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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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MARGO5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Read Herring Hunt
- First published May 1st 2018
- Posted and read Kindle edition.
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
GO: 2 // BB: 0 // NF: 0
471 Reader Name: ADVENTURER 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOX LEASE
Option 1: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOX-LEASE”.
The Gathering by Anne Enright, 261 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/840; Total Books Read: 9; Total Tasks: 9/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 0; IAF (NF): 0
472 Reader Name: ADVENTURER 10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr for Bessie Smith's song Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, 118 pages, doesn't really capture the spirit of her music! oh well. 1950's white family humor. so-so. great word play.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/840; Total Books Read: 10; Total Tasks: 10/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 0; IAF (NF): 0
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Points this post:5
Total points: 90
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.3 April Showers
published in April 1, 1999
Daughter of the Forestby Juliet Marillier
Task +5
Grand Total: 20
Barbara ★20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: For my first grader, read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN.
Their Christmas Miracle - Lynne Marshall 12/16
(L & M in oiLMan)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Kaylee10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 95
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
Reader Name: ADVENTURER 20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde …r by Robert Louis Stevenson, 116p
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1889***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110/840; Total Books Read: 11; Total Tasks: 11/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 1; IAF (NF): 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice. These can be stand-alone or embedded. I read When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (MPG Feminism verified in help thread posts 17&18).
Total points so far: 100
Katrisa repost for
15.10. They All Look Good to Me
Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category than the book you used for Task 20.10.
I read Ten Steps to Nanette from the comedian memoir category
For 20.10 I plan to read Remarkably Bright Creatures
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 145
CHANDNI15.5. All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
This is on page 3 of the list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 225
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.3 From A to Z
Option 2: Title starts with “A” and author name has “Z” in it.
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro, 206p
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125/840; Total Books Read: 12; Total Tasks: 12/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 1; IAF (NF): 0
10.2 - Bee's Knees A short book, less than 200 pages: Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
paperback edition Let Me Tell You What I Mean 192 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Rockynook10.10 - The Latin Lover
book with mpg Romance
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Rockynook5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
book set in UK or France
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
5.7 - The Everest of SwimmingRead a book set at least 50% in either the United Kingdom or France
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne, set 100% in the UK (Scotland)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
Janice CA20.2 - Little Loves
Option 2: Read a book whose title includes a word at least 4 letters long made from the letters in GARBAGE TRUCK.
word: great
GARbagE Truck
You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive by Tom Papa
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total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
Reader Name: ADVENTURER10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 272p, #5 Incerto series, will re-read this one a few times.
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 135/840; Total Books Read: 13; Total Tasks: 13/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 1; IAF (NF): 1
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Book: Save You
first published in May 2018
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Coralie20.4 Remembering My Parents
Option 2: book set in Sweden
Us Against You
Total to date 105 points
Coralie20.6 The Right to Vote
Option 2: book with MPG Politics
The Case Against Fragrance
Total to date 125 points
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1 - Read a book with a title (not subtitle) containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Eternity Gate (The Timekeepers #2) by Traci Harding
word in title, GATE, found in EiGhTeenth Amendment
409 pages
Option 3. During their married life, my grandparents lived in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.
The Leavenworth Case (Mr. Gryce #1) by Anna Katharine Green
100% set in New York
439 pages
Total pages read: 848
Total this Post: 25
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 165
Katrisa25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
I chose Tiger
opt 1 - Read a book published in your animal's year. The Spear Cuts Through Water published 2022
opt 2 - Read a book with your animal on the cover Tiger Honor
children's on MPG - MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 170
Katrisa10.7 - Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color
I read The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama who is on P1 of the list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 180
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little LovesOption 1: Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN.
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Total Points: 65
ROBIN P15.2 Endings & Beginnings
A. Most recent book in series of at least 3 books
The Bullet That Missed - series has 3 books
B. First book in series of at least 3 books
Trouble in Nuala - series has 12 books
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
BB:1 GO:2 IAF: 2
Task 5.8 - And The Winner Is...winner of 1978 Nebula Award
Dreamsnake
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165points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Alexxy20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 1 Chosen: The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 45
Alexxy5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read the second book from The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams,where the five novels from Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker series are gathered in one volume. The separate title is here: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 50
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little LovesOption 1: For my first grader, read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN. Letters can only be used as frequently as they appear.
Book: Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie
How it fits: author initials A, M are in Oilman
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 315 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
JEN B5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
by Karen Joy FowlerTOTAL POINTS: 105
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set almost entirely in Colorado.
The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
CHANDNI10.1 - BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Amy FL10.4 - Wonder Drug
This Place of Wonder - PLACE in PEniCiLlium notAtum
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Amy FL15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. The Furies - Charlie Parker, #20
B. Burden of Truth - Cass Leary Legal Thriller #1 (there are 11 books in the series)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
Readerboard Name: Librarianish15.10 - They All Look Good to Me
Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category than the book you used for Task 20.10.
I read Ten Steps to Nanette, by Hannah Gadsby (nonfiction comedian memoir).
I plan to read Remarkably Bright Creatures (fiction - animals) for task 20.10.
Claiming 1 IF Ticket, as this is nonfiction.
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Points this post: 15
Points to date: 110/840
Books read: 11/75
BB: 3
GO: 0
IF: 1
Amy FL30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 4: I'll Be Seeing You which appears on page 4 of Epistolary Novels Books list
Note that it has an alternate title of Home Front Girls which is the audio I listened to.
Option 5: The Ways We Hide
I linked to the audio version I completed; there are 496 pages in the paperback edition.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180
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30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 4: Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books - Page 1
Dear Committee Members. Julie Schumacher
Option 6: Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction - Page 3
The Remains of the Day. Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 140/840
Tasks completed: 8/52
Books read: 9
GO:
BB:
IAF: 1
5,5 - Herald SquareRead a book with an MPG of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genrethat occures from December to January, such as " Christmas"
Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan, has an MPG of Holiday>Christmas
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
10.8 - Well, I'll be Dammed!Read a book set at least 50% in any of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, set 100% in Salinas County, California
I'm claiming a GO ticket for Of Mice and Men, FP February 25, 1937
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
1.) Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli 12/17
(S & L in foxLeaSe)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Coralie20.3The Golden age of Detective Fiction
Option 2: book from a detective series that takes place between 1919 and 1939
Crown colony #1 set in 1936
The Frangipani Tree Mystery
Total to date 145 points
DOM30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
I chose Options 4 and 6
Option 4: December 7th is National Letter Writing Day. If you can't celebrate by writing a letter, enjoy reading an epistolary novel.
Gilead
This book is on page 1 of the Epistolary Novels Books list.
Option 6:
Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
The Girl from the Channel Islands
This book is #95 on page 1 of the WWII Historic Fiction list.
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Reader Name: ADVENTURER Update 25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 2: Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Born a Crime… by Trevor Noah, 289p
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in these New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Florida. REQUIRED: Specify the location. If the location isn't clear from the book's main page, provide a reference.
Location New York
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, 318 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 160/840; Total Books Read: 15; Total Tasks: 15/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 1; IAF (NF): 2
Reader Name: ADVENTURER 5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, 408 pages, published in 1948
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1948***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 165/840; Total Books Read: 16; Total Tasks: 16/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 2; IAF (NF): 2
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FLY Task #15.2. Endings and Beginnings
task: A. a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title
book: Last of the Breed
how it fits: LAST in title
task: B. the first whole numbered book in a series
book: A Wizard of Earthsea
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 4/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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15.2. Endings and BeginningsA. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series
The Hidden One (Kate Burkholder #14) by Linda Castillo
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
The Greenway (Detective Mike Croft #1) by Jane A. Adams
Total this Post: 15
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 180
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15.2. Endings and Beginnings
Book A: Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title. The book must be the last or most recent in the events in the series - no prequels.
The Christmas Castle in Scotland
- #9 is the last in the series (published 31 October 2022)
Book B: Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series or a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title.
The Plot Is Murder
- #1 first in the series
- Posted and read Kindle editions.
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
GO: 2 // BB: 0 // NF: 0