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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Barbara ★10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Reindeer Runes - Danielle Garrett (172 pages) 12/18
Points this task: 10
Total points: 150
Reader Name: ADVENTURER5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
REQUIRED: Post the cover.
A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky, 304p,
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 170/840; Total Books Read: 17; Total Tasks: 17/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 2; IAF (NF): 2
Reader Name: ADVENTURER5.2 - Guilty
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
REQUIRED: State the page.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, 368p, on p5 BBCCList
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 175/840; Total Books Read: 18; Total Tasks: 18/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 2; IAF (NF): 2
Reader Name: ADVENTURER20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
OPTION 1: Read a book from this list:Best Philosophical Literature
REQUIRED: State the page number of the list on which the book is found.
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, pub. 1932, 453p, p1 PHILList
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1932***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 195/840; Total Books Read: 19; Total Tasks: 19/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 3; IAF (NF): 2
FLY Task #5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
task: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
book: Heartstopper: Volume One
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: made into a netflix series
imdb page - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 5/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeOne Woman's War by Christine Wells
Total this Post: 5
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 185
Angela IL5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah- 12/12
Read Ebook/ No MMBP/ attaching PB Comfort & Joy
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL5.9 - WGY TV
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY.
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez- 12/19
Word: Than
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1 - Prohibition
Title word in phrase - DEATH
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb
Option 2 - Bathtub Gin
Initials in phrase - BN
An Independent Woman by Betty Neels
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 100
GO Points: 1
BB Points:
NF Points:
Task 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!Option 2: Non-fiction book MPG History
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre
This book is Nonfiction for 1 NF point.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 120
GO Points: 1
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption 1: ALL of the letters in SALMON in title.
I read the ebook The Christmas Castle in Scotland, no mmpb, pb is here: Hrad ve Skotsku by Julie Caplin.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 140
GO Points: 1
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
5.7 - The Everest of SwimmingRead a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Book: Save Us
How it fits: set exclusively in England (London & Oxford)
References from the book:
"die Fensterfront...durch die man einen beeindruckenden Ausblick auf London hat" - p 89 (english: "the windows, which show an impressive view over London")
"zum Shoppen nach London gefahren" - p 251 (english: "went to London for shopping")
"Fahren wir nach Oxford?" - p 255 (english: "Are we driving to Oxford?")
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England-Almost entirely in Yorkshire
The Poison Pool by Patricia Hall
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307058/...
Points this post:5
Total points: 115
15.6 - King Tut set in Egypt, featuring an archaeologist
MMPB: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
I listened to the audiobook: The Mummy Case
🎄 set 50%+ in Egypt and MCs Amelia Peabody & Emerson are archaeologists 🎄
Total points: 170 + 15 = 185
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: 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. Variations on these MPGs cannot be used.
I read When Women Were Dragons which has an MPG of feminism
Points: 50
books read: 4
tasks completed: 4
pages read; 1297
Readerboard name: DAIRE10.10 - Latin Lover (MPG Romance)
Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
IAF /tickets: 0
Vicki Willis15.8 - Can You Feel It?
True Biz
Page 1 of the list provided.
This Post: 15 pts
Total Points: 65
LAUREN JODI5.3 - April Showers
Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 10/52
Rockynook5.3 - April Showers
Read a book first published in April or May
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Reader Name: ADVENTURER20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, 274p, published first in 1933
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1933***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 215/840; Total Books Read: 20; Total Tasks: 20/52
BB(500+): 0; GO(1950): 4; IAF (NF): 2
Nick KY10.7 Black Venus
I read A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, an author on the 1st page of the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 160
Nick KY5.4 Hooray for Hollywood
I read The Big Bounce by Elmore Leonard. I prefer the 1969 film version of the book https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064087/... over the more recent one.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 165
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's initials (first and last) found in OILMAN.
Page Count: 370 listened to audiobook link to PB Akata Witch
Author:Nnedi Okorafor
ARBF: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Akata Witch
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 375/840
Tasks Completed:28/52
DOM15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Canticle Creek
This book has a two word title with both words beginning with the same letter.
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read 13
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
5.10 free choiceThe Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Books read: 8
Point Total: 75/840
Tasks Total: 7/52
Task 5.5 - Herald SquareRead a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
MPE of CHRISTMAS
In a Holidaze (2020) by Christina Lauren (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 307 pages)
20 + 05 = 25
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 20 + 05 = 25
Books read: 02
Pages read: 600
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Delicious Dee15.2. Endings and Beginnings
Book A - last in series - The Damned -final book in the Trackers series
Book B - first in series - Once We Were Brothers - first book in the Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart series
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 1
Barbara ★10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song listed below in the TITLE. Any word works including I, Do, If, You. The word must match exactly.
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home — peaked at #6 in 1923
Owl Be Home for Christmas - Donna Andrews 12/20
(home in title and song)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 160
5.8 - And The Winner Is...Read a book that has WON an award. The award must be listed in the GR metadata.
I listened to an audio version of The Sleeping Car Porter
New Points: 5
Total Points: 50
Katrisa10.4 - Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum.
I read Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
LATE - pEniciLlium noTAtum
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 240
Katrisa10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
I read Come Tumbling Down which is #5 in the Wayward Children series
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 250
Katrisa10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle
I read Girl
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 260
Shiraloo10.10 - The Latin Lover
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman
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Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 0
Deborah5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Sweetie
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
HanneloreTask 5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Book: Definitely Dead
How it fits: The book series was made into the TV Show True Blood. It doesn't mention it on this book page, but True Blood can be found on IMDB. The FAQ page for True Blood mentions all the books, including this one. See the last question on the list: "How many books are in the series?"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 5
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
FLY Task #5.5 - Herald Square
task: Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday
book: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, paperback here)
how it fits: MPG Holiday and Holiday > Christmas
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 6/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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15.7. Here's Mickey!The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman
1x Bigger is Better tix (631p)
Total this Post: 15
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 200
Christine V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option A: A Thousand Ships
MPG Feminism verified in message 21 of the Genre Verification Thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 1
Amy B15.6. King Tut
Read a book set at least 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist. REQUIRED: Specify in your post how your book fits the task.
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga - set in Cairo, Egypt
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 45 Points
Alexxy20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option A: Read a book from this list: Best Philosophical Literature
I read: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (Found on the first page, no. 60)
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 70
Pat20.5 ~ Public Enemy
For this task, read ONE book from the following options.
Required ~ State the option you chose when posting.
Option 2 ~ Read a book with a page count consisting of 3 of the following digits in any configuration 1, 4, 2, or 9. The numbers 1, 2, and 9 can be used twice.
The Story of a Goat by Perumal MuruganRead ~ 12.21.22
Pages ~ 192
How it Fits ~
●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Points this Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 70
Total Books ~ 5
Total Pages ~ 1,243
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages. I read Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (109p).
Total points so far: 110
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle. I read A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn (AMurderouSreLatiON).
Total points so far: 130
JEN B5.9 - WGY TV
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY. You may use letters as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word.
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
THAN in scHeNecTAdy
TOTAL POINTS: 110
JEN B5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Put a Ring On It by Beth Kendrick
TOTAL POINTS: 115
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series or a
A: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes #9 of 9, 303p, pub. 1927
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1927***
B: Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series ora book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title. Words must match exactly.
In each case, a series must have at least 3 published whole numbered books.
B: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 625p, Les Trois Mousquetaires #1 (of 5 books)
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1844***
***Claiming a Big Book ticket for a book over 500 pages***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 230/840; Total Books Read: 22; Total Tasks: 20/52
BB(500+): 1; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 2
Nick KY20.10 - 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.
I read the Fiction - Animals selection:
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
I remarked on the book in message 8 of the discussion thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 185
trishhartuk10.4 Wonder Drug
Word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in PENICILLIUM NOTATUM.
The Plot Is Murder, V.M. Burns
Read the kindle edition. PB here
PLOT: P, L in PeniciLlium; O, T in nOTatum
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 12
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
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25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Both books were new to me for this task.
Option 1:
I used www.penguin.co.uk/articles list
The Great Gatsby
Option 3: Book 29 in a series
Going Rogue
This post: 25 pts
Total points: 50 pts