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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Lisa MD30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 5: Book with a page count that contains a "4" AND a "9"
☑️🎄The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen
349 pages
Option 6: From this list: WWII Historic Fiction - Page 6
☑️🎄The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
432 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 200/840
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Priya5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
First published on April 12, 2005
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
MEGSCL5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
TOTAL - 200
MEGSCL15.6. King Tut
The Book of Two Ways
Set about 50% on an archaeological dig site in Egypt and the two main characters are Egyptologists
TOTAL - 235
MEGSCL25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Dragon
Option 1, pub 2000 - Emotionally Weird
Option 2, dragon on cover -
TOTAL - 275
trishhartuk10.6 It Girl
IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
The Nothing Girl, Jodi Taylor
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 18
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
HanneloreTask 5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Book: Pride and Prejudice
How it fits: Book is set in the UK.
** Book was first published in 1813. Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
Points this task: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 10.1 - BINGO
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Book: In het verborgene
How it fits: "IN het verBOrGene"
Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 14
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Book: Chasing His Bunny
How it fits: The book has 136 pages.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 15
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
HanneloreTask 15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Book: Mocro Maffia
How it fits: MM
** Book is non-fiction. Claiming 1 IAF ticket please. **
Points this task: 15
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 16
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 2
HanneloreTask 20.7 - 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.
Book: I Hate Men
How it fits: Book has the MPG Feminism.
** Book is non-fiction. Claiming 1 IAF ticket please. **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 17
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 3
CYNBAXTER
Task: 10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Task Description: Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song in the TITLE.
Book: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff – sharing “The” with the song
Requirement: State the song, the word must match exactly: The St. Louis Blues
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 140 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
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 From A to Z
Option 1:
Book A: A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins
Book B: Explore by Christy Goerzen
Points this post:15
Total points: 585/840
Tasks completed: 40/52
Books read: 51
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C: Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian
Found on the list Law and Lawyers in Fiction on page 2
Points this post:20
Total points: 605/840
Tasks completed: 41/52
Books read: 52
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 Cat's Task: In the Twenties
These books are new to me.
Option 1: Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
Found on The Culture Trip list.
Option 3: 20th Victim by James Patterson
(Women's Murder Club #20)
Points this post:25
Total points: 630/840
Tasks completed: 42/52
Books read: 54
15.4 You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet- 1 book optionBk 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!" Letters can only be used as often as they appear in target phrase. REQUIRED: State the word. - WHAT
W,A,T - WAiT
H-Heard
Bk 2 - author's initial in tHEjazzsinger
What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Post: 15
Total/challenge: 15
15.9 I Resolve to Read Lots of BooksRead a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. - AR in yeARs
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley
Post: 15
Total/challenge: 30
Andy P.Task # 15.8. Can You Feel It?
Read a book from this list:
Blind/Deaf/Mute
Archer's Voice byMia Sheridan
Page 1 # 2 as of 1/16/23
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
15.10 They All Look Good to MeRead a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category than the book you used for Task 20.10. You can use any of the 20 nominees in those 2 categories.
Playing with Myself nominee for NF Comedian Memoir/Biography
I will read Remarkably Bright Creatures. Winner of Fiction-Animals. Post upcoming.
Post: 15
Post/challenge: 45
25.4 Remembering my Grandparents >500 pgsOpt 2 - auth. initials in bAthtub gIn
Foundation by Isaac Asimov - 244 pgs
Opt 3 - Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Winter Sisters - set in Albany, New York, 416 pgs
244+416 - 660 pgs
Post: 25
Post/challenge: 90
30.1 The Sandman >500 pgsOpt 2 - DESIRE in title
Duke of Desire - 308 pgs
Opt 3 MPG - Retellings
Vinegar Girl - 237 pgs
308+237 = 545 pgs
Post: 30
Total/challenge: 120
30.2 Happy Birthday, Grandkids >600 pgsOpt 1 ANIME in title
Lady Clementine 322 pgs
A - lAdY
N,I,M,E - clEMeNtIne
Opt 3 - part of series and Humor genre
The Bounty (Fox & O'Hare #7) - 320 pgs
322+320=642 pgs
Post: 30
Total/challenge: 150
30.3 The Importance of Dec. 7thOpt 3 True Crime genre
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Opt 6 Book from list
His Majesty's Hope
Page 2 #163
Post: 30
Total/challenge: 180
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
KYLIE20.1 - So Much to Read...So Little Time
Read a book from this list: Best Philosophical Literature
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Findable on ARBookFinder (MG)
Found on page 1
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6
JEN B5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award. The award must be listed in the GR metadata.
There There by Tommy Orange
This book won numerous awards, including the 2019 James Fenimore Cooper Prize
TOTAL POINTS: 300
CHANDNI10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE.
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Song: The St. Louis Blues, Word: The
Points this post: 10
Total points: 605
Barbara ★10.8 - 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.
Raphael - D.B. Reynolds 1/16
(set 100% in California)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mod
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. (Word is North)
**NF - claiming 1 IAF ticket**
Far Appalachia: Following the New River North. Noah Adams
256 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 435/840
Tasks completed: 20/52
Books read: 29
GO:
BB: 2
IAF: 2
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!I read Lessons in Chemistry which takes place more than 50% in Commons, California
points: 110
books read: 8
tasks completed: 8
pages read: 2633
pages read:
Mai5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
EMurphy10.9 Empress of the Blues - Word from a Bessie Smith song in the title
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays by Tom Segura
*Word is PLEASE
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 155
Books Read: 12
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 8
Kai5.1 Votes for Women
Read a book by a female author.
Monarch by Candice Wuehle
New Points: 5
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 9
Amy FL5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
(approved in message 9)Points this post: 5
Total points: 440
Amy FL25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 1: The Man Burned by Winter by Pete Zacharias - ZUMBA in pete Zacharias MAn BUrned
Option 3: Silent Witness by Robin James (Robin Davies)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Amy FL25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal using: Dog
Option 1: Th1rt3en - first published January 25, 2018
Option 2:
Points this post: 25
Total points: 500
Amy FL30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
3. Gilded - MPG retellings
4. The Memory of Light - LIGHT (exit LIGHT)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Line5.7
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
I read And Then There Were None which is set in the UK
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 20
books read: 4
tasks done: 4
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
April 6, 2013
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 20
5.4 - Hooray For HollywoodRead a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 25
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeRead any book that meets SRC rules.
Conclave by Robert Harris
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 30
10.10 - The Latin LoverRead a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 40
15.6. King TutRead a book set in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist.
This book is set in Egypt and is also about Amelia Peabody and her husband, archeologists and mystery solvers.
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 55
25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese ZodiacFor this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal.
Animal: Rabbit
Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year.
Published 1951
The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover.
Cursed Bunny by Bora ChungTask Total: 25
Season Total: 80
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20.1 - So Much to Read...So Little Time
Read a book from this list: Best Philosophical Literature
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Page count is 113 (used MMPB since I read an ebook edition, which had 112 pages)
Findable on ARBookFinder (MG)
Found on page 1
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6