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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.10 - The Latin Lover.
Read a book with MPG 'Romance.'
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (435 p.)
➸ Total Points: 10
➸ Total Pages: 435
Shiraloo15.3 - From A to Z
A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
REQUIRED: Option 2, fits both options.
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Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 0
ROBIN P10.9 Empress of the Blues
Word from song title found in book title
All the Devils Are Here
Word is THE which is acceptable per Task Help
From song The St. Louis Blues
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
10.1 - BINGO!ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Page Count:278
BINGO: GOdPretty IN the ToBacco Field
GodPretty in the Tobacco Field
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 130/840
Tasks Completed: 12/52
5.4 - Hooray For HollywoodThe Red Badge of Courage
imdb link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043961/...
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1895
Total points: 5
10.6 - It GirlGirl, Alone by Blake Pierce, a book with the word GIRL in the title.
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 3
Points This Post: 10
Point Total: 40/840
Tasks Total: 3/52
10.4 - Wonder DrugNightfall in the Garden of Deep Time by Tracy L. Higley, a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in pEnIcillium noTatuM (TIME).
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 4
Points This Post: 10
Point Total: 50/840
Tasks Total: 4/52
5.1 - Votes For WomenRead a book by a female author.
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline.
I received this as an advance reader copy, a paperbound version of the Hardcover, which is 400 pgs.
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 5
Points This Post: 5
Point Total: 55/840
Tasks Total: 5/52
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeThe Last Ark: Lost Secrets of Qumran by Guy Morris.
I received this as an advance reader copy and read an electronic version, but the paperback is now listed on GR with 390 pages.
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 6
Points This Post: 5
Point Total: 60/840
Tasks Total: 6/52
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"
Modern Lovers by [author:Emma Straub|1983563 foxlEaSe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Deborah5.2 - Guilty
Forever . . .
Page 1, at posting #79
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 3
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.
Book read: Fragile Heart
How it fits: set in L.A./Malibu, California
reference: "Wir saßen in meinem Wohnzimmer in Malibu" (english: "We were sitting in my living room in Malibu") - p 38
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20
5.5 - Herald SquareRead a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
Masters in This Hall by KJ Charles
Ebook only. Approved for length in message 8648 of the ebook verification thread.
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
5.7 - The Everest of SwimmingRead a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
Author note states: "First of my new 1920s paranormal romance series, set in England a few years after the First World War."
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 10
10.2 - Bee's KneesRead a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Served Hot by Annabeth Albert
Ebook only. Approved for length in message 8648 of the ebook verification thread.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 20
Readerboard Name: Priya5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Setting: London, England
The Games Lovers Play by Stephanie Laurens
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Votes For Women
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/840
Tasks completed: 1/52
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 April Showers
Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman
First published May 6, 2021
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/840
Tasks completed: 2/52
Books read: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 Hooray For Hollywood
Unbelievable by T. Christian Miller
This was made into a limited series on Netflix.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/840
Tasks completed: 3/52
Books read: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 WGY TV
Love You to Death: A Charlie D Mystery by Gail Bowen
The word is DEATH
Using my one book between 80-99 pages for a 5-point task.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/840
Tasks completed: 4/52
Books read: 4
Rockynook10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE
Song: The St. Louis Blues
Book: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Word: "THE"
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
JEN B10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Word = IT
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Task 20.6 - Public Enemyoption 2: page count from listed numbers
For Kicks
292 pages
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50 points
1 BB tix
Nick KY5.2 Guilty I read The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire,
from p. 4 of the Banned Books list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 40
CYNBAXTER
Task: 10.10 - The Latin Lover
Task Description: Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic
Book: All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankham Mathews
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
NF tickets this post: 0
Total NF tickets to date: 0
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
Golden Oldie tickets this post: 0
Total "GOLDIE" tickets to date: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 - 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. I read Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen, which has Politics as a main page genre.
Total points so far: 35
Bookwrm526Task #10.7 - Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color. Books are not limited to the book on the list; any book by the author may be used. I read The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin, who is listed (twice) on page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 45
15.6. King TutRead a book set at least 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist.
Book: Mord in Mesopotamien
How it fits: Hercule Poirot solves a murder at an archaeological side
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
LAUREN JODI10.3 - Freudian Slip
On Dreams by Sigmund Freud
On page 16 of the list
***Claiming an It's A Fact ticket as this book is non-fiction***
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket as this book was first published in 1901***
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4/52
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN.
Year of the Reaper, Makiia Lucier
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB with a page count): here (336pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
5.7 - The Everest of SwimmingRead a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom
I listened to an audio version of Pigeon
from the GR description "An incongruous ice-cream van lurches up into the Welsh hills through the hail"
New Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Task 15.4 - "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"one book option
author initials NR in SINGER and YEAR in title can be made from "you heard"
Year One
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55 points
1 BB tix
10.10 - The Latin LoverFinding Lexie, by Susan Stoker, a book with a main page genre that includes Romance.
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 7
Points This Post: 10
Point Total: 70/840
Tasks Total: 7/52
Readerboard Name Vicki WillisTask: 20.9 - Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 1: Author's first and last initials found in FOXLEASE
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Readerboard Name Vicki WillisTask: 5.1 - Votes for Women
Female Author
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
The Call of the Wild byJack London 172 p.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Readerboard Name: Priya20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 2: BUGS MORAN
To commemorate the date of the massacre (14/2/1929), read a book with a page count consisting of 3 of the following digits in any configuration 1, 4, 2, or 9.
Page count: 192 pages
Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Mod
Read any Book - read my one book 80-99 pages for this task.
The Blizzard: A Claustrophobic Psychological Horror
Points this task: 5
Total Points : 5
Mod
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Read Secret Santa
Points this Task :15
Total Points: 20
Mod
Read a book from the list: found book on page 2 #157
read The Moon Sisters
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 35
Mod
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
read Talk Santa to Me
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 55
Mod
Books must be greater than 500 pages combined
320+336= 656 pages
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of Music
read The Unsinkable Greta James 320 pages
Option 3 Read a book by a single female author who shares a name with one of my instructors. Chose the name Catherine
read The Family Game by Catherine Steadman 336 Pages
Points this task: 25
total points: 80
Helen B30.2 - 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.
The Ink Master's Silence by C.J. Archer The paperback edition has 308 pages
A - Master
N - ink
I - Ink
M- master
E - the
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen. MPG humor. #1 in Skink series. I read the kindle edition, the MMPB has 320 pages.
308+320=628
Total points: 80
Katrisa10.1 BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle
I read Book of Night
BOk of NIGt
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 20
Katrisa10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology
I read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
from page 1
Points this Post:10
Points Total: 30
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book that was first published in April or May of any year
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, FP May 4, 2021
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Kaylee20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a Scandinavian country. For this task, we will accept Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Setting: Kristiania (Now Oslo), Norway
*Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket, book first published in 1890
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
GO Tickets: 1
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood1923 -Book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Page Count: 292
Book/TV Series: Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood
Reference:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/
Dead Until Dark
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 135/840
Tasks Completed: 13/52
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Christmas Chocolates and Crimes - Cindy Bell 12/6
(christmAS chocOLates aNd criMes)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 30