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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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ROBIN P25.6 - Amy FL’s task: Gotta Dance
The combined total pages must be greater than 500.
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of Music
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You - 288 p
**Claiming 1 IAF point, book is nonfiction
Option 3:
Read a book by a single female author who shares a name with one of my instructors.
The Heirs - Susan Rieger - 288 p - Susan is one of the names
Total pages - 576
Points this post: 25
Total points: 275
BB:1 GO:2 IAF: 3
CYNBAXTER
Task: 10.6 - It Girl
Task Description: Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
Book: The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 105 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 2
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
Joanne MINick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the a book first published in Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
letters T and E 294 pages, Claiming 1 IAF
Book 2: a book first published in 2012
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
382 pages, first published 2012
Points this task 25
IAF this post 1
Total Points 100
Total IAF 2
CYNBAXTER
Task: 5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Task Description: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Book: Election by Tom Perrotta
Requirement: 1999 movie - Starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 110 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 2
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
by Ben GarrodPoints this post: 5
Total points: 225
JEN B15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title.
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
AND
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title.
One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
TOTAL POINTS: 165
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15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: 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!" AND by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Water = WAT in "wait", ER in "heard".
This is a big book of 544 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 15
Season total: 135
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 1
---Re-Posting of Comment 1049---20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
- Option C -
Book: Einspruch für die Liebe (original title: Love Irresistibly)
List: Law and Lawyers in Fiction - #10 on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Task 15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Booksauthor initials AR in YEAR
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics by Adam Rutherford
non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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385 points
2 BB tix
2 NF tix
1 GO tix
LaureY5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
Crownbreaker by Sebastien de Castell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/840
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
Nick KYREMOVAL
I will take away
10.7 Black Venus A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende.
Points this Post: - 10
Total Points So Far: 240
Nick KY10.4 Wonder Drug
I read (transfering from recent removal) A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende:
The word is PETAL
PE in PEnicillium
TA in noTAtum
L in peniciLlium
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 250
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeI read The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need by Scott Pape.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 30
Task completed: 4
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Read a book on banned books list.
read Fruits Basket, Vol. 1
Found on Page 5 #432
Points this post: 5
total Points- 85
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Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
read The Kiss & The Killer
Published April 15, 2021
Points this post: 5
total Points- 90
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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"
read Snowed In
Main Page Genre: Christmas and Holiday
Points this post: 5
total Points- 95
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Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
read Soulless
takes place in London
Points this post: 5
total Points- 100
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Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed
used the word you in the song title
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
read By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone
Points this post: 10
total Points- 110
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Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
read The Holiday Swap
main page genre Romance
Points this post: 10
total Points- 120
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Book A - read a most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title.
read Last Wool and Testament
Book B- read the first whole numbered book in a series or a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title.
read Murder at Mistletoe Manor
#1 in the Windy Pines Series
Points this post: 15
total Points- 135
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Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
read Ingenue
found on page 1
Points this post: 15
total Points- 150
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Read a book set at least 50% in Egypt
read The Chaos of Stars
Book takes place half in Egypt physically and also in many flashbacks
Points this post: 15
total Points- 165
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option 2:
Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series and that takes place between 1919 and 1939. The book must have an MPG of Mystery
read- A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
takes place 1923
main page genre is mystery
Points this post: 20
total Points- 185
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Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.” You may use the same letter twice
each book must be at least 220 pages
read Winter Wolf
240 pages, Paperback
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:
1922, 2002, 2012, 2020.
read The Story Of Us
Published 2020
290 pages, Paperback
Points this post: 25
total Points- 210
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Both Books are new to me
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties: used the first list
Penguin UK List
read Bridget Jones's Diary
Option 2: read a book set at least 90% in the 1920s (1920 - 1929). If the time setting is not obvious in the blurb provide a reference to support it.
read Diva
set in the dazzling Roaring Twenties stated in the blurb.
Points this post: 25
total Points- 235
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The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
3. Adaptations. Read a book with an MPG of retellings.
read Hello, Cruel Heart
336 pages, Hardcover
Main Page retellings
also main page has Middle Grade.
AR book Finder stats:
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
and
4. Enter Sandman Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE. Word must match exactly.
Chose Word exit
read No Exit
336 pages, Hardcover
Points this post: 30
total Points- 265
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Option 4:
Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
read The Woman in Cabin 10
found on page 7
Option 5:
Read a book with a page count that contains a "4" AND a "9"
read Serious Moonlight
429 pages, Hardcover
Points this post: 30
total Points- 295
Katrisa10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE.
I read Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
Song - Lost Your Head Blues
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 630
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie. I read The Satanic Mechanic by Sally Andrew. The first book in this series (Recipes for Love and Murder) was the basis for a TV show on ACORNTV. IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11698202...
Total points so far: 140
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover. I read The Ape Who Guards the Balance: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters.
This book was approved by another poster in the help thread at posts 5 and 8.
Total points so far: 145
MEGSCL25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A Option 2 - Read a book where the letters of ESTONIA can be found in the title -Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
Book B Option 3 Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO - When We Fall by Aoife Clifford
TOTAL - 220
ED5.9 - WGY TV
Death of a Messenger by Robert McCaw
"DEATH" found in "scHEnecTADy"
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 35
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Tasks Completed: 5.9; 15.6; 15.7
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!Veins of Gold by Charlie N. Holmberg
approx 90% Utah
"Her family had put down roots right in the middle of Utah Territory, or Deseret, as the Mormons called it." @1%
Total this Post: 10
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Season Total: 380
10.10 - The Latin LoverMPG Romance: Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.3 -Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 4: Epistolary Novels Books
Page Count: 320
Page: 1
Letters from Skye
Option 6: WWII Historic Fiction
Page Count: 589 Listened to AB link to MMPB Kodnamn Alice
Page: 1
The Alice Network
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 550/840
Tasks Completed: 38/52
10.9 - Empress of the BluesRead a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE.
Book: The Colors of Your Soul
How it fits: "your" is in the song title: Lost Your Head Blues — peaked at #5 in 1926
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 400 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Task 10.2 - Bee's Kneesless than 200 pages - 176pages
Maigret and the Wine Merchant: Inspector Maigret #71
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395 points
2 BB tix
2 NF tix
1 GO tix
Julia10325.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 3 - The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (MPG: Graphic Novels)
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's a Fact ticket.
Option 4 - The Winslow boy: a play in four acts (MPG: Plays)
This was published in 1946 so claiming one GO ticket.
This post: 25 points, 1 GO, 1 NF
Total points: 215
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 12
Books read this season: 16
Rockynook10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with IT or GIRL in title
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 105
Readerboard Name: Priya30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1. December
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
pErcy jackson and the last olyMpIAN
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
#3 in the series - The Scarred Earth Saga
MPG Humor verified in the Help thread here
The Heretic Royal by G.A. Aiken
There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
368 pages (option 1) + 304 pages (option 3) = 672 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Readerboard Name: Priya5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
The Altar of The Only World by Sharanya Manivannan
Using the one book between 80 -99 pages option for 5-point tasks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
JEN B15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION.
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
SR in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 180
Mai5.5 - Herald Square
Main genre "Holiday"
Klaus by Grant Morrison
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Book that is #5 in a series
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai10.10 - The Latin Lover
MPG Romance
Fangs by Sarah Andersen
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 They All Look Good to Me
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
This is in the category Fiction-Animals. I am currently reading Born a Crime from the Nonfiction Comedian category.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415/840
Tasks completed: 32/52
Books read: 39
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Book 1: A book with a title word that can be made from the letters in the phrase "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum (The word What: Wait... heard...)
Book 2: A book by an author whose initials appear in "The Jazz Singer"
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30