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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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CHANDNI5.2 - Guilty
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
This is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 485
LAUREN JODI20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 1: Author's initials in FOXLEASE
The Taste of Innocence by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 17/52
Task 20.4 - Remembering My Parentsoption 2: SALMON in title
Maigret's Childhood Friend: Inspector Maigret #69
SAM in MAigret'S
LO in chiLdhOod
N in frieNd
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440 points
2 BB tix
2 GO tix
2NF tix
Mod
Option 2-
Desperation in Death / DEATH in title; MMPB 384pg
Option 3-
These Violent Delights / MPG Retellings; PB 480pg
Total pages: 864 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 125
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.8
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. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
I read the Kindle edition of Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity (WORK).
Top pb for pagecount: Just Work.
Claiming 1 IF ticket for this nonfiction book.
Claiming 1 BB ticket for this 560-pg book.
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Points this post: 20
Points to date: 320/840
Books read: 27/75
BB: 4
GO: 1
IF: 5
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
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.
Fatal Catch - Pauline Rowson (224 pages) 1/6
Points this task: 20
Total points: 230
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 2: BUGS MORAN
You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
214 pages
Points for this task: 20
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: 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; 20.5
CHANDNI25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 1: Read a book from one of these lists.
How to (Un)cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block
This is on the list "Verse Novels read by Tess" on page 7 here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction.
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4.0
This is on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 510
FLY Task #5.3 - April Showers
task: Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
book: Frostbite
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: (first published April 1st 2008)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 13/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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Katrisa15.1. Pick your century!
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
I read Ruslan and Ludmila first published 1820
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
I read To the Lighthouse first published 1927
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 685
Katrisa15.3. From A to Z
Option 2:
A - Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A. AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z.
I read Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 700
Katrisa20.8 - 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
I read This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir
WILL in WInfieLd wooLworth
my book was audio PB 272 pages
Points this Post: 20
Points Toatl: 720
DOM15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
I Chose Option 2 - a book that fulfills the requirements of Book 1 and Book 2 of option 1 and read:
The Last Time She Died by Zoë Sharp
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!"
The word in title of book is "Time", and can be made from the letters in the phrase
Book 2:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
The author's first and last initials, Z and S appear in "the Jazz Singer.
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Big Books: 2
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE1) Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
The Spite Game by Anna Snoekstra
author's initials, AS, found in foxleASe
Total this Post: 20
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 5
Season Total: 450
Shiraloo5.1 - Votes For Women
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
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Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 95
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 0
Shiraloo15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir by Riad Sattouf
REQUIRED: Using the RS from the author’s initials BACKWARDS to be the S from “Years” and R from “Resolution”
*I am claiming a Non Fiction Ticket for this book*
***
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 110
1 NF Ticket this post.
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 1
Alexxy30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 2. January: Read a book with MPG Math, Mathematics, or Science.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (MPG chosen is Science)(Edition read is an ebook, MMPB has 400 pp.)
Option 3. February: Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Edition read is an ebook, MMPB has 287 pp.)
There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
400+287= 687
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 125
Lisa MD10.1 - BINGO!
All letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
☑️🎄Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
BINGO found in title: frieNds, lOvers, and the BIG terrible thing
272 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 55/840
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Lisa MD10.4 - Wonder Drug
Word in title of at least 4 letters made using the letters in Penicillium notatum.
☑️🎄A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy
Title Word: Cute found in pEniCillium notaTUm
418 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65/840
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Lisa MD20.5 - 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. (1, 2, and 9 can be used twice)
☑️🎄A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans
192 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/840
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Julia10315.6. King Tut
Secrets of the Nile
This is set in Egypt and also has an archeologist as one of the characters.
This post: 15 points
Total points: 230
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 13
Books read this season: 18
ROBIN P20.4 Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering My Parents
Option 1 - All letters of SALMON in title
Peach Blossom Spring
peAch bLossOM SpriNg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
BB:1 GO:2 IAF:3
25.7 - 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 listened to an audio version of I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama by Eric Braeden
E B found in Belgium
Book B: Option 1 Read a book that is set at least 70% in Chicago
Burn Marks
From the series description: "Victoria Iphigenia "V. I." Warshawski is a private investigator in Chicago"
New Points: 25
Total Points: 145
IaF: 3
Angela IL5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award.
The Memory of Water by Karen White- 1/6/23
Won HOLT Medallion by Virginia Romance Writers for Best Southern Theme (2009)
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 0
EMurphy30.2 Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1: All the letters in ANIME are found in the title How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
*465 pages
**It's a Fact ticket
Option 3: Part of a series AND has an MPG Humor Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
*338 pages
465+338=803 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 95
Books Read: 8
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 4
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance
Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
Barbara ★30.2 - 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.
Murder at an Irish Christmas - Carlene O'Connor (304 pages) 12/8
AN in AN
I in Irish
ME in MurdEr
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
The series name must be indicated in the GR main page listing.
No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor (374 pages) 1/7
(has MPG humor and is #5 in Chronicles of St. Mary series)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (304 pages) + Book 2 (374 pages) = 678 > 600 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 260
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kathy KS5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
MPG: Childrens > Middle Grade 232 users
NOT found in either ARBF
I read an ebook; pb-308 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 110
Tasks completed: 8/52
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Barbara ★25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald (250 pages) 1/7
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:
1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
Midnight in Everwood - Maria Kuzniar (384 pages) 12/17
(published October 28, 2021)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 285
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Reader Name: ADVENTURER5.4 - 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.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 277p, 1951, paperback (working through my library! Yay!), 1950's movie, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1206286/... (Movie Link)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 545/840; Total Books Read: 45; Total Tasks: 38/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF):11
Reader Name: ADVENTURER5.9 - 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.
Cold Hands, Warm Heart: Alaskan … by Jeff King, 272p, paperback, SCHENECTADY, word: HANDS-title
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 550/840; Total Books Read: 46; Total Tasks: 39/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 12
Reader Name: ADVENTURER10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as PSYList Required: State the page.
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, 192p, p1 PSYList
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1921***
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 560/840; Total Books Read: 47; Total Tasks: 40/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 13
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 287p (paperback)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 575/840; Total Books Read: 48; Total Tasks: 41/52
BB(500+): 6; GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 13
Katrisa20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Opt 1 - Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
I read The Murder on the Links first published 1923
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 740
10.7 - Black VenusRead a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Book read: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
How it fits: author is #77 on the list
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 416 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Katrisa25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Opt 2 - Read a book with a MPG of Music or a book from this list: Best Books About Dance.
I read O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
My book was audio HC 352 pages
Opt 3 - Read a book by a single female author who shares a name with one of my instructors
I read We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Catherine - Catherine (Cathy) Castro
My book was audio PB 224 pages
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 765
Readerboard Name: Librarianish25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 2:
I read The Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware (appears on page 3 of list)
Option 3:
I read Saga, Volume 1
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Points this post: 25
Points to date: 345/840
Books read: 29/75
BB: 4
GO: 1
IF: 5
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
I chose Option 1:
Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN. Letters can only be used as frequently as they appear.
I read Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America (IO)
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Points this post: 20
Points to date: 365/840
Books read: 230/75
BB: 4
GO: 1
IF: 5
Task 5.9 - WGY TVSEAT in title can be made from letters in SCHENECTADY
The Seat of the Scornful
pub 1941 - claiming 1 GO tix
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445 points
3 GO tix
2 BB tix
2 NF tix
This is a repost to claim 1 Golden Oldie Point. Sorry. 5.2 - Guilty
Book from Banned Books List: Page 2
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
**First Published in 1843 for 1 Golden Oldie Point**
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 515 up to date score
BB Points:
GO Points: 13
NF Points: 2
Mod
10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE. Any word works including I, Do, If, You, The.
The Secret Barrister
The song I chose was "The St. Louis Blues"
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 10
Season total: 145
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 2
Rockynook15.4: "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read a book that fulfills both parts of option 1
Book 1: choice B: word in title that can be made of letters in "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
Book 2: author initials in "The Jazz Singer."
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Word: HOME "wait a MinutE, wait a minute, yOu ain't Heard nothin' yet!"
"the jazz SingeR"
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Julia10330.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1 - Miss Georgiana and the Dragon
(ANIME: ANI in Georgiana, M in Miss, E in Georgiana)
Option 3 - Grave Reservations
(The Booking Agents #1, MPG=Humor)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 260
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 14
Books read this season: 20
Kim OTask 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 75
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 4
Mai10.7 - Black Venus
Book by an AUTHOR on the list A Book By A Woman of Color
On page 2
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award.
Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Nick KY10.7 Black Venus
I read Beloved by Toni Morrison, on the 1st page of the list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 260
Pat30.1 ~ The Sandman
This is a two book task. Choose 2 different options. Since this task is based on graphic novels, you may use one graphic novel/comic. The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
Required ~ State the options you used when you post.
Total Pages This Task ~ 850
Option 3 (Adaptations) ~ Read a book with an MPG of retelling.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (ATY-1)Read ~ 1.7.23
Pages ~ 546
How it Fits ~ Retellings as MPG > 49 users
Option 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.
Lyrics ~ https://genius.com/Metallica-enter-sa...
Required ~ State the word used.
The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi HahnRead ~ 12.25.22
Pages ~ 304
Relevance ~ First published December 8, 2020
How it Fits ~ ... I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free FROM sin ...
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Points this Task ~ 30
Total Points ~ 225
Total Books ~ 17
Total Pages ~ 7,385
Joanne MI10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
No Time Like the Past The Chronicles of St Mary's #5
Points this task 10
Total Points 135
BB's 1
IAF 3
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5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free:
Read any book that meets SRC rules:
The Magic Cottage by James Herbert.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
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