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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Andy P.Task #
15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book FIRST published in 2019 or 2020.
Drowned Lives by Stephen Booth
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
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Suzannesea25.12 CathyG's Task: Challenge Addict
Option 2
Read a book that is #2 or higher in a series.
The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear
I have read previous books in the series.
Option 3
Read a book on a particular list.
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
is on page 1 (#31) of Books About Melbourne and Victoria.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 85
Queen Bee Darlene10.10 Overlooked? - popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
15.8 - Ice Ice BabyRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that include "ICE" or "ICY" intact.
Book read: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
How it fits: Ice intact in the title
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Total points: 55
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
perletwo5.10. Your Personal Award! - Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
In the Hall with the Knife
Points this task: 05
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
25.12 Challenge AddictOption 2: #2 in Playbook series (read book #1 Nov. 2018)
Fumbled by Alexa Martin
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 3: page 1 of list #2 Great Chinese Historical Fiction
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Amy B10.9 - Winter's in the Air
Read a book that has won or has been nominated for a literary award that begins with one of the letters found in WINTER. The award must show up on book's main page under Literary Awards.
Fleischman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Nominated for National Book Award for Fiction (2019)
Fleishman Is in Trouble
This post - 10 points
Total to date - 35 points
ANGIE CA30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Book 1: Anatomy of Yoga: An Instructor's Inside Guide to Improving Your Poses by Abigail Ellsworth
Notes: 1) corEttA. 160 pages.
Book 2: The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl by Gina Lamm
Notes: 4) EE and MM. 352 pages.
Total Points: 100
MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 2
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon who shares the name Mark with the Mark Lynton History Prize (page 26)
TOTAL TO DATE
20 points
MEGSCL20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 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 Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
TOTAL TO DATE
40 points
Queen Bee Darlene25.10 Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 3) Book from Alex Award Winner List
Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh Things We Have in Common #12 on list 272 pgs
Option 4) Book from Reese Witherspoon book list
The Other Woman by Sandie Jones The Other Woman #50 on list 304 pgs
Books must be 500 pg minimum: 272 + 304 = 576 total pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 125
Pamela32655.4. That's a Strange Title!
Hometown Christmas Gift by Kat Brooks � 3 Words in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.2. The Maple Leaf Rag.
The Cruelest Month - set in Canada
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Total BB tickets: 6
Total GO tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 5.5. Try to Count Them.
Working for Bigfoot - MPG Fantasy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
BB Tickets: 6
GO Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 30.6 - The World of Xanth
Book One Option Two - book on Popular Punny Books List
I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting
Page one of list
Book Two Option Two - Author's initials in Piers Anthony AND has MPG of BOTH science fiction and fantasy
Year One by Nora Roberts
pieRs aNthony
Book one 320 pages, book two 448, both > 200
320+448>500
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 12
Coralie5.7 Play Those words!
Book with a musical instrument in its title - harp
The Grass Harp
read in The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories where it started on page 3 and ended on page 117
Total to date 45 points
25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every DayOption 3:
by Josh MalermanBIRD box
Option 5:
by Matt HaigDog on cover
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 4
BB tickets: 0
BB Tickets to Date: 0
GO tickets: 0
GO Tickets to Date: 0
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5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
1930 winner, It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
total = 90
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10.1 - Home for the Holidays
Holiday intact: Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List edited by Todd Robinson
I read the kindle Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List
total = 100
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10.4 - Snuggle Up
GG in author: The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
total = 110
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15.1 - Days of Celebration
option 1, the Netherlands: An Artful Assassin in Amsterdam by Michael Grant
option 3, New Zealand: Molten Mud Murder by Sara E. Johnson
total = 125
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
option 2, 5 word + name title: The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham
total = 145
Adallae5.10. Your Personal Award! - Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
published in 1320, claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 0
PegW25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
The combined page count for both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books.
The Girl on the Train found on page 1 of the list and page count: 336
Option 3: Read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list.
Stardust found on page 7 of the list and page count: 283
Point this post: 25
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 4
Laurah3030.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism). mpg may be stand alone or embedded.
The Secrets We Kept
Option 2: Read a book from this list Native American Fiction.
There There
Found on p 1
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 0
Books read: 3
15.4 - Go RedOption 2: one book; person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover + author initials in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY
by Andreï MakinePoints this post: 15
Total points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Page count: 498
Jen K20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
lEigh barDugo (ED in name)
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Jen K15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Published July 2019
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 75
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the AlphabetHelp Thread
In the fall my husband and I went to visit our daughter and her family. Grandpa and our youngest granddaughter had quite a long ongoing conversation about the alphabet. When she would recite the alphabet she would omit N and M, but when asked what come after L she would say M and after M comes N and then O. I finally concluded saying letters quickly made saying M and N difficult so she omitted them. In addition she loves her middle name, which is Penelope (note the LO sequence)
Anyway, in honor of a granddaughter with a strong will, I have created the following task.
This is a two book task. Please select a book that satisfies the criteria for Book 1 and another for Book 2.
Required: Identify the Book 2 option.
Both books must be written by a single author.
No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
The total page count for both books must exceed 500 pages. (501+)
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
Example: A Treacherous Curse (no M or N)
I read The Spiritglass Charade. The title has no N or M.
Book 2.
I read To the Land of Long Lost Friends. This book fits both option 1 and 2:
Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N. Alexander McCall Smith
Example: Hard Freeze by Dan Simmons (author's name has both N and M)
OR
Option 2: Read a book whose TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence. Subtitles are excluded.To the Land of Long Lost Friends
Long Lost both contain LO in
points: 65
Books read: 5
tasks completed: 3
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 1468
MAZZA125.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. All initials count. If there is more than one author, all the initials of all the authors count. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Juliet, Naked Nick Hornby
Option 4: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. All the letters in the word must appear in the phrase. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word you used when you post.
The Death Cure word = DEATH
points this post = 25
Points to date = 275
Delicious Dee20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 1 - Joy Ride
points this post: 20
points overall: 105
perletwo15.6 - 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.
Delirium
Awards
Buxtehuder Bulle (2011)
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2013)
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction and for Favorite Book and for Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author (2011)
Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2014)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 14
Suzannesea15.9 A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Read a non-fiction work in a sequential art/graphic format.
March: Book One by John Lewis was one of the examples given in the task. Such a good book! I read it; my grandson read it; then we reread it together.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 100
Oma122915.3 - Spin the Wheel
Book 1- Read a book with ALL the letters R, S, T, L, N and E in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Book 2-Read a book with ALL the Most Frequently Chosen Letters C, D, M and A in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
I chose Option 2.
Option 2
Read one book that fulfills book 1 AND book 2.
Nutcracker Sweets at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
Nutcracker=R,T,N,E,C
Sweets=S
At
Moonglow-L,M
By
Deborah=D, A
Garner
Total # of Tasks=2/64
Total # of Points read=20/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Oma122920.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
"We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that." Ellen DeGeneres
I recently found this quote and in perfection states the type of person I want to be. I definitely want my life to contribute these things to the world.
I chose Option 3.
Option 3) As an homage to Ellen DeGeneres, read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
Gingerbread at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
Total # of Tasks=3/64
Total # of Points read=40/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
Oma122925.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
I chose Options #1 and #2
Option 1: Palm Springs, CA
Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page total: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8.
Hybrid Misfit by Eve Langlais
Option 2: New Orleans, LA
Read a book that is the second in a series. The series designation (series name #2) must appear on the book's main Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page.
Silver Bells at Moonglow by Deborah Garner
Total # of Tasks=4/64
Total # of Points read=65/1165
Total # of GO Books=()
Total # of BB=500+=(),750+=(), 1000+()
TraceyL25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
Market Chosen: Colmar, France
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of the city, where your chosen Christmas Market is held, found in either the title/subtitle OR series name.
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident Audiobook
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor PB 280 Pages
COLMAR appears in "Of a MediCAL Resident"
Book 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in the country where your chosen market is held.
Five Quarters of the Orange Audiobook
Five Quarters of the Orange PB 307 Pages
Set 100% in France
280 + 307 = 587 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 90
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 2, a book from Uplifting Fiction list (p. 1 #64): How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
babbling c5.4. That's a Strange Title!
Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
Shattered -Audible Shattered - paperback pg 361 by Kevin Hearne
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 5/1165
Completed Tasks: 1/64
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 361
Books read this season: 1
PegW10.7 - I Have a Dream
Read a book that appears on one of the lists
Queenie appears on page one of 2019 Books by Authors of Color
Point this post: 10
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 2
Total tasks: 5
Amy W20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's Wedding
Read one book which includes in the title/subtitle one of the following words: Aborigine/Aboriginal, Hmong, Mien, Bedouin, Wend/Wendish, Sami/Lapp/Laplander, Aleut, Inuit, Amish.
I read Amish Hideout by Maggie K. Black
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 65
Pamela326510.4 - Snuggle Up
Maggie's Place by Annette Haws - Maggie's as the double g
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Adallae10.8 - Leap Year - Read a book first published in a year that contains double consecutive digits
The Golovlyov Family by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin
First published in 1880
This book was published prior to 1950 so I am requesting a golden oldie ticket.
Points this post - 10
Total points - 30
BB tickets - 0
GO tickets - 1
Elizabeth PTask 30.4 - Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book One - letters E I E I O in title/subtitle/author's name
Hooking Up by Helena Hunting
hOokIng up by hElEna huntIng
Book Two Option One - Book with word in title/subtitle that matches animal from list
The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen
Animal - Bird (using singular form)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 14
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking ForwardOption 1: Read an award-winning book that has a main page genre of History or Historical Fiction, standalone or embedded.
Book read: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
How it fits: MPG Historical Fiction, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner in 2014
Pages: 550 (MMPB Edition: Une constellation de phénomènes vitaux), claiming 1 BB Ticket
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Total points: 75
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
TessaVanessa\Challenge 15.3 Spin the Wheel
Option 2: The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace
The MErmAiD'S voice ReturNs in this one by Amanda LovelaCe
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 12/64
Books read: 13
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3: Thicker Than Water by Natasha Deen.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 13/64
Books read: 14
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