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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Jade moon
10.7 - paranormal MPG
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/995
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
Joanne MITis the Season to be Festive
4 letter word made from Christmas Tree Lights-
The word is SIEGE
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Points this task 5
Season Total 5
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Look to the Skies
Book with night sky, stars, or moon on the cover
by Katherine CenterStars in night sky on top half of book cover
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 1
ROBIN P15.10 Winter Retreat
Secluded house in snow on cover
A Christmas Journey
- approved in Task Help threadPoints this post: 15
Total points: 75
BB:0 GO: 0 IAF:2
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 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.
20 letters divided by 5 words = 4
The Angel of Indian Lake, I listened to the audible version, there is no MMPB version, the PB version is 528 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
5.5 '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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
Paper Girls, Volume 3, the word is 'GIRLS"
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 25
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Saga, Volume 7
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 30
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Karen D Task 15.5 Old Saint Nick
For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. ( SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS)
Book: Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh
Matches initials SC
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Mod
Read a book with MPG Romance. Stand Alone or Embedded (Paranormal Romance)
read Paradise for Christmas
points this post 5
total points 5
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Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
read Twelve ebook only
line# 4107 on approval spreadsheet
points this post 5
total points 80
Katrisa5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover
I read Before We Forget Kindness
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 55
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Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
word is santa
read Secret Santa: What Do You Want For Christmas?
points this post 10
total points 90
Katrisa10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer
I read Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
From her GR bio: "Lindy West is a columnist at The Guardian, a contributor to This American Life, and a freelance writer whose work focuses on feminism, social justice, humor, and body image"
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 65
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Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye.
read The Merry Matchmaker
74.4 %#179855Green
13.0 %#609278Green
3.7 %#dbb4b7Pink
2.9 %#dddeb4Grey
2.0 %#6d624aBrown
1.5 %#b0705eBrown
1.5 %#cc5a56Red
0.4 %#09273cBlue
0.4 %#6b8952Green
0.3 %#c3252bRed
and
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
read The Lodge Thriller
Mystery
Audiobook
Mystery Thriller
Fiction
Christmas
Suspense
Contemporary
Adult
points this post 15
total points 105
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Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS"
read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
word is GREEN
points this post 15
total points 120
Delicious Dee30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 2 - What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - Library ends with ARY
Option 4 - Long Past Dues - #2 in the The Unorthodox Chronicles series
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 40
20.10 Group ReadsFiction: Australian Crime
Task: Read Darling Girls
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Paperback: Darling Girls
My contribution to the discussion thread is in Message 4.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60 / 995
Tasks Completed 3/57
PegW5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance. Stand Alone or Embedded
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
IAF: 0
10.2 - Crossing BordersA book set in two countries: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict, set in Austria and the US
paperback edition The Only Woman in the Room
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
Faking Christmas
Total Points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF:
Total books: 1
Total tasks: 1
Erin NY5.1 Natural landscape on the cover
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Lisa MD30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1: Variant of #s 12, 1, or 2 in Title
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt
Option 4: #12, 1, or 2 in a series
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
Andy Carpenter Series #1
🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 65 / 995
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 3 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
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ROBIN P20.10 Group Read
Weyward - my comment is in Msg 3 of the Discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
BB:0 GO:0 IAF: 2
ROBIN P30.8 Nickels & Dimes - Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: 12 Apostles - 1st yr of publication includes 2 of 1, 2, 8, 9
Passport - pub 2021 - includes 1 & 2
Per task description, Graphic Novels are ok
**Claiming 1 IAF point, MPG Nonfiction, Memoir
Points this post: 20
Total points 115
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:3
Masoodah20.9 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
Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45 / 995
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 = 2
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season.
Fiction: Australian Crime - Darling Girls
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
My review of book in discussion thread: (message 5) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65 / 995
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 = 2
GO:
IAF:
Jessica S10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
book set prior to 1903
The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Jessica S15.7 We Three Kings
book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles
Points this task: 15
Total points: 25
Jessica S5.4 New Year, New Reads!
book where an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR
The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Jessica S20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: book who first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9 (2018)
A Kiss Before Christmas by A.E. Ryecart
Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Karen D Task 20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3a:
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.
Book: A Killing Cold - has 12 letters in the title (divided by 3 = 4)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Jessica S15.10 Winter Retreat
book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape.
Wrapped Up in You by Melody ClairePoints this task: 15
Total points: 65
Julia103Baking Spirits Bright
Option 2 - Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.
Baking Spirits Bright
The original phrase is "Making spirits bright" (from Jingle Bells). Approved in task help thread post #15.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 2
Books read: 2
Nick KY5.4 New Year, New Reads I read Of Scars and Stardust by Andrea Hannah, inits in " HAppy New Year."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 50
Nick KY5.10 Comfort Zone Book of choice. I read The Piano Lesson by August Wilson.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 55
Nick KY20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Opt. 2) CHRISTMAS (Dec. 25) - Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye I read Here We Are by Graham Swift.
Required: Post the cover and the percentages.
31.5% Red
16.4% Green
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 75
5.7 National Cocoa DayTask: Book with hot beverage on cover - liquid visible
Miss Melville Regrets by Evelyn E. Smith
MMPB: Miss Melville Regrets
Tea in teacup is visible.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65 / 995
Tasks Completed 4/57
trishhartuk20.3 Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s task: Wordplay
Includes a golden oldie claim.
Option 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.
Sad Cypress, Agatha Christie
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici (222pg). MMPB (English): here (235pg)
10 letters divided by 2 words is 5
Golden Oldie: First published 1 March 1940
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – Sad Cypress was first published in 1940
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Nick KY -- I forgot to include an element. **REPOST**Nick KY
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking I read Here We Are by Graham Swift -- Meets first two criteria:
1) HANUKKAH (Dec. 25-Jan. 2) - “Festival of Lights” - Author’s first and last initials appear in LIGHTS.
Opt. 2) CHRISTMAS (Dec. 25) - Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye
Required: Post the cover and the percentages.
31.5% Red
16.4% Green
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 75
5.4 New Year, New Reads!Task: AFL in HAPPY NEW YEAR
Company for Christmas by A.E. Ryecart
Paperback: Company for Christmas
A, R: happy new yeAR
At 84 pages, this is my one book between 80 - 99 pages used for a 5 point task.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70 / 995
Tasks Completed 5/57
JEN B20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
#3 in the Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner Series
TOTAL POINTS: 35
JEN B20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A: HOLIDAYS
1) HANUKKAH Author’s first and last initials appear in LIGHTS.
2) CHRISTMAS (Dec. 25) - Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye
by Samantha HarveySH in ligHtS; 21.9% red, 0.3% green per Tineye
TOTAL POINTS: 55
Jessica S20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 2: Book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.
Shelf-Made Man by Kim Fielding
(play on self-made man)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Lisa MD10.2 - Crossing Borders
Set in at least 2 countries
The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan
No print edition. eBook approved for length in message 293: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Setting: England, Wales & Scotland noted in GR book description
🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 75 / 995
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4 / 57
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
Karen DTask 15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover and first/last initials found in MERRY AND BRIGHT
Book:
by Elin HilderbrandPoints this task: 15
Total points: 50
Mod
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order.
Back in the Saddle by Kristen Ashley / 494 pg PB; 4, 9, 4 in list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Mod
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...
Coming to Find You by Jane Corry / FIND in the phrase "he'll FIND me Christmas Eve" in the song
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Mod
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS"
Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions by Andy Warner / RAIN in title is in phrase; Nonfiction book
Claiming an It's a Fact entry
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
IAF this post: 1
Total IAF: 1
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth / chosen as Austrailian Crime group read
link to post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
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5.9 Nonfiction with MPG Nature
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Claiming "It's a Fact"
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5