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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7thOption 5: Read a book with a page count that contains a "4" AND a "9"
Defy the Worlds (Constellation #2) by Claudia Gray
394 pages
Option 6: Read a book from this list:
WWII Historic Fiction (page 6)
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
It's a Fact: 6
Season Total: 515
DOM15.8. Can You Feel It?
Braille was first published in 1829. Read a book from this list:
Blind/Deaf/Mute
The Story of My Life
This book is #17 on the first page of the Blind/Deaf/Mute list.
This book was first published in 1902 and MPG is NonFiction
I claim:
one Golden Oldie Ticket and
one It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 2
Big Books: 2
Fandury20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option A: Read a book from this list: Best Philosophical Literature
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The book is on page 10 at #992 on the list.
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
StaceyNC5.5 - Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday
Book: Christmas in Quincy
Completed: 12/6/22
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Book: The Gilded Wolves
Completed: 1/8/23
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 5
StaceyNC10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Book: In a Holidaze
Completed: 12/24/22
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
StaceyNC15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Book: Rush
Completed: 1/13/23
Author: Emma Scott
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
StaceyNC15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2. Read 1 book that satisfies both.
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!"
Book 2:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
Book: Sweep of the Heart
Completed: 1/2/23
Word: Heart
Author: Ilona Andrews
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.5. All That Jazz
Jazz Age Books
Page Count: 592 pgs listened to AB link to MMPB The Diviners
Page/Link: Page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Diviners
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 650/840
Tasks Completed: 43/52
EMurphy10.10 The Latin Lover - MPG Romance or Romantic It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 145
Books Read: 11
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 7
Julia10325.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 2: First Time Ever: A Memoir (MPG Music)
This is non-fiction, claiming one It's A Fact ticket
Option 3: Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens (author name Robin shared with Robin Davies)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
This post: 25 points, 1 NF
Total points: 285
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 15
Books read this season: 22
CHANDNI5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
by Karen Joy FowlerPoints this post: 5
Total points: 570
CYNBAXTER
Task: 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Task Description, Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice.
Book: Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta – MPG of Womens
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 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
25.7 Where in the World Am I?Book A: Option 3
What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
The letters EB are in Belgium
304 pages
Book B: Option 1
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
This book is set 100% in Chicago
470 pages
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 200
Alexxy20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a Scandinavian country. The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe set in Sweden
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 160
JEN B50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: Old Ways vs. New Habits
Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
New Uses for Old Boyfriends by Beth Kendrick (336 pages)
Word = NEW
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes (320 pages)
Published in 2022
Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story
B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate."
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen (290 pages)
SAA in cleAnSlAte
336 + 320 + 290 = 946 pages > 750 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 295
babbling c20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
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.
When You Had Power -kindle When You Had Power - paperback pg 214 by Susan Kaye Quinn
POWER
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:100/840
Completed Tasks: 7/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 2,130
Books read this season: 7
babbling c 20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C
If I Never Met You - Audible Vi kunde lika gärna aldrig nånsin mötts - mass market paperback pgs 356 by Mhairi McFarlane
Law and Lawyers in Fiction: pg 2, #183
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:120/840
Completed Tasks: 8/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 2,486
Books read this season: 8
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption 1, a book with all the letters in SALMON in the title: Holiday in the Hamptons by Sarah Morgan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Lisa MD20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option B - Published in 1950 or earlier.
☑️🎄Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Published 1937
This book is new to me.
I claim a Golden Oldie ticket.
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170/840
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
KYLIE5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Bunny by Mona Awad
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
KYLIE5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The book takes place in both England and France (relatively equal)
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
KYLIE10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
On page 1
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 3
Kathy KS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 2: read a book whose title includes a word at least 4 letters long made from the letters in GARBAGE TRUCK.
Days of Rage: A Smokey Dalton Novel by Kris Nelscott
RAGE=gaRbAGE
I read an ebook; pb-376 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task:20
Total points : 130
Tasks completed: 9/52
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
KYLIE10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 4
Coralie30.3 The Importance of December 7th
Option 1. Book by an author whose first name is Pearl
Devil Never Sleeps by Pearl S. Buck
Option 5. Book with a page count that contains a 4 and a 9
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 149 pages
Total to date 395 points
Coralie20.7 Marching for Women’s Suffrage!
Option A Book with MPG feminism
Outlawed
Total to date 415 points
Readerboard Name: Priya10.9 - Empress of the Blues
The word I from the song I Ain’t Got Nobody — peaked at #8 in 1926
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
ROBIN P15.7- Here's Mickey!
2-word title, both words starting with same letter
Spinning Silver
Points this post: 15
Total points: 355
BB:1 GO:2 IAF:3
25.3 - Cat's Task: In the TwentiesOption 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/20...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
1x Bigger is better tix (720p)
Option 3: read a book that is in the 20s of a series (#20 - #29).
After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot #26) by Agatha Christie
Books are new to me
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 6
Season Total: 540
Julia10310.2 - Bee's Knees
Servant Mage (164 pages)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 295
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 16
Books read this season: 23
10.6 - It GirlRead a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
Book: How to Fake It in Hollywood
How it fits: "It" in title
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 368 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
Task 15.1 - Pick Your Century!book 1: 1820s
The Talisman
pub 1823 - claiming 1 GO tix
book 2: 1920s
The Secret Adversary
pub 1923 - claiming 1 GO tix
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510 points
5 GO tix
4 NF tix
2 BB tix
Task 20.1 - So Much to Read...So Little Timeoption B: published 1932 (pre 1950) & is new-to-me
The Flemish House
pub 1923 - claiming 1 GO tix
NEW TO ME
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530 points
6 GO tix
4 NF tix
2 BB tix
Pat25.4 ~ Remembering my Grandparents
Choose two different options and read one book for each option. No books with the main page genres children's, kids, middle grade, etc. can be used. The two books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Required ~ Specify in your post the options you used.
Total Pages This Task ~ 592
Option 1 ~ Prohibition: 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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia HawkerRead ~ 1.14.23
Pages ~ 352
How it Fits ~ night ~ e(IGHT)ee(N)th
Option 3 ~ Location: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states: New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Florida.
Required ~ Specify the location. If the location isn't clear from the book's main page, provide a reference
Flight by Lynn Steger StrongRead ~ 12.10.22
Pages ~ 240
How it Fits ~ Setting ~ Upstate New York
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 285
Total Books ~ 22
Total Pages ~ 8,841
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1 - Prohibition
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.
The Sugared Game by KJ Charles
word made is "game"
Option 2. Bathtub Gin.
Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Books have to be 500 pages together. 288 (The Sugared Game) + 460 (A Lady For a Duke) = 748 pages together
IAF tickets general: 1
GO tickets general: 2
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 170
Mod
Jasmiina F20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!:
Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice:
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman.
Genre: Feminism
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F20.8 - 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:
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer.
Word: What
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Katrisa25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
I read Bluebird, Bluebird
my book was audio - PB 320 pages
2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos: 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
I read Luster pub 2020
My book was audio PB pages 240
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 790
CHANDNI25.2 - 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.”
Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
304 pages
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:
1922, 2002, 2012, 2020.
Anna and the Duke by Kathryn Smith
304 pages
Published in 2002
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Rockynook15.7. Here's Mickey!
2-word title both starting with same letter
Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversation at a Time by Linda M. Gross Cheliotes
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 135
15.2. Endings and BeginningsA. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series
I listened to an audio version of Into Darkness: The Children of D'Hara, Episode 5 no MMPB, or PB with page numbers
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
I listened to an audio version of Gwendy's Button Box
New Points: 15
Total Points: 160
IaF: 3
Kai10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
New Points: 10
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Kai25.5 Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
OPTION 1
Read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
OPTION 3
Read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover.
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa
New Points: 25
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Mod
15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
The Whispered Word. Ellery Adams
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 415/840
Tasks completed: 20/52
Books read: 29
GO:
BB: 2
IAF: 1
Barbara ★25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
For this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal.
✔️Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year. (Note that the lunar years don't align perfectly with calendar years, but ignore the month a book was published and read any book published in the animal's year according to the link above.)
The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken 1/15
(Dragon - published December 18, 2012)
✔️Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover. A few variations are allowed:
Rat or mouse is fine; Ox (includes cows or buffalos), Goat (sheep is also acceptable);
Rooster (a female chicken is OK too)
The Dragon's Promise - Elizabeth Lim 1/14
(Dragon on cover)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 320
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
KYLIE15.5 - All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Found on page 1
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 5
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The animal I chose is HORSE and the year 2014
Option 1, a book published in my animal's year: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, first published July 1, 2014
Option 2, a book with my animal on the cover: Texas True by Janet Dailey
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365