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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Anja20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
3: Reflection - Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that can be made from the letters in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (IRON)
640 pages - I claim big book ticket
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 65
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 5
Anja20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PINK LAKE.
Avenging Angels: Back in the Saddle by Kristen Ashley
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 85
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 6
Anja20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2 - Movies - read a book with the MPG Young Adult
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 105
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 7
Anja25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 3: Read a book with fewer than 180 pages
Maiden Flight by Bianca D'Arc (150 pages)
Option 5: Read a book with either a dragon on the cover
by Bianca D'ArcPOINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 130
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 8
Task 25.3 - Winter Solsticeoption 1: on Book Riot best short stories
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
option 2: Royal Spyness series listed on Cosy Mystery list
The Twelve Clues of Christmas
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455 points
15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like ChristmasOption B: One-book task
Book 1: Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover.
Book 2: Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
author's initials, DB, found in merry anD Bright
Total this Post:15
Season Total: 435
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15.7 We Three Kings
Task: Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
The Kiss Quotient. Helen Hoang
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 320 / 995
Tasks Completed 21
Task 5.8 Birdwatching MonthRead a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title
Book: The Return of Ellie Black
Bird: Black-faced spoonbill
Points this task: 5
Total points: 330
Katrisa30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Opt 1 -
A - Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books about Norse mythology
I read Truth and Other Lies from P1 of the list
B - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters (words must match exactly) from the first verse of Immigrant Song
I read Sing, Unburied, Sing
SING from "To fight the horde, sing and cry"
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 790
Julia10315.10 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.
(approved in task help thread post #18)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 275
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 2
Completed tasks: 14
Books read: 19
Kristen IA15.5 Old Saint Nick
For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
Required: State the name. - Santa Claus
Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140/995
Tasks Completed: 10/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
ROBIN P15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
4+ letter word found in NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS
A Fair Barbarian - word FAIR - F in Fresh, A in yeAr, I in brIngs, R in yeaR
**claiming 1 GO point, orig. pub. 1880
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:4
Kristen IA20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
The 24th Hour by James Patterson
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/995
Tasks Completed: 11/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
ROBIN P30.4 Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: 1st word of title starts with consecutive letters
State of Terror
Book 2: last word of title ends with consecutive letters
Chasing the Bride
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:4
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: RiversOption 1, first published in 1968: Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark
mass market paperback Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
Option 2, river name in title: Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins
The river is Clearwater.
mass market paperback Out of the Clear Blue Sky
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
trishhartuk5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
Details in the Document, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (191pg)
Romance is the fourth MPG
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 14
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
trishhartuk15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book that is number 12 in a series.
Rivers of London Vol. 12: Stray Cat Blues (Rivers of London Graphic Novels #12), Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (112pg)
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 15
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South AmericaOption 1: Two Book Option (no page count requirement)
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America, or is about one or more countries in South America (if Non-Fiction).
Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival by Yossi Ghinsberg
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
set >70% in Bolivia per book description, MPG Bolivia
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America.
Variations on the Body by Maria Ospina
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Maria Ospina was born in Colombia
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Previous total: 860
points this post: 30
new total: 890
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30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Task: This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options. Each book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Option 2:
Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY"
The Underground Library. Jennifer Ryan - 368 pages
Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials use only the letters "ARY"
Someone to Watch Over Me. Ace Atkins - 320 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 350 / 995
Tasks Completed 22
Andy P.Task# 30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America
Brazil by John Updike
set entirely in Brazil
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende author born in Brazil
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear TreeI chose option D.
Both books I read have a Christmas MPG.
The Christmas Orphans Club has also an MPG Romance
SantaLand Diaries has an MPG Humor.
I also claim an It’s a fact ticket for this non fiction book.
This task:
Points:30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Total:
Points: 120
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Katrisa20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Opt 2 - Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series
I read Across the Green Grass Fields
It is #6 in the Wayward Children series
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 810
Katrisa25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Genre: 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.
I read Alone in the Dark
ALONE in wiNtEr wAs made fOr warm 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
I read Without Mercy by Ava Strong
AS in reAdS
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 835
Katrisa25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Opt 2 - Read a book from the list of Best Audiobooks.
I read I Am America
It is on P1 of the list
Opt 3 - Read a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages
I read Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
My book was audio PB 176 pages
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 860
Katrisa30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Opt 1
Book 1 - Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America, or is about one or more countries in South America (if Non-Fiction).
I read Things We Lost in the Fire
It is set >70% in Argentina
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America
I read The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
She was born in Lima, Peru
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 890
Katrisa30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Opt A
Book 1: Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in PARTRIDGE
I read Dante's Inferno: Hell (1) by Dante Alighieri
DA in pArtriDge
My book was audio (and kindle both) MMPB 288 pages
Book 2: Read a book where both a tree and a bird appear on the cover. I will accept either a branch or a full tree.
I read How to Love
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 920
Katrisa25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Opt 1 - read a book from this list:
https://bookriot.com/best-short-books/
I read Goodbye, Vitamin
Opt 4 - Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name
I read Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
YULE in paYoff: thE hidden Logic that shapes oUr motivations
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 945
Christine V15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
The Voyage Home: A Novel
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
JennB8241225.3 Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 1: read in daylight hours All Grown Up
Option 2: cozy mystery list: A Half-Baked Murder
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Kathy KS30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.
Delia's Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer
Consecutive letters: DE
I read as an ebook; pb-336 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters.
Planetside by Michael Mammay
Consecutive letters: DE
I listened to an audiobook; pb-384 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 170
Tasks completed: 8/57
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
10.9 - Making the National InternationalTitle word matches a National Scenic Area: The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
paperback edition The Queen of Dirt Island
The word is Island.
The National Scenic Area is Saint Helena Island.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
15.9 My Bloody ValentineTask: MPG Romance and MPG War, Thriller, or Mythology
Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Paperback: Sanctuary
MPG Romance and MPG Mythology - genres noted here.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 760/ 995
Tasks Completed: 44/57
15.6 Why to the North Pole, Of CourseThe Night Trade by Barry Eisler
The word is NIGHT
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 190
15.8 New Year, New BeginningsThe Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
The word is BARN
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 205
10.7 - I Want To BelieveTask: MPG Paranormal
Ghostly Findings by E.M. Leya
Paperback: Ghostly Findings
MPG Paranormal
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 770/ 995
Tasks Completed: 45/57
JUKKA25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 3: Book with fewer than 180 pages.
Sudenmorsian by Aino Kallas. I read the ebook but the only mass market paperback edition comes in at 141 pages. The title means "Wolf's Bride". Also it first came out in 1928 and is a Golden Oldie.
Option 4: Book from a series I abandoned for at least six months.
Once & Future, Vol. 5: The Wasteland by Kieron Gillen. I started the series in May 2021 and read the most recent previous part on July 21, 2022.
Total Points: 65/995
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 3
It's a Fact Total: 0
Masoodah10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Autobiography about an artist/writer.
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 185 / 995
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 10 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
GO:
IAF:
Jayme(theghostreader)30.9 Ringing in the new year
Option 1 read a book with 0022245 in the page count
A Christmas Memoryby Richard Paul Evans
224 pp
Christmas Cupcake Murderby Joanne Fluke
304 pp
Total: 528 pp
Task +30
Grand Total: 75
Andy P.Task # 20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the places in which some of our family members live: North Carolina.
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
babbling c 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose - audiobook
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose - paperback pgs 480 by Lauren Willig
Rose - WORLD WETLANDS DAY
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 085/995
Completed Tasks: 5/57
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,064
Books read this season: 5
Julia10320.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 1: Read a book from the first 25 pages this list: Genealogy Books
The Irish Inheritance (last book on page 1 of list)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 295
BB: 5
GO: 2
NF: 2
Completed tasks: 15
Books read: 20
slideshell5.2 Circle of Dark
Read 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
Puck Me Secretly
Kindle - 406 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 5/995
Completed Tasks: 1/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 406
Books read this season: 1
slideshell5.3 Cupid Is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
Bridesmaid Undercover
Paperback - 496 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 10/995
Completed Tasks: 2/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 902
Books read this season: 2
slideshell5.5 '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.
State the word : RIGHT
The Right Move
Paperback - 426 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 15/995
Completed Tasks: 3/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 1328
Books read this season: 3
slideshell5.10 Comfort Zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Hooked
Paperback - 325 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 20/995
Completed Tasks: 4/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 1653
Books read this season: 4
slideshell10.2 Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries
*novel follows the F1 circuit - the novel starts in Monaco but they travel all over the world and they are from San Diego so they are often at home in the United States
Cross the Line
Paperback - 416 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 30/995
Completed Tasks: 5/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 2069
Books read this season: 5
slideshell10.4 Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
State the word: LAST
Last Word to the Wise
Paperback - 336 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 40/995
Completed Tasks: 6/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 2405
Books read this season: 6
slideshell10.7 I Want to Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal
Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet
Paperback - 367 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 50/995
Completed Tasks: 7/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 2772
Books read this season: 7
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20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Read a book first published in 2024
Rock Chick Bonus Tracks by Kristen Ashley (First published November 5, 2024)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 45
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 4