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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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Susan A15.7 We Three Kings
Read a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
Very Merry Married by Molly O'Keefe
No MMPB Paperback HERE
#2 Kringle Family Christmas
3 books in this series
Previous total: 265
points this post: 15
New total: 280
Susan A15.6 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:
A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Word in title/lyrics: Christmas
Previous total: 280
points this post: 15
New total: 295
Susan A15.5 Old Saint Nick
book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
Later On We'll Conspire by Kortney Keisel
NO MMPB. Paperback HERE
author initials KK
Kris Kringle
Previous total: 295
points this post: 15
New total: 310
Susan A10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf
Krampus by Brom
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Page 9 of list, 2nd from bottom (note it keeps moving down, might get bumped to pg 10)
Previous Points: 310
points this post: 10
New total: 320
Susan A10.7 - I Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal.
Kissed by the Krampus by L. Eveland
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
MPG Paranormal
Previous total: 320
points this post: 10
New total: 330
Susan A10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
MMPB HERE
Memoir written by American writer Jon Krakauer.
Approved in QA HERE
Previous points: 330
points this post: 10
New total: 340
Susan A10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
setting 1885 listed on GR main page
previous total: 340
points this post: 10
new total: 350
Susan A10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
Satan Claus Is Coming to Town by Catherine Lievens
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Word: Satan
WORLD WETLANDS DAY
previous total: 350
points this post: 10
new total: 360
Susan A10.1 - Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
In Love With Alien Santa Claus by Zara Zenia
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
moon on cover
previous points: 360
points this post: 10
new total: 370
ROBIN P5.5 Tis the Season to Be Festive
4+ letter word found in CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Word EARLS - christmAS tREe Lights
Earls Trip
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
BB:0 BO:0 IAF:3
Susan A5.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title
Up To Snow Good by Charlie Novak
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Title word: Snow
Bird: Snow Petrel
previous points: 370
points this post: 5
new total: 375
Susan A5.7 National Cocoa Day
Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover
Cocoa Kisses: a Holiday Rom-Com by Melanie Jacobson
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
approved in QA HERE
hot beverage on cover
previous points: 375
points this post: 5
new total: 380
Susan A5.5 '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.
Secret Santa by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards
MMPB HERE
Title word: Secret
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Previous total: 380
points this post: 5
new total: 385
Jayme(the ghostreadr)Completion post
5.3 Cupid is Coming
Closer to Homeby Mercedes Lackey
MPG Romance
Task +5
Grand total :10
Task 25.4 - Cold Nights With Winter ReadsMPG picked: MYSTERY, both books have Mystery MPG
book 1: FALSE in title can be made from FOR BLANKETS in phrase
False Value
book 2: author initials GS in NIGHTS
Maigret at Picratt's by Georges Simenon
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190 points
Jasmiina F15.5 Old Saint Nick:
Read a book with a single author who shares initials with SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN or NS: Choke Hold by Christa Faust.
Name: Christa Faust, CF.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
JEN B25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 1: Read a book from this list:
https://bookriot.com/best-short-books/
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Turston
Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name. They do not have to be sequential
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
YUL in UgLY
E in bEautiful
TOTAL POINTS: 100
Mod
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Task: Option 2: Read a book with a title including a bit of wordplay or a pun. ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)
Twas the Knife Before Christmas: A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery. Jacqueline Frost
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 125 / 995
Tasks Completed 10/57
Masoodah25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter
MPG: Chicklit
Book 1:
Word is SOMEONE- Made from the phrase "Winter was made for warm blankets and large books."
Someone Else's Shoes: A Novel by Jojo Moyes
Book 2:
Authors name is Colleen Hoover- Initials in - COLD NIGHTS
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 105 / 995
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 = 2
GO:
IAF:
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option1. Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words
The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition by Katherine Routledge
Option 2. Read a book where all the letters from GAMES can be
found in the title Nothing Heals Me Like You Do by Harper Bliss
G in Nothing, A in Heals, M in Me, E in Me, S in Heals
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Katrisa5.3 Cupid is Coming
Read a book with MPG Romance
I read In Any Lifetime
It has MPG Romance
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 125
Katrisa10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf
I read Hera from P3 of the list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 135
20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and HolidaysOption 3 - To celebrate them, read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
March 5, 2024
The Hunter by Tana French
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 20
20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC2: Participation
Read a book that is #3 or #6 in a series.
Sevenwaters #3
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 40
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - Celebrating the SRC
Option 3: Word of 4+ letters in title can be made from phrase READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Word: Banned
rEADiNg challeNges Bring me joy
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
IAF: 0
Total Books: 5
Christine V10.1 - Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
I read the indicated Kindle edition. The top PB Shards of Earth (no MMPB available) has 533 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 10
BB tickets this post: 1
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 0
Sue T5.8 - Birdwatching Month
Book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title
The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews
MMP (The Nightingale Before Christmas: A Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery
Bird is the Common Nightingale
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/995
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Christine V20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST.
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Target word: Words
This book is Nonfiction. ***Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 20
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 1
Christine V10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903.
Little
I read the Ebook. The top MMPB Petite - Den nästan sanna historien om tjänsteflickan som blev Madame Tussaud has 510 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 10
BB tickets this post: 1
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
Kai25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Choose a genre: Mystery
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."
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
Word = LOST
winTerwasmadefOrwarmbLanketSandlargebooks
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
BOOK 2
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
"GH" from Cold Nights
Published 1933
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket**
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 35
BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
IT'S A FACT: 1
Joanne MI20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1-B Set in Washington State
From MP:
In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped--but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
Points this Task 20
IAF this post 1
Season Total 25
IAF 1
Amy B20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Pick one of the following options and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Word maths. Read a book which fits one of the following word “equations”.
a) 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.
An Unfinished Season by Ward Just (18/3 = 6)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 20 Points
Amy B20.10 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 by Emilia Hart
Posted in discussion thread 12/15
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 40 Points
Amy FL5.4 New Year, New Reads!
The Trees by Percival Everett - author's initials PE in haPpy nEw year
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amy FL10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
The Frozen River - set in 1789
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Amy FL25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 1: The Red Parts - on bookriot.com/best-short-books list
Option 4: Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter - YULE in LindsaY hUntEr
Points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Amy FL30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option C: Earth/Terra
Book A: Call Me Hunter - EARTH in cAll mE HunTeR (author Jim Shockey was new to me)
Book B: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty - TERRA in liAnE moRiaRTy
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Julia10315.8 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"
A Pair of Wings
(WINGS can be made from the target phrase: W in NEW, INGS in BRINGS)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 50
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Completed tasks: 3
Books read: 3
SHEMAC 25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: State the options: 3 & 5
Option 3: Read a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages. (your book must still meet the 100-page minimum!)
The Accidental Assassin's Mate
(PB The Accidental Assassin's Mate: An MM Mpreg Shifter Romance)
Option 5: Read a book with either a dragon on the cover or the word DRAGON intact in the title, subtitle, or series name.
The Dragon, the Gazelle, and their Unicorn Omega
(PB The Dragon, the Gazelle, and their Unicorn Omega)
Required: Post the Cover.
This task points: 25
Total season points: 25
Katrisa20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Opt B - Read a book with NATURE, HIKE, WALK, TRAIL, or EXPLORE in the title/subtitle
I read Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture
WALK in title
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 155
ROBIN P15.6 Why to the North Pole, Of Course! This Is the Polar Express
4+ letter word from song in title
'Twas the Night Before Scandal - word Night found in "on the night of Christmas Eve"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
BB:0 GO: IAF: 3
*REPOST # 186Apple wrote: "20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
1: Discovery
Read a book first published in January of a year between 2014 and 2024, inclusive.
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
First published 2021
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for This Much Is True (nonfiction)**.
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 20
IAF this post = 1
Total IAF = 1
20.5 "
Please move this from 20.5 to 5.5
Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least 4-letters made from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS.
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
THIS
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for This Much Is True (nonfiction)**.
Post Total = 5
NEW Season Total = 65
IAF this post = 1
Total IAF = 1
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20.8
30.7
Karen DTask 20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
Book: The House We Grew Up In
How it fits: p. 1 of the book: "I'm sixty-five years old and I live in one of the prettiest villages"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Kathy KS20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A: HOLIDAYS read a book that meets the requirements for any TWO holidays.
HOLIDAYS:
3) KWANZAA (Dec. 26-Jan. 1) - Read a book with the MPG Africa or African-American.
AND
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Dead Time by Eleanor Taylor Bland
MPG: African American
SERIES: Marti MacAlister #1
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Tasks completed: 1/57
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: o
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #5.2- Circle of Dark
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries or US state that have territory within the Arctic Circle - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. I chose Sweden and read Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall.
Total points so far: 110
Kathy KS20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 3. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are a combination of these letters. The options are AB, AS, AT, BA, BS, BT, TA, TB, TS, SA, SB, ST.
Teckla by Steven Brust (SB)
I read this as part of an omnibus: The Book of Jhereg, p. 319-471.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 40
Tasks completed: 2/57
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: o
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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15.8 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"
Deck the Fire Halls by N.R. Walker
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Word from title: Fire
NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS
Previous Total: 250
points this post: 15
New total: 265