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WINTER CHALLENGE 2024
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ROBIN P5.4 New Year, New Reads
Author initials in HAPPY NEW YEAR
Design for Dying - Renee Patrick
Points this post: 5
Total points: 985
BB: 1 GO:4 IAF: 9
ROBIN P5.10 Comfort Zone
Book of choice
Precious Bane
**Claiming 1 GO point, pub 1924
Points this post: 5
Total points: 990
BB:1 GO: 5 IAF: 9
Line10.4
Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY.
i read Jane Eyre
all the words in EYRE kan be found
points for this task: 10
total points: 25
books read: 4
tasks done 4:
CathyG30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
Help Thread
This is a two-book task. No children’s books or sequential art may be used. Read two books from two different options.Required: State the options you’ve chosen in your post.
Option 1: Read a book with a title word that begins with the letters RE.
Reindeer Moon by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 580/995
Tasks Completed: 24/59
NF: 4
Rockynook25.4 - Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Chosen Genre: Romance
Book 1- 4+ title word in "Winter was made for warm blankets and large books."
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Word: FRIEND
wINtER was made For warm blankets anD large books.
Book 2 - author initials in selected phrase
Phrase: COLD NIGHTS
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 370
Angela IL 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Rivers
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1968 or in a year after 1968 that ends in the digit 8.
The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky-1/10
Pub. Year: 2008
Option 4: Read a book with either the words “The End� or “The Mouth� found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or series title.
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker-2/18
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 14
It's a Fact: 1
Nick KY25.5 Jessica S’s Music of Christmas
Opt. 3. Let It Snow. Inits in “let it snow.� I read American Music by Irving L. Sablosky.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT for American Music.
Opt. 4. Walking in the Air. Read a book with a title NOUN from the lyric. I read Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates, title noun “people� from the lyric “The people far below are sleeping as we fly.�
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 880
It’s a Fact This Post: 1
It’s a Fact So Far: 14
Joanne Mi10.3 A Mountain of Books
Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
944 pages Requesting 2 BB tickets AND 1 IAF
Points this task 10
BB's this 2
IAF this post 1
Season Total 205
Total BB's 4
Total IAF 3
Andy P.Task # 15.110 Winter Retreat
Read a book with a cover that shows a secluded house or cabin (no other buildings visible on the cover) in a snowy landscape
by Sue WatsonPoints this post: 15
Total points: 830
Deborah25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
ROMANCE
1) Rose in Bloom
AR BOOKFINDER: IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 17.0
ROSE: Winter was made for warm blankets and large books
MPG: ROMANCE
2) A Novel Way to Die by Steffanie Holmes
SH: COLD NIGHTS
MPG: ROMANCE
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 14
Tasks Done: 11
Deborah30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
1) Written in Red
RED
2) Lord of the Fly Fest
LORD: MOLD REMEDIATION
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
Deborah20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
3: Reflection
Heroic Hearts
HEROIC: reading CHallEnges bRIng me jOy
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 17
Tasks Done: 13
Deborah20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
4) NEW YEAR
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins #1)
AR BOOKFINDER: IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 18
Tasks Done: 14
Julia10325.4 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
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.
Santa's Little Yelpers
(LITTLE can be made from target phrase: L in blankets, IT in Winter, T in blankets, LE in large)
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Midlife in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
(LD in COLD)
Both of these books have MPG Mystery.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 725
BB: 6
GO: 3
NF: 5
Completed tasks: 34
Books read: 50
Kathy KS15.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology,
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
MPGs used:
ROMANCE
THRILLER - verified in task help message 20
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-296 p.
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 455
Tasks completed: 19/57
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 4
15.7 We Three KingsRead a book from a series that only has 3 books published as of February 28, 2025
March: Book One
This series has had 3 books published
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 360
BB:0 GO:11 IAF:3
Amy B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Read one book from the two options below.
Choose an option and read one book. Your chosen book should be at least 225 pages.
REQUIRED: State the Option
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.
REQUIRED: If the setting is not evident from the ŷ page, provide a reference.
Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II by Tracy Borman (576 pages) - history of monarchy in England
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 235 Points
Amy B30.7 - Amy FL’s Task: The Headaches of Home Ownership
This is a two-book task. Read two books from two different options.
Required: State the options you’ve chosen in your post.
Option 2: Read a book with a title word (ignore subtitles) of four or more letters that can be made from MOLD REMEDIATION. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (line)
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in MARISSA. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 265 Points
Amy B10.2 - Crossing Borders
Read a book which is set in at least two countries.
Required: If the locations are not evident in the book description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (set in France, Italy, Spain)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 275 Points
Amy B20.5 Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Choose one option
Required: State the option.
3: Reflection
Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title that can be made from the letters in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY. Letters can be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word.
Original Prin by Randy Boyagoda (original)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 295 Points
Amy B20.4 Golden Oldies- Robin P’s Task: Christmas Carols
Choose one of the following options:
2. Read a book set at least 50% in Germany. France, England, Wales, Ukraine, or Italy.
Required: If setting is not evident from the main page provide a reference
The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall (in main page description, set in both England AND Germany)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 315 Points
Amy B20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Read one book from these options. State the option.
Option 3: Read a book first published in either 1981 or 2024.
Playground by Richard Powers (2024)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 335 Points
Mod
trishhartukUnclaiming Task 25.7 - Fly Finally Finishes!
Option 3
Orbital, Samantha Harvey
Unclaiming the kindle edition. Top PB: Orbital (135pg)
I'm going to be moving this to another task.
Option 5
Beast-Laid Plans - a cozy mystery with dragons, Kim M. Watt
Unclaiming kindle edition. Top PB: here (300pg)
This book is reclaimed for a different task in message 2278, below.
Points this Task: -25
Books Read: -2
Total Points: Now 455
Tasks Completed: 32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Amy B15.7 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.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (#1 of 3)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 350 Points
Amy B15.9 My Bloody Valentine
Read a book with MPG Romance as well as MPG of War, Thriller or Mythology
Genres need to be standalone.
The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh (thriller and romance)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 365 Points
trishhartuk20.2 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...England
Beast-Laid Plans - a cozy mystery with dragons, Kim M. Watt
Book relocated from 25.7.
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (300pg)
100% set in Yorkshire, England. The GR description mentions “the Dales�, and slightly lower down it says “There's more than dragon secrets at stake in Yorkshire this summer …�
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 9
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
Kristen IA30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Reunion - Go Norsemen!
This is a 2 book task. Choose an option and read a book A and a book B for your chosen option
Option 2: The Reunion
A - My Friends - Read a book whose author shares a first name with one of my high school friends: Dan, Daniel, Heather, Kristin, Jenni, Katy, Adam. Names must match exactly.
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham - 576 pages
I claim 1 Big Book ticket
I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket
B - Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 405/995
Tasks Completed: 28/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kristen IA30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Your page count needs to be more than 500 pages (so 501+) and at least one of the authors must be NEW TO YOU.
Required: specify which option you chose and state the new to you author(s) in your post.
Option C � The Furies
The six furies are air/aeris, water/aqua, fire/ignus, earth/terra, metal/ferrous and wood/flora.
Required: State which fury you picked. - Air/Aeris
Book A - Read a book where all the letters of the fury can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor - Aeris - 384 pages
Hazel Gaynor is a NEW TO ME Author
Book B - Using the same fury than the book you used for Book A and read a book where all the letters of the alternate name can be found in the author's name.
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain - Air - 336 pages
384 + 336 pages = 720 total pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 435/995
Tasks Completed: 29/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025
Required: 225 pgs
Option 1: Key, Door, or Gate on Cover
The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi
352 pgs
***I claim an IAF ticket***
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 605 / 995
Total Books Read: 44
Total Tasks Completed: 34 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 8
Lisa MD20.5 - Bigger is Better- Elizabeth P's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 3: Title word found in READING CHALLENGES BRING ME JOY
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Title Word: "Days" found in reADing challengeS bring me joY
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 625 / 995
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 35 / 57
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 8
10.1 - Look to the SkiesRead a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
by Stacy WillinghamMoon in the water, this was also approved in the help thread
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 680
Total Tasks Completed: 32
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
25.3: Beth NC's Task- Winter SolsticeOption 1: Read during day light hours means you have very little daylight so read a book from list:
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
2nd book on the list
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
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
26th (ish) on the list.
claiming BB ticket
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 705
Total Tasks Completed: 33
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter ReadsChoose the MPG: Christmas, Thriller, Chick Lit, Mystery, or Romance
Thriller
Book 1: Read a book with a word int he title of 4 or more letters made from this quote:
Winter was made for warm blankets and large books.
Letters may be used as often as they appear. -
*Listen
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either WINTER READS - RW
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 730
Total Tasks Completed: 34
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 2
XBM25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes! (pretty fitting task to end the challenge on).
This is a two book task. Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 2: In the car I listened to a LOT of audiobooks. For this option, please pick a book from this list of Best Audiobooks. Required: State the page - page 1
Room. Emma Donoghue
Option 4: For this option, read a book in a series that you had started prior to last year. Required: state the year you started the series and verify that you had abandoned it for at least 6 months
The Bodies in the Library. Marty Wingate
This is a 3 book series. I read book 3 - January 20, 2022, and am now reading book 1. I expect to finish out the series with book 2 some time in the future.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 995 / 995
Tasks Completed 56
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Kristen IA's Task: Holidays and Hiking
Required: State the option
Books with the genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task.
Required: State which two holidays you chose.
Option A: HOLIDAYS
2) CHRISTMAS (Dec. 25) - Both red and green appear on the cover, any percentage, according to TinEye
Required: Post the cover and the percentages.
, 80.3% red5) 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.
Rules of Civility
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 245
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
This is a two book task. 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. State the genre
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.
Letters may be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word
Broken Bayou - broken, MPG mystery
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in either COLD NIGHTS or WINTER READS
Letters may be used as many times as they appear, middle initials may be ignored
Required: State the phrase
Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews - phrase is WINTER READS, MPG Mystery
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 270
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
JennB8241220.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 2, Movies, A: Retellings
Cinder
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 490
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
5.10 Comfort ZoneBook of your choice.
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips
Post Total: 5
Grant Total: 410
10.9 Making the National InternationalRead a book with a word in its title that matches one of the current or proposed National Scenic Areas from the list. State the word and the National Scenic Area it matches.
The word is Creek from the area Bear Creek
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 420
Task 30.9 - Ringing in the New YearOption 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245). Numbers may be used only as often as they appear.
Pagecount: 205 pages
The Wild Wood (1994) by Charles de Lint (ŷ Author) (Paperback 205 pages)
Option 4: Sing "Auld Lang Syne"
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne in the title ...
You may use a word from either the Scots or English version but the word must match exactly.
Word: ABOUT
English version
“We two have run ABOUT the slopes,
And picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
Since auld lang syne.�
All About Love: New Visions (1999) by bell hooks (Paperback 238 pages) [306.7]
** All About Love: New Visions is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
220 + 30 = 250
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 220 + 30 = 250
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4,910
Read but not claimed: 02
ŷ Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P5.1 It's All Natural
Nature scene on cover
Here One Moment
**Claiming 1 BB point - 512 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 995
BB:2 GO:4 IAF: 9
**This completes the Winter Challenge**
Deborah20.1 Most Improved -Kathy KS's Task: Family and Holidays
Option 3
The Lady in Glass and Other Stories
First published February 27, 2024
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 15
FLY Task #25.7- FLY's Task-FLY Finally Finishes!
+BB ticket
task: Option 2: from the list of Best Audiobooks.
book: Dark Places
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 542 pages
how it fits: page 6 (#557) on the list
task: Option 5: DRAGON intact in the title
book: Dragonsdawn
how it fits: (Dragon)sdawn
other:
**claiming BB ticket for Dark Places MMPB = 542 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 36/57
BB: 8 + 1 = 9 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #10.7 - I Want To Believe
task: an MPG of Paranormal
book: A Dirty Job
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG of Paranormal
Points this post: 10
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 37/57
BB: 9 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3
FLY Task #30.6 - XBM’s Task � A Partridge in a Pear Tree
+IAF ticket
Option A
task: Book 1: author's first and last initials in PARTRIDGE
book: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
how it fits: author Anthony Doerr initials AD in P(A)RTRI(D)GE
task: Book 2: both a tree and a bird on the cover
book: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits:
- owl on tree branchother:
**Claiming IAF ticket for Four Seasons in Rome = nonfiction memoir
Points this post: 30
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 38/57
BB: 9 / GO: 2 / IAF: 3 + 1 = 4
LoraTask: 15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas, using Option A
Book 1:
Book/Author: The Christmas Tree Farm / Melody Carlson
How it fits: Christmas lights on the cover
Book 2:
Book/Author: A Charming Hope / Ashley Evercott
How it fits: mErry And bright
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 455
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 2
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Moonstone.
I participated in the Group discussion (message #3).
I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket for this book published in 1868.
I claim 1 Big books ticket for this 528 pages book.
This task:
Points: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 290
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Rockynook10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
4+ title word from WORLD WETLANDS DAY
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Word: Story
wORld weTlandS daY
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 380
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25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Option 1: Read a book with a title that has at least 5 words
Return to the Enchanted Island -169 pages
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
King William's War: The First Contest for North America, 1689�1697 344 pages
Page Count 513
GAMES: G, A, M, S in title - E in subtitle
Claiming 1 IAF
Task 25
IAF 1
Season Total
4 BB's
4 IAF