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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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FLY Task #25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
MPG: Mystery
task: Book 1: 4+ letter title word made from this quote:
Winter was made for warm blankets and large books.
book: I've Got You Under My Skin
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: SKIN in w(IN)ter boo(KS)
task: Book 2: author initials in either COLD NIGHTS
book: Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Harper Lin initials HL in CO(L)D NIG(H)TS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 785
Tasks completed: 45/57
BB: 10 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4
15.9 My Bloody ValentineBook: All the Missing Pieces
Task: Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology
How it fits: MPG Romance and Thriller
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 384 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and HolidaysBook: The Spellshop
Task: option 3 - read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024
How it fits: first published in 2024
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Chose Option A: HOLIDAYS
For this option, read a book that meets the requirements for any TWO holidays.
4) NEW YEAR (Jan. 1) - Read a book that is #1 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
No #1 in series of 2.
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.
Vera Wong's Uns o l icit e d Ad v ice for Murderers
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425 / 995
Total Books Read: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 23 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRCBook: The Seven Year Slip
Task: 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
How it fits: year in REAding joY
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 336 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Masoodah20.2 - 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
REQUIRED: post the cover
The Liar's House by Carla Kovach
326pgs
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 445 / 995
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 24 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and HikingBook: The Pumpkin Spice Café
Task 1: option A 1 - Author’s first and last initials appear in LIGHTS.
How it fits: written by Laurie Gilmore
Task 2: option A 4 - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
How it fits: #1 in the Dream Harbor series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Masoodah50.1 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
Required: Post a link to your favorite 2024 book.
Fave 2024 book - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Read 17.02.2024
Read book by same author - The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto- Read 25.02.2025
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.
Betting on You by Lynn Painter
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2024)-listed on main page.
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.
Required: link to the 2025 by the same author if using the backlist option
Link to 2025 by same author - Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- exp pub 29th July 2025.
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- Read 07.02.2025
Total pages - 278 + 432 + 384 = 1094pgs
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 495 / 995
Total Books Read: 34
Total Tasks Completed: 25 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah15.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology,
Genres need to be standalone.
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Has MPG of Romance and MPG Thriller
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 510 / 995
Total Books Read: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 26 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
Masoodah5.5 'Tis the Season to be Festive
Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least 4-letters made from CH RIST M A S TREE LIGH T S. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
Word: MATCH
The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 515 / 995
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 27 / 57
BB: 1 + 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 5
GO:
IAF:
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeBook: Real Men Howl
Task: option 1 - read a book who first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9
How it fits: first published in 2018
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 246 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s NostalgiaBook: She Doesn't Have a Clue
Task: option 1A - read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 336 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My BirthdayBook 1: The Games Gods Play
Task: option 2 - Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
How it fits: games in title
This book has 509 pages - I’d like to claim 1 big book ticket, please.
Book 2: Catered All the Way
Task: option 4 - Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
How it fits: written by Annabeth Albert
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 292 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total # of big book tickets: 3
JUKKA20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 3: Book with MPG Classics or Gothic.
Omeros by Derek Walcott has Classics.
Total Points: 345/995
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
JUKKA10.1 Look to the Skies
Book with the moon, stars, or night sky on the cover.
Valerian: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 by Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mézières.
Total Points: 355/995
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 25/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
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trishhartuk10.10 Cold As Ice
Read a book from one of the lists.
Girls Who Lie, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): here (432pg). Top English PB: here (317pg)
Nordic Noir, Page 1, joint #71 (or maybe #70)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 37
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
SHEMAC 15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye. (89.7%)
Required: Post the cover.
Fall Through Spring
(PB Fall Through Spring)
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
Boy Toys
(PB Boy Toys)
This task points: 15
Total season points: 845
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
A Two-Spirit Journey
This book is set in Canada
From book blurb "From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community... Chacaby moved to Thunder Bay with her children"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oji-Cree
***Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-Fiction***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 210
IaF: 3
Amy B20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Please chose an option from the below.
Option 1: For this task, read a book who first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (2103)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 490 Points
Sarah E15.5 Old Saint Nick
Single author who shares initials with one of these names.
Name: Santa Claus (SC)
Silver On The Tree by Susan Cooper
I read an ebook, top MMP is Silver on the Tree
AR Bookfinder UK: IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 14.0
Total Points: 205
Sarah E20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Option 1: Door or a gate on the cover
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Night at the Vulcan - 256 pages
Total Points: 225
Sarah E25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Option 1: First published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8 (1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, or 2018).
The Revived - first published in 2018
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is The Revived: A MMORPG and LitRPG Online Adventure
Option 2: One of the 8 original River names as a word in the title
River used: Clearwater (Clear or Water is OK)
Just Add Water
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Just Add Water
Total Points: 250
SHEMAC 30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Pick an option.
Required: state the option: Option 1
Option 1: Two Book Option (no page count requirement)
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America
Required: state the country and provide supporting evidence if it's not obvious from the GR metadata or blurb. (Rio de Janeiro) Brazil
Serving Love at Carnival
(PB Serving Love At Carnival)
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America.
Required: provide a link to prove place of birth if it's not obvious from the GR metadata. Lima, Peru (from https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
(MMP The Stories of Eva Luna)
This task points: 30
Total season points: 875
FLY Task #25.5 Jessica S’s Task: The Music of Christmas
+IAF ticket
task: Option 1: cover that’s at least 60% white according to TinEye
book: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
- 85.3 % White task: Option 5: MPG Urban Fantasy
book: The Initiation
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Urban Fantasy
other:
**Claiming IAF ticket for The Girl Who Smiled Beads = nonfiction memoir
Points this post: 25
Total points: 810
Tasks completed: 46/57
BB: 10 / GO: 2 / IAF: 4 + 1 = 5
Sarah E30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Option C – The Furies
I picked air/aeris
Book A: All the letters of the fury can be found in the title
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham
All the letters of AERIS are in fIngERS spArkle
Chris Packham is a new-to-me author
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir - 320 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Book B: All the letters of the alternate name can be found in the authors name
Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh - 284 pages
All the letters of AIR are in ngAIo maRsh
320 + 284 = 604 pages
Total Points: 280
Total NF: 4
20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of HomeOption 4, title word from CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood
paperback edition Old Babes in the Wood
The word is Wood.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 950
Julia103repost of 2424 with required info added.
10.8 - Run Away! Run Away!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Mythology shelf.
The Golem and the Jinni
This is on page 3 of the list.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 775
BB: 7
GO: 3
NF: 5
Completed tasks: 38
Books read: 55
20.5 Celebrating the SRCOpt 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
The Lager Queen of Minnesota - LAGER
L,A,G,E - chALlenGEs
R - bRing
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 665
25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year ReflectionsOption 1: read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes #7) by Arthur Conan Doyle
MPG Mystery & FATHER found in THE valley of FeAR
Option 3: read a book whose title does not contain any letters of STRESSED. Subtitles can be ignored.
Alpha (Charon #2) by Catherine Asaro
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 810
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.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Total
655 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
The Famous. The blurb doesn’t specify the setting but it is definitely set completely in England. The writer lives in England.
Total
675 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words. The Last Days of Good People
Option 4: Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. by
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Total
700 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact
MEGSCL30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters. (NO)
No Longer Human
**pub 1948 - golden oldie
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters. (ST)
The Things That Matter Most
Total
730 points - 1 big book - 3 It’s a Fact - 1 golden oldie
slideshell30.1 Truitt_T’s Task: She Blinded Me With Science
Book 1: Read a book with an element from the Periodic Table in the title - IRON
Iron Flame
Hardback: 640 pgs
*Claiming one big book ticket for Iron Flame
Book 2: Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of Evolution, Natural History, Geology, Biology, and/or Travel
In a Sunburned Country
Hardback: 304 pages
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 935/995
Completed Tasks: 53/57
Big Book: 9
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 26270
Books read this season: 72
PAULA S20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Option 3: Read a book that was on the New York Times Bestsellers list in February 1960 (regardless of publication date).
Found on the Week of February 21, 1960 list as #13 FALSE SCENT, by Ngaio Marsh. (Little, Brown and Company.)
I read the kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: False Scent
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
PAULA S30.6 - XBM’s Task – A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Option C:
Because this is the holiday season, read two books focusing on different holidays in the Goodreads description or metadata. This should be obvious from the title, MPG or book description.
Using Halloween and Christmas
I read the Kindle edition, MMPB link for reference: Knit of the Living Dead
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Gingerbread and Deadly Dread
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
PAULA S20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Choose an option and read one book. Your chosen book should be at least 225 pages.
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:
Albania, Austria, Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
Set in London, England
256 pages, Paperback
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 3
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
PAULA S20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
1.Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that matches a word in the name of a carol from this list
Using the song O Christmas Tree and the word TREE
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
JUKKA15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
Book with a word in the title that's made of letters in NEW YEARS BRING FRESH BEGINNINGS.
Dean Koontz' Fear Nothing Volume 1 by Grant Alter. The word is FEAR.
Total Points: 370/995
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 26/57
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 8
It's a Fact Total: 2
10.9 - Making the National InternationalWhen the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle #2) by Nghi Vo
Seng MOUNTAIN
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 820
Erin NY25.6 - I picked option 2 for both books (Wedding List Books)
Page 2: The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Page 1: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Total this task: 25
Total: 245
Erin NY50.1
Book 1: Favorite book from 24 was Lessons in Chemistry, this book is on page 2 of "readers also enjoyed"
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Book 2: This book was nominated for a couple awards, including Goodreads choice.
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Book 3: This book was published in 2025
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
Total this task: 50
Total: 295
trishhartuk5.4 New Year, New Reads!
The Goodbye Cat, Hiro Arikawa
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (245pg)
HAppy
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 38
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903 (or if non-fiction, about events prior to 1903).
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
She lived until 1913 but her work took place in the 19th century.
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Total Points: 275
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 24
Angela IL50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: Choose your favorite book read during 2024. Read a book from the "Readers also enjoyed" section of your favorite book's page
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave- 2/13
Favorite 2024 book: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Book 2: Read a book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024.
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston-12/5
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: The Pairing
2024 award: Nominated for Goodreads Choice Award 2024 (Readers Favorite Romance)
Book 3: Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025.
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney-2/26
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Beautiful Ugly
Published in 2025
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 435
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 17
It's a Fact: 1
Kristen IA20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Option A: HOLIDAYS For this option, read a book that meets the requirements for any TWO holidays.
Required: State which two holidays you chose.
3) KWANZAA (Dec. 26-Jan. 1) - Read a book with the MPG Africa or African-American. Genre may be stand alone or embedded.
5) VALENTINE’S DAY (Feb. 14) - All of the letters L-O-V-E appear in the title (ignore subtitles).
Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 530/995
Tasks Completed: 34/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
trishhartuk5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphere
Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January.
A Song of Comfortable Chairs, Alexander McCall Smith
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here
Set in 100% Botswana. The series link specifies Botswana: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4341...
First published 1 January 2022
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 575
Tasks Completed: 39
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
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Opt 1 - Read a book with a variant of the number 12, 1 or 2 in the TITLE ONLY
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted 352 pgs
*Claiming It's a Fact ticket for NF
Opt 4 Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series
The Hawthorne Legacy (Inheritance Games #2) - 380 pgs
Points: 30
Total challenge: 645
IAF ticket: 1