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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Amy FL10.2 - Bee's Knees
The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 (176 pages)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Amy FL10.3 - Freudian Slip
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - page 1 of Psychology list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 285
Kathy KS10.1 - BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland by William J. Roulston
BINGO=researchinG presByterIaN ancestOrs...
I read an ebook; pb-182 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 80
Tasks completed: 5/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
Remarkably Bright Creatures - my review
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Amy FL30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1: Dreaming of Flight - ANIME (drEAMINg)
Option 3: Going Rogue - Stephanie Plum #29 and MPG Humor
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Helen B25.4 - 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
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Word in target phrase NIGHT.
PB has 448 pages.
Option 3. Read a book set at least 50% in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Florida.
Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
Set almost 100% in New York.
MMPb has 356 pages.
Total pages 448+ 356= 804
Total Points: 270
babbling c20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 3: Read a book with ALL of the letters in BINGO found in the author’s name.
Spellbreaker - audible Spellbreaker - paperback pgs. 290 by Charlie N. Holmberg
Charlie N. Holmberg
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:70/840
Completed Tasks: 5/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 1,470
Books read this season: 5
Coralie30.1 The Sandman
Option 1 Book by Neil Gaiman
Dream Country
Option 4 using the word FROM from the lyrics
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space: Starmetal Symphony, Book 1
Total to date 285 points
babbling c10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
A Girl from Nowhere - kindle A Girl From Nowhere - paperback pages 446 by James Maxwell
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:80/840
Completed Tasks: 6/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 1,916
Books read this season: 6
5.4 - Hooray For HollywoodDoctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Archives Vol. 1 by Gary Russell & Tony Lee
Total this Post: 5
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 305
10.4 - Wonder DrugA Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson, Madeleine L'Engle
word in title, TIME, found in pEnIcilliuM noTatum
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 315
delicious dee15.8. Can You Feel It?
WWW: Wake - found on pg1, currently in postion 96
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 1
Delicious Dee25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
option 2 - Radio Girls - 95% takes place between 1926 and 1929; new to me
Option 3 - Caramel Fudge & Murder - Oceanside Cozy #26; new to me
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 1
Kira18
Task 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Non fiction book with MPG History
Paperback: Anne Boleyn: The Final 24 hours 170 pages
I read kindle edition: Anne Boleyn: The Final 24 hours
History and Non fiction mpgs
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 300
Kira18
15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Last book in a series
Paperback: Imagine Me 450 pages
I read kindle edition: Imagine Me
Last book in shatter me series
B. First whole numbered book in a series
Paperback: Shatter Me 338 pages
I read kindle edition: Shatter Me
First book in shatter me series
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 315
Kira18
15.3. From A to Z
A. Title starts with A
Paperback: Aurora Erleuchtet 512 pages
I read kindle edition: Aurora's End
B. Author's name has a Z
Paperback: Północ w Everwood 416 pages
I read kindle edition: Midnight in Everwood
Author is Maria Kuzniar
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 330
Kira18
15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Paperback: Broken Bonds 423 pages
I read kindle edition: Broken Bonds
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 345
Kira18
10.1 - BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Paperback: Tragic Bonds 540 pages
I read kindle edition: Tragic Bonds
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 355
Kira18
10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with IT or GIRL in title
Paperback: It Starts with Us 323 pages
I read kindle edition: It Starts with Us
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 365
Kira18
5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Paperback: The War of Two Queens 600 pages
I read kindle edition: The War of Two Queens
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 370
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.2 Guilty
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Found on pg 4 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 340/840
Tasks completed: 27/52
Books read: 32
TessaVanessChallenge 15.2 Endings and Beginnings
Book A: Triple Cross by James Patterson
Alex Cross #30
Book B: The Wild One by Nick Petrie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 355/840
Tasks completed: 28/52
Books read: 34
Deborah5.1 - Votes For Women
Wicked Games by Gemma Halliday
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 5
DOM25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
I selected Options 1 and 3
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in ZUMBA found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The word ZUMBA is found in the title and the author's name
the Book thief MArcus ZUsak.
Paperback version of book has 550 pages
I claim one big book ticket for this book
Option 3: Read a book by a single female author who shares a name with one of my instructors. (Robin Davies, Johanna Llanos, Catherine (Cathy) Castro, Johana O’Neill and Susan Ortiz)
Dark Heart by Catherine Lee
Author's first name is Catherine, which is the name of one of the instructors.
Paperback version of book has 288 pages
The combined total pages read for both options is 838 pages.
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 2
Boston Kate
5.4 Hooray For Hollywood
Practical Magic
movie version: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120791/
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Shawn H.25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Selected Zodiac Animal - Tiger
Option 1: Published in year of animal
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck
**Published in 2022 - year of the Tiger**
*******Claiming 1 It's a Fact - nonfiction***************
Option 2: Animal on Cover
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
**Tiger on Cover - approved in message 21 of help thread**
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 45
It's A Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Angela IL25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal I Chose: Dog
Option 1: Read a book published in your animal's year.
The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere- 12/17
Year of the Dog: 2018
Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover.
Read kindle version/ No MMPB/ attaching PB version: Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane- 12/31
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
Shiraloo5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Paris OGN Vol. 1 by Andi Watson
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Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 90
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 0
Mod
25.5 - Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
1. Pearl Milk Tea
For this option, read a book with “pearl” found intact in title.
The Pearl Sister. Lucinda Riley - 682 pages
**Claiming 1 BB ticket**
2. Earl Gray Milk Tea with 3Js
Read a book with 3 Js in title, subtitle, and/or author's name
How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice. Jemar Tisby
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 260/840
Tasks completed: 13/52
Books read: 18
GO:
BB: 2
IAF: 1
Jen K20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 1: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
FoxleAse
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
IAF: 2
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 4: MEYER LANSKY
The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach
***Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
IAF: 3
Jen K10.4 - Wonder Drug
A Merry Little Meet Cute
Word: LITTLE -- pEniciLLIum noTaTum
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 150
IAF: 3
Rockynook5.8 - And the Winner Is...
Read a book that has won an award
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 95
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
Nick KY5.3 April Showers
I read Jaws by Peter Benchley, 1st pub'd May 1974.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option1. Read a book from one of these lists :
Verse Novels Read by Tess
Jane: A Murder by Maggie Nelson
Option 2. Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky page 1 of list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
15.10. They All Look Good to MeA book that was nominated for the group read for for Winter 2022-23 in a different category than the book used for Task 20.10: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
This book was nominated in the Fiction-Animals category. I plan to read Shrines of Gaiety for 20.10, nominated in the Fiction-Historical Fiction 1900-1939.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Mod
20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C - Law and Lawyers in Fiction (p.3)
The Last Juror. John Grisham
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280/840
Tasks completed: 14/52
Books read: 19
GO:
BB: 2
IAF: 1
10.1 letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
Books read: 9
Point Total: 85/840
Tasks Total: 8/52
Katrisa15.5. All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
I read A Gentleman in Moscow from P3 of the list
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 605
15.6 set 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Books read: 10
Point Total:100/840
Tasks Total: 9/52
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year. I read Clockwork Phoenix 5 by Mike Allen (editor), first published April 5, 2016.
Total points so far: 135
5.7 The Everest of Swimming I read Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (set in London)
New Total: 15
5.8 And the Winner Is... I read Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott (won the 2022 Pulitzer!)
Claiming a Big Book ticket - 602 pages - and an It's a Fact ticket - nonfiction
New Total: 20
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.9 - Empress of the Blues
The Women in Black
Word is THE
Totals
Points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Coralie10.4 Wonder Drug
Book with word that can be made from pEniCilliuM nOtatum – COME
The Life to Come
Total to date 295 points
10.4 - Wonder DrugRead a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum.
The Little Book That Still Beats the Market - LITTLE
Total Points: 95
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15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements of Book 1 and Book 2 of option 1.
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
Book 1:
B. Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
Word: WHAT = WAiT... Heard
Book 2:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
EG=sinGEr
I read as an ebook; mmpb=736 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket**
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 4/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
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