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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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5.1- It's All Natural Natural landscape scene on cover: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
paperback edition The Child Finder
Points this post: 5
Total points: 955
Kristen IA20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: For this task, read a book whose first year of publication includes at least two different numbers of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - published in 2016
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/995
Tasks Completed: 35/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
5.10 Comfort zoneBook of choice: The Survivors by Jane Harper
mass market paperback edition The Survivors
Points this post: 5
Total points: 960
Kristen IA25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
For this task you will choose a genre from my list of favorite genres for winter and use that genre for two books.
Choose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance
Genres must be listed as a stand alone.
Required: State the 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."
Required: State the word - Animals
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Required: State the phrase - WINTER READS
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 575/995
Tasks Completed: 36/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: WordplayBook: First Blood
Task: option 3a - 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
How it fits: 10 letters divided by 2 words = 5
I read the kindle edition and there is no print edition. The book was approved for length here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and HikingOption A: HOLIDAYS
1) HANUKKAH - Author’s first and last initials appear in LIGHTS
4) NEW YEAR - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
by Lisa Gardner (LG)
Series: FBI Profiler #1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
5.10 Comfort zoneBook: Starter Villain
Task: Read a book of your choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 300
CathyG20.6 It's A Fact - Julia103's Task" Getting Older
Books can be either fiction or non-fiction.
Required State the option.
Option 1: Read a book where a main character is a senior citizen.
Required If the elderly age isn't evident from the main page, provide a reference.
Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 645/995
Tasks Completed: 27/59
NF: 4
CathyG15.7 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 series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
Totality by Kim Harrison
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 660/995
Tasks Completed: 28/59
NF: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Required: State which options you choose.
Your total page count should be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words. subtitles are excluded.
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Back to Front Murder, 195 pages
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
Carolina Moon - both MPG Romance and MPG Mystery, 470 pages
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 295
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesThis task is related to the months of the Winter challenge – December, January and February. This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options. No children's books, manga or graphic novels are permitted for this task, and each book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Required: Specify the options.
Option 2
These months end with BER and ARY – as we did BER last season we are going to use ARY for this season. Read a book with a word in the TITLE ONLY that ends with "ARY"
Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library, 293 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.
A Killer Clue, #2 in series, 294 pages
PAULA S20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
3: Reflection
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.
Using the word INSIDE:
IN in brINg
S in challengeS
IDE in rEaDIng
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
10.5 - A Gateway to the Past
Read a book set prior to 1903 (or if non-fiction, about events prior to 1903).
Required: If the time setting is not evident from the GR metadata or book description, provide a reference.
Sunflower Sisters, set during civil war, claiming 1 BB ticket, 528 pages
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 335
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone the word is STONE
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 345
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 10.7 Want To Believe
Read a book with an MPG of Paranormal. The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy
MPG Paranormal
Points this post: 10
Total points: 935
Andy P.Task # 5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 940
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2: Gregorian Games:
Option 1: The Girl in Area One by Eva Blue has ONE in title.
Option 4: Neptune Crossing by Jeffrey A. Carver is #1 in Chaos Chronicles series.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 170
Books: 9
Tasks: 8
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Sarah E20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3b: Read a book with a title of at least two words where number of words in the title (not subtitle) equals the number of letters in the first word.
The Secret History (three letters in the first word/three words in the title)
I listened to an audio, top MMP is De verborgen geschiedenis - 685 pages
Big Book, 685 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 350
Total BBs: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.8: Codex Alera: Option C: EARTH/TERRA
Book A: The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace has AIR in the word billionAIRe title. Benjamin Wallace is an author new to me. Pages: 319
Book B: Treacherous Strand by Andrea Carter has all letters in TERRA in
author's name andREA caRTer. Pages: 312
Total Pages: 319 + 312 = 631 > required 500 p
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 200
Books: 11
Tasks: 9
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Sarah E20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 3: 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 Ellsworth Case
CASE can be found in CHALLENGES
Approved for length in message 314
Total Points: 370
SHEMAC 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 when combined (306 + 368 + 282)
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
Choose your favorite book read during 2024. Read a book by the same author.
Required: Post a link to your favorite 2024 book: Stand in Place by Mary Calmes
Woods of the Raven by Mary Calmes
(PB Woods of the Raven)
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: Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Romance (2024)
The Art of Husbandry
(PB The Art of Husbandry)
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.
Required: link to the 2025 by the same author if using the backlist option: Up in Flames by Andrew Grey (to be published March 2025)
Paint by Number by Andrew Grey
(PB Paint by Number)
This task points: 50
Total season points: 925
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.9: Ringing in the New Year.
Option 1: The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper has 400 pages, using #4 and #00.
Option 3: Death Trace by Zoe Cannon is set entirely in New York City, documented on book's home page. GR only has the kindle edition, and Amazon (link prohibited in comments) states print length is 287 pages.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 230
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.7: FLY Finally Finishes!
Option 3: The Song of the Jubilee by Raeden Zen has 155 pages, a short book under 200 pages.
Option 4: The Magician by Michael Scott is number #2 in the The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. I read #1 in the series, The Alchemyst in 2014.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 255
Books: 15
Tasks: 11
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Making the National International.
The Desert Saint: A Maria Varela Mystery by A. M. Pascarella has word SAINT for SAINT helena island.
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 265
Books: 16
Tasks: 12
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: New year, New Beginnings. Brain Storm by Elaine Viets. Word in title BRAIN made from new yeAr BRINgs fresh beginnings.
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 280
Books: 17
Tasks: 13
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Kathy KS30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
Choose an option and read a book A and a book B for your chosen option
Option 2: The Reunion
A - Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of my high school friends... Heather...
Daughter of Mystery: a Novel of Alpennia by Heather Rose Jones
NAME: Heather
I listened to an audiobook; pb-376 p. (no mmpb)
B - Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
How it fits: Numerous reviews mention that this work takes place in New York City during the 1890s. (1st review currently begins "Widow Sarah Brandt is a midwife in 1896 New York City...")
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-276 p.
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 530
Tasks completed: 22/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 5
Angela IL20.3 Review Raffle- Trishhartuk's Task: Wordplay
Option 3: 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.
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen-1/24
Using title only: 12 letters, divided by 4 words= 3
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 455
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 18
It's a Fact: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: We Three Kings. The First Prophet
by Kay Hooper is #1 in the Bishop Files series of 3 books.
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 295
Books: 18
Tasks: 14
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Angela IL 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: https://genius.com/Matthew-hall-and-m...
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto-12/18
Word: Never
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 19
It's a Fact: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4: Cold Nights with Winter Reads.
Genre: MYSTERY
Book 1:
No Good Deed by M. P. McDonald has title word GOOD in the winter was maDe for warm blankets and larGe bOOks and genre MYSTERY.
Book 2: Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charles N. Holmberg has FL initials CH in Cold nigHts and genre MYSTERY.
Points: 25
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 320
Books: 20
Tasks: 15
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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20.2 - 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.
Return to My Trees: Notes from the Welsh Woodlands (about Wales, surprisingly enough.)
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 135
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Option 2: Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1 (set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America and by an author born in a country in South America). I chose BRAZIL and read The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles (528p).
I was at 68% into the audiobook when the story moved from Brazil to the US. They returned to Brazil at 88% and stayed there until 96%, which means the book is set 76% in Brazil. The author was also born in Brazil (according to the GR data).
Total points so far: 885
JenJ IA5.8 Birdwatching Month
Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title (excluding "of" and "the"). https://www.birderslibrary.com/review...
Required: State the bird - American Robin
Round Robin by Jennifer Chiaverini
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 995/995
Tasks Completed: 57/57
BB: 3
GO: 0
NF: 7
Kelly L20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
2. Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
Saltwater is set on the island of Capri, in Italy.
This post: 20 points
Season total: 315 points
IAF: 3 tickets
BB: 2 ticket
Kelly L30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245).
The Night Ship is 400 pages
Option 3: Times Square Ball Drop
Read a book set in New York City.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads page or metadata provide a reference.
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
**This is a non-fiction book; claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket**
This post: 30 points, 1 IAF ticket
Season total: 345 points
IAF: 4 tickets
BB: 2 ticket
Kelly L15.8 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"
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
{{NEW}} YEAR BRINGS FRES{{H}} BEGINNINGS --> NEWH--> WHEN , 4 letters
**This is a non-fiction book; claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket**
This post: 15 points, 1 IAF ticket
Season total: 360 points
IAF total: 5 tickets
BB total: 2 ticket
Kelly L10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
A Forty Year Kiss
WO{{R}}LD W{{E}}TLANDS D{{AY}} --> REAY--> YEAR, four letters
This post: 10 points
Season total: 370 points
IAF total: 5 tickets
BB total: 2 ticket
Kelly L5.5 '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.
Back After This
C{{H}}R{{IST}}MAS TREE LIGHTS --> HIST --> THIS, 4 letters
This post: 5 points
Season total: 375 points
IAF total: 5 tickets
BB total: 2 ticket
Kelly L5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Yours for the Taking
This post: 5 points
Season total: 380 points
IAF total: 5 tickets
BB total: 2 ticket
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home.
Option 1. Read a book whose original publication year contains a 1 and a 2.
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (626 p.) * **
* This book was published in 2016.
** I would like to claim 1 BB ticket for this book, please.
➸ Total Points: 90
➸ Total Pages: 2,475
slideshell20.2 Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
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 - EGYPT
The Hippopotamus Pool
Kindle: 430 pages
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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: 955/995
Completed Tasks: 54/57
Big Book: 9
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 26700
Books read this season: 73
Task 25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!Option 1: read a book with a car prominently featured on the cover.
Book:
Option 3: pick a very short book, i.e. a book with fewer than 180 pages.
Book: The Swimmers
Points this task: 25
Total points: 925
Readerboard Name: Kathy PUNCLAIMING post 436
5.5 '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.
My word is Christmas
Christmas by the Book Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
Total Points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total books: 3
Total tasks: 3
Updated stats
Total Points: 270
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 24
Total tasks: 23
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.5 '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.
My word is THAT
That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
Updated stats
Total Points: 275
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 24
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Option 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:
Carol - 12 Days of Christmas
Word - Christmas
Christmas by the BookUpdated stats
Total Points: 295
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 26
Total tasks: 25
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Bet Me
Updated stats
Total Points: 300
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 27
Total tasks: 26
15.9 My Bloody ValentineRead a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
MPG Romance and War
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 435
25.1 It's My BirthdayOption 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words. Subtitles are excluded.
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben. 371 pages
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel - 388 pages. I'm using the word BOOKS
My page total exceeds 500.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 460
25.3 Winter SolsticeOption 1) Option 1: Read during day light hours means you have very little daylight so read a book from this list:
https://bookriot.com/best-short-books/
Goodbye, Vitamin
Option 3: Option 3: December 21st falls on a Saturday so take all weekend and read a book from this list of best long books over 500 pages: https://bookriot.com/must-read-big-bo...
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 485
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50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
My favourite book of 2024 was A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
I read The Last Graduate by the same author
I read a kindle edition, MMP is El último graduado - 448 pages
Book 2: The Best of 2024
Book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024
Orbital - won the Booker Prize (2024)
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Orbital - 135 pages
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025 - you can read from the backlist of an author who has an upcoming release.
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Examiner - 465 pages
Janice Hallett is releasing two books in 2025 - A Box Full of Murders and The Killer Question
448 + 135 + 465 = 1,048 pages
Total Points: 330