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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Option 1: 2 book option
Book 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.
The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald / 78.8% red, black, yellow
68.4 %#1f1f1fBlack
10.9 %#f0e3cfPink
5.5 %#f3d21bYellow
3.3 %#a0883dBrown
3.2 %#572b21Brown
2.7 %#d44327Red
2.2 %#4d461eBrown
2.2 %#b8a11eYellow
1.4 %#c76752Orange
0.3 %#b6d09cGreen
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song by Frank Young / 192 pg HC has 2 and 9 in page count; nonfiction
claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
IAF tickets this post: 1
Total IAF: 4
Christine V5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover
This cover was preapproved in the task help thread here.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
Sue T20.1 - Most Improved - Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3: read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024
Passions in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25/995
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Christine V10.9 - Making the National International
Book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas
Saint Peter's Fair - "Saint" matches "Saint Helena Island"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
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
Small Town Horror word is "town"
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 130
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Task 25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter SolsticeOption 2: Read a book from this cozy mystery list
Book: The Man Who Died Twice - from The Thursday Murder Club, the series is on the list
Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name.
Book: Broadway Butterfly
Points this task: 25
Total points: 325
Susan A15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 1: 75 percent of any combination of these THREE colors, RED BLACK AND YELLOW
Monster by A. Lee Martinez
MMPB HERE
44.9 % #fbec12 Yellow
20.3 % #f5d51f Yellow
8.6 % #e93521 Red
6.7 % #c3b12f Yellow
5.7 % #92882b Brown
4.7 % #160a06 Black
3.4 % #443c1b Brown
3.1 % #ded12b Yellow
2.6 % #6f6524 Brown
88.3% yellow, red and black
Book 2:
Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
Blood Trail by C.J. Box
MMPB HERE
289 pages, all of the lucky numbers
previous total: 815
points this post: 15
new total: 830
Task 20.8: The Wonders of HomeOption 1: Read a book who first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
First year of publication: 2019 which contains 1, 2 and 9.
Civilizations (2019) by Laurent Binet; translated from the French by Sam Taylor (Hardback 310 pages)
30 + 20 = 50
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 30 + 20 = 50
Books read: 03
Pages read: 866
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.5 'Tis the Season to be FestiveThe Girl Under the Floor (Maddie Ives #8) by Charlie Gallagher
word in title, GIRL, found in tRee LIGhts
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 395
Deborah20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 3: Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
MPG: Classics
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done:7
Task 20.6 - Getting Olderoption 1: 88 year old woman MC, as per blurb
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
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430 points
Jecca20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!Option 2: pick a book from this list of Best Audiobooks.
#96 Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Option 3: pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages.
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Nick KY5.1 All Natural The cover has a natural landscape. I read Boar Island by Nevada Barr.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
Nick KY20.8 Apple’s Wonders of Home. Opt. 3. Hanging Rock.
I’m choosing this option because I find the movie Picnic at Hanging Rock beautiful, atmospheric, and a psychological creepfest. I find this book that way too -- I read Annie Kilburn by William Dean Howells, having “Classics” as an MPG.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 235
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.6 - 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 the "When Christmas Comes to Town" lyrics.
A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh
"Christmas" is found in the lyrics (That even though it's far, he'll find me Christmas Eve)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): A Cross-Country Christmas
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 9
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 2 - Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.
Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey
This book is a murder mystery featuring a witch.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Witch Way to Mistletoe & Murder (note - title has changed since the book was originally published).
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Tasks completed: 10
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: One-book task. Read 1 book that satisfies both requirements option 1 (Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover and author's first and last initials are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT.
Christmas in Silver Springs by Brenda Novak
This cover has ornaments and the author's initials can be found in merry aNd Bright.
Link tp MMP edition: Christmas in Silver Springs
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Tasks completed: 11
Susan A30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters
Death and Glory by Will Thomas
No MMPB. No paperback. Hardcover HERE
letter pair at beginning: DE
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters
Baby It's Cold Outside by Reanna Pryce
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Letter Pair at end: DE
previous total: 830
points this post: 30
new total: 860
Delicious Dee5.2- Circle of Dark
Crashing into Love - set in Alaska
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 320
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee10.2 - Crossing Borders
The Second Chance Hotel - set in the United States and Greece
Points This Post: 10
Points Overall: 330
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee15.7 We Three Kings
A Ghost of Caribou - #3 in the Alice Henderson series; book 4 is due out in March
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 345
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1 - The Excitements - from book description: Now in their late nineties, Josephine and Penny are in huge demand; more than 65% of the book takes place in their 90's but there are flashbacks to WW2
Points This Post: 20
Points Overall: 365
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
*****Correction and repost from message 606*****30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
This is a two book task, from two different options.
Book 1, Option 1: Page count from 00222245
Ice & Sweet by Charlie Novak
Paperback: Ice & Sweet: An MM Christmas Romance - 222 pages.
222: 00222245
Book 2, Option 4: Title word from Auld Lang Syne
Burn Me Deadly by Alex Bledsoe
Paperback: Burn Me Deadly
Title word: Burn - from the Scots version
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 715/ 995
Tasks Completed: 42/57
*****Correction and repost from message 606*****
Delicious Dee20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music
Book B - Love and Other Consolation Prizes - set in WA state
Points This Post: 20
Points Overall: 385
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Amy B30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
This is a two book task, read one book for each option.
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.
Required: Note the consecutive letters.
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton (GH)
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters. For the purposes of this task, subtitles count as part of the title and may not be ignored.
Required: Note the consecutive letters.
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill (RS)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 70 Points
**REPOST**Katrisa
30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Opt 3 - Read a book set in New York City.
I read Spellbound It is set in Manhattan NYC
No print edition - approved for length in message 332 in verification thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Opt 4 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne in the title
I read Never Simple
NEVER in "And never brought to mind"
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 715
Deyara20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 2: Participation - Book #6 in a series
Haunted Blade - Colbana Files #6
Points this post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points
Erin NY30.5 South America - I am taking the 2 book option (Option 1)
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America
Exile Music by Jennifer Steil
This is ~80% in Bolivia
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America.
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Author was born in Chile.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75
SHEMAC 20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Read one book from these options. State the option: 3
Option 3 - Read a book first published in 2024
book:Naughty Elf: Aster|219835252- published November 2024
(PB book:Naughty Elf: Aster|221009521)
This task points: 20
Total Season points: 105
Katrisa15.10 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
I read Dead of Winter
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 730
Katrisa25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Opt 1 - Read a book with a cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye
I read The Glass Castle
81.1 %#eaf1f7White
11.1 %#0b1d30Black
4.4 %#8d949cGrey
1.7 %#2d2d2dGrey
Opt 5 - Read a book with the MPG Urban Fantasy
I read The Gemini Paradox
It has MPG Urban Fantasy
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 755
Elizabeth PTask 25.4 - Cold Nights with Winter Reads
I chose genre ROMANCE
Book 1: Book with word of 4+ letters made from quote (below)
Tomb of the Sun King by Jacquelyn Benson
Word: Tomb
winTer was made fOr warM Blankets and large books
Book 2: Author's initials in WINTER READS
The Mirror by Nora Roberts
wiNteR reads
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
IAF: 0
Total Books: 12
20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols3. Although I cannot carry a tune, my husband is an excellent singer who has performed in local and regional concerts, including holiday programs. Most of the choirs contain men and women who are divided into the four parts of Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass, or SATB for short. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of these letters. Letters may only be used as often as they appear, but they may be in any order. Therefore, the options are AB, AS, AT, BA, BS, BT, TA, TB, TS, SA, SB, ST.
I read The Great Hippopotamus Hotel by Alexander McCall Smith, whose initials are "AS."
points: 100
books read: 5
tasks completed: 5
Big Books: 1
Just the Facts: 1
Pages read: 1979
Bookwrm526Task #5.1- It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene. The landscape cannot contain any human or man-made objects - only animals, plants, water, landforms, etc. I read Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver. The cover was approved in the help thread at posts 35 and 36.
Total points so far: 250
JEN B10.10 - Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
TOTAL POINTS: 215
30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With ScienceThis is a two book task, from two different options (one required), 500+ pages, one must by NF
Book A, mandatory task: Element in the title
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
MMPB: Altered Carbon - 526 pages.
Carbon (C) is the element
Book B, Option 2: MPG of Evolution, Natural History, Geology, Biology, and/or Travel
When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano by Donald R. Prothero
Paperback: When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano - 208 pages
MPG Geology and MPG Biology
This book is nonfiction.
Total Pages: 734
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 745/ 995
Tasks Completed: 43/57
Julia10325.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 2: Read a book from this cozy mystery list: If a whole series is listed you may read any book from the series.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Or this cozy fantasy list: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Legends & Lattes
(This is on the cozy fantasy list)
Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name.
What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
(YULE is in subtitle: Y in Legacy, U in Enduring, LE in Legacy)
This book is 608 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
It is also non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 25 points, 1 BB, 1 NF
Total points: 260
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 2
Completed tasks: 13
Books read: 18
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
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot #13) by Agatha Christie
66.2 %#f1eeebWhite
14.0 %#9f9894Grey
5.5 %#e7a53fOrange
5.1 %#d83430Red
4.0 %#5f7749Green
1.3 %#cc7573Pink
1.2 %#d7a9a9Pink
1.1 %#8a5d33Brown
0.9 %#eac98fPink
0.7 %#f5e8cdPink
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in LET IT SNOW.
Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery #1) by Tara Lush
author's initials, TL, found in LeT
Total this Post:25
Season Total: 420
LoraTask: 20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC, using Option 3
Book/Author: Best in Breed / Libby Howard
How it fits: word is BREED; rEaDing challenges BRing mE joy
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 145
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
Janice CA10.7 - I Want To Believe
MPG: paranormal
Credible Witness: Paranormal Police Stories by Andy Gilbert
+10
total: 20
tasks: 2
books: 2
Theresa15.1 - Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
Book 1 - The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis
SpRInG will arrive earLy - GIRLS
Book 2 - There There by Tommy Orange
Repeated word in title
Points this post - 15
Total points - 15
Josh30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With Science
Book A (Fiction): Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle. Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.
I read Iron Lake
Book B, Option 3 (Non-Fiction): Read a book with an MPG of Birds, Ecology, Nature, and/or Conservation.
I read Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nat
This title has a MPG of Nature, as required by the task. This book has been verified as Not Really Childrens
Page total between Book A + B = 672
Points this post : 30
Total Points : 65
Total Pages Read : 672
Theresa15.2 - Holiday who-be what-ee?
Book 1 -
by Shilpi Somaya GowdaTineye - 89.3% - Green
46.9% - #335a26 - Green
42.4% - #a1bd67 - Green
2.4% - #b2c5a9 - Grey
2.2% - #a3301a - Red
1.9% - #755b22 - Brown
1.1% - #c7782c - Orange
1.1% - #e4bd28 - Yellow
0.9% - #e53420 - Red
0.7% - #130706 - Black
0.3% - #dac488 - Brown
Book 2 -
by Shelley NobleMPG - Christmas
Points this post - 15
Total points - 30
FLY Task #20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
task: 1. title word matches a word in the name of a carol
book: Flying Too High
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: 'High' in 4. “Angels We Have Heard On High”
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Kathy KS30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
pick one option (A, B or C) and read book A and book B from that option. Your page count needs to be more than 500 pages ; at least one author must be NEW TO YOU.
Both authors were new to me
Option C – Fury chosen: EARTH/terra
Book A - read a book where all the letters of the fury can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E. Sniegoski
EARTH=A kiss befoRE THe...
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-290 p.
Book B - Using the same fury you used for Book A and read a book where all the letters of the alternate name can be found in the authors name.
Don't Ever Forget by Matthew Farrell
TERRA=matThew fARREll
I read as an ebook; pb-351 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 290+351=641 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 140
Tasks completed: 7/57
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
Anja5.5 '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.
Border Lair by Bianca D'Arc (LAIR)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 1
Anja10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (419 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 15
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 2
Anja10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 25
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 3
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Task # 25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Option 1 . read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
The Mystery of Treefall Manor by J.S. Savage Mystery PG, F in Treefall, A and R in Manor THE in the
Book 2 Option 1 again. read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Mystery MPG.
F in OF, A in dead, THE in the, R in your
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165