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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Task 30.5 - Books of South AmericaBook 1: author born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seven Empty Houses bySamanta Schweblin
Book 2: book set 75% in Ecuador
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
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990 points
Nick KY10.1 Look to the Skies Cover depicts a night sky with stars: I read Highland Conquest by Alyson McLayne.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 790
Nick KY15.10 Winter Retreat. I read Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton, secluded house in the snow on cover.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 805
Nick KY20.1 Kathy KS’s Family Opt. 3. I read The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei, 1st pub’d 2024.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 825
JennB824125.3 Cupid is Coming
Not Quite by the Book
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 440
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
JennB8241210.2 - Crossing Borders
Alternate Endings
Ireland/US
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 450
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
JennB8241220.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3b. Three letters in first word, three words in title
The Unquiet Bones
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 470
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
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25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
This is a two-book task.
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.
Always, in December. Emily Stone
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.
Required: state the noun (Midnight)
The Girl at Midnight. Melissa Grey
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 920 / 995
Tasks Completed 54
JEN B25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 3:For this option, pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages. (your book must still meet the 100-page minimum!)
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 144 pages
Option 4: For this option, 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).
Required: state the year you started the series and verify that you had abandoned it for at least 6 months
Exiles by Jane Harper
I last read the Aaron Falk series in 2020,
TOTAL POINTS: 550
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025 or read a book that is number 12 in a series.
The English Experience
Jason Fitger Series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2480...
Total Points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total books: 22
Total tasks: 21
50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024Book 1: A Killer's Code (Daniela Vega #3) by Isabella Maldonado
book of 2024: Fatal Intrusion (Sanchez & Heron #1) by Jeffery Deaver & Isabella Maldonado
Book 2: We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders #1) by Richard Osman
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery/Thriller and for Audiobook (2024)
Book 3: Murder in the Library (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mystery #2) by Anita Davison
2025 book to be published next month: Murder in Covent Garden (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mystery #4)
Total this Post: 50
Season Total: 745
Elizabeth PTask 15.6 - Why, to the North Pole of Course! This is the Polar Express!
4+ letter word in title that matches word in "When Christmas Comes to Town" lyrics
An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington
Word: "Come"
At 856 pages, good for *2 Big Book Tickets*
PPB Link: Echo przyszłych wypadków
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 6
IAF: 0
Total Books: 18
MEGSCL10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a memoir about a writer.
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
**It’s a fact ticket
Total
420 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS" (Harry)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Total
435 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL20.2 - 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: England
Victorian Psycho
Total
455 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music: A: read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title
We Rip the World Apart
Total
475 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive LettersBook 1, first word in title starts with two consecutive letters: Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut by Sarah Graves
Consecutive letters are DE.
Book 2, title ends in two consecutive letters: Growing Wild in the Shade by Jean Grainger
Consecutive letters are DE.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 815
Kristen IA5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover.
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities: A Novel by Heather Webber
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 375/995
Tasks Completed: 27/57
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kai30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
The combined page count needs to be more than 500 pages and at least one of the authors must be NEW TO YOU.
OPTION B - THE TITLES
BOOK A
Read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title
After the Party by Cressida Connolly
Word = Party
New to me author
261 pages
BOOK B
Read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title.
The Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau
Word = Parties
320 pages
Total page count = 581
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Points: 290
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
trishhartuk10.1 Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
Witch and Famous, Angela M. Sanders
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (304pg)
Night sky out of the window okayed in Help Thread message #18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Kathy KS30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option B: Read two books, each with a related homophone in the title from... list of homophones: Required: Identify the related words.
Homophones used: See, Sea
See Also Proof by Larry D. Sweazy
I listened to an audiobook; pb-251 p. (no mmpb)
The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea by Philip R. Craig
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 440
Tasks completed: 18/57
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
SHEMAC 25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Required: State which options you choose. Option 1 & 3
Your total page count should be at least 500 pages. (280 + 414)
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words.
The Rivals of Casper Road
(PB The Rivals of Casper Road)
Option 3: Read a book with (both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or) the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
State of Alert
(PB State of Alert)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 825
Task 5.4 -New Year, New Reads!Author initials in HAPPY
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
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995 points
Masoodah20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Chose Option A: HOLIDAYS
1) HANUKKAH (Dec. 25-Jan. 2) - “Festival of Lights” - Author’s first and last initials appear in L IG H TS.
Margaritas, Marzipan, and Murder by Harper Lin
5) VALENTINE’S DAY (Feb. 14) - All of the letters L-O-V-E appear in the title (ignore subtitles). They do not need to be in that order.
The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400 / 995
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 22 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah25.5 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
Required: Post the cover and the TinEye percentage.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Tineye percentages:
70.5 %#fffffe White
6.1 %#8f877e Grey
5.2 %#dfcfa4 Brown
4.8 %#caa868 Brown
4.7 %#292422 Black
2.9 %#5f3b26 Brown
2.4 %#a18e70 Grey
1.7 %#e5b75e Orange
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s initials (you may ignore middle initials) can be found in LET I T S NOW.
The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 425 / 995
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 23 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Rockynook20.7 - Holidays and Hiking
Option A: Choose 2 holidays.
Holidays chosen: 2) Christmas and 4) New Year
Christmas - red and green on cover, New Year - 1st in series
by Jenny ColganTin Eye Percentages:
26.7 %#1d2b47Blue
22.6 %#3a4722Green
17.0 %#b72724Red
11.6 %#827975Grey
9.1 %#cea881Brown
7.9 %#823e31Brown
2.9 %#d9af54Yellow
0.8 %#2b7771Green
0.8 %#6b8921Green
0.7 %#7d9ac4Blue
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 295
trishhartuk5.1 It's All Natural
Includes an IAF ticket claim.
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
A Flat Place: A Memoir, Noreen Masud (227pg)
Okayed in Help Thread message #44: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's a Fact: MPGs include Nonfiction, Memoir, Nature, Mental Health and Psychology
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – A Flat Place is a memoir
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
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For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
The Sound of Us by Sarah Castille / SC in list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 890
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Book A: Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle.
The Helium Murder by Camille Minichino / HELIUM in list; 296 pg MMPB
Book B-Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of Birds, Ecology, Nature, and/or Conservation.
Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison / MPG Nature; 304 pg HC; nonfiction claiming It's a Fact entry
Total pages: 560 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 920
IAF this post: 1
Total IAF: 7
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50.1 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.
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. Required: Post a link to your favorite 2024 book. (True to Form. Elizabeth Berg)
Range of Motion. Elizabeth Berg - 260 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. Nominee for Readers' Favorite Romance (2024)
The Rom-Commers. Katherine Center - 336 pages
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025. (Published January 7, 2025)
Never Say Never: A Novel. Danielle Steel - 256 pages
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 970 / 995
Tasks Completed 55
15.3 Mysterious and WiseBook 1: 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.
Book:
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count.
Book: Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day
has 182 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points; 830
JUKKA5.4 New Year, New Reads!
Author's initials found in HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Trees, Vol. 3: Three Fates by Warren Ellis.
Total Points: 275/995
Total Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 19/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
Andy P.Task # 15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option A: Two-book task
Book 1: Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
by Jeanette WintersonBook 2: Read a book where the author's first and last initials (middle initial may be ignored) are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT
The Swap by Robyn Harding
Points this post: 15
Total points: 815
JUKKA10.4 Wonderful Wetlands
Book with word in title that can be made of letters in WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
No World Vol. 1 by Scott Lobdell. The word is WORLD.
Total Points: 285/995
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 20/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
Bookwrm526Task #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. I chose the word BELLS and read Slay Bells Ring: A Christmas Cozy Mystery Series Book 2 by Mona Marple.
Total points so far: 720
JUKKA10.2 Crossing Borders
Book set in at least two countries.
Hellboy, Vol. 10: The Crooked Man and Others by Mike Mignola. It is set in the United States and Portugal.
Total Points: 295/995
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 1, variant of number 2 in the title: Sylvia's Second Act by Hillary Yablon
Option 2, title word ending with —ary: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
paperback edition Mary Jane
Points this post: 30
Total points: 845
FLY Task #15.5 Old Saint Nick
+BB ticket
task: single author initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
book: Imaginary Friend
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author Stephen Chbosky initials SC
other:
** Claiming 2 BB tickets for MMPB = 816 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 34/57
BB: 6 + 2 = 8 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 1: Two-book task
task: Book 1: cover with at least 75 percent of any combination of these THREE colors, RED BLACK AND YELLOW
book: The Undomestic Goddess
how it fits:
= tineye: (view spoiler)task: Book 2: at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count
book: The Forever War
how it fits: 278 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 35/57
BB: 8 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 2
Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY"
Madame Bovary
329 pages
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie. Published in 1856
Option 4
Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
Men at Arms
377 pages
Book is Discworld - Ankh-Morpork City Watch (#2) as shown in metadata.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
BB:0 GO:11 IAF:2
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EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet: Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2a: MPG Retellings By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 280
Books Read: 19
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 11
EMurphy20.8 Nickels & Dimes: Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: Year of publication includes any 2 of 1, 2, 8, 9 Brother by Ania Ahlborn
*published in 2015
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 300
Books Read: 20
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 2
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 12
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Nick KY30.6 XBM’s Partridge. Opt. B. Homophones. Rain/Reign is on the list.
Book 1. Using the word “Rain” I read Rain and Other South Sea Stories by W. Somerset Maugham.
Book 2. “Rain”s homophone is “Reign.” I read Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 855
Rockynook30.9 - Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Book with page numbers found in 00222245
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Page count: 400
Option 3: Book set in NYC
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 345
Rockynook**UNCLAIMING POST 1034
20.5 - Celebrating the SRC
Option 1) first pub in Jan of 2014-2024, inclusive
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Pub. in Jan 2024
Adjusted total: 325
Rockynook20.5 - Celebrating the SRC
Option 3: 4+ title word in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY
She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Word: Sorry
Reading challengeS bRing me jOY
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 345
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MPG Nature and non-fiction
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
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960 points