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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
read Twice in a Blue Moon
points this post 10
total points 135
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25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Task: Choose the MPG: Mystery
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters made from this quote:
Winter was made for warm blankets and large books. (LIST)
The Judge's List. John Grisham
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in COLD NIGHTS
Murder in Waiting. Lynn Cahoon
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 50 / 995
Tasks Completed 5/57
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - She Blinded Me With Science
Book A: Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle. I chose the element NICKEL and read The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (213p).
Book B Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of Evolution, Natural History, Geology, Biology, and/or Travel. I read The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen (480p), which has the MPG Evolution. This is my non-fiction selection for this task..
480+213 = 693 total pages.
Total points so far: 40
Task #20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas CarolsOption 2. Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
Derrière les portes by B.A. Paris
The story is set in England.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
trishhartuk30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 1. Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas, James Patterson, Ted Safran
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (288pg: this is the only one that isn’t large print and does have a page count)
Using Twelve
Option 2. Word in the TITLE that ends with "ARY".
The Library of the Dead, T.L. Huchu (330pg)
ARY in librARY
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 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.
Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber
Set in Alaska.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Task completed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance
The Me You Love in the Dark: Books 1-5 by Skottie Young
MPG: Romance
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Task completed: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 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
The Good Earth by Nick Bertozzi, Pearl S. Buck
Word=EARTH
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Task completed: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title.
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham, Harper Lee
Bird=MOCKINGBIRD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Task completed: 4
Joanne MITask 5.5 Tis the Season to be Festive
repost of message # 53
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
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20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
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
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal. The genre may be embedded, e.g. "Paranormal Romance" or "Paranormal Horror".
Mister Lullaby MPG Paranormal
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 40
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
ROBIN P20.8 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
MEGSCL5.4 New Year, New Reads!
Author initials in HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dear Edward By Ann Napolitano
Total
15 points - 1 big book
MEGSCL15.5 Old Saint Nick
Author initials CF
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
**non fiction - it’s a fact
Total
30 points - 1 big book - 1 It’s a Fact
repost from 43Jayme(theghostreader)
5.10 book of choice
Closer to Homeby Mercedes Lackey
Task +5
Grand total: 5
Katrisa30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option B – The Titles
Book A - read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title
I read Natural Beauty
Word = BEAUTY
My book was audio PB 272 pages (no MMPB)
Book B - read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title
I read Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture
Word = BEAUTIES
My book was audio PB 352 pages (no MMPB)
Both authors were new to me
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 95
Jessica S10.7 - I Want To Believe
book with an MPG of Paranormal
The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn
Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
LoraTask: 30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera, using Option C and AIR/AERIS
Book 1:
Book/Author: Mardi Gras Murder
How it fits: AIR in title. 294 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: Charles, With Love: A Snow White Fairy Tale Retelling / Sydney Winward
How it fits: AERIS in author name. New to me author; 256 pages
Total pages: 550
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 30
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: 0
Masoodah15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: One-book task
Book satisfies both requirements:
1) Has deers on the cover
2) Authors initials are NB - both appear in MERRY A N D B RIGHT
by Nancy BaroneListened to audiobook. PB: No Room at the Little Cornish Inn: An absolutely sweet and uplifting Christmas romance!
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80 / 995
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 = 2
GO:
IAF:
TessaVanessaChallenge 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
Always Never by Jordy Lafebre
Word=ALWAYS
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Task completed: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Becoming Andy Warhol by Nick Bertozzi
MPG: Biography
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Task completed: 6
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Option 3B
Read a book with a title of at least two words where number of words in the title (not subtitle) equals the number of letters in the first word.
read The Search Party first word 3 letters title contains 3 words.
points this post 20
total points 155
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
Scarenthood by Nick Roche
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Task completed: 7
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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 the list:
used Merry from God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
read A Merry Little Meet Cutee
points this post 20
total points 175
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option 1
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
read
points this post 20
total points 195
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option A For this option, read a book that meets the requirements for any TWO holidays.
holidays are 1) HANUKKAH (Dec. 25-Jan. 2) - Author’s first and last initials appear in LIGHTS.
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
read The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday
(Detectives Carmine & Greene, #1)
points this post 20
total points 205
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15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
Task: 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 (Christmas)
The Last Christmas Ride: A Novella. Edie Hand
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65 / 995
Tasks Completed 6/57
PegW5.1- It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
I read:
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
IAF: 0
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION. I made the word TREAD (REmeDiATion) and read Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA. I read The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (SM).
Total points so far: 70
Katrisa10.9 - Making the National International
Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas
I read The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America
INDIAN in Indian Nations scenic area
Points this Points: 10
Points Total: 105
LoraTask: 30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership, using options 2 and 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: Up to Noir Good / Jan Fields
How it fits: NOIR; mold RemediatION
Book 2:
Book/Author: Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl: A Memoir / Susan McCorkindale
How it fits: MariSsa
Claiming 1 It's a Fact for MPG Nonfiction.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 60
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Task 25.5 - The Music of Christmasoption 1: cover 60%+ white
The Speed of Dark: A Novel
73.2 %#f5f2f1White
15.7 %#aa0b05Red
3.4 %#cd8b8bPink
2.5 %#9a2320Red
2.3 %#818180Grey
1.7 %#b65855Red
0.9 %#ddd9b0Grey
0.3 %#d0b3b7Pink
option 5: MPG Urban Fantasy
Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection
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45 points
Task 25.6 - New Year ReflectionsI did the same option twice: option 1: Mystery MPG
book 1: The Furthest Station
book 2: What Abigail Did That Summer
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70 points
Task 5.3 - Cupid is ComingMPG Romance
Fling - I read this kindle version
no MMPB; PB: El chico de una noche 112 pages
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95 points
Task 30.7 - The Headaches of Home Ownershipoption 2: INTO in REMEDIATION
Into the Fire
option 3: author initials SM in MARISSA
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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125 points
Task 20.8 - The Wonders of Homeoption 4 WOODS in title can be made from REDWOOD FOREST
The God of the Woods
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145 points
Delicious Dee5.7 National Cocoa Day
- you can see something in the coffee cup being held by the guy and there is steam coming out of itPoints This Post: 5
Points Overall: 45
Jessica S5.2- Circle of Dark
book set at least 50% in one of the countries or US state that have territory within the Arctic Circle
Arctic Fire by Keira Andrews
Points this task: 5
Total points: 100
Jessica S15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters found in these lyrics: https://genius.com/Matthew-hall-and-m...
Twisted Pretty Things by Ariana Nash
Word: Things
Points this task: 15
Total points: 115
Jessica S10.10 - Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the following lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
(#3 on list)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 125
Task #20.10 Group ReadsRead 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 reaction to the book in the discussion thread: comment #7
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
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10.2 - Crossing Borders
Task: Read a book which is set in at least two countries. (United States, England, Nigeria)
Allied in Danger. Donald Bain
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75 / 995
Tasks Completed 7/57
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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.
Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern / WORLD in phrase; nonfiction
claiming an It's A Fact entry
Point this post: 10
Total points: 70
IAF this post: 1
Total IAF: 2
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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.
The Unwedding by Ally Condie / 12 letters divided by 2 words equals 4
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature
The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras by Brantley Hargrove
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Task completed: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option A:
Book 1: Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover.
by Jenny ColganBook 2: Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT.
by Matthew ErmanPoints this post: 15
Total points: 70
Task completed: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 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.
An Obvious Fact by Craig Johnson
Walt Longmire #12
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Task completed: 10
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Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least 4-letters made from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
read The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas
word is Christmas
points this post 5
total points 125