January
I listened to the audio book. The paperback edition has 368 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
JUKKA20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 2: ook set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie. Takes place mostly in France and the rest is in England. It was first released in 1928 and is therefore a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 40/995
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 0
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Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order. Numbers may only be used as often as they appear.
read
The Afterlife of Holly Chase: A Christmas and Holiday Book
pages 419
points this post 10
total points 290
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 3: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles do not count) that can be made from the letters in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY
Alibi by Kristin Butcher
Word=ALIBI
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Tasks Completed: 16
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 4: read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST.
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Word=CLOWN
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks Completed: 17
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2B: read a book with the MPG Young Adult.
Sync by Ellen Hopkins
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks Completed: 18
5.9 It's Part of My WorldTask: MPG Nature
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing
Paperback: Il giardino contro il tempo: Alla ricerca di un paradiso comune
Nature is the second MPG; Nonfiction is the first.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 125 / 995
Tasks Completed: 12/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option D: Pick one holiday MPG, and read two books which share that MPG but which also have different MPGs.
Holiday Hideout b y Lynette Eason
MPG: Christmas and Mystery
Christmas with Tucker by Greg Kincaid
MPG: Christmas and Historical Fiction
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
Tasks Completed: 19
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20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 2: Participation
Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
A Place to Heal by Deborah Ann Dykeman
SERIES: Rubyville #3
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 60
Tasks completed: 3/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: o
It's a Fact tickets total: 0