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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Delicious Dee25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 4 - Archangel's Prophecy - last time I read a book in this series was January 2022 - more than 6 months ago
Option 5 - When Women Were Dragons
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 285
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Option 1
Book A - The Weaver and the Witch Queen - found on pg1
Book B - Snow Going Back - SNOW
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 315
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music
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 Murder on the Links, initially published in 1923, claiming one GO ticket
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 60
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
jecca20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
1.Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that matches a word in the name of a carol from this list
Silent Night - Night
Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks Completed: 7
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
20.8 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.
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, the word is LORD caLidORnia reDwood
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 80
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
jecca30.9 - 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
400
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Option 4: Sing "Auld Lang Syne"
"And neverbrought to mind?"
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
20.4 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.
Required: If setting is not evident from the main page provide a reference
The Clock Struck Murder set in France
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 100
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025 or read a book that is number 12 in a series. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Death at a Scottish Christmas, only 3 books in the series as of Feb 28, 2025
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 115
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Task 20.6 Getting OlderOption 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
One of the main characters is the novel’s narrator's father, named George Carver, who is age 81.
In the text of the novel:
p. 11: “Father was a man of eighty-one, afflicted with the numerous ailments of old age.”
In a review of the novel:
https://meadowparty.com/blog/2015/11/...
Third paragraph of review: The narrator, Phillip Carver, gets the titular summons from his two spinster sisters because their widowed father, now 81, plans to marry again, to a somewhat younger woman…..
A Summons to Memphis (1986) by Peter Taylor (Paperback, 209 pages)
10 + 20 = 30
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 10 + 20 = 30
Books read: 02
Pages read: 556
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Amy FL5.7 National Cocoa Day
- approved in message 5 for hot beverage on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 175
Amy FL10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
What a Fool Believes: A Memoir - autobiography about a musician
Points this post: 10
Total points: 185
Amy FL10.9 - Making the National International
Pike Island - Saint Helena ISLAND
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Option 2: Ladykiller - set in Greece (metadata)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Amy FL20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A: Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
1) Hanukkah - author's initials LH in LigHts
3) Kwanzaa - MPG African American
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Task 10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
Book: Gods of Jade and Shadow
On p. 2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 200
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025Option 2: 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
At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple #10) by Agatha Christie
100% England
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 300
ROBIN P5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphere
book set in Southern Hemisphere and pub in Dec or Jan
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon - per GR pub Jan 1, 2013
Points this post: 5
Total points: 290
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:3
Katrisa20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Opt 3 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.
I read The Message
10 letters / 2 words = 5
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 455
Katrisa30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With Science
Book A - Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle.
I read The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
IRON in title and this book is nonfiction
My book was audio 336 PB pages (no MMPB)
Book B - Opt 4 Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction
I read Annie Bot
MPG Science fiction
My book was audio 240 PB pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 485
FLY Task #20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
task: Option 2: Read a book that was first published in 1960
book: Rogue Moon
how it fits: First published January 1, 1960
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Josh15.6 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 word I chose from the song is "find." I read I Will Find You
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Total Pages Read: 1,552
20.10 Group ReadsDarling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Discussion post #11
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Joanne MI20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 3: Read a Classic -approved #16 in help thread
The Great Train Robbery
Points this task 20
Season Total 70
5.7 National Cocoa DayBook: Flopping in a Winter Wonderland
Task: Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover
How it fits: cup with steam on the cover
I read the kindle edition. There is no paperback edition. The hardcover edition has 368 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Julia10320.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season.
I read the Gutenberg Classic The Moonstone
My comments are post #2 of the discussion thread.
This book was first published in 1868 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 95
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 5
Books read: 6
Masoodah25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Option 2:
For this option, read a book from the first 25 pages of Goodreads "Weddings Books" Shelf: Wedding Books
Required: State the page
Did Option 2 twice-
Both found on Page 1
Dial A for Aunties & Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 155 / 995
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 8 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
GO:
IAF:
trishhartuk10.5 A Gateway to the Past
Includes a claim for a Golden Oldie.
Read a book set prior to 1903
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here.
Golden Oldie: first published in 1611
Okayed in Help Thread message #5: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Tempest was first published in 1611
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 12
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Julia10320.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2A: Read a book with the MPG Retellings
Buried Deep and Other Stories
(MPG approved in task help thread post #5)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 115
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 6
Books read: 7
Task 20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 1: read a book who first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Book: The Force
Published in 2017
Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
SHEMAC 20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Choose one of the following options:
1.Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that matches a word in the name of a carol from this list:
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/12/22/...
A Little Christmas! Travis's Secret
(PB A Little Christmas! Travis's Secret)
Required: State the song name: The Little Drummer Boy
This task points: 20
Total season tasks: 65
Line5.5
Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least 4-letters made from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS.
i read Dark Matter
all letters in matter can be found
points for this task: 5
total points: 5
books read: 1
tasks done: 1
Julia10325.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8 (1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, or 2018).
The Serrano Succession (published in 2018)
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback The Serrano Succession has 752 pages so claiming two BB tickets.
Option 4: Read a book with either the words “The End” or “The Mouth” found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title.
The End of Eternity
This post: 25 points, 2 BB
Total points: 140
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 7
Books read: 9
Susan A5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
MPG Romance
previous total: 645
points this post: 5
new total: 650
Susan A10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries
The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
set in New Jersey(USA) and the North POle per GR book main page
approved in QA HERE
previous total: 650
points this post: 10
total points: 660
Susan A25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 1: book with a car prominently featured on the cover.
Claus and Effect by Piper Rayne
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
car on cover
Option 3: fewer than 180 pages
Flirty Elf by M.M. Farmer
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
less than 180 pages
Previous total: 660
points this post: 25
total points: 685
Susan A5.4 New Year, New Reads!
an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Paradise by Patricia Wolf
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
author initials P W found in HAPPY NEW YEAR
previous total: 685
points this post: 5
total points: 690
15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!Beyond Time (Time Shifters #1) by Laura N. Anile
word in title found in lyric, TIME
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 325
ROBIN P10.2 Crossing Borders
Set in at least 2 countries
Signs Preceding the End of the World
Mexico & United States
From GR description - Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her brother, she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret messages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 305
BB;0 GO:0 IAF:3
Katrisa20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Opt 3 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of these letters: AB, AS, AT, BA, BS, BT, TA, TB, TS, SA, SB, ST
I read Awakening by Brandon Sanderson
Initials BS
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 505
Katrisa25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Opt 1 x 2
For this option, read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
Book 1 - I read Her Father's Secret
MPG Mystery and FATHER in title
Book 2 - I read The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
MPG Mystery and FATHER in title
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 530
LoraTask: 10.1 - Look to the Skies
Book/Author: The Dallergut Dream Department Store / Lee Mi-Ye
How it fits: crescent moon behind building and crescent moon also on the building's roof facade
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 125
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
Jessica S30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE ONLY
It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian
Option 4: Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series
The Invention of Wings by Robin Knight
Points this task: 30
Total points 250
Jessica S25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 1:book with a title that has at least 5 words
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles
Option 3: book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance
The Toymaker's Son by Ariana Nash
Points this task: 25
Total points 275
Jessica S20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3: book first published in either 1981 or 2024
The Prince and the Commander by Layla Moran
Points this task: 20
Total points 295
Jessica S5.8 Birdwatching Month
book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title. BIRD: European White Stork
Black & White by Ruby Moone
Points this task: 5
Total points 300
Kai30.9 TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
OPTION 1
Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245).
Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita
Page Count = 224
OPTION 4
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne in the title.
The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan
"Mine" (appears in both the English and the Scottish versions)
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 110
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 2
30.7 The Headaches of Home OwnershipOption 2 - When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel
The word in MEET
Option 3: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 175
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15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
Book A - Looking for Smoke - SMOKE can be found in SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER
Book B - Lies, Lies, Lies
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 260
Its a Fact Tickets: 3