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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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15.4 - Go RedI did Option 2, 1 Book
Read a book written by an author with first and last name initials found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY
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Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
I read an ebook edition of
Paper Wife by Laila IbrahimNew Points: 15
Total Points: 20
20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesHelp Thread
This is a one-book task. Select one option and read a book that fits.
Required: Identify the option.
The decreasing daylight through the winter months in the upper midwest of the U.S. means the beginning of Seasonal Affective Disorder for me and many others. It's an annual sort of war, and I have to marshal all my resources to emerge victorious (gamification is actually kind of helpful, too!). I use a full-spectrum light every morning, try to get outside as often as I can, knit lots of colorful woolen things, get to the gym regularly, and try to get more regular sleep.
Option 1: Though my list of battle tactics is mostly sufficient, I'm always interested in learning more about how to make it through the dark days. Books like Sleep Smarter and Every Body Yoga have been game-changers for me.
For this option, read a nonfiction book with an mpg of Health, Self-Help, Food, or Nature (standalone or embedded).
I read Frugal Vegan: Affordable, Easy & Delicious Vegan Cooking
points: 40
books read: 4
tasks completed: 2
tasks in progress: 2
pages read:1102
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 3) As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
By Alan Bra d l e y
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 50
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Janice CA10.4 - Snuggle Up
Title word contains "GG".
word: diGGing
Digging Up Mother: A Love Story by Doug Stanhope
+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 15.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. The awards must be listed in the GR metadata.
It - 1,116 pages claiming 3 BB tickets
Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1987), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (1994), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1987)
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
Total points: 60
Total BB Tickets: 6
Total GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.1. Name Calling!
Murder in the Mews - Hercule Poirot series #18
claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1937
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Total BB tickets; 6
Total GO tickets: 2
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Don't know what to do about page count.... I listened to the audio (linked above) @21 hours, the MMPB is Tout peut changer : Capitalisme & changement climatique without page count; the PB is This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 568p; most editions are over 500p.
Can I claim a BB ticket, please, on that basis?
comment: /topic/show/...
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50 points
1 BB claimed
JUKKA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: Book whose author has an award named after them.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, who has the Agatha Award named after her. Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket for a publication date in 1920.
Total Points: 35/1165
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/64
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 Leap Year
A Place Like This by Steven Herrick.
First published in 1998.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 10/64
Books read: 11
Nick KY5.3 Nobel I read The Bluest Eye by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 75
READ60 30.7 Sesame Street 50th Option 1 The Substitution Order Martin Clark
published 2019
Option 2 Muppets: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Points 30
Total points 30
Kim O20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Full name - Read a book with at least five words in the title including a full name (first name and surname).
The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 3
5.9 The Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureSins of the Fathers by J.A. Jance
the neuSTadt internatiOnal For literature
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 5
30.2 Honoring A Remarkable WomenOption 1: The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter 480 pages
The letters KS are found in Coretta Scott King
Option 4: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 493 pages
Double EE in Tree and a double OO in Brooklyn
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 35
perletwo30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn - Option 1: Read a book with a ball or skein of yarn on the cover.
The Shop on Blossom StreetOption 3: For this option read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN.
Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes
Points this task: 30
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 12
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
Book from Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics list
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
As of this posting number 58 on page 1
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 10
5.2 set at least 50% in Canada Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/1165
Tasks completed: 1/64
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea - a memoir of an outsider visting North Korea for work
points this post: 15
points overall: 85
Sara G5.7. Play Those Words!
Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person in its title/subtitle, or pictured on its cover. REQUIRED: If using the cover option, include the cover in your post.
by Mary Doria RussellThere is a piano on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Julia10315.4 - Go Red
Option 2:
by Margaret Atwood (M in woMen, A in dAy)This post: 15 points
Total points: 15
BB: 0
GO:0
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
Julia10315.6 - Third Time's The Charm
(Hugo Award for Best Novel 2013, Locus Award for best Science Fiction Novel 2013, ŷ Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction 2012)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
MAZZA 1 10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to ŷ).
Ceremony in Death approved in help thread /topic/show/...
points this post = 10
Points to date = 220
15.2 - In The Category...Book 1, ŷ Choice award 2018 Poetry: The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Book 2, ŷ Choice award 2018 Graphic Novels & Comics: Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
15.3 - Spin the WheelI did Option 2: Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name andRead a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
RST in Upstairs, L in Claire, N in Woman, E in the
C in Claire, DM, in Messud, A in Woman
New Points: 15
Total Points: 35
Queen Bee Darlene5.3 The Nobel Prize in literature - author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
/author/show...
Winner 2018 - awarded 2019
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Task: 15.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsBook read:It's All Absolutely Fine by Ruby Elliot
Required: genres of Sequential Art > Graphic Novels and Nonfiction verified here: /topic/show/... in post 25.
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Task: 20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter BluesOption: 3
Book read:Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah by Rachel Cohn
Required:This book appears on the list Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo 2019: Prom in Romance on page 1. This list contains the word "summer".
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Task: 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?Option: 3
Book read:Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Required: Author initials LM appear in MeLtdown
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 20
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Julia10315.9 - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
They Called Us Enemy
This post: 15 points
Total points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Task: 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption: 3
Book read:Someday by David Levithan
Required: Letters E and D appear in David lEvithan
GO/BB requested?: no
Points this task: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
perletwo ***REPOST***30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn - Option 1: Read a book with a ball or skein of yarn on the cover.
The Shop on Blossom StreetOption 3: For this option read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN.
Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes - EYES
Points this task: 30
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 12
Cordelia20.9 Can you keep a secret
Opt 3: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Author's initials T P in SPECTRE
Points: 20
Total points: 120
LAUREN JODI10.9 - Winter's in the Air
Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb
Award: RITA Award 2015
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40/1165
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/64
Coralie5.1 Name Calling!
Book with a person’s first name in its title - Benjamin
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3 W
Total to date 40 points
30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable WomanOption 2:
by Bridget CollinsJanuary 10, 2019
Option 4:
by Alix E. HarrowdOOrs; haRRow
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 3
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
Nick KY5.9 Neustadt I read Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick; title is more than 3 words and the first letter of each word is found in “neuSTadT internatiOnal.�
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 80
Helen B5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Born in Death by J.D. Robb
Odd number of words in the title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Nick KY 20.1 Librarianish’s Beating the Winter Blues
Option 2. Scandinavian Lifestyle. I read The Little Book of Fika: The Uplifting Daily Ritual of the Swedish Coffee Break by Lynda Balslev, # 26, p. 1, on the Scandinavian Lifesltyle list: /list/show/1...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 100
Helen B10.8 - Leap Year
Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N.T. Wright
Book first published in 2011
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Helen B20.3 -Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2
Innocent In Death by J.D. Robb
MMPB has 371 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable WomanOption 1: author initials in CORETTA SCOTT KING
Again, but Better by Christine RiccioI listened to the audiobook. There is no paperback edition. The hardcover edition has 373 pages.
Option 4: two sets of double letters in title and author name
Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case by A.J. Sherwooddouble O's in Shooting and Sherwood
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 307 pages.
373 + 307 > 500 pages
points this post: 30
Total points: 110
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 Home for the Holidays
The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 13/64
Books read: 12
MAZZA125.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
The combined page count for both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Readers
For this option, read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
The Hate U Give on Page 2 of list
448 pages
Option 3: Librarians
For this option, read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones I listened to this audio edition
There is no MMP but top PB edition is Ahí abajo, entre raíces y huesos Page 1 of the list
200 pages
Page count = 448 + 200 = 648 exceeding requirement
points this post = 25
Points to date = 245
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.9. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words for which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
Points this task: 5
Golden Oldies Ticket This Task: 0
Big Book Ticket This Task: 0
Total Points to date: 15
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
MAZZA15.10. Your Personal Award!
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Appleton Case
only in ebook / kindle format
approved for 5 point post in document line 2939
points this post = 5
points to date = 250
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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 3: Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
� author's initials are (ED) �
Total points: 30 + 20 = 50
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Task # 5.6. Have You Heard the One About..........?
Read a book whose author's initials appear consecutively in the name of the award: Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award.Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell AR found in AWARD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100