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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Andy P.Task # 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
Read a non-fiction book of 200 or more pages with a word of four or more letters in the title / subtitle that can be made from the letters in Frank Winfield Woolworth.
The word is Life and all letters are in WINFIELD
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
663 p>200 minimum, nonfiction.
Points this post: 20
Total ;points: 165
MAZZA120.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, that was published BEFORE 1939.
Murder in the Mews first published 1937
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 65
MAZZA120.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a Scandinavian country
The Winners
Set entirely in Sweden
This book is 673 pages and I am claiming1 xBB ticket
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 85
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 1
MAZZA120.9 - 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”.
Rules of Rain Leah Scheier
points this post = 20
Points ot date = 105
MAZZA125.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
2 book task Each book must be 220 pages in length or longer.
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Love Untold 407 pages
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:
Calico Joe,first published 2012 240 pages,
points this post = 25
Points to date = 130
MAZZA125.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
REQUIRED: State the animal and the options that you are using.
Using PIG
Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year.
1222 first published 2007
Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover.
points this post = 25
Points to date = 155
MAZZA130.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options. . The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
2, The Endless - USING , Death,
Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE.
Forgotten in Death 416 pages
4. Enter Sandman - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE.
WORD = NIGHT
I received an ARC A Day of Fallen Night of this book via Netgalley -
A Day of Fallen Night the HB edition is the omly one with has page numbers = 880 pages
I am claiming 2 x BB tickets for this book
416 + 880 Pages = 1296 pages exceeds requirements
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 185
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 3
MAZZA130.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 3:
Read a book with the MPG of True Crime. Genre may be embedded.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher this book is non-fiction and I am claiming an IAF ticket
Option 4: Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found
Meet Me at the Museum Page 1 of list
points this post = 30
Points to date = 215
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 1
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 2: The Physicians of Vilnoc
I read the Kindle edition. No MMP or paperback editions. Hardcover The Physicians of Vilnoc has 224 pages.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 155
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Books read this season: 11
SandiCompleted Task
10.7 - Black Venus
Book written by an Author on A Book By A Woman of Color listopia. Author found on page 2 of the list (currently at spot 180)
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation by Candace Owens
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 35
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 45
SandiCompleted Task
20.10 - Group Reads
One of the featured books for the season. I read the Fiction - Animals selection and my comments about the book can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 45
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 65
Coralie25.5 Bubble Tea
Option 1 PEARL found intact in author’s name
Things I Learned From Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Option 3 Strawberry on the cover
Total to date 255 points
Coralie30.1 The Sandman
Option 1 Book by Neil Gaiman
Option 4 using the word FROM from the lyrics
Total to date 285 points
Helen B30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
2, The Endless. Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE:Violet Made of Thorns
Witness in Death by J.D. Robb.
Endless name: Death.
MMPb has 357 pages.
3. Adaptations. Read a book with an MPG of retellings.
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
HC has 368 pages
Total pages: 357+368= 725
Total points: 245
hoodoomends20.7 - marching for women's suffrage!
OPTION A
task: MPG feminism, womens, social movements or social justice
book: Casa de Bonecas by Henrik Ibsen
how it fits: MPG feminism
**claiming 1 GO ticket - "casa de bonecas" was first published in 1879**
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this post:
points: 20
GO: 1
BB: -
NF: -
total:
points: 90
GO: 2
BB: -
NF: 1
Kim O20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of my first-grader's self-created superhero, OILMAN.
Unfreedom of the Press
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 55
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 3
Readerboard Name: Librarianish5.4 - Hooray for Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
REQUIRED: If the TV show/movie is not mentioned on the book's main page, provide a reference to indicate how the book fits the task when you post.
I read Dopesick, by Beth Macy.
Claiming 1 IF ticket for this book.
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Points this post: 5
Points to date: 250/840
Books read: 21/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 3
Katrisa25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A - Option 3 - Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUM
I read Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
IA in estonIA
my book was audio - MMPB 445 pages
Book B - Option 1 Read a book that is set at least 70% in Chicago
I read A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 set in Chicago
My book was audio - PB 208 pages
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 505
REPOST for IF ticket.Claiming 1 IF ticket for Task 20.6, posted at #921 as follows:
20.6 - 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: Fifty-four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams. MPG Feminism is present. Book is nonfiction, as required in task.
Katrisa30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Opt 4 - Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
I read The Sorrows of Young Werther from P1 of the list
Opt 6 - Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
I read The Reader from P1 of the list
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 535
hoodoomends20.9 - FOXLEASE
OPTION 1
task: author’s first and last initials can be found in FOXLEASE
book: Minha Mãe se Matou sem Dizer Adeus by Evandro Affonso Ferreira
how it fits: FOXLEASE
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this post:
points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
NF: -
total:
points: 110
GO: 2
BB: -
NF: 1
Kira18
30.1 Katrisa's task: The Sandman
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options. . The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
2, The Endless - USING , Desire,
Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE.
Mass market paperback: The Duke of Her Desire 376 pages
I read the kindle edition: The Duke of Her Desire
6. By the gods - MPG Mythology
Hardcover: Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove 352 pages
Mythology is 7th MPG
Total pages: 376+352 = 728
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 30
Kira18
30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options. . There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
Option 1: December
All letters of ANIME in the title
Paperback: Un reino de carne y fuego 800 pages
I read kindle edition: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Option 3: February
Part of series AND mpg humor
No print edition, kindle is 210 pages: Red Roses in Las Vegas
#3 in Tiffany Black Mysteries series and Humor is 4th mpg
Total pages: 800+210 = 1010
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 60
Kira18
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Each book must be 220 pages in length or longer.
Book 1: Two word title with each word beginning with a letter in "TWO DOUBLES"
Paperback: Unbroken Bonds 540 pages
I read kindle edition: Unbroken Bonds
Book 2: First published in 1922, 2002, 2012 or 2020.
Paperback: Aurora Entflammt 528 pages
I read kindle edition: Aurora Burning
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 85
Kira18
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
The two books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Option 2: All author initials in BATHTUB GIN
Mass Market Paperback: L'autre moitié de soi 416 pages
I read large print edition: The Vanishing Half
Author is Brit Bennett
Option 3: Book set in New York
Mass Market Paperback: Une vie comme les autres 1128 pages
I read ebook: A Little Life
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 110
Kira18
25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: 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).
Book A: Option 3 - All author initials in BELGIUM
Mass Market Paperback: Blame It on the Duke 371 pages
I read ebook edition: Blame It on the Duke
Author is Lenora Bell
Book B: Option 3 - All author initials in CHICAGO
Paperback: A Cat Cafe Christmas 375 pages
Author is Codi Gary
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 135
Kira18
25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal chosen: Dog
Option 1: Published in dog years - 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
Paperback: Restore Me 464 pages
I read kindle edition: Restore Me
Published on March 6, 2018
Option 2: Dog on cover
Paperback: Infected 224 pages
I read kindle edition: Infected
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 160
Kira18
20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C: Read a book from the list Laws and Lawyers in Fiction
Mass Market Paperback: The Fifth Witness 537 pages
I read large print edition: The Fifth Witness
Book #340 on page 4 of the list
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 180
Kira18
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's first and last initial in OLIMAN
Paperback: A Very Merry Bromance 368 pages
I read kindle edition: A Very Merry Bromance
Author is Lyssa Kay Adams
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 200
Kira18
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: All letters of SALMON found in title
Mass Market Paperback: A Most Unlikely Duke 376 pages
I read kindle edition: A Most Unlikely Duke
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 220
Kira18
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 2 Bugs Moran: 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.
Paperback: The Marriage of Time 194 pages
I read kindle edition: The Marriage of Time 211 pages
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 240
Kira18
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage
Option C: Set in Tennessee
Paperback: Undercover Bromance 338 pages
I read ebook edition: Undercover Bromance
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 260
Kira18
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”.
Paperback: Hearts of Resistance 318 pages
I read kindle edition: Hearts of Resistance
Author is Soraya M. Lane
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 280
CHANDNI20.3 - 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.
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
Published in 1931
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
Kaylee10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 110
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 1
FLY Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
task: Option 4: Read a book with a beach on the cover.
book: Winter in Paradise
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first paperback here)
how it fits:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 10/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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Alexxy5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed YongPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 95
Readerboard name: BrownEyedGirl15.3 From A to Z
Read a book that begins with the letter A and has an author with the letter Z in their name.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sàenz
FLY Task #20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
task: Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939
book: The Murder on the Links
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author is Agatha Christie, book first published 1923
**claiming a GO ticket for first published 1923
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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Katrisa30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Opt 2 - Read a book with MPG Math, Mathematics, or Science
I read Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential Through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching which has both Science and Mathematics on MPG
My book was audio - PB 320 pages
Opt 3 - Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor
I read Fool which is #1 of The Fool series and has Humor on MPG
My book was audio MMPB 352 pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 565
Katrisa25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Opt 1 - Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
I read the new to me book Open Water from https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/20...
Opt 3 - read a book that is in the 20s of a series (#20 - #29)
I read the new to me book Five Little Pigs which is Hercule Poirot #22
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 590
Julia10310.9 - Empress of the Blues
Lost in Austen
"Lost" is in song title "Lost Your Head Blues"
This post: 10 points
Total points: 165
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 10
Books read this season: 12
Readerboard name: meghalemilyTask 25.8 The Chinese Zodiac
According to the Chinese zodiac, we are about to leave behind the Year of the Tiger to enter the Year of the Rabbit. There are 12 different animal signs in the zodiac, you can read about them here https://www.chinahighlights.com/trave...
For this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal.
I used DOG
I read:
Option 1: Where the Crawdads Sing
This book was published in 2018
Option 3: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The description of this book describes Amelia as lovely
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Blue15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION.
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi - AE from yEArs
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| Points this post: 15
| Total points: 35
| Books read: 4
| Tasks completed: 4
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| Tickets:
| BB: 0
| GO: 0
| NF: 1
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Readerboard Name: Librarianish10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
I read What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, by Elizabeth Catte (audio).
For pagecount: Top paperback edition is What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, at 150 pages.
Claiming 1 IF ticket for this book, as it is nonfiction.
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Points this post: 10
Points to date: 260/840
Books read: 22/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 4
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
Option1. read a book with “pearl” found intact in title
Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
Option 3. Read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover
by
Two complete Strawberries on cover
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Sue T5.5 - Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
Mistletoe Murder byLeslie Meier
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10/840
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Amy B15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Read the most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title. Words must match exactly.
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
AND
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title. Words must match exactly.
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 135 Points
Kathy KS10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
MPG: Romance
I listened to an audiobook; pb-448 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 55
Tasks completed: 3/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN.
Lessons Ian McEwan
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 45