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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Task 15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog Book 1: Read a book with a 4 or more letter word in the title that can be formed from one of these two phrases: SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER or SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY
Book: Nemesis
Phrase - Six More Weeks of Winter
Word is Nemesis in case that wasn't clear :)
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title.
Book: Fifty Fifty
Points this task: 15
Total points: 560
15.3 Mysterious and WiseOption 2: One-book task that does both
Read a book with a cover with at least 75 percent of any combination of these THREE colors, RED BLACK AND YELLOW and
Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
288 pagesTIN eye results: 65.2 %#f7d405Yellow
14.4 %#e8d529Yellow
9.8 %#484b1dBrown
4.0 %#b09123Brown
1.6 %#91372eBrown
1.3 %#da9885Pink
1.1 %#130f05Black
0.9 %#d5112eRed
0.8 %#b2149dViolet
0.7 %#f8f78bYellow
New Points: 15
Total Points: 140
SHEMAC 5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance. Stand Alone or Embedded (Paranormal Romance)
The Keeper
(PB The Keeper)
This task points: 5
Total season points: 485
25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter ReadsChoose the MPG: Mystery
Both books have MPG Mystery.
Book 1: Read a book with a word int he title of 4 or more letters made from this quote:
I Have Some Questions for You
Word: SOME
Winter wa[S] made f[O]r war[M] blank[E]ts and large books.
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Initials: AT
Found in: win[T]er re[A]ds
This post: 25 points
Season total: 185 points
IAF: 3 tickets
BB: 2 tickets
15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like ChristmasOption B: One-book task
Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover and
Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT.
Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey
Wreaths and Christmas Lights in the cover
New Points: 15
Total Points: 155
Task 10.6 - Inspiration Strikesmemoir by a musician - Jarvis is lead singer of Pulp
Good Pop, Bad Pop
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650 points
Task 10.9 - Making the National InternationalRIVER in title shared with Columbia River Gorge
Heaven's River
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660 points
Task 15.5 - Old Saint Nickauthor initials CF match one of the pairs listed (stated middle initials can be ignored)
Bodies by Christine Anne Foley
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675 points
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!Option 2A, author shares name with high school friend Kristin: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
paperback edition The Paris Daughter
Option 2B, set in the Victorian age: The Hellfire Conspiracy by Will Thomas
paperback edition The Hellfire Conspiracy
Points this post: 30
Total points: 380
Task 30.1 - She Blinded Me With Science500+ total pages
one Non-fiction required
one graphic novel allowed
book A: element GOLD in title
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
336 pages
book B1: MPG Science, author female, non-fiction
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
208 pages
336+208 = 544 pages
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705 points
Andy P.Repost of Task # 1361 to include AR information
Task # 30.6 XBM's Task: A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option A:
Book 1' Author's Initials in PARTRIDGE
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony UG, BL 6.2
Book 2.
byCarolyn Chute Trees and bird approved in help threadPoints this post: 30
Total points as of 1/26 470
Task 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.
Book: Famous Last Words
Word: Last
Points this task: 10
Total points: 570
Andy P.Task #30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1. read a book with a title word that begins with the letters RE. Remember Me? bySophie Kinsella
Option 2. Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REGENERATION
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Lemon LMO in MOLD EN in Regeneration
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500
Sue T15.1 - Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
book with a 4 letter word in the title that can be formed from one of these two phrases: SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER or SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY
Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
Word is Wings - SprING Will arrive early
book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title
Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40/995
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Sue T20.3 - Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 2: a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.
No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly
Original Phrase - no harm, no foul
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60/995
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Julia10325.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
I used Option 1 twice.
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 Library of Lost and Found
(MPG Mystery; FATHER: F in Found, A in Library, THE in The, R in Library)
Centaur of the Crime
(MPG Mystery; FATHER: F in of, A in Centaur, The in the, R in Crime)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 455
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 3
Completed tasks: 23
Books read: 33
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30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: 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.
(Name) - My Name Is Lucy Barton
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Total
165 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL5.2- Circle of Dark
Set in Arctic country (Canada) - The Hangman
Total
170 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL5.7 National Cocoa Day
Hot beverage on cover
Total
175 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL15.6 Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!
Word from song in title (come)
I'll Come to You
Total
190 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
Kristen IA5.4 New Year, New Reads!
Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 245/995
Tasks Completed: 17/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
MEGSCL30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1: Title word starts with Re-
The Reunion (approved for length in message 357 of ebook verification thread)
Option 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION.
(Name) - My Name Is Lucy Barton
Total
220 points - 1 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
Deborah10.1 - Look to the Skies
The Book of MPoints this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
trishhartuk5.10 Comfort Zone
Includes a claim for an IAF ticket.
How to Eat to Change How You Drink, Brooke Scheller (256pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Health, Self Help and Food
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – How to Eat… is Nonfiction
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 25
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Nick KY30.4 Susan A’s Consecutive Letters.
Book 1. Title starts with consecutive letters DE. I read Detective Story: A Play in Three Acts by Sidney Kingsley.
Book 2. Title Ends with Consecutive letters LM. I read Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 500
Nick KY25.2 Rivers Opt. 1. I read Chariots of the Gods: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past by Erich von Däniken, 1st pub’d in 1968.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT
Opt. 3. I read Mythologies by Roland Barthes, on p. 2 of the Postmodern list. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 525
It’s a Fact This Post: 2
It’s a Fact So Far: 12
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15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Task: 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 where the author's first and last initials are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT). - There is a wreath on the door, AI are RT.
Christmas at the Shelter Inn. RaeAnne Thayne
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 585 / 995
Tasks Completed 36
Mod
15.5 Old Saint Nick
Task: For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. (Saint Nicholas)
Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
Required: State the name.
Ask Me No Questions. Shelley Noble. 1.27.25
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 600 / 995
Tasks Completed 37
Rockynook15.7 - We Three Kings
Book with only 3 in series
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 175
Bookwrm526Task #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. I chose to read a book that is #12 in a series, and I read Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke.
Total points so far: 435
Rockynook10.2 - Crossing Borders
Book set in at least 2 countries
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 185
Ana20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 2: The Battlemage. This book is the 3rd in the summoner series.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Ana15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
Heir The title can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS".
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Kristen IA20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music
A: Read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored) Only words count.
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265/995
Tasks Completed: 18/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
5.8 Birdwatching MonthRead a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title
I used the word "HOUSE" from House Sparrow
Heartbreak House
New Points: 5
Total Points: 160
25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes! Option 1, a car on the cover: The Magnificent Esme Wells by Adrienne Sharp
paperback edition The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel
Option 4, a book in a series started prior to last year and later abandoned: Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank (Lowcountry Tales #7)
mass market paperback edition Lowcountry Summer
Year I started the series: 2010
Most recently read in the series: Nov 23, 2019; abandoned for over 5 years
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
Christine V20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
Augustus
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography
The book is about a dancer and has been approved in message 32 in the help thread for the task.
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
Total Points: 165
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total books: 17
Total tasks: 16
Shelby
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.: Northern Lights, by Nora Roberts
How Fits: Location: Alaska
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 637pgs
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New YearOption 3: Read a book set in New York City.
The Haunted Bookshop
Setting given in metadata
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie (published 1919)
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne in the title
Taken by the Hand: Scottish Novel
Word : Hand
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie (published 1935)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
BB:0 GO:5 IAF:0
5.10 Comfort zoneRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Okinawa
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
BB:0 GO:5 IAF:0
Molly15.9 My Bloody Valentine
I read Elephant Moon by John Sweeney.
This book has MPG Romance and MPG War, and was verified in message 7 of the help thread.
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 30
Task completed: 2
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
5.4 New Year, New Reads!The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 650
SHEMAC 15.10 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. The house/cabin must show at least 1 full side and the roof of the house.
Required: Post the Cover
(accepted #30 Task Help)A Christmas Promise
(PC Una promesa navideña)
This task points: 15
Total season points: 495
trishhartuk25.3 Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Includes a claim for an IAF ticket
Option 2: Read a book from this cozy mystery list/series
The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club #1), Robert Thorogood
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (282pg)
The Marlow Murder Club series is in the Cozy Mysteries list.
Option 4: All 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle
365 Days of Calm: Daily Guidance for Inner Peace, Robyn Martin
Read the kindle edition. HB with page count: here (156pg)
Y in daYs; L in caLm; U,E in gUidancE,
It's a Fact: while it doesn't have any MPGs, but the book is in the self-help/mindfulness genre.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – 365 Days of Calm is Nonfiction
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 26
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
JEN B10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order. Numbers may only be used as often as they appear.
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
144 Pages
TOTAL POINTS: 390
Shelby
5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.: Earth Fathers Are Weird, by Lyn Gala
How Fits: MPG - Romance
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.4 New Year, New Reads!
Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.: Below Zero, by Ali Hazelwood
How Fits: Author - Ali Hazelwood
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words.
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
GAMES
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
our MiSsinG hEArts
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 420
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2