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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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slideshell15.5 Old Saint Nick
Read a book with a single author who shares these initials: SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
State the name: KK - Kris Kringle
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
Hardcover - 262 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 75/995
Completed Tasks: 9/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 3380
Books read this season: 9
slideshell15.6 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 lyrics
State the word: Christmas
Faking Christmas
Paperback - 273 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 90/995
Completed Tasks: 10/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 3653
Books read this season: 10
slideshell15.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology
Killer Instinct
Hardcover - 375 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 105/995
Completed Tasks: 11/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 4028
Books read this season: 11
slideshell15.10 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
Chasing the Mistletoe
Kindle - 318 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 120/995
Completed Tasks: 12/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 4346
Books read this season: 12
slideshell20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 2: Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series
Mirror Lake
Paperback - 216 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 140/995
Completed Tasks: 13/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 4562
Books read this season: 13
slideshell30.6 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: MPG Christmas and MPG Mystery
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
Hardcover - 288 pages
Book 2: MPG Christmas and MPG Romance
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
Kindle - 482 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 170/995
Completed Tasks: 14/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 5332
Books read this season: 15
slideshell30.9 TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Book 1: Option 2: Read a book with food on the cover
Sprinkles and Sea Serpents
Kindle - 304 pages
Book 2: Option 3: Read a book set in New York City
Roomies
Paperback - 368 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 200/995
Completed Tasks: 15/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 5700
Books read this season: 17
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: RiversOption 1: Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8
2018
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Option 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title. Clearwater and Eleven Point may be broken up so that you only use one word
Clearwater - Water
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and HikingOption A: HOLIDAYS
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
5) VALENTINE’S DAY (Feb. 14) - All of the letters L-O-V-E appear in the title (ignore subtitles).
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books #1) by K.J. Charles
LOVE found in LiVEs Of
Total this Post:20
Season Total: 455
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. 1 and 2 - 2017
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Susan A30.9 - 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 (00222245).
Below Zero by C.J. Box
MMPB HERE
405 pages
Option 2: New Year Resolution
Read a book with food on the cover
A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau
approved for length line 78 of spreadsheet
Previous total: 890
points this post: 30
new total: 920
REPOST 15.7 We Three Kings
Outback (DS Walker #1) by Patricia Wolf
3 books to date in series ( https://www.goodreads.com/series/3544... )
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 455
15.7 We Three KingsRead 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.
I read A Nest of Vipers which is the third book in the Bangalore Detectives Club series).
points: 115
books read: 6
Big Books: 1
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 2331
Task 5.1- It's All Natural Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
Book:
points this task: 5
Total points: 335
MEGSCL10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903
The Hacienda - set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, which according to Google was in 1810-1827)
Total
80 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Make a word (WORLD) from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
Part of Your World
Total
90 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL5.8 Birdwatching Month
Use a word (GREAT) from a bird (Great Blue Turaco)
After the Great Storm
Total
95 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphere
set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January
Radiant Heat - set in Australia, published Jan 23
Total
100 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
15.1 Groundhog Groundhog GroundhogThis is a two book task.
Task One: Title word from SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER
Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs
MMPB: Storm Cursed
STORM: Six MORe weeks of winTer
Task Two: Repeating, consecutive title word
Liar Liar by Donna Alam
Paperback: Liar Liar
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 785/ 995
Tasks Completed: 46/57
JennB8241230.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE ONLY First Lie Wins
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY" The Maid's Diary
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
JennB8241225.1 - 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. BOOKS Book Lovers
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
10.10 - Cold As IceA book from Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices list (page 1 #93): Night Rounds by Helene Tursten
paperback edition Night Rounds
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
JenJ IA20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 4: 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. - LOST
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 175/995
Tasks Completed: 14/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JenJ IA20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2 - Movies
B: Since teens were the stars, read a book with the MPG Young Adult.
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 195/995
Tasks Completed: 15/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Lisa MD5.1 - It's All Natural
natural landscape, nothing manmade on cover
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110 / 995
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 7 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
JenJ IA25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Your total page count should be at least 500 pages.
Option 2:
Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Required: State the word you used. - GAMES
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal - 310 pages
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
The Beach Trees by Karen White - 432 pages
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 220/995
Tasks Completed: 16/59
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A: meets 2 criteria:
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
1: Hanukkah - Author Initials: SH in LIGHTS
2: Christmas - Red/Green in Cover any%:
TinEye Color Extractor:
23.9 %#938797Grey
21.9 %#9e5956Red
19.9 %#2d5588Blue
17.2 %#c76137Orange
9.8 %#1b0c21Black
4.3 %#98ab69Grey
1.5 %#d3486bPink
0.8 %#d2a54bBrown
0.4 %#7e4581Violet
0.3 %#3fb257Green
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130 / 995
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 8 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD25.4 - JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
I chose the MPG of Christmas
Book 1: Title Word: "Most" found in "Winter was made for warm blankets and large books"
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
Book 2: Author Initials: RE found in WINTER READS
Christmas in Bethel by Richard Paul Evans
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 155 / 995
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 9 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD25.6 - Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Option 1 - MPG: Mystery AND Letters of FATHER in Title
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
All THE coloRs oF the dark
608 pgs
I claim a BB ticket
Option 2 - On Pg 1 of Goodreads Weddings Books
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 180 / 995
Total Books Read: 13
Total Tasks Completed: 10 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Title Word starts with 2 consecutive letters - "NO"
Now or Never by Janet Evanovich
Book 2: Title ends with Title Word ending in 2 consecutive letters - "OP"
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 210 / 995
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.3 Cupid is Coming
Storm of Olympus - has romance as a MPG genre
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 390
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee5.5 'Tis the Season to be Festive
The Evolution of Annabel Craig - CRAIG can be found in the provided phrase
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 395
Its a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist - author is a forensic artist for the FBI, approved in the THT; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Post: 10
Points Overall: 405
Its a Fact Tickets: 4
5.7 National Cocoa DayRead a book with a hot beverage on the cover, such as coffee, tea, cocoa/hot chocolate, hot cider, etc. The beverage should be visible; no empty containers.
The Devil Drinks Coffee
New Points: 5
Total Points : 50
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 2: , read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PINK LAKE.
Violeta by Isabel Allende
New Points: 20
Total Points: 70
FLY Task #15.7 We Three Kings
task: from a series that only has 3 books published
book: The Golden Compass
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: series (His Dark Materials, #1) has 3 primary works
other:
MPG childrens: AR Quiz Info - IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 11/57
BB: 1 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Jasmiina F15.8 New Year, New Beginnings:
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS": Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
Word: Wing
*Big Book Ticket with 561 pages*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
ROBIN P5.7 National Cocoa Day
Hot beverage on cover
Nora Goes Off Script - listened to audio, linked pb
- coffee in cup, approved in Help threadPoints this post: 5
Total points: 430
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:4
ROBIN P30.9 TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025 - page count has 222245
A Fall of Moondust - 224 p
Option 4: Word from song in title - RIGHT from "We'll take a right good-will" - The Right Sort of Man
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:4
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 to MMP edition: Christmas in Silver Springs
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 165 points
Tasks completed: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the following lists:
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karin Smirnoff
found on page 1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 545
Tasks Completed: 37
Lisa MD20.9 - Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 3B: Blue jeans on Cover
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Cover approved in Message #2 of Task Help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230 / 995
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 12 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Task 5.7 National Cocoa DayRead a book with a hot beverage on the cover
Book:
Points this task: 5
Total points: 340
Mod
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.
by Katarina Bivald / 78.8% red, black, yellow68.4 %#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
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?
Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye.
by John Grisham89.5 %#0aa474Green
5.9 %#73b79dGreen
2.8 %#ceeae4Grey
0.6 %#5b9ac0Blue
0.4 %#b2334bRed
0.3 %#82778dGrey
0.2 %#24828aBlue
0.2 %#b0966aBrown
0.2 %#71816bGrey
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 560
Tasks Completed: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 1: Two-book task
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.
by Ed Piskor45.5 %#fef200Yellow
14.5 %#ed2324Red
10.3 %#e2dbceGrey
9.8 %#0f0c05Black
6.3 %#ebe31dYellow
4.9 %#c68433Orange
4.4 %#5f682cGreen
2.9 %#aea427Brown
0.8 %#8cc540Green
0.5 %#df5d18Orange
Book 2:
Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor, Vol. 2: Doctormania by Cavan Scott
128 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 575
Tasks Completed: 39
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 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/...
Danger on the Mountain by Lynette Eason
Christmas Carol: Go tell it on the MOUNTAIN
Points this post: 20
Total points: 595
Tasks Completed: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 2: Read a book that was first published in 1960.
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark
First published: January 1, 1960
Points this post: 20
Total points: 615
Tasks Completed: 41
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10.9 Making the National International
Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas from the list
*Word is ROCKS matching Sedona Red ROCKS
On the Rocks
Kindle - 346 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: 60/995
Completed Tasks: 8/57
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 3118
Books read this season: 8