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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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SHEMAC 5.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title - https://www.birderslibrary.com/review...
Required: State the bird: Winter Wren
Texas Winter
(PB Texas Winter)
This task points: 5
Total season points: 715
Confirmed: Not for Children #395
Rockynook10.1 - Look to the Skies
Book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
by Callie Hart(book approved in the help thread for picture of moon)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 245
Rockynook30.2 - Gregorian Games
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY"
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
librARY
Option 4: Book that is 1, 2, or 12 in a series
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 275
Task 5.7 - National Cocoa Dayhot cup of tea on RHS of cover (midpoint)
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
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870 points
Task 30.6 - A Partridge in a Pear Treeoption 1 book 1: author initials in PARTRIDGE
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
option 1 book 2: bird AND tree / branch on cover
Rites of Spring
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900 points
Kai20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
OPTION 2
Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
Nineteen Eighty by David Peace
Red Riding Quartet #3
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Points: 150
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 2
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20.5 Celebrating the SRC
Book Published in January between 2014 and 2024
The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston
Published 1/12/21
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 464
Total Points: 505
Total Tasks: 31
Total Books: 44
Total Pages: 16953
Big Books: 4
Kai20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
OPTION 1
Read a book who first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Originally published = 1926
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket**
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 170
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
Kai20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
OPTION 3A
Read a book with one of the Beanie Baby animals from this list on the cover.
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
horse
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 190
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
Beth_NC30.9 Ringing in the New Year
Book 1 Option 1
Numerals 20242025 in page numbers
Inamorata by Megan Chance
420 pages
Book 2 Option 3
Book set in New York City
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Task Points: 30
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 804
Total Points: 545
Total Tasks: 32
Total Books: 46
Total Pages: 17757
Big Books: 4
Beth_NC202.6 Getting Older
Option 1 Main character is a senior citizen
The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb
Nora Bonesteel is in her 90's she is an aged mountain wise woman From authors fb page '1930's ~ Young Nora Bonesteel is traveling by train from her home in east Tennessee to Wise, Virginia, at the request of her cousin, a cub reporter covering a murder trial.'
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 416
Total Points: 565
Total Tasks: 33
Total Books: 47
Total Pages: 18173
Big Books: 4
Beth_NC20. Holidays and Hiking
Option A 1)New Years #1 in series and 2)Valentines letters LOVE in title
Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young
EVery reasOnabLe doubt and is #1 in series
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 369
Total Points: 585
Total Tasks: 34
Total Books: 48
Total Pages: 18542
Big Books: 4
Kai30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Each book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
OPTION 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters "ARY"
Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp
480 pages
OPTION 4
Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon
Jane and Lila Pool #1
320 pages
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Points: 220
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
Beth_NC20.8 The Wonders of Home
Option 1 book who first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Dirt Witch by Luanne Bennett
Published in 2013
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 284
Total Points: 605
Total Tasks: 35
Total Books: 49
Total Pages: 18826
Big Books: 4
Kai20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
OPTION 3B
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.
The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
3 words in title, 3 letters in "the"
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Points: 240
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
Kai20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Must be 225+ pages
OPTION 3
Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
Published March 19, 2024
304 pages
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points: 260
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
Nick KY50.1 MegSRC’s Best of 2024
Book 1. My favorite read in 2024 is Dolly by Susan Hill. From Dolly’s "Readers Also Enjoyed" List, I read
A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke. https://www.goodreads.com/book/simila...
Book 2. I read Open Throat by Henry Hoke, nom. for 2024 Penn Faulkner Prize. https://www.penfaulkner.org/2024/04/0... (last paragraph verifies that Hoke is one of five finalists.)
Book 3. I read Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir who has a new book, The Cardinal, coming out in May of 2025.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT for Queen Isabella
340 + 160 + 490 = 990 pp
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 780
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 13
Beth_NC30.3 Go Norsemen
Option 2 Book 1
author shares a first name with one of my high school friends:
Pale as Death by Heather Graham
Heather
Book 2
book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
The Summer of 1848 by Yael Politis
Set in 1848
Task Points: 30
Task Books: 2
Task Pages: 682
Total Points: 635
Total Tasks: 36
Total Books: 51
Total Pages: 19508
Big Books: 4
Beth_NC20.4 Christmas Carols
Option 3 Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of S, A, T, B
Prophecy's Queen by Timothy Bond
TB
Task Points: 20
Task Books: 1
Task Pages: 162
Total Points: 655
Total Tasks: 37
Total Books: 52
Total Pages: 19670
Big Books:
Jessica S50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
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. Favourite book of 2024: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles
Book 2: The Best of 2024. Book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024. Award: Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance (2024),
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Book 3: Looking to 2025. book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025
Not Catching Love by Saxon James
Points this task: 50
Total points: 895
PegW5.9 It's Part of My World
Read a nonfiction book with MPG Nature.
I read Nature Obscura: A City's Hidden Natural World
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 105
1 IAF ticket
Andy P.Task # 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;
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
byJeneva Rose
Word is home
Points this post: 15
Total points: 735
Task 50.1 - The Best of 2024750+pages
book 1: Readers Also Enjoyed from A Sorceress Comes to Call
When Among Crows
176 pages
book 2: NAIBA Book of the Year Fiction 2024
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
385 pages
book 3: book by an author pub in 2025 Stone and Sky published Jul 2025 Stone and Sky
Winter's Gifts
I read the ebook. Pb Die schlafenden Geister des Lake Superior
240 pages
176 + 385 + 240 = 801 pages
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950 points
Delicious Dee15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage - WISE can be found in NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 940
Its a Fact Tickets: 10
Delicious Dee20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - Not in the Plan - first published 2024
Points This Post: 20
Points Overall: 960
Its a Fact Tickets: 10
SHEMAC 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: Tell us the options you use: 1 and 2
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8: 2018
Forgiveness (First published March 27th 2018)
(PB Für immer geliebt)
Option 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title. Plurals and Possessives are accepted.
The Skunk, the Tibetan Fox and Their Wolf Omega
(PB The Skunk, the Tibetan Fox and Their Wolf Omega)
Required: State the river used: Wolf
This task points: 25
Total season points: 740
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season and at make at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. I chose Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth and posted in the discussion thread at post 21.
Total points so far: 705
10.10 - Cold As IceRead a book from one of the following lists:
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
No. 3 on the list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
BB:0 GO:10 IAF:1
Amy FL10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
The Night Tiger - page 23 of Mythology list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870
Amy FL15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Book 1:
- over 90% red, black and yellow per TinEyeBook 2: The Man Feared by Darkness - 2 and 8 in page count of paperback edition
I completed the Kindle edition which also had a 2 and 8 in page count, but linked to paperback per SRC requirements.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 885
Amy FL20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2A: Dust - MPG Retellings
Points this post: 20
Total points: 905
Amy FL50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: James - favorite 2024 book was The Women and James was one of the "Readers Also Enjoyed" choices
Book 2: Flags on the Bayou - Edgar Award for Best Novel (2024)
Book 3: A Long Time Gone - published February 4, 2025
Points this post: 50
Total points: 955
Molly15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
I read My Brother's Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag by Michelle Brasier.
Ashes can be found in NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS
*~*~*~*~ Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction ~*~*~*~*
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 50
Task completed: 4
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: Read a book who first year of publication includes at least two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (370pg)
First published 1 October 1988 (includes 1, 8 and 9)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
SHEMAC 15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
This is a two-book task.
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
Required: State the phrase and the word: SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER - Sweet
Sweet Things For A Crocodile by Lisa Oliver
(PB Sweet Things For A Crocodile)
Book 2: Read a book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title.
Red Red Wine
(PB Red Red Wine)
This task points: 15
Total season points: 755
Delicious Dee5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphere
The Dinner Party - set in Australia (reference quote: half an hour from adelaide in South Australia (pg9); first published January 2024
Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 965
Its a Fact Tickets: 10
Delicious Dee30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Option 1 - The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club - Reading begins with RE
Option 2 - Somewhere Along The Line - LINE can be made from the letters in MOLD REMEDIATION
Points This Post: 30
Points Overall: 995
Its a Fact Tickets: 10
30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear TreeOption A:
Book 1: Read a book where an author's first and last initials are found in PARTRIDGE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith
author's initials, RG, found in paRtridGe
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.
Panic by Catherine Jinks
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 695
REPOSTCathyG
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Help Thead
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: Tell us the options you use.
Option : Read a book first published in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8 .
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
published 2018
Option 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title. Required: State the river used.-Wolf
Like a Wolf with a Bone by Shelly Laurenston
approved for length post #365
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 450/995
Tasks Completed: 20/59
NF: 3
CathyG30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With Science
Help Thread
This is a two book task, with a combined 500 page minimum.
*********Again, one book MUST be nonfiction.*********
Book A
Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle. Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.
List of Elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Required: state the element. silver
Silver Tongued Devil 290pp
Book B
Choose from one of the following four options.
Required: State the option.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Birds, Ecology, Nature, and/or Conservation.
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery 261pp
Nonfiction- claim It's a Fact ticket
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 480/995
Tasks Completed: 21/59
NF: 4
CathyG20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2024 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Fiction: Celebrity Book Club Picks - Weyward
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Discussion Thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 500/995
Tasks Completed: 22/59
NF: 4
Kristen IA10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
The House on Prytania by Karen White
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 370/995
Tasks Completed: 26/57
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
10.6 - Inspiration StrikesRead a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
I read That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. This book was approved on the help thread and is nonfiction so I am requesting an ***ITS A FACT***** ticket.
points: 185
books read: 15
tasks completed: 14
Big Books: 1
It's fact: 4
pages read: 4879
Anja5.1- It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
by Sophie OakPOINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 255
Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 13
Anja10.9 - Making the National International
Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas
Bear Creek - Bear Necessities by Dana Marie Bell
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 265
Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 14
Anja15.6 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 the lyrics
Town - Small Town Siren by Sophie Oak
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 280
Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(0)
Completed Tasks: 15
Mod
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.
Reading Between the Lies. Lynn Cahoon
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
For the Love of Summer. Susan Mallery
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 880 / 995
Tasks Completed 52
trishhartuk10.9 Making the National International
Read a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas
Killman Creek, Rachel Caine
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (333pg)
Creek matches Bear Creek and Beach Creek
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 31
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
brooke4.010.10 - Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Nordic Noir
52 Book Club 2023: #24 Nordic Noir
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
Required: State which list your book is found on.
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (audio read, this is MMP)
List: Nordic Noir #9 on first page
Pts this post: 10pts
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Big Book: 1
Total Pts: 210
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20.9 - 90s Nostalgia
Option 1A: read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 235