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20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
A Christmas Carol (Set in London, England)
This was first published in 1843. One Golden Oldies ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 70
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 1
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20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 3 - Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title (subtitles do not count) that can be made from the letters in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
CYLINDER = REaDINg ChaLlenges bring me joY
This was first published in 1888. One Golden Oldies ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 90
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 1: Two-book task
Book 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
by Minka Kent Accepted in help threadBook 2:
Read a book with at least 2 different lucky numbers (2, 8 and 9) in the page count. The Ninemile Wolves by Rick Bass 192 pages
Points this post: 13
Total points: 845
Task 5.2- Circle of DarkRead a book set at least 50% in one of the countries or US state that have territory within the Arctic Circle
Book: The Forgotten Daughter
takes place in Canada (Quebec)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 835
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and HikingOption A: HOLIDAYS
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
The Proper Place
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie. Published in 1926
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
BB:0 GO:12 IAF:3
JEN B30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option C – The Furies
I chose AIR/AERIS
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).
The Truth and Other Hidden Things by Lea Geller
A in And
I in hIdden
R in tRuth
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.
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
tRAvISbaldrEe
TOTAL POINTS: 580
Bookwrm52625.2 - Rivers
Option 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title. I chose the river WOLF and read The Wolf Wants In by Laura McHugh.
Option 4: Read a book with either the words “The End” or “The Mouth” found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title. I chose THE MOUTH and read Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman.
Total points so far: 745
20.3 WordplayOpt 2 - Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun.
For Whom the Book Tolls
Play on title "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 350
20.4 Christmas CarolsRead a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
The Mitford Affair- set in England and Germany
https://catalog.manhattan.lib.ks.us/p...
Points: 20
Total: 370
20.6 Getting OlderOpt 1 - Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
Sleeping Murder - Miss Marple #12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Ma...
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 390
20.9 90's NostalgiaOpt 1B - Read a book set in the state of Washington, USA.
The Vanishing
Set in Fogg Lake, Washington
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 410
25.2 RiversOpt 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).
The Wedding Date
Pub 2018
Opt 4 - Read a book with either the words “The End” or “The Mouth” found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title.
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Points: 25
Total/challenge:
25.4 Cold Nights/Winter Reads - Shared genre MysteryBook 1 - 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 Warsaw Protocol- Warsaw
W,A,R - WARm
S,A,W - WAS
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
NR in wiNteR reads
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 460
30.1 Blinded me with Science >500 pgs. 1 NFBook A - Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle. Exact matches only, no plurals or possessives.
Neon Gods - Neon, 380 pgs
Book B1- Read a book with the MPG Science AND for which the author identifies as female.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
NF, 304 pgs
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket
380+304= 684 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 490 pts
IAF ticket: 1
30.7 Headaches of Home OwnershipOption 1: Since I have to renovate, redecorate and reroof, read a book with a title word that begins with the letters RE.
Red, White & Royal Blue
REd
Opt 3 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
MA in MArissa
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 520
slideshell50.10 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: Choose your favorite book read during 2024. There are no restrictions on what you choose, it doesn't have to have been used for SRC. Read a book by the same author or a book from the "Readers also enjoyed" section of your favorite book's page
Favorite book: Fourth Wing
Quicksilver
Paperback: 609 pgs
*One Big Book ticket*
Book 2: 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.
Award:Goodreads Choice Award Nominee - Reader's Favorite Fiction 2024
Sandwich
Hardback: 226 pgs
Book 3: Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025
Onyx Storm
Hardback: 527 pgs
*One Big Book ticket*
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Total This Task
Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 2
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 720/995
Completed Tasks: 44/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 21002
Books read this season: 57
slideshell30.4 Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters DE
Death of a Prankster
Kindle: 174 pgs
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters DE
The Assassin's Blade
Hardback: 437 pgs
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 750/995
Completed Tasks: 45/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 21613
Books read this season: 59
slideshell30.3 Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of my high school friends: Dan, Daniel, Heather, Kristin, Jenni, Katy, Adam
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Paperback: 317 pgs
Book 2: Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901)
A Perilous Undertaking
Hardback: 336 pgs
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 780/995
Completed Tasks: 46/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 22266
Books read this season: 61
slideshell20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A - New Year & Valentine's Day
Read a book that is #1 in a series
All of the letters L-O-V-E appear in the title
Spark of the Everflame
Hardback: 401pgs
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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: 800/995
Completed Tasks: 47/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 22667
Books read this season: 62
slideshell10.10 Cold As Ice
Read a book from the following list
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
Page One
Detective Inspector Huss
Paperback: 371pgs
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 810/995
Completed Tasks: 48/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 23038
Books read this season: 63
FLY Task #10.1 - Look to the Skies
task: cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky
book: Where the Forest Meets the Stars
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 10
Total points: 655
Tasks completed: 39/57
BB: 9 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4
FLY Task #20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
task: Option 2B: MPG Young Adult
book: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG Young Adult
Points this post: 20
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 40/57
BB: 9 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4
Nick KY***REPOST***
This is a repost of my last entry. It has my point total at 880, not 860 as the readerboard shows. As it is a repost of an earlier attempt at task 25.5 and I did not mark it "Repost" in my last entry, I wonder if that has something to do with the point discrepency.
25.5 Jessica S’s Music of Christmas
Opt. 3. Let It Snow. Inits in “let it snow.” I read American Music by Irving L. Sablosky.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT for American Music.
Opt. 4. Walking in the Air. Read a book with a title NOUN from the lyric. I read Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates, title noun “people” from the lyric “The people far below are sleeping as we fly.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 880
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 14
Nick KY25.6 Lisa MD’s New Year
Opt. 3. None of the letters in STRESSED in the title. I read Julia by Peter Straub.
Opt. 3 repeated (allowed per task instructions). I read 13½ by Nevada Barr. Approved in message 5 of the Help Thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 905
Andy P.Task # 10.4 Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park by [[author:Tim Cahill|25126]
Word is LOST LO in World, ST in Wetlands
Points this post: 10
Total points: 855
Josh20.2 - 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:
I read Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
50% Slovenia 50% Hungary
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Pages: 2,483
Angela IL25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 2: Pick a book from this list of Best Audiobooks.
If We Were Villains by M.L> Rio- 12/23
On Page 9
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).
15th Affair by James Patterson & Maxine P-2/21
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: 15th Affair
Started the series in 2005/ have abandoned it since July 2024 when I read 14th Deadly Sin
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 15
It's a Fact: 1
Angela IL25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year
Picking Option 2 twice
Option 2: For this option, read a book from the first 25 pages of Goodreads "Weddings Books" Shelf
The Wedding People by Alison Espach-1/13
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Desconhecidos num Casamento
On Page: 1
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren- 1/28
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: The Paradise Problem
On Page 3
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 16
It's a Fact: 1
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" Faeries
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 745
Total Tasks Completed: 35
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive LettersBook 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters. Titles that begin with The, An, A or any one letter word are ineligible.
DE
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence
Its a Fact
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters.
XY
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 775
Total Tasks Completed: 36
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 3
Jasmiina F20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC:
Option 1. Read a book first published in January of a year between 2014 and 2024, inclusive: Lahtarit by Anneli Kanto.
First published: January 1, 2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 3
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Bookwrm526Task #25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 2: Read a book from this cozy mystery list: If a whole series is listed you may read any book from the series. I used the Cozy Mystery List and read The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood.
Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name. I read Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke, using the author's name - Y in amy, U in suiter and LE in clarke.
Total points so far: 770
Task 30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South AmericaBook 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America, or is about one or more countries in South America (if Non-Fiction).
Book: On a Night of a Thousand Stars
The first chapter is set in NY, the rest takes place in Argentina. It is also entirely about Argentinat
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America.
Book: Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Author born in Chile
Points this task: 30
Total points: 860
Mod
Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January.
The Bat by Jo Nesbo / set in Australia, first pub January 1997
Points this post: 5
Total points: 925
Mod
Read a book set prior to 1903 (or if non-fiction, about events prior to 1903).
A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder by Dianne Freeman / set in Victorian England which is before 1903
Points this post: 10
Total points: 935
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Option 2-Read a book from this cozy mystery list: If a whole series is listed you may read any book from the series.
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass / Bookmobile Cat series #1, series is listed last on cozy mystery list
Option 4-Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name
Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan / YULE in title
Points this post: 25
Total points: 960
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 3 Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last initials use only the letters "ARY"
À un fil by Rainbow Rowell (RR)
Option 4 Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
Rêves de Glace The Tainted Accords #1
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Kathy KS20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Option 1 - Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Genealogy Books. Required: State the page.
Guide to Genealogical Writing by Penelope L. Stratton
found on page 3 of list
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 475
Tasks completed: 20/57
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: 5
Bookwrm526Task #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. I read Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor (NO in snow).
Option 5: Read a book with the MPG Urban Fantasy. I read Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire.
Total points so far: 795
Sarah E10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
From the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf
Queens of Themiscyra - on page 8, shelved 176 times as mythology
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Queens of Themiscyra
Total Points: 10
Sarah E15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Option B: One-book task
Ornaments and garlands on cover, author initials in MERRY AND BRIGHT
by Mary Kay AndrewsI listened to an audio, top MMP is Blue Christmas
Total Points: 25
Sarah E15.10 Winter Retreat
Cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape.
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Long Shadow
Total Points: 40
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Set in 1850's
Points this post: 10
Total points: 865
LoraTask: 30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree, using Option D and MPG Christmas
Book 1:
Book/Author: Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 / Stanley Weintraub
How it fits: MPG Christmas and MPG Nonfiction
Book 2:
Book/Author: Emergency Contact / Lauren Layne
How it fits: MPG Christmas and MPG Romance
Claiming 1 IAF for Pearl Harbor Christmas MPG Nonfiction
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 485
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
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Option 1: Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover.
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The paperback Painting the Blues in Gretna Green is 582 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 745
BB: 7
GO: 3
NF: 5
Completed tasks: 35
Books read: 51
JenJ IA15.6 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: https://genius.com/Matthew-hall-and-m...
Required: State the word - Home
This Is Home by Lisa Duffy
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 910/995
Tasks Completed: 51/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 6
Kristen IA5.5 '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 - HATE
PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 440/995
Tasks Completed: 30/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kai20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
OPTION 2
Read a book set at least 50% in Germany, France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
Nineteen Eighty-Three by David Peace
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Points: 310
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 3
IT'S A FACT: 2
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