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WINTER CHALLENGE 2025
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CYNBAXTERTask #10.5 Makar Sankrati
Task: Read a book with a sun on the cover
Requirement: Post the cover
Book:
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood – this cover has been approved by Joanne on 12/01 – Messages #23 & 24Points this post: 10 points
Total Points: 10 points
BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
NF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
CindyFTask 15.4 Frosty & Fizzy
Option 2: One book option
Cover >50% white (73.6%) and Author's initials in COCA COLA (A,C)
by Albert CamusCalaim 1 GO ticket Pub 1942
Points this post:15
Total points:15
Books read:1
Big books:0
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:1
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10.8 Ratification Day
Read a book first published in January of any year
Calling Invisible Women
First published January 1, 2012
Excited to be starting off the season with a book I love!
Points this post:10
Total points:10
Books read:1
Big books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - Old New Year
Read a book where a single author's first and last initials can be found in OLD NEW YEAR. I read The Late-Night Witches by Auralee Wallace (oldneWyeAr).
Total points so far: 10
Deborah15.5 Candle in the Polar Night
Read a book with a single author's first name is Lucy or a variant of Lucy found here https://www.behindthename.com/name/lu... (use the tab related names)
Or a last name containing St. or Saint.
Required State the name if a variant is used.
One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry
English
Lucia, Lucinda
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
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10.3 Cold Days
Read a short book that is between 100 - 200 pages long.
read The Christmas Joy Ride 176 pages
points this post 10
total points 10
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15.6 Cut The Noodles
read a book with noodles in a serving dish on the cover.
read Automatic Noodle
points this post 15
total points 25
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15.3 Blizzard Mode Activated
option 2
read a book with a blizzard is the plot and published in January
read The 11th Hour Motel
points this post 15
total points 40
Deborah10.3 Cold Days
Read a short book that is between 100 - 200 pages long.
What Stalks the Deep 176 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
IzzyM10.2 Cold Sports
Read a book where hockey is essential to the story.
read Game Winner: The Games We Play - Season 2
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
ROBIN P10.3 Cold Days
short book - 100-200 pg
The Importance of Emma Goldman - 128 p
**Claiming 1 IAF pt, nonfiction
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:1
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15.1 Polar to Peak
Book 1
Read a book where all the letters of Polar Desert can be found in the title/subtitle/author name.
read The PLAce wheRe thEy buriED yOur heart by chRiStina henry
and
Book 2: Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these mountain ranges that have alpine tundra or set in "snowy mountain location"
read Shiver
points this post 15
total points 55
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Option 3: read a book with a single author's first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) can be found in the phrase TOE PICK
read Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens by Tonya Kappes
and
Option 4: read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title (subtitles excluded) that can be made from the phrase "we're doINg The paMchenko"
read Mint to Be word is MINT
points this post 25
total points 80
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 Holiday Season
Read a book with MPG Holiday. It may be stand alone or embedded. I read Season of Love by Helena Greer.
Total points so far: 20
trishhartuk10.3 Cold Days
Read a short book that is between 100-200 pages long.
A Christmas Memory, Kathi Daley (148pg)
PB also qualifies: here (191pg)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
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20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2025 season. I chose the Gutenberg Classic, and my post is the first one in the discussion thread. The book, which has an MPG of Childrens, also has an MPG of Young Adult, which qualifies it under the new rules.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Points this post:20
Total points:30
Books read:2
Tasks completed: 2
Helen B5.9 Ten… Nine… Read!
Read a book with a 3+ word title (subtitles excluded), where the first letter of each word is in REVERSE alphabetical order.
Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter by Eli Frankel.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 Makar Sankrati
Read a book with a sun on the cover. It can be a photo or drawing, but there must be enough visible to be obvious that it is a sun. I read My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner (approved in help thread messages 3 and 5).
Total points so far: 30
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15.4 Frosty & Fizzy
option 2
read a book that is 50 percent red and/or white according to Tineye.
and with a single author's first and last initials can be found in Coca-Cola
read Missing in Flight by Audrey J. Cole
Tineye
34.5 %#a63336Red
31.1 %#d2433aRed
16.1 %#f2c1b8Pink
6.1 %#c56b65Pink
4.7 %#103c3dBlue
3.3 %#e9e9edGrey
2.5 %#0d6972Blue
0.7 %#54271fBrown
0.7 %#776e72Grey
points this post 15
total points 95
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30.4 Susan A's Task: Christmas Songs
Option 1 Read 2 books. Each book must contain a word from the list of songs and singer/bands in either the title (subtitles excluded) or the author name.
Book 1 read One Snowy Day word is ONE from You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch by Small Town Titans
and
book 2 read I’ll Be Alone For Christmas: A Thriller Novella word is CHRISTMAS from I Hate Christmas by Oscar the Grouch
points this post 30
total points 125
IzzyM10.7 Noel or A'phabet Day No "L" Day
read Demon of Dreams by Spencer Spears
points this post 10
total points 20
Katrisa15.10 Hushed Snow
Read a book with the word QUIET intact in the title
I read Quiet Influence: The Introvert's Guide to Making a Difference
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 15
LoraTask: 15.3 Blizzard Mode Activated, using Option 2.
Read a book set during a blizzard or being "snowed in" is plot of the story.
AND
Read a book first published in December, January, or February of any year
Book/Author: Graham / Liz Isaacson
How it fits: set during a blizzard (see book blurb) and published January 2018
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 15
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: 0
Nick KY30.2 Delicious Dee’s Arthur C.Clarke – I finished the Fall challenge with Delicious Dee’s Isaac Asimov – this time I’m not holding back -- I’m starting off with Arthur C. Clarke.
Opt. A. Book by Arthur C. Clarke. I read 2001: A Space Odyssey.
This cover's just too good:
Opt. E. from the Technological Horror list, I read Where They Wait by Scott Carson. https://fearsomefiction.com/13-techno...
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 30
Helen B10.6 New Beginnings
Read a book with a word containing 4+ letters that can be spelled from ORGANIZE YOUR HOME
More Than Words by Mia Sheridan
The word is MORE
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Books read: 2
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.1 Tundra Types
Task: Read a book whose title has a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from one of the three types: ALPINE, or ARCTIC or ANTARCTICA
Requirement: State the Word
Book: Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson. The word used is “LANE” built from “ALPINE”
*This is a Big Book (516 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total Points: 15 points
BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 1/1
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
NF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
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30.4 Susan A's Task: Christmas Songs
Option 1 Read 2 books. Each book must contain a word from the list of songs and singer/bands in either the title (subtitles excluded) or the author name.
Book 1 read One Snowy Day word is ONE from You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch by Small Town Titans
and
book 2 read I'll Be Alone For Christmas: A Thriller Novella word is CHRISTMAS from I Hate Christmas by Oscar the Grouch
points this post 30
total points 125
Bookwrm526Task #10.7 Noel or A'phabet Day No "L" Day
Read a book that has NO "L" in the title and author name. I read Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa.
Total points so far: 40
CindyFTask 15.10 Hushed Snow
QUIET intact in title
The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R. Starr
Points this post:15
Total points:30
Books read:2
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:1
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:2
CindyFTask 5.10 Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal
Book of Choice
1 book between 80-99 pages for 1 5 point task!!
A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal (82 pages)
Points this post:5
Total points:35
Books read:3
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:1
Non-iction:0
Tasks completed:3
CYNBAXTERTask #10.6 New Beginnings
Task: Read a book with a word containing 4+ letters that can be spelled from ORGANIZE YOUR HOME.
Requirement: State the word
Book: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman – the word created is “GAME”
Points this post: 10 points
Total Points: 25 points
BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 1/0
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
NF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
trishhartuk15.4 Frosty & Fizzy
Includes a claim for a Golden Oldie ticket
Option 1: Two Book task
Book 1: A cover that is 50 percent red and/or white
Christmas at the Cat Cafe, Melissa Daley (320pg)
TinEye: Total red – 67.4%
43.9% #d91419 Red
17.1% #a99991 Grey
12.5% #b82925 Red
11.0% #9f3431 Red
4.8% #554840 Brown
3.2% #c0888c Pink
3.2% #bc676c Pink
2.7% #44140f Brown
1.1% #240d0c Black
0.5% #f8c2a8 Pink
AND Book 2: Single author's first and last initials can be found in Coca-Cola.
The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie (288pg)
cocA-Cola
Golden Oldie: First published 7 September 1931
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Sittaford Mystery was first published in 1931
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
10.10 - Holiday SeasonRead a book with MPG Holiday
Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willis
Points this post: 10
Total points: 0 + 10 = 10
10.1 - Cold ClimateRead a book set at least 50% in one of these locations that has Arctic Tundra: Canada, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, Norway, Finland, Sweden
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
🎄 set in Norway
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10 + 10 = 20
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5.3 Tundra Animals
Read a book with one of these affected native animals on the cover: wolf
The Fire Rose
Points this post: 5
Total points:35
Books read:3
Tasks completed: 3
10.9 Get HealthyRead a book from the first 25 pages of the list:
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
This is on page 1 of the list.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 10
IzzyM15.5 Candle in the Polar Night
Read a book with a single author's first name is Lucy or a variant of Lucy found here https://www.behindthename.com/name/lu... (use the tab related names)
Or a last name containing St. or Saint.
read Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox
points this post 15
total point 35
Deborah10.10 Holiday Season
Read a book with MPG Holiday. It may be stand alone or embedded.
So This is Christmas: MPG: HOLIDAY
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Helen B5.1 Tundra Types
Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) has a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from one of the three types ALPINE or ARCTIC or ANTARCTIC
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
PIE in Alpine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books read: 3
SHEMAC10.7 Noel or A'phabet Day No "L" Day
Read a book that has NO "L" in the title and author name.
The Edge by Dick Francis
This task points: 10
Total season points: 10
trishhartuk10.4 Old New Year
Includes a claim for a Golden Oldies ticket.
Read a book where a single author's first and last initials can be found in OLD NEW YEAR.
Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder (243pg)
oLd neW
Has Middle Grade and Children’s, but also has Young Adult.
Golden Oldie: First published in 1932
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – Little House in the Big Woods was first published in 1932
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Ana10.3 Cold Days
Read a short book that is between 100 - 200 pages long.
Chimera for Christmas This Book has 190 pages.
Points this Post:10
Total Points: 10
ROBIN PArctic animal on cover
The Impossible Fortune -
- fox is one of the animals(confirmed in Help Thread that this counts as "red fox")
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Katrisa5.6 Snowbound Voices
Read a book by an Indigenous author or has MPG Indigenous.
I read Exposure it has MPG Indigenous and is by a Navajo author
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 40
Katrisa15.8 Holiday Budget Who?
Read a book with exactly 4 words in the title (subtitles excluded).
I read Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 55
Bookwrm526Task #10.3 Cold Days
Read a short book that is between 100 - 200 pages long. I read Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts (112p).
Total points so far: 50
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 Bah-Humbug
Read a book with a single author's first and last name initials can be found in Christmas Carol. I read The Book of Denial by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda (ChRistmasCarol).
Total points so far: 55
ROBIN P5.1 3+ ltr word in ALPINE, ARCTIC, ANTARCTICA
The Women Who Changed Art Forever: Feminist Art – The Graphic Novel - Art found in ARcTic
*Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
BB;0 GO:0 IAF:2
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