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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 2: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PINK LAKE
Avenging Angel by Kristen Ashley / KA in phrase
Points this post: -20
Total points: 630
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25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
For this task you will choose a genre from my list of favorite genres for winter and use that genre for two books.
Choose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance
I chose MPG Christmas
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
The December Market by RaeAnne Thayne / MARKET in phrase; MPG Christmas
Book 2-Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Christmas at the Shelter Inn by RaeAnne Thayne / RT in WINTER READS; MPG Christmas
Points this post: -25
Total points: 605
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Option 1-Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover.
by RaeAnne Thayne / door on cover; 352 pg MMPB > 225 pgPoints this post: 20
Total points: 625
JEN B10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King
TOTAL POINTS: 420
Beth_NC25.2 Rivers
Book 1: Option 1 Book published in 1968, 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008 or 2018
By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
Published in 2018
Book 2 Option 2 book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Secret of the Wolf by Susan Krinard
Wolf
Task Points: 25
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 832
Total Points: 460
Total Tasks: 29
Total Books: 41
Total Pages: 15666
Big Books:
Beth_NC25.3 Winter Solstice
Book 1 Option 3 Book from Big Book List
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Big Book Ticket 670 pages
Book 2 Option 4 Yule in title
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
sUzannEs diarY for nichoLas
Task Points: 25
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 959
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Points: 485
Total Tasks: 30
Total Books: 43
Total Pages: 16625
Big Books: 4
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Beth_NC20.3 Wordplay
Option 3 Total number of letters in title divided by number of words is a whole number
Daddy Darkest by Luanne Bennett
12 letters/2 words = 6
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 280
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks: 31
Total Books: 44
Total Pages: 16905
Big Books: 4
30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home OwnershipOption 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION.
Emma
Mold eEMediAtion
Claiming one golden oldie. Published in 1815
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
Claiming one golden oldie. Published in 1933
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
BB:0 GO:9 IAF:1
Nick KY15.6 Polar Express I read This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs. The word “Things” is in the song lyric: “All the THINGS I’ve heard about, but never really seen.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 655
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15.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology (Romance/War)
The Land Beneath Us. Sarah Sundin. 2.4.25
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 715 / 995
Tasks Completed 44
ROBIN P50.1 Meg's Task: The Best of 2024
1. Favorite book of 2024 - James by Percival Everett - For this task, I read Erasure by the same author - 280 p
2. Best of 2024 - nominated or won a prize
I Cheerfully Refuse - GR Choice nominee for Science Fiction 2024 - 336 p
3. Looking to 2025 - author releasing new book in 2025
The Measure - 368 p
Nikki Erlick is releasing The Poppy Fields in 2025, GR shows expected date as 6/17/25
Total pages 984
Points this post: 50
Total points: 855
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:7
ROBIN P30.2 Mazza1's Task: Gregorian Games
2 books, 250 p each
Option 1: 12, 1, 2, First, Second, Twelfth in title
First Frost - 336 p
Option 4: #12, 1, or 2 of series
Quarter Share - # 1 in Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series - 282 p
Points this post: 30
Total points: 855
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:7
25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My BirthdayOption 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words.
I listened to an audio version of I'll Never Change My Name: An Immigrant's American Dream from Ukraine to the USA to Dancing with the Stars 352 pages
****Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for Non-fiction****
Option 4: Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann 331 pages
***Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for Non-fiction****
New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 185
IaF tickets: 2
20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting OlderOption 2: Read a book that was first published in 1960
Dawn
First published January 1, 1960
New Points: 20
Total Points: 205
IaF tickets: 2
Jessica S5.7 National Cocoa Day
Book with a hot beverage on the cover
The Wisdom of Tea by Noriko MorishitaPoints this task: 5
Total points 825
JennB8241230.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 2: New Year Resolution- Read a book with food on the cover.
Option 3: Times Square Ball Drop- Book set in New York City
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - New Year Reflections
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER. I read The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth (F in first A in assassin, TH in midnight, ER in serial).
Option 3: Read a book whose title does not contain any letters of STRESSED. Subtitles can be ignored. I read Local by Jessica Machado.
Total points so far: 515
20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting OlderOption 2, first published in 1960: Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford, first published January 1, 1960
Points this post: 20
Total points: 590
slideshell5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Paperback - 274 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 600/995
Completed Tasks: 39/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 18313
Books read this season: 50
slideshell15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 2: 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 and contains at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count
68.4 %#1f1f1fBlack
10.9 %#f0e3cfPink
5.5 %#f3d21bYellow
3.3 %#a0883dBrown
3.2 %#572b21Brown
2.7 %#d44327Red
2.2 %#4d461eBrown
2.2 %#b8a11eYellow
1.4 %#c76752Orange
0.3 %#b6d09cGreen
The Murders in Great Diddling
Paperback - 392 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: 615/995
Completed Tasks: 40/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 18705
Books read this season: 51
slideshell15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option 2: Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover and the author's first and last initials are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT
Tis the Season for Revenge
Paperback - 284 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: 630/995
Completed Tasks: 41/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 18989
Books read this season: 52
slideshell20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 2: Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun
Pun: PINT of no return instead of POINT of no return
The Pint of No Return
Hardback - 296 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: 650/995
Completed Tasks: 42/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 19285
Books read this season: 53
slideshell20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Australian Crime
Darling Girls
Hardback - 355 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: 670/995
Completed Tasks: 43/57
Big Book: 6
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 19640
Books read this season: 54
Task 10.9 - Making the National International Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas
Book: The River Runs South
Word: River
National Scenic Area: Columbia River Gorge
points this task: 10
Total points: 620
LoraTask: 15.3 Mysterious and Wise, using Option 1
Book 1:
Book/Author: Queen Macbeth / Val McDermid
How it fits: 68.5% Black, 10.3% Red, 3.1% Yellow; 81.9% total
Book 2:
Book/Author: Ripe for Vengeance / Wendy Tyson
How it fits: has 259 pages
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 440
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
ROBIN P25.2 Nick KY's Task: Rivers
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8 (1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, or 2018).
Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything - pub 2018
**Claiming 1 IAF point - Nonfiction
Option 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
State the river used. - Wolf
The Grey Wolf
Points this post: 25
Total points: 910
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:8
Kathy KS30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION for Option 2
Option 1: read a book with a title word that begins with "RE"Rules of Redemption by T.A. White
RE=REdemption
I listened to an audiobook; pb-413 p. (no mmpb)
Option 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION.
Make Mine a Mystery II: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr
Word: MINE=reMEdIatioN
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 13/57
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: 2
10.2 - Crossing BordersRead a book which is set in at least two countries.
5,000 Kilometers Per Second
set in Italy, Norway, Egypt (as given in the description)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
BB:0 GO:9 IAF:1
Task 30.2 - Gregorian Gameseach book at least 250 pages
option 3: author initials RA in ARY
Geneva by Richard Armitage
288 pages
option 4: #1 in series
Devil's Breath
298 pages
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770 points
brooke4.030.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
For this task, you will pick one option (A, B or C) and read book A and book B from that option. Your page count needs to be more than 500 pages (so 501+) and at least one of the authors must be NEW TO YOU. Required: specify which option you chose and state the new to you author(s) in your post.
Option A – The Series
Book A - Read one of the books in the Codex Alera series
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (audio read, this is the MMP) 673pgs
Book B - Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in JIM BUTCHER – all initials count
Asesinos anónimos by Rob Hart (audio read, no MMP, this is highest PB) 320pgs
jim butcHeR Rob Hart
New to me author: Jim Butcher
Page count total: 993pgs
**claiming one (1) Big Book as Furies of Calderon is 500+pgs**
Pts this post: 30pts
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Big Book: 1
Total Pts: 190
Angela IL25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in LET IT SNOW.
A Winter Wish by Emily Stone- 2/4
Option 4: Read a book with any noun found in the lyrics of Walking in the Air in the title. Plurals and possessives are allowed. https://genius.com/Howard-blake-walki...
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley- 12/8
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: The Midnight Feast
Noun: Midnight
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Angela IL30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option C – The Furies
Book A - Pick one of the furies listed above – read a book where all the letters of the fury can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
Book B - Using the same fury than the book you used for Book A and read a book where all the letters of the alternate name can be found in the authors name.
Book A: Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison-12/19
Book B: Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake- 12/10
Fury: Air
New to me author: B.K. Borison
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option A Book 1: Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in PARTRIDGE. I read Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol.
Option A Book 2: Read a book where both a tree and a bird appear on the cover. I will accept either a branch or a full tree. I read A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg, which has lots of trees along the river and a cardinal on the arm of the chair in the foreground.
Total points so far: 545
Andy P.Task # 20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 3. Author's initials are in the listed combinations: TB
See How They Run byTom Bale
Points this post: 20
Total points: 685
10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!A book from Mythology Books, page 1: Stone Blind: Medusa's Story by Natalie Haynes
paperback edition Stone Blind
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
5.1- 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.
15.10 Winter RetreatThe Pact
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.
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25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 1: Read during day light hours means you have very little daylight so read a book from this list:
https://bookriot.com/best-short-books/
How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. Sy Montgomery. 2.5.25
***Nonfiction - 1 IAF ticket ****
Option 2: Long nights are made for curling up with a good book and a blanket.
Read a book from this cozy mystery list:
Borrowed Crime. Laurie Cass. 12.21.25
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 740 / 995
Tasks Completed 45
Task 15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
Book: Kiss Her Once for Me
Points this task: 15
Total points: 635
ROBIN P25.5 Jessica S's Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 1: White Christmas - Cover 60% white
When in French: Love in a Second Language - per TinEye 97.4% white -
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Option 2: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - 8 word title
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
Points this post: 25
Total points: 935
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:9
FLY Task #20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
task: Option 2 - set at least 50% in one of the listed places
book: Alex
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: set mostly in North Carolina
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 24/57
BB: 3 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
FLY Task #15.9 My Bloody Valentine
task: MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology
book: Mr. Perfect
how it fits: MPGs Romance and Thriller
Points this post: 15
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 25/57
BB: 3 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
FLY Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
task: Option 1: a key, door, or gate on the cover
book: Behind Closed Doors
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 26/57
BB: 3 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
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Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature
Sea Bean
This has MPG Nonfiction & Nature
** I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30 + 5 = 35
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0 + 1 = 1
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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
The Allotment Girls
The word GIRLS can be made from SpRInG wiLl arrive early
Book 2: Read a book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title.
Never Never:
The word "Never" is repeated consecutively in the title
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35 + 15 = 50
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
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Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal. The genre may be embedded, e.g. "Paranormal Romance" or "Paranormal Horror".
I read The Sun Down Motel which has an MPG of paranormal (as well as as an mpg of horror)
points: 180
books read: 12
tasks completed: 12
Big Books: 1
Its a fact: 3
pages read: 4252