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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Jasmiina F20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols:
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Setting: France
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
EMurphy20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option 1: Book meets requirements of 2 holidays
by Angela Jackson-Brown*Christmas - red 4.7% and green 13.9%
**Kwanzaa - African-American MPG
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
trishhartuk25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Choose a genre from my list nd use that genre for two books: Choose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance.
I've used Mystery for both.
Book 1: 4 or more letters from “WINTER WAS MADE FOR WARM BLANKETS AND LARGE BOOKS.”
Silent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (295pg)
SILENT: wINTEr … bLanketS
First MPG is Mystery
Book 2: Single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS.
The Woman in Black, Susan Hill (208pg)
cold nigHtS
Fourth MPG is Mystery
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 9
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
5.2- Circle of DarkTask: Set in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, or Alaska.
Fool's Spring by Roe Horvat
Paperback: Fool's Spring
Set 100% in Sweden - see GR precis.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 310/ 995
Tasks Completed: 22/57
Elizabeth PTask 30.6 - A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option D: Two books with same holiday genre but different secondary genres
Book One: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
MPGs Christmas and Romance
Book Two: The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
MPGs Christmas and Mystery
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 9
5.5 'Tis the Season to be FestiveTask: Title word from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Making the Naughty List by Daryl Banner
Paperback: [[book:Making The Naughty List|50265519]
LIST: christmas tree LIghTS
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 315/ 995
Tasks Completed: 23/57
Andy P.Task : 20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
From this book's home page "the title character is a retired librarian," whose backstory is the theme for the book.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
babbling c 20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music
I really got into music in the 90s, thanks to the CD player boom box I received for my 10th birthday. Naturally, I had to get a Columbia House subscription for CDs! I collected CDs from boy bands to grunge.
A: Since it seems like all boy bands had exactly 5 members (NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, NSync...) read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored) Only words count.
The Keeper of Hidden Books - audio The Keeper of Hidden Books - paperback pgs 416 by Madeline Martin
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 055/995
Completed Tasks: 3/57
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,232
Books read this season: 3
Task 25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of ChristmasOption 1: Read a book with a cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye
Book:
64.1% white
Option 5: Read a book with the MPG Urban Fantasy.
Book:
Points this task: 25
Total points: 125
Julia10325.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words
An Eye for an Eye
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle
Rules of Engagement
(GAMES: GAME in EnGAgeMent, S in ruleS)
Claiming one BB ticket. I read Kindle edition. The MMP Rules Of Engagement is 512 pages.
This post: 25 points, 1 BB
Total points: 75
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 4
Books read: 5
25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter ReadsMPG: Mystery
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.
Taken at the Flood (Hercule Poirot #29) by Agatha Christie
word in title, TAKEN, found in blANKETs
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg
author's initials, CNH, found in Cold NigHt
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 170
5.2- Circle of DarkRead a book set at least 50% in one of the countries or US state that have territory within the Arctic Circle - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska.
The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Post Total = 5
Season Total = 70
Total IAF = 1
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MEGSCL20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - published in either 1981 or 2024.
Playground
Total
55 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL15.10 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
Total
70 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and HolidaysOption 3 - Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 90
Total IAF = 1
5.2; ...; ...; 5.5
10.3
20.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.8
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10.6 - Inspiration StrikesRead a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren
Approved in help thread
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator (nonfiction)**.
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 100
IAFs This Post = 1
Total IAF = 2
5.2; ...; ...; 5.5
10.3; ...; ...; 10.6
20.1; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.8
30.7
ROBIN P25.7 FLY's Task: FLY Finally Finishes
Option 3 - short book, under 180 pages
Undressing the Duke - 154 p
Option 4 - book in series you started 2022 or before & haven't read in 6 months - The Limehouse Text
I read the first 2 books of this series (Barker & Llewelyn) in 2017 and haven't read any since.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:3
Task 20.7 - Holidays and Hikingoption A: combo of 4 - LOVE in title & 5 - #1 in series
Lovelight Farms
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305 points
Task 15.2 - Holiday who-be what-ee?book 1: 75% + green cover
Half a Soul
76.6 %#1c8b55Green
13.5 %#d9b66aBrown
3.5 %#dce2dfGrey
2.7 %#6eb395Green
2.6 %#add0c1Green
0.6 %#618c79Grey
0.5 %#1c6243Green
book 2: MPG Christmas
Hogfather
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320 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
by Frank G Anderson.Points this post: 10
Total points: 325
Tasks Completed: 24
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Discussion post #10
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
Tasks Completed: 25
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Destination Human by K.L. Denman
Consecutive letters: DE
Book 2: The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors by Joshua Santospirito
Consecutive letters: RS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Tasks Completed: 26
Mod
10.1 - Look to the Skies
Task: Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
Required: Post the cover
The Christmas Star. Donna VanLiere
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 235 / 995
Tasks Completed 15/57
It's a Fact - 1
Task 20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 4: read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST.
I chose the word WOODS and read:
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
FLY Task #10.10 - Cold As Ice
+BB ticket
task: Read a book from one of the featured lists
book: Smilla's Sense of Snow
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: #4 (page 1) on the Nordic Noir list
other: **Claiming BB ticket for MMPB = 512 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6/57
BB: 0 + 1 = 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
babbling c 20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
1: Discovery
I first discovered the SRC in January of 2014 and I was so instantly excited by the premise of this group (meaning this winter challenge we’ll actually hit my 11 year anniversary - WHAT?!). I remember the only thing I was disappointed by was the fact that I had missed the month of December and couldn’t finish the entire challenge in two months. That challenge and the excitement I felt is why I’m still here today!
Read a book first published in January of a year between 2014 and 2024, inclusive
Guardians of the Night - audio Guardians of the Night - paperback 352 pgs by Alan Russell
First published January 1, 2015
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 075/995
Completed Tasks: 4/57
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 1,584
Books read this season: 4
PegW5.5 'Tis the Season to be Festive
Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least 4-letters made from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS.
I read Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect and from the phrase the word made is THIS.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: One-book task - Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover AND where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT. I read Five Days of Christmas Spice by Mercy Denton (M in merry and D in and). Cover approved in help thread posts 23 and 24.
Total points so far: 180
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used. I read The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by María García Esperón, MG but not in AR bookfinder.
Total points so far: 185
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari
GAMES can be found in the title/subtitle.
304 pages
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
Agent Undercover by Lynette Eason
224 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
Tasks Completed: 27
15.10 Winter RetreatBook: The Christmas Tree Farm
Task: Read a book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape. The house/cabin must show at least 1 full side and the roof of the house.
How it fits:
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 344 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
5.3 Cupid is ComingBook: The Alpha's Warlock
Task: Read a book with MPG Romance. Stand Alone or Embedded (Paranormal Romance)
How it fits: MPG Romance
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 202 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
10.7 - I Want To BelieveBook: Captive Mate
Task: Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal. The genre may be embedded, e.g. "Paranormal Romance" or "Paranormal Horror"
How it fits: MPG Paranormal
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 260 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Katrisa10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries
I read Ayiti
It is set in Haiti and the United States.
Here is a reference from https://groveatlantic.com/book/ayiti/
"A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood. "
The "homeland" referred to is Haiti
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 305
Katrisa10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order.
I read Girl, Hunted
My book was audio PB 194 pages
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 315
Katrisa15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Opt 2
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
I read
286 pages77.8 %#190f0cBlack
11.1 %#736350Brown
3.7 %#5c0f09Brown
2.2 %#9a1309Red
2.1 %#c40906Red
0.8 %#d45507Orange
0.7 %#efc60fYellow
0.7 %#e7d194Brown
0.6 %#fa9f06Orange
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 330
5.8 Birdwatching MonthWhen Among Crows by Veronica Roth
bird: Crow
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 175
30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home OwnershipOption 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION.
Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan #1) by Chris Hammer
word in title, DIRT, found in RemeDIaTion
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
Wild Card (Detective Zoe Mayer #2) by Simon Rowell
author's initials, SR, found in maRiSsa
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 205
Masoodah25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 2: In the car I listened to a LOT of audiobooks. For this option, please pick a book from this list of Best Audiobooks.
Best Audiobooks Page 14
Page 14 - 1296
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
**claiming one BB ticket - 532 pages**
Option 3: I'm a slow reader, so I wouldn't have made it through the challenge without reading many short books last season! For this option, pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages. (your book must still meet the 100-page minimum!)
A Song for Orphans by Morgan Rice
Book has 162 pages
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 130 / 995
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 7 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
GO:
IAF:
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: WordplayOption 3: Word maths.
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.
Πράγματα που σκέφτεται η παρθένος Μαρία καπνίζοντας κρυφά στο μπάνιο
60 Letters divided by 10 Words equals 6.
This post:
Points: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 40
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Books read: 2
Task 20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s NostalgiaOption 2 (Movies)
Book A: Read a book with the MPG Retellings.
Book: The Crimson Crown
Points this task: 20
Total points: 145
ROBIN P25.1 KMarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Total must be over 500 p
Option : Title of at least 5 words - The Lady's Guide to Mistletoe and Mayhem - 158 p
Option 3: Author initials in GALAPAGOS
Crossings - Alex Landragin - 384 p
Total pages - 542
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:3
Task 30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex AleraOption C – The Furies
Fury: Air/Aeris
Book 1 - read a book where all the letters of the fury (AIR) can be found in the title; Real Americans
Book 2 - read a book where all the letters of the alternate name (AERIS) can be found in the authors name.: The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia
Points this task :30
Total points: 175
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 2: Pink Lake is an inland salty lake that receives its distinct colouring due to the pigment produced by bacteria.
For this task, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PINK LAKE. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
I read The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon whose initials are in pink LAke.
points: 60
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
Big Books: 1
pages read: 1419
Mod
10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Task: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
(Found on page 1 of the list)
A Thousand Ships. Natalie Haynes
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 245 / 995
Tasks Completed 16/57
It's a Fact - 1
Kai15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
OPTION 1
BOOK 1
Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover.
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Christmas lights
BOOK 2
Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT.
Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon
BD - merryanDBright
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 80
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 2
FLY Task #10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
task: Read a book set prior to 1903
book: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: set in 1687 (see metadata)
other:
MPG childrens: AR Quiz Info - IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
JEN B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Option 1:
Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover.
REQUIRED: post the cover
by Monica WoodTOTAL POINTS: 170
JEN B20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 4:
For this task, read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST.
Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
CASTLE =
CAL in CALifornia
STE in forEST
TOTAL POINTS: 190
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025:
Option 2: Read a book that is at least 50% set in one or more of these countries: Albania, Austria, Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales: Huomenta, keskiyö by Jean Rhys.
Setting: France
*Golden Oldie Book: First Published in 1939*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
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