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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Task 25.2 - Riversoption 1: pub Jun 2018 - year ending in 8
A Reaper at the Gates
option 2: WATERS in title, CLEARWATER (split permitted, ditto plurals - verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Hunt on Dark Waters
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540 points
Andy PTask # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover.
by Alafair Burke304 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Mod
5.1- It's All Natural
Task: Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
Isle of Palms. Dorothea Benton Frank
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 375 / 995
Tasks Completed 24
Julia10315.6 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...
The End of All Things
(THINGS is in the lyrics "All the things I've heard about")
This post: 15 points
Total points: 340
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 2
Completed tasks: 17
Books read: 23
ROBIN P30. Truitt_T's Task: She Blinded Me With Science
This is a two book task, with a combined 500 page minimum. . One book MUST be nonfiction.
Book A
Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle.
Required: state the element.
Venus in Copper - 277 pages
Element is COPPER
Book B
Required: State the option.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Birds, Ecology, Nature, and/or Conservation.
Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane - 256 pages
MPG Nature
**This book is Non-Fiction
**Claiming 1 IAF point for this book**
Total pages - 533
Points this post: 30
Total points: 510
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:5
15.8 New Year, New BeginningsBook: Annie Bot
Task: Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS
How it fits: Annie can be made from NEw yeAr brINgs fresh beginnings
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 240 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Erin NY10.2 Read a book that takes place in 2 distinct countries
Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern
The novel is written in letters, primarily correspondence between 2 main characters, one who lives in Ireland and one in the US.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 115
Angela IL20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 2: Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev-1/4
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/ PB link: Incense and Sensibility
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Angela IL20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman-12/12
From GR main page: Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life.
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Rockynook20.1 - Family and Holidays
Option 2: set in California, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, or Germany.
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Rockynook5.8 - Birdwatching Month
Title word matches a bird
Bird: Great Blue Turaco
Book: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
Word: Blue
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 130
5.1- It's All NaturalRead a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene
Big Sur
New Points: 5
Total Points: 75
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: WordplayOption 3b) b) Read a book with a title of at least two words where number of words in the title (not subtitle) equals the number of letters in the first word.
The Piano Cemetery
3 words in Title=3 letters in the first word
New Points: 20
Total Points: 95
LIsa MD10.3 - A Mountain of Books
Page Count made up of 9,1,4,4
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
144 pgs
🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300 / 995
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 3
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeFor this task, read a book who first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
I read Le Monde sans fin that was first published on 2021.
I also claim 1 It’s a Fact Ticket for this non fiction book.
This task;
Points: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total:
Points: 140
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: WordplayOption 3B
Task: Number of words in title equals number of letters in first title word.
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
MMPB: Sol u moru
Four letters in first title word, four words in title
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 850/ 995
Tasks Completed: 51/57
JennB8241230.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Option 2: The Reunion
Book 1: The Ravenswood Witch Jenni Keer
Book 2: The God of the Woods Set in 1970's
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
10.1 - Look to the SkiesSomewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) by T.J. Klune
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 530
babbling c 10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
Required: State the page of the shelf your book is found on.
The Sunbearer Trials - Kindle The Sunbearer Trials - mass market paperback pgs 410 by Aiden Thomas
page 4
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 115/995
Completed Tasks: 7/57
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2, 778
Books read this season: 7
SHEMAC 10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
Brutus's Surprise
(PB Brutus's Surprise)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 275
Kristen IA5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165/995
Tasks Completed: 11/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
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.
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue - 220 pages
Option 2: New Year Resolution
Read a book with food on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 195/995
Tasks Completed: 12/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
FLY Task #25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
task: Option 1: a book from this list: https://bookriot.com/best-short-books/
book: Beast in View
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: on the 50 Must-Read Short Books Under 250 Pages list
task: Option 4: letters in YULE in the title
book: Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: (L)ad(y) of Myst(e)rio(u)s
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas CarolsOption 3: The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Author initials are BS
Total points: 20
20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRCOption 3: The Third Gilmore Girl
The word "Girl" is in the phrase "READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY"
Total points: 40
Deborah25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
1) Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words.
I Have Some Questions for You 438 pages
3) MPG: ROMANCE and MYSTERY
Prose and Cons 308 pages
438+308=746 Minimum 500 page required
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 8
25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!Option 3: I pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages.
Cinderwich by Cherie Priest
Option 5: read a book with either a dragon on the cover (it doesn't need to be the main thing on the cover
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire #5) by Naomi Novik
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 555
Task 15.4 - It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmasbook 1: Xmas lights on cover
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret
book 2: author initials in AND BRIGHT
Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes
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555 points
JUKKA10.8 Run Away! Run Away!
Book from the Mythology shelf.
Gilgamesh: Kertomus ikuisen elämän etsimisestä is on the first page. It's also marked as being first published in 1201, making it a Golden Oldie. I guess the Goodreads system isn't good at noting down dates BCE.
Total Points: 170/995
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 6
It's a Fact Total: 0
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - It's All Natural
Cover with a natural landscape scene
by Ann CleevesApproved in Help Thread post 33
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 195
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 13
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...
Required: State the word: Night
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 120
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025Option 2: The Roman Empire reached its furthest extent by 117AD and had a massive influence on European and, ultimately, world culture. Read a book that is at least 50% set in one or more of these countries that were part of the Roman Empire at that time:
England
225 Pages: 336p
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 140
Jessica S15.4 - It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Book 1: Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover.
The Christmas Switch by Briar PrescottBook 2: Book where the author's first and last initials are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT
The Prince and the Ice King by Amanda Meuwissen
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 490
Jessica S10.1 - Look to the Skies
book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky
Forbidden Fruit by Logan ChurchPoints this task: 10
Total Points: 500
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Option 1. Valhalla
A Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about Norse mythology
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology by Snorri Sturluson on page 1 of list
B. Hammer of the Gods Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters (words must match exactly) from the first verse of Immigrant Song: word chosen is Drive
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
Points this post: 30
Total points: 325
Points this post: 30
5.3 Cupid is ComingRead a book with MPG Romance. Stand Alone or Embedded (Paranormal Romance)
Kidnapping The Mafia Boss
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Lys5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Wee Free Men
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Lys10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal. The genre may be embedded, e.g. "Paranormal Romance" or "Paranormal Horror".
Shift
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern HemisphereRead a book set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January.
Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe
Set in Uganda, published in January.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
10.6 - Inspiration StrikesRead a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Orwell's Roses
Orwell was a writer.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
The Illiad and The Odyssey
Robert Fagles
The Illiad and The Odyssey are both on page 1 of the list.
This particular edition is 1556 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
I would like to claim big book tickets for this book.
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.6 - 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.
Book 1:A December to Remember
MPGs
Christmas
Holiday
Romance
Fiction
Contemporary
Audiobook
Chick Lit
Book 2 Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
MPGs
Christmas
Short Stories
Fiction
Holiday
Audiobook
Fantasy
Food
Total Points: 110
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 11
Total tasks: 10
Amy FL5.5 'Tis the Season to be Festive
Imminent Harm - HARM in cHRistMAs tree lights
Points this post: 5
Total points: 335
Amy FL25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 2: A Storm of Infinite Beauty - Best Audiobooks list, page 2, #130
Option 4: The Hunting Wind - started series in 2018, read book #2 on 1/13/24 and book #3 on 1/12/25
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Amy FL30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: First Lie Wins - FIRST in title
Option 4: The Final Equinox - #2 in series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Mod
20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Task: Option 1 - Music
A: Read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored) Only words count.
The Author's Guide to Murder. Beatriz Williams
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 395 / 995
Tasks Completed 25
Amy FL30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Book 1: Elena Knows - set in Argentina (metadata)
Book 2: Out of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch Urioste - author was born in Uruguay
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
MabeelleRepost - Correction post 1018 (book not eligible for task 20.3)
20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
L'étrangère was first published in 2024.
L'étrangère by Sonia Alain
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRCOption 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.
I chose the word MAISON and read:
Cette maison by David Mitchell
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
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