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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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slideshell10.5 A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903
A Treacherous Curse
Hardback: 305pgs
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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: 875/995
Completed Tasks: 51/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 24667
Books read this season: 68
JennB8241250.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024 (Fav: Fourth Wing) Enjoyed by others: One Dark Window
Book 2: The Best of 2024- The Book of Doors
Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite Fantasy (2024), Nominee for Readers' Favorite Debut Novel (2024)
Book 3: Looking to 2025, backlist option (read The Things We Cannot Say, new book this year: The Midnight Estate
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 540
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
Task 10.6 - Inspiration StrikesRead a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Book: The Woman in Me
Points this task: 10
Total points: 875
Kristen IA25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: Tell us the options you use.
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.
Required: State the river used. - Wolf
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Option 4: Read a book with either the words “The End” or “The Mouth” found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title.
The End of Her by Shari Lapena
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 495/995
Tasks Completed: 32/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My BirthdayOption 1, title of at least 5 words: The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells by Rachel Greenlaw
320 pages
Option 2, all letters from BOOKS in the title: Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
302 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 915
20.8 Wonders of homeOpt 4 -title word of at least 4 letters from CALIFORNIA REDWOODFOREST
A Very Punchable Face - FACE
F,A,C - CAliFornia
E - rEdwood
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket for NF
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 540
IAF ticket: 1
25.1 It's My Birthday >500 pgsOpt 1 - Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words.
The Girl on the Train- 336 pgs
Opt 2 - Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Required: State the word you used.
The Broken Shore - 368 pgs
BOOKS in the BrOKen ShOre
336 + 368=704 pgs
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 565
50.1 Best of 2024 - >750 pgsBk 1 - Book 1 - Pick favorite book and read a book from same author or a book from the "Readers also enjoyed" section
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect 320 pgs
- Read Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... in Nov 2024
- Both books by Benjamin Stevenson
Bk 2 - Read a book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024
Lies and Weddings 437 pgs
GR Nominee for Readers' Favorite Romance (2024)
Bk 3 - Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 413 pgs
Thursday Murder Club #5 to be released in 2025
https://nextnewbooks.com/authors/rich...
320+437+413=1170 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 615
LoraTask: 10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Book/Author: The Importance of Being Earnest / Oscar Wilde
How it fits: published in 1895 and set in that present-day
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 495
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
LoraTask: 10.9 - Making the National International
Book/Author: The Tin God Of Twisted River / W.C. Tuttle
How it fits: using RIVER with Columbia River Gorge
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies, for published in 1945 -- the GR data is messed up.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 505
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
LoraTask: 5.1- It's All Natural
Book/Author: The Light Pirate / Lily Brooks-Dalton
How it fits: natural scene on cover
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 510
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!Option 2: The Reunion
A:Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of my high school friends: Daniel
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
b. Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
The Lodger
The description explains that it is set around 1894 and is a fictional version of a real life situation.
Claiming a golden oldie. Published in 1913
Points this post: 30
Total points: 490
BB:0 GO:15 IAF:3
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!Option 1:
A - The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
page 2
B - The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods #1) by Amie Kaufman
word in title, GODS, found in lyrics
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 775
10.10 - Cold As Icehttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...- (page 1)
The Chestnut Man (Naia Thulin #1) by Søren Sveistrup
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 785
50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
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
Required: Post a link to your favorite 2024 book.
I read All the Colors of the Dark. I read Buy Any Other Name this year, and All the Colors of the Dark was listed as a "Readers Also Enjoyed." This book is 608 pp. This is a *******BIG BOOK *******
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.
I read James which won the 2024 National Book Award. This book has 303 pp.
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025.
Any 2025 release will work. Or you can read from the backlist of an author who has an upcoming release.
If an author writes under more than one name, the name on the GR book page will be used and these must match.
I read The Stolen Queen which was published in 2025. it has 339 pp.
608+303+339=1250 total pages
points: 235
books read: 16
tasks completed; 15
Big Books: 2
It's a fact: 3
pages read: 5762
Thank you to the mods for a great season!
trishhartuk20.9 Moderator’s Pet - Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 – read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title
One Foot in the Grove, Kelly Lane
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (342pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 36
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Jessica S30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters. (HI)
Hidden in Darkness by Alice Winters
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters. (ST)
Baby From Frost by Ashe Moon
Points this task: 30
Total points 995
SHEMAC 10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4 in any order. (194 pages)
Finding Them
(PB Finding Them Riverbend, Texas Heat 6 )
This task points: 5
Total season points: 850
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: 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
Les filles d'Estoril
The story is set in Portugal.
The paperback edition has 251 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Mod
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
Bad Girls by Alex de Campi / GIRLS spelled from 'Spring will arrive early'
Book 2-Read a book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title.
Never Never by James Patterson / NEVER repeated consecutively in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 995
Andy P.Task # 10.1 Look To the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
by L.J. RossCover okayed in help thread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 915
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries.
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne set in many different countries
Points this post: 10
Total points: 925
Amy B5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Adherent by Chris W. Kim
This Task: 5 points
To Date: 470 points
PegW20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task
Read a book with either a key (not electronic) or a door or a gate on the cover.
I read
There is a key on the right side of the cover.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 125
1 IAF ticket
EMurphy50.1 Meg's Task: The Best of 2024
Option 1: Book by same author of favorite book of 2024 OR "readers also enjoyed" section Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell
*Read Watching You in April 2024 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Option 2: Book won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024 Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
*Audie Award for Fiction 2024, Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Crime Novel (Long-list) 2024
Option 3: Author releasing a new book in 2025 Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
*Released Yin Yang Love Song on Jan 28, 2025
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 435
Books Read: 28
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 17
15.3 Mysterious and Wise Option 1, book 1, at least 75% red, black and yellow on cover: 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang
Tineye
30.9 red
28.2 yellow
11.3 yellow
1.0 yellow
12.0 black
Total = 83.4%
Option 1, book 2, page count contains two of 2, 8, and 9: Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala 279 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 930
Joanne MI10.4 Wonderful Wetlands
Word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
The word is STONE : O in World, STNE in Wetlands
Points this task 10
Total Points 240
4 IAF 3 BB's
EMurphy30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option 3a: All letters from a fury found in title Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
*WOOD
**306 pages
Option 3b: All letters of the alternate name can be found in author's name Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
*FLORA
**197 pages
***It's a Fact Ticket (published 1923)
306+197=503 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 465
Books Read: 30
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 18
EMurphy15.3 Mysterious and Wise
Option 1: Cover 75% any combo of red, black, and yellow
by Rachel Harrison*Black 72.2%, Red 6.4%=78.6%
Option 2: 2 different lucky numbers in page count (2, 8, 9) West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
*288 pages
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 480
Books Read: 32
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 19
EMurphy15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
Option 1: 4 letter word in the title that can be formed from one of the phrases Sarong Party Girls by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
*SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY (GIRLS)
Option 2: Repeated word consecutively in title Sister Sister by Sue Fortin
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 495
Books Read: 34
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 20
Sue T5.3 - Cupid is Coming
book with MPG of Romance
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120/995
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
15.10 Winter RetreatRead a book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape.
Approved in message 32 of help thread
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 520
BB:0 GO:15 IAF:4
30.1 - Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With ScienceBook A
Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title and/or subtitle
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
Element: Gold
This book is Non-Fiction
Pages: 320
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
B: Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of Evolution, Natural History, Geology, Biology, and/or Travel.
The Enchanted April
Genre: Travel
Pages: 232
Claiming one golden oldie. Published in 1922
Total pages >500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
BB:0 GO:16 IAF:5
Task 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: RiversOption 2: Read a book with one of the 8 original River names as a word in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Book: Things We Lost to the Water
River: Clearwater
Option 4: Read a book with either the words “The End” or “The Mouth” found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Book: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
Points this task: 25
Total points: 900
Bookwrm526Task #30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 2: New Year Resolution - Read a book with food on the cover. The food should be visible (i.e. not in a can or packet). I read Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien.
Option 3: Times Square Ball Drop - Read a book set in New York City. I read Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett, set primarily in the Bronx (see goodreads description).
Total points so far: 855
slideshell30.5 Cat's Task: Books of South America
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America (Brazil)
Temple of Swoon
Paperback: 343 pgs
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America (Colombia)
Oye
Hardback: 316 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: 905/995
Completed Tasks: 52/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 25326
Books read this season: 70
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.5 - Bigger is Better: Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC.
Option 2. Read a book that is #3 in a series.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (527 p.) *
*I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 527
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia.
Option 3A. Read a book with a beanie baby animal on the cover.
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey (320 p.) *
* There is a bear on the cover.
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 847
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership.
Option 2. Read a book with a 4+ letter word found in MOLD REMEDIATION.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (640 p.) * **
Option 3. Read a book by an author whose initials are found in MARISSA.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (362 p.)
* The word is IRON.
** I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 70
➸ Total Pages: 1,849
JenJ IA10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903 (or if non-fiction, about events prior to 1903).
The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 970/995
Tasks Completed: 55/57
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
MEGSCL25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in LET IT SNOW.
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Option 4: Read a book with any noun found in the lyrics of Walking in the Air in the title. (world)
Vanishing World
Total
605 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 2: pick a book from this list of Best Audiobooks. (p12)
Mystic River
Option 3: pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages
The Mistletoe Mystery
Total
630 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Option 1: read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
A Trick of the Light
Option 3: read a book whose title does not contain any letters of STRESSED.
Babylonia
Total
655 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter Solstice
Option 2:Read a book from this cozy mystery list: https://www.usatoday.com
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Option 4: Read a book that has all 4 letters in YULE in the title/subtitle OR in author's name.
The Famous by Rachel Lynch
Total
680 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
Kristen IA15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?
Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye. Required: Post the cover.
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
97.3 % Green
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
The Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
ARBookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12.0
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 510/995
Tasks Completed: 33/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3 - Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 990/995
Tasks Completed: 56/57
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
LoraTask: 15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?
Book 1:
Book/Author: Brew Unto Others / Sandra Balzo
How it fits: 78.2% green
Book 2:
Book/Author: The Hidden Gift: A Father Christmas Origin Story / Annette K. Larsen
How it fits: MPG Christmas
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 520
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Task 30.2 - Gregorian GamesOption 2
Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY"
Title word: LIBRARY
Library of the Sapphire Wind (Over Where #1) (2022) by Jane Lindskold (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 289 pages)
Option 4
Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series. The number must be shown in greyscale on the GR record.
#1 of Series
Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1) (2017) by Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 379 pages)
270 + 30 = 300
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 270 + 30 = 300
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,816
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option B
Book 1: Read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title: https://englishwithasmile.org/2016/01...
The Secret Life of a Lady
Kindle: 270pgs
Book 2: Read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title
The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency
Paperback: 295pgs
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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: 865/995
Completed Tasks: 50/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 24362
Books read this season: 67