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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Delicious Dee10.10 - Cold As Ice
The Purity of Vengeance - nordic noir pg 1, position 14 - original title of book was Journal 64
Points This Post: 10
Points Overall: 720
Its a Fact Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option B - To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail - TRAIL can be found in the subtitle; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Post: 20
Points Overall: 740
Its a Fact Tickets: 7
Delicious Dee25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Option 1 - Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures - first published 2018; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Option 2 - Tipping Point - POINT for Eleven Point
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 765
Its a Fact Tickets: 8
Delicious Dee25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 2 - Cursed Cocktails - found on the Cozy Fantasy list
Option 4 - Low-Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems, and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda - YULE found in title/subtitle - Y in My, U in Fruit, L in Low and E in Whines; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 790
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Delicious Dee25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 4 - Midnight Confessions - MIDNIGHT found in the line: I'm riding in the midnight blue
Option 5 - Supervillains Anonymous - MPG Urban Fantasy (approved in THT)
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 815
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Delicious Dee30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option A – The Series
Book 1 - First Lord's Fury - #6 in the Codex Alera series
Book 2 - The Brilliance of Stars - J'nell Ciesielski - J'nell is a new to me author; both J and C can be found in JIM BUTCHER
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 845
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Delicious Dee50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book A - The Fiancé Dilemma - my favorite book of 2024 was Birding with Benefits - this was found on the similar books page on January 22
Book B - The Book Censor's Library - nominated/finalist for National Book Award for Translated Literature (2024)
Book C - Desperation in Death - there is a new in death book that came out early Feb 2025
Points This Post: 50
Points Overall: 895
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Bookwrm526Task #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 from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa... I chose the national scenic area Bear Creek and the word CREEK and read Murder at Folly Beach Creek by Cathy Pickens.
Total points so far: 625
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - Getting Older
Option 1: Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen. I read Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood (288p). The GR description of the first book in the series (The Marlow Murder Club) states that the main character is 77 years old, and this book takes place after the events of the first book.
Total points so far: 645
Barbara ★25.7 - FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 4: read a book in a series that you had started prior to last year (so 2022 or earlier) and then later abandoned (had not read a book from that series for at least the last six months).
A Catalogue of Catastrophe - Jodi Taylor (Chronicles of St. Mary's #13) 2/10
Required: started series on January 9, 2020, read #12 on May 19, 2024
Proof: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Option 5: Read a book with either a dragon on the cover or the word DRAGON intact in the title, subtitle, or series name.
Stop Dragon My Heart Around - Susannah Scott 12/28
(dragon in title)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 305
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★25.5 - 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.
Autopsy of a Fairytale - Nicole Scarano 2/1
(N & S in let it SNow)
Option 5: Read a book with the MPG Urban Fantasy.
Everdark - Elle Jasper 12/20
Points this task: 25
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A:
2) CHRISTMAS (Dec. 25) - Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye
Guardian of Talons and Snares - Anastasis Blythe 2/6
TinEye: Green 17.0%, Red 5.9%
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Guardian of Talons and Snares - Anastasis Blythe 2/6
#1 in The Zheninghai Chronicles series
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
SHEMAC 20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Pick one of the following options and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option: 3
Option 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”.
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.
Required: : State the option and show the equation:b
3 letters in the first word = 3 words in the title
His Gentle Omega
(PB His Gentle Omega)
This task points: 20
Total season points: 700
JennB8241220.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
1. From "Silent Night" - NIGHT
Night Road
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 435
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
FLY Task #20.10 Group Reads
+BB ticket
task: Fiction: Celebrity Book Club Picks
book: Weyward
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: discussion post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
other:
**Claiming BB ticket for 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Points this post: 20
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 30/57
BB: 5 + 1 = 6 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
10.6 - Inspiration StrikesBiography of a musician: Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers
Points this post: 10
Total points: 680
FLY Task #25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
task: Option 1: title has at least 5 words
book: The House on the Strand
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 448 pages
how it fits: 5-word title
task: Option 3: both MPG Mystery and MPG Romance
book: Absolute Liability
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB with page count here) = 264 pages
how it fits: both Mystery and Romance are MPGs
other:
required min. page count: 448 + 264 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 31/57
BB: 6 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Task 5.10 Comfort zoneRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Yellowface (2023) by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 323 pages)
160 + 05 = 165
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 160 + 05 = 165
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,689
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 20.2 -: Into 2025Option 2: The Roman Empire reached its furthest extent by 117AD and had a massive influence on European and, ultimately, world culture. 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:
Albania, Austria, Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads page, provide a reference.
Setting: ENGLAND
Pagecount: 268 > 225 pages
Arcana (Sylvani #1) (2014) by Jessica Leake (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 268 pages)
165 + 20 = 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 165 + 20 = 185
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3,957
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 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"
WHERE = nEW yEaR brings fresH beginnings
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7) (2022) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 150 pages)
185 + 15 = 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 185 + 15 = 200
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,107
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FLY Task #15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
task: Book 1: 4+ letter word in the title that can be formed from SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY
book: The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "early"
task: Book 2: a repeated word consecutively in the title
book: Hush, Hush
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "hush"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 32/57
BB: 6 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
task: Option 3: MPG of either Classics or Gothic
book: The Clocks
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Classics
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 33/57
BB: 6 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
Mod
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
Choose your favorite book read during 2024. Read a book by the same author
It's hard to choose one favourite book but a definite highlight was The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
I read a book by the same author, Garth Nix: Angel Mage
I listened to the audiobook but the top PB is Magia angelical with 512 pages
**I claim a Big Book ticket
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Book 2: The Best of 2024
Read a book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024.
The Last Devil to Die
This was Anthony Award Nominee for Best Hardcover Novel (2024) and British Book Award Nominee for Crime and Thriller (2024)
I listened to the audiobook - the MMPB is El último en morir with 464 pages
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Book 3: Looking to 2025
Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025.
Daisy Jones & The Six
I listened to the audiobook but the mmpb Daisy Jones & The Six has 480 pages
Taylor Jenkins Read is releasing "Atmosphere" in 2025 Atmosphere
512 + 464 + 480 = 456 which is almost double the required 750pg!
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 50 + 50 = 100
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Into 2025
Option 1: Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover. I read What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez (cover approved in help thread posts 14 and 18) (416p).
Total points so far: 665
Mod
5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Christmas Hope. Donna VanLiere
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 850 / 995
Tasks Completed 51
Angela IL***UNCLAIMING POST 2024
30.6 - 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
Adjusted total: 210
Angela IL20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
3. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of these letters. Options are AB, AS, AT, BA, BS, BT, TA, TB, TS, SA, SB, ST.
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera-2/6
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Listen for the Lie
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
Angela IL30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3: Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters "ARY"
For the purposes of this task you can use the letters more than once.
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell-2/11
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/ PB link: Slow Dance
Option 4: Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
One Step Too Far Lisa Gardner-1/27
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 11
Kristen IA15.10 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
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 330/995
Tasks Completed: 24/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 2: Read a book with a title word of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION.
Required: State the word - MILE
Mile High by Liz Tomforde - 603 pages
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket*****
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 360/995
Tasks Completed: 25/57
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
This is a 3 book task. Read 1 book for each option. Your books must have a total page count of 750+ pages when combined and no kids/graphic novels allowed.
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
Choose your favorite book read during 2024. Read a book by the same author or a book from the "Readers also enjoyed" section of your favorite book's page
FAVORITE BOOK 2024: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Readers Also Enjoyed: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera - 352 pages
Book 2: The Best of 2024
Read a book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024. The award must be listed on the book's goodreads page and specify 2024.
Required: Name the 2024 award - Nominated for Goodreads Choice for Fiction
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe - 304 pages
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025.
Any 2025 release will work.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros - 527 pages
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket*****
352 + 304 + 527 = 1,183 total pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 815/995
Tasks Completed: 45/59
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 5
Nick KY30.5 Cat’s South America
Book A. Set in South America -- I read Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez, set in Argentina and Paraguay.
Book B. Author born in South America –I read The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, born in Chile.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 730
Delicious Dee15.9 My Bloody Valentine
The Five Year Lie - has MPG of Thriller and Romance
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 910
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Delicious Dee15.10 Winter Retreat
- you can see roof, plus at least one side of cabin in snowPoints This Post: 15
Points Overall: 925
Its a Fact Tickets: 9
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Holidays and Hiking
Option A: HOLIDAYS - read a book that meets the requirements for any TWO holidays
I chose Option A2 (Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye) and Option A4 (Read a book that is #1 in a series) and read Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander (2.5% red and 8.6% green according to Tineye), and book 1 in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.
Total points so far: 685
SHEMAC 10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf: Mythology Books
Required: State the page of the shelf your book is found on: 5
Fantasy Lover
(MMP Fantasy Lover)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 710
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
Selected - Fiction: Australian Crime
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
I made a post in the discussion thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Tasks completed: 17
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.9 - My Bloody Valentine
Book with standalone MPG of romance and thriller
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
Book has MPG of Romance and Thriller
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): You Shouldn't Have Come Here
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Tasks completed: 18
MEGSCLTask 30.8
Option C – The Furies (WOOD/FLORA)
Book A - WOOD in title. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
Book B - FLORA in author. Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
Both authors are new to me
Total
410 points - 2 big book - 2 It’s a Fact
5.1 It's All NaturalRead 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.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 370
15.5 Old Saint Nick For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. The initials may be reversed in order but must match a single name. Middle initials may be ignored.
Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 385
20.2 Into 2025Option 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. Albania, Austria, Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
It's set in England and indicated below the description on GR.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 405
15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like ChristmasOption B, wreath on the cover and author initials in MERRY AND BRIGHT: Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne
Points this post: 15
Total points: 695
Lisa MD30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Required: 500+pgs & 1 new to you author
Option C: I picked the fury air/aeris
Book 1 - Title contains all the letters of "AIR"
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz
Title contains letters of AIR: dinner for vAmpIRes
320 pgs
***This author is new to me***
***I claim an IAF ticket***
Book 2 - Author name contains all the letters of AERIS
Dead Center by David Rosenfelt
352 pgs
Author name contains the letters of AERIS: dAvId RoSEnfelt
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 555 / 995
Total Books Read: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 30 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
Lisa MD25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Required: Combined 500+ pgs
Option 2: Letters of BOOKS found in title
Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop by Otto Penzler
332 pgs
Option 3: MPG: Romance
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
527 pgs
***I claim a BB ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 580 / 995
Total Books Read: 42
Total Tasks Completed: 31 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
Lisa MD15.10 - Winter Retreat
Secluded house or cabin in snowy landscape on cover
Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes by Joanne DeMaio
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 595 / 995
Total Books Read: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 32 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
Lisa MD10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Title word found in WORLD WETLANDS DAY
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Title Word: LOST found in wOrLd weTlandS day
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 605 / 995
Total Books Read: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 33 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
Lisa MD5.8 - Birdwatching Month
Title Word matches word on Remarkable Bird list
The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton
Title Word: "House" matches "House Sparrow"
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 610 / 995
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 34 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 7
ROBIN P10.8 Run Away! Run Away!
book from Mythology list
The Fox Wife
On p 7 of list (currently #20 on that page)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 970
BB:1 GO:4 IAF:9
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10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
When the World Fell Silent - WORLD can be found in the provided letters
Points This Post: 10
Points Overall: 710
Its a Fact Tickets: 6