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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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SHEMAC 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.
Required: State the word - LIGHT
By Winter's Light
(PB By Winter's Light)
This task points: 5
Total season points: 480
FLY Task #5.7 National Cocoa Day
task: hot beverage on the cover
book: The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
how it fits:
approved here Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 15/57
BB: 2 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Task 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...
I chose the word LOST from the phrase "Once lost will all be found" in the lyrics.
The Lake of Lost Girls
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries. I read The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean. The stories in the book take place in many countries, including Egypt, the US and Germany which are mentioned in the GR description.
Total points so far: 410
FLY Task #5.1- It's All Natural
** +BB ticket
task: cover depicting a natural landscape scene
book: The Winners
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 688 pages
how it fits:
approved hereother:
** claiming BB ticket for MMPB = 688 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16/57
BB: 2 + 1 = 3 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
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25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Task: Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
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. (Books) - 304 pages
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library. Michiko Aoyama
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
A Garland of Bones. Carolyn Haines - 336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 535 / 995
Tasks Completed 33
JEN B25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
I chose MPG 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.
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich
Word = MOON
M in Made
OO in bOOks
N in blaNkets
Mystery genre noted in help thread
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in WINTER READS
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
AT in winTerreAds
TOTAL POINTS: 380
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25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Task: This is a 2-book task. You may choose to do one option twice if it makes you happy!
Option 1: For this option, read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
The Department of Sensitive Crimes. Alexander McCall Smith
Option 2: For this option, read a book from the first 25 pages of Goodreads "Weddings Books" Shelf: Wedding Books
Required: State the page - page 1
The Wedding Date. Jasmine Guillory
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 560 / 995
Tasks Completed 34
Kristen IA20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Pick one of the following options and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”.
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.
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (60 letters, divided by 12 words = 5)
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220/995
Tasks Completed: 14/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA20.5 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 (subtitles do not count) that can be made from the letters in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY. Letters can be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word. - LEDGE
The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/995
Tasks Completed: 15/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1- 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.
Sea of Tranquility
Total Points: 115
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 12
Total tasks: 11
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read 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.
Barbara Isn't Dying Yet
Total Points: 120
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Total books: 13
Total tasks: 12
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1 - Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
Claiming 1 it's a fact ticket.
Total Points: 130
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 2
Total books: 14
Total tasks: 13
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.8 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"
Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against ExcessThe word is FREE
Claiming 1 it's a fact ticket.
Total Points: 145
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total books: 15
Total tasks: 14
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries.
The Gown
The book is set in Canada and England.
Total Points: 155
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total books: 16
Total tasks: 15
JenJ IA5.5 '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 - Hate
PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 465/995
Tasks Completed: 28/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA5.4 New Year, New Reads!
Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The Maid by Nita Prose
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 470/995
Tasks Completed: 29/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA15.3 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.
Required: Post the Cover
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
67.5 % Black
5.8 % Red
2.9 % Yellow
76.2%
Book 2:
Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
A Christmas Duet by Debbie Macomber - 288 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 485/995
Tasks Completed: 30/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Pick one of the following options and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”.
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.
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (60 letters, divided by 12 words = 5)
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 505/995
Tasks Completed: 31/59
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Theresa15.7 - 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. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff
The Kommandant's Girl #2
Points this post - 15
Total points - 90
Theresa15.8 - 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"
Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Word = Fires
Points this post - 15
Total points - 105
20.7 Holidays and HikingOption A:
My holidays are 2) Christmas & 4) New Year
by Carlene O'ConnorGreen - 7.4%
Red - 2.3%
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 280
Lisa MD30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1: Title Word begins with "Re"
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Title Word: Red - begins with "Re"
Option 2: Title Word made from letters in MOLD REMEDIATION
The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons
Title Word: Raid - in mold RemeDIAtion
🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️🎀🎄🎅🏻❄️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 475 / 995
Total Books Read: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 27 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 5
JUKKA10.6 Inspiration Strikes
Biography, autobiography or memoir of artist, musician, poet, or writer.
Kiki: Montparnassen kuningatar by Catel is a biography of the singer and painter Alice Prin.
As a nonfiction work, claiming It's a Fact.
Total Points: 245/995
Total Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 1
LoraTask: 20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home, using Option 1
Book/Author: The Empty Birdcage / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
How it fits: published in 2019 (1,2,9)
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 380
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: 2
Anja50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
Favorite book of 2024:
Eventide of the Bear by Cherise Sinclair
From the "Readers Also Enjoyed" list:
The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake
Book 2: The Best of 2024
Goodreads choice awards - Mystery & Thriller nominee:
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Published in 2025:
Sin and Redemption by Cora Reilly
POINTS:
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 290
Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 14
Jessica S30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245)
Revolutionary Temptation by Silvia Violet
Option 4: Sing "Auld Lang Syne"
book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne https://www.britannica.com/topic/Auld...
WORD: MIND
Within the Mind by Alice Winters
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 725
Delicious Dee5.8 Birdwatching Month
Crow Talk - for New Caledonian Crow
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 555
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee5.10 Comfort zone
The Jewel of the Isle
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 560
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee10.7 - I Want To Believe
Unicorns and Honey Cakes - paranormal is a MPG
Points This Post: 10
Points Overall: 570
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
Night Shift - NIGHT for No one will be sleeping on the night of Christmas Eve
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 585
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option c
Book A - Love You a Latke - holiday is hannaukah
Book B - A Match Made for Thanksgiving - holiday is thanksgiving
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 615
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 3 - Abandoned in Death - set in NYC
Option 4 - Never Marry Your Brother's Best Friend - NEVER in the line: And never brought to mind?
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 645
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
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10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Task: Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY. (Only)
Only One Survives. Hannah Mary McKinnon
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 570 / 995
Tasks Completed 35
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Jasmiina F10.6 - Inspiration Strikes:
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters found in the song: Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.
Word: Best.
*Big Book Ticket with 662 pages.*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home:
Option 1: Read a book who first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9: Vieras by Riikka Pulkkinen.
First published: 2012
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Erin NY30.7
Op 2: Title word in Mold rEmediAtioN
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Word: "name"
Claiming a big book ticket (544 pages)
Op 3: Author initials in maRiSsa
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 200
Bookwrm526Task #10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order. I read When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (144p).
Total points so far: 420
Jecca10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
Page 1
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 365
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
10.10 - Cold As IceRead a book from one of the following lists:
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
Page 1
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
Jecca20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
First published June 18, 2024
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 395
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
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15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: One-book task
Read 1 book that satisfies both requirements of option 1.
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.
Strings of Christmas lights on the cover;
Author first/last initials MA; M in Merry, A in And
TOTAL POINTS: 355