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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Shelby
5.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title.: Arctic Wild, by Annabeth Albert
How Fits: Bird - ARCTIC Tern / Title - ARCTIC Wild
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries.: Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology, by Ellen Datlow
How Fits: From the description - "original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe,"/ "From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: Twilight's Dawn, by Anne Bishop
How Fits: Title - twilight's DAWN / WorlD wetlANds day
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903.: Masters in This Hall, by K.J. Charles
Ebook Verified: On SRC ebook Verification Line 2136
How Fits: Text: "Chapter 1 Christmas Eve 1899"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature. I read Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver.
Total points so far: 440
Shelby
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.: Merry Elf-ing Christmas, by Beth Bolden
How Fits: Cover - Christmas Lights
AND
Option A / Book 2
Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT.: The Gift, by May Archer
How Fits: Author - May Archer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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:: The 12 Kittens of Christmas, by Amy Lane
How Fits: Word - Christmas / Title: the 12 kittens of CHRISTMAS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option B.
Book A - read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 240 p. author new to me
Book B – read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 281p. author new to me
story for book A, Stories for bookB
page count : 240 +281= 521
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Shelby
20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3
Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.: Flash, by K.M. Neuhold
How Fits: Published - August 2, 2024
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Option 2
Read a book that is at least 50% set in one or more of these countries that were part of the Roman Empire at that time.: The Sceptic, by Lily Morton
How Fits: Location: York, England
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 2
Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.: Old Demon and the Sea Witch, by Eve Langlais
How Fits: Phrase: Old Man and the Sea / Title: Old Demon and the Sea Witch
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 3
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of these letters: SATB.: Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case, by A.J. Sherwood
How Fits: Author - A.J. Sherwood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 3
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. : Dragon Awakening, by Arian Williams
How Fits: Title - DRAGON Awakening / ReADiNG challenges bring me jOy
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Nick KY5.3 Cupid I read Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon with a GR main page genre of "Romance."
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 530
Shelby
20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1
Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.: How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, by Meghan Quinn
How Fits: MC - Aunt Cindy / p. 6 - "...Aunt Cindy had a recent fall --- the telltale occurance of many an octogenarian." , p. 103 - "A ninety-one-year-old woman like me is grateful for every day she wakes up..."
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1B
Read a book set in the state of Washington, USA.: Rescue Me, by K.M. Neuhold
How Fits: Location - Seattle, WA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season.: Darling Girls, by Sally Hepworth
How Fits: Group Discussion Comment
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 1
Read a book with a cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye: Forever and a Day, by Jill Shalvis
How Fits: Tineye - 72.1% White
AND
Option 5
Read a book with the MPG Urban Fantasy.: Love Springs Eternal, by S.J. Himes
How Fits: MPG - Urban Fantasy
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1
Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.: Demons Do It Better, by Louisa Masters
How Fits: Title - DEmons do it better
AND
Book 2
Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters..: Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop, by Otto Penzler
How Fits: Title - christmas crimes at the mysterious bookshOP
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option D1
Pick one holiday MPG, and read two books which share that MPG but which also have different MPGs.: Snowbody Loves Me, by Jacki James
How Fits: MPG - Christmas & Romance
AND
Option D2
Pick one holiday MPG, and read two books which share that MPG but which also have different MPGs.: Get Frosted, by Amy Aislin
How Fits: MPG - Christmas & Sports
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SHEMAC 20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Required: State the option: 1A
Option 1 - Music
A: Read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored)
Stranger in a Foreign Land
(MMP Stranger in a Foreign Land (61))
This task points: 20
Total season points: 515
Masoodah10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
Word is ROYALS
A Jewel for Royals by Morgan Rice
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 285 / 995
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 16 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah15.6 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...
Required: State the word
[Verse 2: Megan Moore]
"The best time of the year when everyone comes home"
Word is Time
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300 / 995
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 17 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 2: New Year Resolution Read a book with food on the cover. The food should be visible (i.e. not in a can or packet).
Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin
Cover:
Option 3: Times Square Ball Drop Read a book set in New York City.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads page or metadata provide a reference.
The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden
How it fits: Chapter 1: MC mentions that she works at County Hospital located in a prime real estate in Manhattan (New York)
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330 / 995
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Julia10320.8 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
Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator
(RA in California, D in Redwood, ICAL in California)
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 475
BB: 5
GO: 3
NF: 4
Completed tasks: 24
Books read: 34
slideshell10.8 Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books - *Page 5*
Gild
Paperback - 387 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: 505/995
Completed Tasks: 33/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 15217
Books read this season: 41
slideshell15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
Behind the Net
Paperback - 404 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: 520/995
Completed Tasks: 34/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 15621
Books read this season: 42
slideshell20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
The Bullet That Missed
Hardback - 337 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: 540/995
Completed Tasks: 35/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 15958
Books read this season: 43
slideshell25.3 Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Book 1: Option 2: Read a book from this cozy fantasy list: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Legends & Lattes
Paperback - 304 pages
Book 2: Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title
Tangled Up in You
Paperback - 309 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 565/995
Completed Tasks: 36/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 16571
Books read this season: 45
slideshell25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
*Selected genre for both books:Romance
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
word:FAKE
How to Fake It with a Fae
Paperback - 372 pages
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in COLD NIGHTS
The Pumpkin Spice Café
Paperback - 355 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 590/995
Completed Tasks: 37/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 17298
Books read this season: 47
slideshell25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
*Selected genre for both books:Romance
Book 1: Option 1:Read a book with a cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye
73.9 %#f6f6f6White
11.2 %#db205fPink
4.0 %#141414Black
3.3 %#817f7fGrey
2.7 %#413f3fGrey
2.6 %#b4b4b4Grey
1.0 %#6e1c38Violet
0.8 %#411724Brown
0.6 %#9f204cRed
Addicted to You
Paperback - 341 pages
Book 2: Option 3: Read a book where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in LET IT SNOW
Flawless
Paperback - 400 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 615/995
Completed Tasks: 38/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 18039
Books read this season: 49
FLY Task #5.2- Circle of Dark
task: set in a country with territory in the Arctic Circle
book: Blood on Snow
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: set entirely in Norway
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 17/57
BB: 3 / GO: 1 / IAF: 2
Jessica S30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1: Book with a title word that begins with the letters RE
The Return by Parker Williams
Option 2: Book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION (LINE)
End of the Line by Nicky James
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 755
Jessica S25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 1: Book with a cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye
Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker69.6 %#ffffff White
Option 3 book where the author’s initials can be found in LET IT SNOW
by N.R. WalkerPoints this task: 25
Total Points: 780
MabeelleRepost - Correction post 1018 (book not eligible for task 20.3)
I already made a correction for the wrong book used (see post 1099). I am now making a correction for the task 20.3
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3: b) 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.
Les corps brisés
3 letters in the first word/ 3 words in the title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
SHEMAC 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Choose an option and read one book. Your chosen book should be at least 225 pages.
REQUIRED: State the Option: 2 (230pp)
Option 2: Read a book that is at least 50% set in one or more of these countries that were part of the Roman Empire at that time: Italy
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads page, provide a reference: "I’ve been in Milan about five years now"
The Melody Thief
(PB The Melody Thief)
This task points: 20
Total season points: 535
Nick KY10.3 Mountain of Books. Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order. I read An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, 144 pp.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 540
Nick KY30.8 Delicious Dee’s Codex Opt. C. Pairing of WOOD and FLORA
Book 1. John Stamos is a New-to-me Author. The letters in “WOOD” are in the title of If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos:
WO in WOuld
OD in tOlD
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT
Book 2. Jean Flowers is a New-to-me Author. I read Death Takes Priority -- The letters in “FLORA” are in the author’s name:
FLOR in FLOweRs
A in jeAn
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 570
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 13
Andy P.Task # 15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?>
Book1; Read a book whose cover is at least 75% green according to Tineye
by Kazuo Ishiguro According to Tineye cover is 92.3 GreenBook 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
by Leslie Meier MPG Christmas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
brooke4.025.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Required: State which options you choose.
Your total page count should be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words. Subtitles are excluded.
How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution by Jack Horner (audio read, no MMP, this is highest PB) 256pgs
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (audio read, this is MMP) 324pgs
Word: GAMES (ender'S GAME)
Total pgct: 580pgs
Pts this post: 25pts
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Total Pts: 125
Task 5.4 New Year, New Reads!Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Book: The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Points this task: 5
Total points: 575
EMurphy30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3: Author's initials use only the letters ARY First Comes Like by Alisha Rai
*432 pages
Option 4: #12, #1, or #2 in a series Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
*653 pages
**Big Book Ticket
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 210
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
EMurphy25.7 FLY's Task: FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 3: Fewer than 180 pages A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
*112 pages
Option 4: Book in a series that you had started prior to last year and then later abandoned A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch
*Charles Lenox Mystery series; read 1st one in 2011, 4th one in 2022, read 5th for this challenge
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 235
Books Read: 16
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
trishhartuk10.4 Wonderful Wetlands
Includes a claim for an IAF ticket.
Word of four or more letters in its title made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
London Underground's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories, Iain Spragg
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (176pg)
TALES: wETLAndS
It’s a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – London Underground’s Strangest Tales is Nonfiction
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 27
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Bookwrm526Task #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". I read The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin Brockmeier.
Total points so far: 450
Beth NC15.2 Holiday Who-be what-ee -
Book 1: Cover is 75% Green
Deal Breaker by Harlan CobenBook is 823% Green
Book 2 : Book that has MPG of Christmas
He Sees You When You're Sleeping byMary Higgins Clark
MPG Christmas
Task Points: 15
Task Pages: 537
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 2
Total Pages: 537
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
MAZZA15.1- It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
Required: Post the cover
Approved in help thread here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 5
Points to date = 5
MAZZA15.2- 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 - USING Canada,
Coup de Grâce set entirely in Montreal Canada
GR data states "about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station"
Points this post = 5
To date = 10
MAZZA15.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance.
The Figurine
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 15
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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.: Alpha Dragon's Tiger, by Hawke Oakley
How Fits: Title - alpha dragon's TIGER - chRIstmas TrEe liGhts
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0