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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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JennB8241220.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Walk Me Home Option B: WALK
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 415
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature.
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
Total Points: 170
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 5
Total books: 18
Total tasks: 17
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.9 - Making the National International
Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas from the list. Plurals and possessives are okay.
Word - Mountains
Scenic Area - Seng Mountain
Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone WrongClaiming 1 It's a fact ticket.
Total Points: 180
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total books: 19
Total tasks: 18
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option B HIKING
Read a book with NATURE, HIKE, WALK, TRAIL, or EXPLORE in the title/subtitle.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Total Points: 200
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total books: 20
Total tasks: 19
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 2: For this task, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in PINK LAKE.
Gift from the SeaAuthor: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Total Points: 220
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total books: 21
Total tasks: 20
10.3 - A Mountain of BooksPage count comprised of numbers 9, 1, 4 in any order: Comfort: A Journey Through Grief by Ann Hood 194 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 645
15.8 New Year, New BeginningsRead a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS"
Rain: yeAR brINgs
Father of the Rain by Lily King
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 225
20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting OlderOption 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
Major Pettigrew is over 65.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 245
20.10 Group Reads Fiction: Celebrity Book Club Picks
Link to my post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 265
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!Option 2: The Reunion
A - My Friends - It was so fun to see my friends! Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of my high school friends: Dan, Daniel, Heather, Kristin, Jenni, Katy, Adam. Names must match exactly.
Daniel
Cenzontle/Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment by Daniel García Ordaz
B - The venue - Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
Required: If setting is not obvious from the book page or GR metadata, provide a reference.
1888
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 295
Task 10.7 - I Want To BelieveRead a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
Book: Small Favor
Points this task: 10
Total points: 695
Task 25.4 Cold Nights With Winter ReadsChoose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance
State the genre: 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.
WEDDING = WINter was maDE for warm blankets anD larGe books
The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex #3) (2024) by Erin Sterling (Hardback 278 pages)
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
colD Nights
You Are Here (2024) by David Nicholls (Hardback 368 pages)
135 + 25 = 160
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 135 + 25 = 160
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,366
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Julia10315.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology,
The Passing Bells
(MPGs Romance and War)
I read the Kindle edition. Top MMP The Passing Bells is 527 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 15 points, 1 BB
Total points: 615
BB: 6
GO: 3
NF: 4
Completed tasks: 29
Books read: 42
Kathy KS30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With Science
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION Book2
This is a two book task, with a combined 500 page minimum ;a book with MPG Graphic Novel(s) or Comics MAY be used for one book. One book MUST be nonfiction. Read two books, Book A and Book B.
Book A
Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle.
Superman: The Many Worlds of Krypton by Paul Kupperberg
Element=KRYPTON
I read as an ebook; pb-239 p. (no mmpb)
Book B, Option 2:
Read a book with an MPG of Evolution, Natural History, Geology, Biology, and/or Travel.
The Big Quiet: One woman's horseback ride home by Lisa D. Stewart
MPG includes: Travel
This is Non fiction
I listened to an audiobook; pb-289 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 239+289= 528 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 390
Tasks completed: 16/57
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: 3
SHEMAC 30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options and each book must be a minimum of 250 pages. (282; 259)
Required: Specify the options: 1 and 4
Option 1
Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE ONLY.
It may appear as words or numbers; whole numbers or ordinals so 12 : 1: 2 : Twelve, One or Two; Twelfth; First and Second and 12th, 1st and 2nd all work.
Second Chance Cowboy
(PB Second Chance Cowboy)
Option 4
Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series: #2 Auctioned series
Stranded
(PB Stranded)
This task points: 30
Total season points: 620
Task 5.6 - Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphereset in Australia and pub Jan 2005
Butterfly Song
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835 points
Nick KY10.7 I Want To Believe. I read Blood and Gold by Anne Rice, MPG of Paranormal.
--Before this post, my Total points was amended to 675 due to a mistake in a 25 point task.--
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 685
Nick KY15.9 Cupid. I read Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews, Romance and Mythology as MPGs. OK’d in message 34 of the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 700
brooke4.05.5 '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
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (audio read, no MMP, this is highest PB)
Word: TIME
chrIsTMas treE lights
Pts this post: 5pts
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Big Book: 1
Total Pts: 200
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Option 2-Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
Only One Mistake by Natasha Madison / #6 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 755
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Option 1-Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
The Vintage Village Bake Off by Judy Leigh / main character is senior citizen, in 70's in GR description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 775
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Option 1-Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8
The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin / published in 2018
Option 2-Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao / WATER is in Clearwater River and WATER is allowed to be separate
Points this post: 25
Total points: 800
Angela IL30.6 - XBM’s Task – 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.
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera-2/6
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Listen for the Lie
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.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout- 12/21
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Conta-me tudo
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 10
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5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World. Robin Wall Kimmerer. 2.10.25
****Non-fiction - 1 IAF *****
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 795 / 995
Tasks Completed 48
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20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
We Three Queens. Rhys Bowen. 2.9.25
First published November 19, 2024
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 815 / 995
Tasks Completed 49
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30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (224).
The Pull of the Moon. Elizabeth Berg. 1.11.25
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).
Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter. Lisa Patton. 2.10.25
Required: Post the cover.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 845 / 995
Tasks Completed 50
JUKKA25.1 KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 2: Book whose title/subtitle has the letters BOOKS or GAMES.
Meeples Together: How and Why Cooperative Board Games Work by Christopher Allen & Shannon Appelcline has both, but let's go with GAMES.
It is also a nonfiction book so I'm claiming It's a Fact.
Option 4: Book whose author's initials are in GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
Halveksunnan aika by Andrzej Sapkowski.
The books are over 300 pages each so the 500-page requirement is met.
Total Points: 270/995
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
SHEMAC 30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
This is a two-book task. Read two books from two different options.
Required: State the options: Options 1 and 3
Option 1: Read a book with a title word that begins with the letters RE.
Rescued Omegas
(PB Glass Bay: Gordon: Alpha Omega M-Preg Liebesroman ohne Formwandlung (Glass Bay Apartments (German)))
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA: R, S
Into the Fall by R.J. Scott
(PB Into the Fall)
This task points: 30
Total season points: 650
ROBIN P20.5 Bigger is Better - Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 1: Discovery - pub Jan of 2014-24
Luck and Judgement - pub Jan 13, 2015
Listened to audio, linked pb but GR shows no page #s
Approved for length, line 2074 of list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 960
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:9
Josh20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”. 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.
I read Trunk Music (10/2=5)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Pages: 2227
Readerboard name: List_Addict20.3: Review Raffle - Trishhartuk’s Task: Wordplay
Option 1:
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P Manansala
Points this challenge: 25
25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of ChristmasOption 1, cover at least 60% white: The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
Tineye = 75.6% white
paperback edition The Nineties: A Book
Option 3, author initials (ignoring middle initial) found in LET IT SNOW: I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir by Susan Kiyo Ito
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
10.4 - Wonderful WetlandsRead a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
Nod Away, Vol. 1
Word: AWAY
world WetlAnds dAY
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
BB:0 GO:10 IAF:1
10. 3 - A Mountain of BooksRead a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order.
Night Fisher
144 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
BB:0 GO:10 IAF:1
Jessica S 30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera (repost with correction)
Option C – The Furies (FURY PICKED: AIR/AERIS)
Book A - Book where all the letters of the fury can be found in the title.
Hot Saltwater Kisses by Zarah Detand NEW TO ME AUTHOR
Book B - Book where all the letters of the alternate name can be found in the authors name
Unraveling the Threads of Fate by Alice Winters
Points this task: 30
Total points: 825
Jessica S10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Points this task: 10
Total points: 835
Jessica S10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order
On a Midnight Clear by Lily Morton
Points this task: 10
Total points: 845
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20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
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.
Boy's Life (8 letters/2 words = 4)
This is a Big Book at 610 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 30
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
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20.8 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. Graphic novels are permitted for this task.
Gender Queer: A Memoir (pub. 2019)
This is a non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 50
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
Task 30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 1: Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE ONLY.
Book: The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Option 4: Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
Book: The Match
Points this task: 30
Total points: 725
Andy P.Task # 15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
True to Form by Elizabeth Berg
# 3 in Katie Nash series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 720
SHEMAC 30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
This is a two book task, read one book for each option.
Consecutive letters pairs:
AB BC CD DE EF FG GH HI IJ JK KL LM MN NO OP
PQ QR RS ST TU UV VW WX XY YZ
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.
Required: Note the consecutive letters: NO
No Caller ID
(PB No Caller ID)
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters. For the purposes of this task, subtitles count as part of the title and may not be ignored. Titles/subtitles that end in punctuation, a number or a Roman Numeral are ineligible.
Required: Note the consecutive letters: RS
An Omega For Anders
(PB An Omega For Anders)
This task points: 30
Total season points: 680
JEN B25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 3: Let It Snow - Performed by Vaughn Monroe
Read a book where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in LET IT SNOW.
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
NS in SNow
Option 4: Walking in the Air - Performed by Peter Auty
Read a book with any noun found in the lyrics of Walking in the Air in the title.
With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero by Annie Thoms
Noun: EYES
Lyric: "Nobody down below can believe their EYES..."
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 525
Amy FL10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
The World We Burn - WORLD wetlands day
Points this post: 10
Total points: 775
Amy FL20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 2: You Are Here - set in England (metadata)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 810
Amy FL25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 1: The Dark Corners of the Night - 6 words in title
Option 3: Seduction in Death - MPG: Romantic Suspense
Points this post: 25
Total points: 835
Amy FL25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Option 1: His Favourite Graves - MPG Mystery and FATHER in His FAvouRiTE graves
Option 3: Hangman - no letters in STRESSED in title
Points this post: 25
Total points: 860
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved - Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Polish): here (447pg); Next PB (English): here (392pg)
First published 13 February 2024
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
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Option 1: Read a book with a title word that begins with the letters RE.
REad
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in mARIsSA. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
The Wishing Game byMeg Shaffer
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 600
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books:
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2