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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Task 25.7 -Where in the World Am I?601+ pages
Book A option 3 - author initials in BELGIUM
Changes by Mercedes Lackey
388 pages
Book B option 3: author initials in CHICAGO
The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
390 pages
388+390 = 778 pages >601
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290 points (updated after posting)
2 BB tix
1 GO tix
Rockynook5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Joop10.2 - Bee's Knees
Task: Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Book: De poolgebieden voor in bed, op het toilet of in bad
How it fits: Page count: 160 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/52
Books read: 1
10.9 - Empress of the Blues word from a Bessie Smith song in the TITLE
PB: Love Is Love: A Comic Book Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of the Orlando Pulse Shooting by Marc Andreyko
I read the ebook: Love Is Love
🎄LOVE: Careless Love Blues🎄
Total points: 205 + 10 = 215
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption 1. ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle
MMPB: A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
I listened to the audiobook: A Room Full of Bones
🎄S in Bones; A in A; L in Full; MO in Room; N in Bones🎄
Total points: 215 + 20 = 235
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman Option 3. MPG Retellings
PB: Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn **PB 551 pages ~ claiming 1 Big Book ticket
📖 551 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: Bloodmarked
🎄MPG Retellings🎄
Option 4: word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE
HC (no paperbacks): Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch by Evan Dorkin
📖 184 pages 📖
I read the Kindle edition: Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch
🎄 BEASTS: It's just the beasts under your bed 🎄
📖 Total pages: 551 pages + 184 pages = 735 pages 📖
Total points: 235 + 30 = 265
Big Book tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
hoodoomends30.3 - the importance of december 7th
one graphic novel may be used
OPTION 3
task: MPG of true crime
book: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
how it fits: MPG crime > true crime
**claiming 1 NF ticket - "my friend Dahmer" is nonfiction**
OPTION 4
task: from this list
book: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
how it fits: from page 1 of the list
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this post:
points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
NF: 1
total:
points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
NF: 1
LaureY5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/840
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Fact Book this post: 0
Total Fact Books: 0
Reader Name: ADVENTURER10.7 - Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color
Required: State the page where the author is found.
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston, 341p (paperback), p1 WOC
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 520/840
Total Books Read: 43; Total Tasks: 36/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 11
hoodoomends20.1 - so much to read... so little time
OPTION A
task: from this list
book: Sonhos de Einstein by Alan Lightman
how it fits: from page 1 of the list
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this post:
points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
NF: -
total:
points: 50
GO: -
BB: -
NF: 1
EMurphy25.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Option A2: Letters of ESTONIA or LATVIA or BELGIUM can be found in the title Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
*ESTONIA
**272 pages
***It's a Fact Ticket
Option B3: Author's initials can be found in CHICAGO The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
*368 pages
272+368=640 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 65
Books Read: 6
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public EnemyOption 3, "luck" in the title: The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Reader Name: ADVENTURER0.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Choose one book from the following options.
REQUIRED: Specify the option you used.
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Titus Awakes: The Lost Book of Gormenghast by Maeve Gilmore, 288p (kindle), SALMON in the title/subtitle
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 540/840
Total Books Read: 44; Total Tasks: 37/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 11
Angela IL5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
One Day in December by Josie Silver- 12/24
Setting in London, England
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Ticket: 0
NF Ticket: 0
Angela IL5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Fuel the Fire by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie- 12/27
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB attaching PB version: Fuel the Fire
First Published April 2015
Claiming Big Book Ticket: 574 pages
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsGutenberg Classic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
First published 1886 for 1 GO Point.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 480
BB Points:
GO Points: 12
NF Points: 1
Readerboard Name: Librarianish15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
I read Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki (RA)
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Points this post: 15
Points to date: 225/840
Books read: 19/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 1
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
Playing with Myself
"With" can be made from the target phrase (WI in Winfield, TH in Woolworth)
I read the Kindle edition. Paperback Playing with Myself is 256 pages.
This is non-fiction so claiming one It's a Fact ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 135
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 8
Books read this season: 10
MEGSCL20.4 - 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.
Together We Can: Everyday Australians doing amazing things to give our planet a future
TOTAL - 120
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option 1: mpg feminism - Home Body
TOTAL - 140
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
My word is WORLD - The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
TOTAL - 160
Mod
Lightlark by Alex Aster / MPG Romance
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Pat10.1 ~ BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn JacksonRead ~ 12.27.22
Pages ~ 320
How it Fits ~ (GO)ds (IN) ala(B)ama
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 110
Total Books ~ 9
Total Pages ~ 4,548
Pat25.7 ~ Where in the World Am I?
For this task you will read 2 books, 1 from Book A options and 1 from Book B options. Combined your pages must exceed 600 (so 601).
Required ~ In your post, state the options you used.
Optional: Tell me what country is on your dream list to visit :)
Italy. Always and only Italy. I've been once, and I cannot wait to go back.
Book A Option 2 ~ Read a book where the letters of ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUM can be found in the title (no subtitle)
When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-BrownRead ~ 12.29.22
Pages ~ 368
Relevance ~ Estonia | wh(E)n (ST)ars r(AI)n d(O)w(N)
Book B Option 3 ~ Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO
The Golden Couple by Greer HendricksRead ~ 12.19.22
Pages ~ 329
Relevance ~ c(H)ica(G)o
TOTAL PAGES THIS TASK ~ 697
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 135
Total Books ~ 11
Total Pages ~ 5,245
Amy BTask 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
For the purpose of this task - your choice must be a Non-Fiction book.
Please choose one of the following options - state which option you are using
Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole (Social Movements)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 120 Points
hoodoomends20.3 - the golden age of detective fiction
OPTION 1
task: by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham or Ngaio Marsh that was published before 1939
book: The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
how it fits: published by Margery Allingham in 1929
**claiming 1 GO ticket - "the crime at Black Dudley" was first published in 1929**
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this post:
points: 20
GO: 1
BB: -
NF: -
total:
points: 70
GO: 1
BB: -
NF: 1
Jen K15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Word: HEART in - wait a minuTe, you ain't HEARd
SJ in Jazz Singer
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
IAF: 2
Jen K15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
ES in rESolution
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80
IAF: 2
Jen K20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option C: Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Set more than 50% in Tennessee
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
IAF: 2
Sue T5.2 -Guilty
Book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling from page 1 of the list.
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/840
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Kim O5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions, and Haunted Places of the Battlefield
I'm claiming the 80–99-page option on this task.
Points this task: 5
It's a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 35
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Readerboard Name: Priya15.8. Can You Feel It?
Read a book from this list: Blind/Deaf/Mute
Page 1 of the list
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese ZodiacAnimal: Dog
Option 1 -Read a book published in your animal's year.
The Reigning and the Rule (Surviving Time #2) by Calia Read
first published 2018
Option 2 - Read a book with your animal on the cover.
Blue Paws by Matt McCredie
1x It's a Fact tix
Total this Post: 25
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 300
Readerboard Name: Priya25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal used: Tiger
Option 2: Read a book with your animal on the cover.
Tiger on the cover
Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley
Option 3: Read a book with a character described in the goodreads blurb using one of those words.
Animal characteristic: brave
Quote from description: At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong's poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break. - Approved in the task help thread
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
JUKKA10.10 - The Latin Lover
Book with MPG Romance or Romantic.
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh.
Total Points: 65/840
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Shiraloo20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
REQUIRED: Option 2; word is TRUE
In case it is needed, the AR record is: IL: UG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 6.0
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Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 85
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 0
CHANDNI25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 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.
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman
NIGHT found in eIGHTeeNth
259 pages
Option 2. Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN.
At Risk by Alice Hoffman
272 pages
Page total: 531
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.6 - It's a Fact
For the purpose of this task - your choice must be a Non-Fiction book.
Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
I read When Women Were Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams. MPG Feminism is present.
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Points this post: 20
Points to date: 245/840
Books read: 20/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 1
Line5.4
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
I read Sense and Sensibility which has been made into both tv shows and movies, for example https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114388/
points for this task: 5
total points: 15
books read: 3
tasks done: 3
JEN B5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen
First published in April 2019
TOTAL POINTS: 130
MAZZA15.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Too Close
Gayle Eileen Curtis
points this post = 5
Points to date = 5
MAZZA15.2 - Guilty
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Thirteen Reasons Why
REQUIRED: State the page. = Page 3
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 10
MAZZA15.9 - 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.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase This book has MPG childrens
AR Bookfinder info https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...
AR Quiz No. 99 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7.0"
REQUIRED: State the word. =CHASE
points this post = 5
Points to date = 15
MAZZA110.2 - Bee's Knees
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Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Redhead by the Side of the Road 192 pages
points this post = 10
Points to date = 25
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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2) The motto of Foxlease is: PEACE, VISION, POWER. Read a book with one of the words Peace, Vision or Power intact in the title or subtitle
I read an ebook version of Peace by Chocolate
***Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-Fiction ****
New Points: 20
Total Poits: 105
IaF: 3