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Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
10.1 - Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky.
Required: Post the cover
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 350
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyWinter 2024 SRC
50.1 Meg's Task: The best of 2024
This is a 3 book task. Read 1 book for each option.
Book 1: Your Favorite of 2024
Choose your favorite book read during 2024. There are no restrictions on what you choose, it doesn't have to have been used for SRC. 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.
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi
link to 2024 book: /book/show/5...
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.
Absolution - 2024 Favorite Sci-Fi Nominee
528 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
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
The Rhino Keeper coming out 2/14/25
Points this post: 50
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 400
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Kim O20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Apple's Task: The Wonders of Home
Option 1: Read a book where the first year of publication includes any two of 1, 2, 8 and 9.
Beartown
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 125
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Kim O20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1 - Music - A: Read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored).
The Mystery of Three Quarters
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 145
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Tasks completed: 7
Rockynook50.1 - The best of 2024
B1: Favorite book of 2024: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Book I read by same author: The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
B2: Read a book that was nominated for an award
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
nominated on Ε·±¦ΣιΐΦ for Readers' Favorite Mystery & Thriller (2024)
B3: Book by author releasing a book in 2025
Book releasing in 2025: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Book I read: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 445
Rockynook5.10 - Comfort zone
free choice
Lifeβs Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 450
Julia10315.5 Old Saint Nick
Read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names: Santa Claus, Father Christmas, and Kris Kringle
King Kelson's Bride by Katherine Kurtz
(author initials KK match Kris Kringle)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 790
BB: 7
GO: 3
NF: 5
Completed tasks: 39
Books read: 56
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Option 1A
Since it seems like all boy bands had exactly 5 members (NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, NSync...) read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored)
The Lost and Found Bookshop
Updated stats
Total Points: 320
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 10
Total books: 28
Total tasks: 27
Kim O20.5 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.
The Gift of the Magi Word: Magi
Golden Oldie -- first published December 10, 1905
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 165
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Amy B30.6 - XBMβs Task β� A Partridge in a Pear Tree
This is a two-book task. Pick one option and read two books.
Required: State the option
Option B:
Read two books, each with a related homophone in the title from this list of homophones: ...
Required: Identify the related words.
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips and
The Winter Knight by Jes Battis
#203. knight and night
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 520 Points
Amy B30.3 - 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
Required: specify 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.
North Woods by Daniel Mason
B - The venue - Read a book that is set in either the 1970s or the Victorian age (1837-1901).
Required: If setting is not obvious from the book page or GR metadata, provide a reference.
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 550 Points
Christine V5.1- It's All Natural
Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
Scrublands
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South AmericaOption 1, book 1, set in South America: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
paperback edition Love in the Time of Cholera
Set in Cartagena, Colombia
Option 1, book 2, author born in South America: The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
paperback edition The Spanish Daughter
Author born in Quito, Ecuador
Points this post: 30
Total points: 990
That's it! Thank you moderators, task creators, and fellow readers.
Christine V30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3: Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters "ARY". For the purposes of this task you can use the letters more than once.
Malefactor by Robert Repino
Option 4: Read a book that is # 12, 1 or 2 in a series.
D'Arc
Thanks for a fun season!
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
It's A Fact: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - SheMac's Task: Into 2025Option 2: Nicholas Nickleby - 817 pages
Set in England
Total points: 215
Thanks to all for another great season!
JennB824125.5 'Tis the Season to be Festive
The Crash
Word from CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS: CRASH
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 545
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact:Β 1
MEGSCL30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year
Option 1: Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (252).
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
**non fiction - its a fact
Option 4: Sing "Auld Lang Syne" (DAYS)
Days of Innocence and Wonder
Total
740 points - 1 big book - 4 Itβs a Fact - 1 golden oldie
slideshell10.1 Look to the Skies
Read a book whose cover depicts stars, the moon, or a night sky
When the Moon Hatched
Hardback: 543 pages
Claiming big book ticket
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Total This Task
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 1
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 965/995
Completed Tasks: 54/57
Big Book: 10
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 27243
Books read this season: 74
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15.7 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
approved for length post 317
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 660/995
Tasks Completed: 28/59
NF: 4
JennB824125.10 Comfort zone
The Woman in the Window
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 550
Total Tasks Completed: 26
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Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies:
It's a Fact: 1
slideshell30.8 Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera
Repost of #2451
Option B
Book 1: Read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title: ...
The Secret Life of a Lady
Kindle: 270pgs
Book 2: Read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title
The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency
Paperback: 295pgs
Both books were written by new to me authors
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Total This Task
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
Non-fiction: 0
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Total This Season
Points: 865/995
Completed Tasks: 50/57
Big Book: 8
Non-fiction: 0
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Pages read this season: 24362
Books read this season: 67
Kristen IA50.1 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 and no kids/graphic novels allowed.
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
Favorite 2024 Read: Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Readers Also Enjoyed: James by Percival Everett - 303 pages
Book 2: The Best of 2024
Read a book that won or was nominated/short-listed/long-listed for any prize in 2024.
Required: Name the 2024 award - She Reads Best of Award Nominee Book of the Year
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich - 384 pages
Book 3: Looking to 2025
Read a book by an author who is releasing a new book in 2025.
The Favorites by Layne Fargo - 448 pages
303 + 384 + 448 = 1135 total pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 625/995
Tasks Completed: 37/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
EMurphy25.4 JennRenee's Task: Cold Nights With Winter Reads
Option 1: Word in the title of 4 or more letters made from the quote "Winter was made for warm blankets and large books" Third Girl by Agatha Christie
*Word is GIRL
**MPG Mystery
Option 2: Author's initials can be found in COLD NIGHTS Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
**MPG Mystery
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 570
Books Read: 40
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 2
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 25
All done! Thanks for a great challenge :)
Kristen IA15.1 Groundhog Groundhog Groundhog
This is a two-book task.
Book 1: Read a book with a 4 or more letter word in the title that can be formed from one of these two phrases: SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER or SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY
Required: State the phrase and the word. - SPRING WILL ARRIVE EARLY - Please
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
Book 2: Read a book that has a repeated word consecutively in the title.
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 640/995
Tasks Completed: 38/57
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kathy KS15.10 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 Naima SimoneI listened to an audiobook; mmpb-410 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 550
Tasks completed: 24/57
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
That's all, folks! (For this season...)
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 - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska.
Out Stealing Horses
Set in Norway
Points: 5
Total/challenge 695
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5.10 Comfort zone
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Mercury by Amy Jo Burns-2/28
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 22
It's a Fact: 2
Thanks to the mods for all your hard work and for making this challenge possible!