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Finished!Welcome Back Kotter.
September - November, 2021
Level 3: Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more
Task Completed: 20/20
Tasks:
1. Welcome Back Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
The Last Graduate | Naomi Novik - Oct 6
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
I'd Rather Be Reading | Anne Bogel - Oct 3 (pub. Sep. 2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Blacktop Wasteland | S.A. Cosby - Sep 22
2. Welcome Back Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman - Oct 11 (4.00 at time of reading)
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village | Maureen Johnson-Sep 26
3. Kotter, a flippant but well-meaning teacher, returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
The Boy Next Door | Meg Cabot - Oct 24 (character named Michael Everett)
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood -Sep 28
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Confessions | Kanae Minato - Sep 3
4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse - Nov 30
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Saving Francesca | Melina Marchetta - Sep 24
5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
The Beatryce Prophecy | Kate DiCamillo - Oct 22
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Steelheart | Brandon Sanderson - Oct 10
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Idol | Kristen Callihan - Nov 1
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
The Spanish Love Deception | Elena Armas - Sep 20
7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
As Good As Dead | Holly Jackson - Oct 2
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Red Winter | Annette Marie - Oct 29
8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Wild Sign | Patricia Briggs - Sep 4
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
The One and Only Crystal Druid | Annette Marie - Oct 17
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
The Hawthorne Legacy | Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Sep 16
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Wicked | Jennifer L. Armentrout - Oct 26
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Retro TV: Welcome Back KotterDuration: September 1 - November 30, 2021
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
READ: 23/20+
1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs". Recorded in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, to May 17, 1979.
✔️🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Turned - Morgan Rice 10/27
✔️🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Ghost Tree - Christina Henry (pub Sep 8, 2020) 10/30
✔️🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal - Mike Mignola & Tom Sniegoski 10/19
2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
✔️🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
Imprudence - Gail Carriger (4.07 rating) 10/31
✔️🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon 10/21
3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
✔️🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Michael Townsend) 11/12
✔️🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Mind Games - Carolyn Crane 11/26
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Hekla's Children - James Brogden (Nathan) 11/23
4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
✔️🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13
✔️🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(hero resent heroine when her car breaks down and he is forced to be sociable)
5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott (heroine is short) 10/19
6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta. Vinnie Barbarino is a cocky Italian-American, the "unofficial official" leader and resident heartthrob of the Sweathogs. He has a need to be the center of attention. In the two-episode "Follow the Leader", Barbarino quits the Sweathogs and drops out of school in anger when Freddy Washington is chosen as the "leader" of the group, though he returns as leader at the finish of the story. Barbarino's prowess with women is sometimes a source of envy and more often amusement among his classmates.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Protector - Anna Hackett 9/23
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Vortex - Catherine Coulter (Alex Harrington) 9/6
✔️🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15
7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
The Haunting of Josie - Kay Hooper (heroine)10/15
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Pulse - Jeremy Robinson (Richard Ridley)10/23
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Murder Packs a Suitcase - Cynthia Baxter (Mallory) 10/9
8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
✔️🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Darkest Journey - Heather Graham (heroine) 10/7
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Security - Gina Wohlsdorf (Franklin) 10/3
9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Snow Like Ashes - Sara Raasch (hero) 10/21
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong (Oliver) 9/22
10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
✔️🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson 10/1
✔️🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series
Watcher in the Woods - Kelley Armstrong (Rockton #4) 9/28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Retro TV: Welcome Back (Second Round)Duration: August 1, 2023-October 31, 2023
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
21/20+ Completed. Finished
Tasks
1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
(9/21/20)
Edge of Tomorrow-Freya Barker 8/19/23
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
The Bachelor-Marni Mann 8/24/23
2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Devil's Playground-Charly Cox 8/24/23
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
You Can Die-Rebecca Zanetti 8/17/23
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
(Gabe)
Glimmers of You-Catherine Cowles 8/01/23
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Memory Bones-B.R. Spangler 9/20/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Promise Me Always-A.L. Jackson 9/22/23
4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
One Left Alive-Helen Phifer 9/22/23
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Center Mass-Lani Lynn Vale 9/24/23
5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Jack Rose-J.A. Konrath 8/25/23
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
The Heist-Elle Gray 8/04/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
One Beautiful Promise-Layla Hagen 8/16/23
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Georgia Wagner-She Dies Tonight 9/23/23
7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Crying House-B.R. Spangler 8/31/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
All the Way-Kristen Proby 10/06/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Hollywood Wanted-M.Z. Kelly 9/30/23
9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Shamrock-Janie Crouch 8/12/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Behind You-Rylie Dark 9/13/23
🐷 Read a book with a Jewish character.
A Faint Cold Fear-Karin Slaughter 9/14/23
10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Quarter to Midnight-Karen Rose 9/17/23
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
(Columbia River)
The First Death-Kendra Elliot 8/11/23
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Retro TV: Welcome Back (Second Round)Duration: August 1, 2023-October 31, 2023
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
21/20+ Completed. Finished
Tasks
1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
(9/21/20)
Edge of Tomorrow-Freya Barker 8/19/23
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
The Bachelor-Marni Mann 8/24/23
2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Devil's Playground-Charly Cox 8/24/23
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
You Can Die-Rebecca Zanetti 8/17/23
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
(Gabe)
Glimmers of You-Catherine Cowles 8/01/23
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Memory Bones-B.R. Spangler 9/20/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Promise Me Always-A.L. Jackson 9/22/23
4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
One Left Alive-Helen Phifer 9/22/23
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Center Mass-Lani Lynn Vale 9/24/23
5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Jack Rose-J.A. Konrath 8/25/23
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
The Heist-Elle Gray 8/04/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
One Beautiful Promise-Layla Hagen 8/16/23
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Georgia Wagner-She Dies Tonight 9/23/23
7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Crying House-B.R. Spangler 8/31/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
All the Way-Kristen Proby 10/06/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Hollywood Wanted-M.Z. Kelly 9/30/23
9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Shamrock-Janie Crouch 8/12/23
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Behind You-Rylie Dark 9/13/23
🐷 Read a book with a Jewish character.
A Faint Cold Fear-Karin Slaughter 9/14/23
10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Quarter to Midnight-Karen Rose 9/17/23
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
(Columbia River)
The First Death-Kendra Elliot 8/11/23
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Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: September 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021
Goal: 22/20+
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
Tasks
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
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🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Velvet, Vol. 3: The Man Who Stole the World - Ed Brubaker - 08/10/21 - September 21, 2016
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
An Unexpected Mail Order Bride - Blythe Carver - 11/07/21
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue - 11/12/21 - Big corporations and governments exploiting defenceless people.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
Namesake - Adrienne Young - 09/07/21 - 4.13 on 09/30/2021
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party - Alexander McCall Smith - 09/01/21
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
We Are the Brennans - Tracey Lange - 10/10/21 - Michael Eaton
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah - 10/14/21 - Jack sees the courage in Elsa.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Petals of Blood - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - 09/18/21 - Munira
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
The Night Country - Melissa Albert - 07/10/21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
The Push - Ashley Audrain - 10/01/21 - Blythe resents having given birth to her daughter.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Pantaleón és a hölgyvendégek - Mario Vargas Llosa - 09/23/21 - Chupito
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - 11/20/21 - River Pena
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Túlontúl - Ágnes Gaura - 10/04/21 - Árnyék, Lord of Fairyland
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Ariadne - Jennifer Saint - 11/25/21 - Theseus
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas - 09/15/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men - Ed Brubaker - 07/10/21 - Velvet Templeton
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Teen Titans: Beast Boy - Kami Garcia - 11/17/21 - Garfield Logan
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Knotted - Pam Godwin - 09/02/21 - Jake Holsten
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Sherwood - Meagan Spooner - 09/27/21 - Marian kills a soldier.
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 10/30/21
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
A Kiss for a Kiss - Helena Hunting - 11/03/21