Kim’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2021)

Kim’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

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20.6 It's A Fact- Jen K's Task: National Book Festival

Option 1: Read a book by an author attending the 2022 National Book Festival.
Sing, Unburied, Sing. Jesmyn Ward

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 565/965
Tasks completed: 26/56
Books read: 38
GO: 1
BB: 4
IAF: 1

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20.10 Group Reads

Non-fiction:
Becoming. Michelle Obama
See message 6 in discussion post
Claiming 1 IAF ticket

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 545/965
Tasks completed: 25/56
Books read: 37
GO: 1
BB: 4
IAF: 1

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I had mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it was interesting to hear about her family and the sacrifices her parents made. The part of the book that focused on family was the most interesting to me. The political part, though, exemplified everything I hate about politics, that is, one party making out the other to universally be the problem.

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5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature. Steven Rinella

Not really a kid verified in message #346

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Point totals from 1830 (posting after this)

Total Points: 525/965
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 36
GO: 1
BB: 4

Dlmrose wrote: "XBM post 1821

Task 5.7 Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature
The genre Childrens is present.
Please review the rul..."

Will do, and repost.

I'd like to get Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature verified please. It's not listed in the AR bookfinder, and it is a parenting book, shelved in the adult non-fiction section. Thank you.

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30.7 - Schatzie's Task: Chicken Love

Option A: Read a nonfiction book with a MPG of SELF HELP.
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living. David Fideler

Option C: Read a book with all the letters LAVENDER in the author’s name.
Balm. Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 525/965
Tasks completed: 24/56
Books read: 36
GO: 1
BB: 4

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5.7 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Read a book with at least one letter on the cover that is completely GREEN.
. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature. Steven Rinella

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 495/965
Tasks completed: 23/56
Books read: 34
GO: 1
BB: 4

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30.4 - Wayne's Task: The First of the Months

Option 1 - Read a book written by a female author whose first and last names have the same number of letters.
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem. Imani Perry (296 pages)

Option 3 - Read a book with an MPG of Books About Books
Reading Up a Storm. Eva Gates (336 pages)

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 490/960
Tasks completed: 22/56
Books read: 33
GO: 1
BB: 4

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25.3 - MAZZA1's task: Well Hello Number 9

Option 1- Read a book that has a number 9 in its series number (Kinsey Millhone #19)
S is for Silence. Sue Grafton 352 pages

Option 2 - Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. (AKA: Lucinda Edmonds)
The Moon Sister. Lucinda Riley 742 pages
**Claiming 1 BB ticket**

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 460/960
Tasks completed: 21/56
Books read: 31
GO: 1
BB: 4

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5.6 - How Can You Be Here When You're Not Anywhere At all?

Mastering Magic. Jaime Castle

Takes place in a virtual reality game called Infinite Worlds

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 435/960
Tasks completed: 20/56
Books read: 29
GO: 1
BB: 3

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5.3 - Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Oz

The Christmas Spirit. Debbie Macomber

Spirit found in Oswald State Penitentiary

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 430/960
Tasks completed: 19/56
Books read: 28
GO: 1
BB: 3

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10.7 - An Autumn Debut

The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas. James Patterson
Published October 3, 2022

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 425/960
Tasks completed: 18/56
Books read: 27
GO: 1
BB: 3

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25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: It's Duolingo Time

Option 1:
Book A. Read a book that was FIRST published between November 27, 2011 and June 19, 2012.
It Takes a Witch. Heather Blake
First published January 3, 2012, 299 pages

Book B. Read a book where the letters DUO or OWL can be found in the title (not subtitle).
Required: State which letters you are using.
Due or Die. Jenn McKinlay
DUO, 283 pages

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 415/960
Tasks completed: 17/56
Books read: 26
GO: 1
BB: 3

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25.5 - Andy P’s Task: By the Number

Book 1. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written as such.
Genealogy 101: Never Assume Murder. Carol Grieshop (371 pages)

Book 2. Read a book whose title (subtitles excluded) contains a number written in letter form.
The Four Profound Weaves. R.B. Lemberg (192 pages)


Points this post: 25
Total Points: 390/960
Tasks completed: 16/56
Books read: 24
GO: 1
BB: 3

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50.1 - Jen B's Task: Monopoly!
Roll a 4: MPG (Historical Fiction)

Book 1: Alex and Eliza. Melissa de la Cruz (368 pages)
Book 2: How Much of These Hills Is Gold. C Pam Zhang (288 pages)
Book 3: Conjure Women. Afia Atakora (400 pages)

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 365/960
Tasks completed: 15/56
Books read: 22
GO: 1
BB: 3

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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Deedee's Task: What's In A Name?
Read a book written by a solo writer whose FIRST name is identical to one of the names of a Shakespearean character from the list.
Richard III [IV, 2]/Sir James Tyrrel

Frankland. James Whorton

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 315/960
Tasks completed: 14/56
Books read: 19
GO: 1
BB: 3

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25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Hawkeye and B.J.

Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston. Michele Moore

Option 2: Read a book that has both a B and a J in the title/subtitle and/or author's name. (B in title, J in author's name).
The Widows of Malabar Hill. Sujata Massey

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 295/960
Tasks completed: 13/56
Books read: 18
GO: 1
BB: 3

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25.8 - Mai's Task: Reading the Posthuman

Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) can be found in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
West with Giraffes. Lynda Rutledge

Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that can be made by the letters in the phrase ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Required: State the word (Learning)
Learning to Talk. Hilary Mantel

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 270/960
Tasks completed: 12/56
Books read: 16
GO: 1
BB: 3

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25.6 - MegSCL's Task: Bookish Podcasts

Choose two options and read one book for each.
Option 2: Read a book shelved on the first 10 pages of Book club Books - Page 5
Peace Like a River. Leif Enger

Option 4: Read a book that has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 to the present
The Mirror & the Light. Hilary Mantel
759 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 245/960
Tasks completed: 10/56
Books read: 15
GO: 1
BB: 3