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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
read The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
points this post: 20
total points : 470
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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.
used word NIGHT
read Defy the Night
and
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.
read Rebel of the Sands
by Alwyn Hamilton
points this post: 25
total points : 495
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Option 1. December
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
read The Paris Apartment
and
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
read Practical Demonkeeping
points this post: 30
total points : 525
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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.
The Book of Cold Cases
352 pages, Hardcover
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Eclipse the Moon
First published July 12, 2022
440 pages, Paperback
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."
read Strange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor
544 pages, Hardcover
points this post: 50
total points : 575
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Option 1-
Changing the Game by Jaci Burton / ANIME in title; MMPB 480 pgs or PB 320 pgs
Option 3-
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich / #21 in series and MPG Humor; PB 326 pgs
Total pages: 806 or 646 (both >600)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Mai15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. The most recently published book in a series
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV
AND
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
The Fade Out, Act One by Ed Brubaker
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
trishhartuk25.4 Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1 – Read a book with a title containing a word of at least 4 letters from EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Death on the Night of Lost Lizards, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (288pg)
NIGHT: eIGHTeeNth
Option 2. Single author, whose initials appear in BATHTUB GIN.
The Story of the Stone, Barry Hughart (236pg)
BatHtub
Total Pages: 288 + 236 = 524pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Nick KY15.2 Endings and Beginnings
Book 1. I read Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick, the word "Last" in the title.
Book 2. I read Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz, Book 1 in the “Spice Shop Murder” series.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 365
Nick KY30.2 Teri K’s Grandkids
Opt. 1. I read Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, the letters ANIME are in tErMINAl. 490 pp
Opt. 2. I read Wonders of the Solar System by Brian Cox, “Sceince” as GR genre, 256 pp.
Total pp = 746
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 395
ROBIN P5.4 - Hooray for Hollywood
Book made into movie/TV show
The Madness of Crowds
part of Gamache series, now on TV as Three Pines, approved msg 11 of Help thread
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
BB:1 GO:2 IAF:3
Mai10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in California
The entire series is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releas...
The Fade Out, Act Two by Ed Brubaker
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7thOption 3, MPG True Crime: Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
Option 4, a book from Epistolary Novels, page 2: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
CHANDNI5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
How I Changed My Life by Todd Strasser
IL: UG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 4.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 610
Coralie20.2 Little Loves
Option 2 book with a word in the title made from the letters in gaRbAgE truCk – RACE
Elder Race
Total to date 435 points
ROBIN P20.8 Nickels & Dimes- Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great 5 & 10 Cent Store - nonfiction book 200 +p, 4+ltr word in title/subtitle found in FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
Word is WORLD found in winfielD WOoLwoRth
Book is Nonfiction, has 560 pages
**claiming one BB point**
**claiming on IAF point**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:4
Task 30.3 The Importance of December 7thOption 3: Book with MPG of True Crime
The Lost Girls
Crime>True Crime 252 users
Option 5: Book with a page count with a 4 and 9 in it
Fatal Affair
294 pages
Total Points: 105
CYNBAXTER
Task: 5.9 - WGY TV
Task Description: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY.
Book: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Requirement: State the word: CANDY
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 145 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
Amy B5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (May 2019)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 230 Points
Nick KY20.5Lauren Jodi’s Public Enemy
Opt. 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.
I read Lovecraft Unbound, 421 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 415
LAUREN JODI20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: MPG History
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
***Claiming an It's A Fact ticket as this book is non-fiction***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 280/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 22
Total Tasks Completed: 19/52
Angela IL10.8 - 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.
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman- 1/18
Setting: California/ mention in book summary of LAPD (Los Angeles Police Dept)
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
MEGAN F. 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.
The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston, 368 pages;
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.
The Friend Zone - Abby Jimenez, 372 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
MEGAN F. 25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren, 400 Pages
Book 2: Beach Read - Emily Henry, 361 Pages, Published 2020
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
MEGAN F. 10.4 - Wonder Drug
Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin (Penicillium notatum) in 1928 revolutionized medicine. Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
People We Meet on Vacation- Emily Henry
Word: V[ac]a[tion]
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
MEGAN F. 10.7 - Black Venus
American-born Josephine Baker travelled to Paris at the age of 19 and became an overnight sensation in 1925, appearing in nothing but a feather skirt for the La Revue Nègre. A flamboyant dancer, actress and singer, she was also the first black woman to star in a major film.
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.
Required: State the page where the author is found.
The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
Found on page 3 of the list!
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
MEGAN F. 10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
The Boulder Canyon Project Act was passed into Congress in 1928 under President Calvin Coolidge and negotiations for the project began the following year by Herbert Hoover. The Boulder Dam, which distributed water from the Colorado river to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and California, was completed in 1935, and was later renamed the Hoover Dam.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Required: REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, state the setting and provide a reference.
Something Wilder - Christina Lauren
(Takes place 100% in Utah)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
MEGAN F. 10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. 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 word must match exactly.
Downhearted Blues — peaked at #1 in 1923
The St. Louis Blues — peaked at #3 in 1925
Gulf Coast Blues — peaked at #5 in 1923
Careless Love Blues — peaked at #5 in 1925
Lost Your Head Blues — peaked at #5 in 1926
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home — peaked at #6 in 1923
After You’ve Gone — peaked at #7 in 1927
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle — peaked at #8 in 1925
I Ain’t Got Nobody — peaked at #8 in 1926
T’ain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness if I Do — peaked at #9 in 1923
Required: State the song.
Thank You for Listening - Julia Whelan
Song: Baby Won't [You] Please Come Home
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Sarah E5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Le joueur d'échecs - 94 pages
I read an ebook, but have linked to the top MMP. This is my one 80-99 page book allowed for one 5 point task.
There is a German language film which quotes the same title as the original title on the poster - Schachnovelle
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12058584...
Golden Oldie, first published 1941. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 5
Total GOs: 1
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
Remarkably Bright Creatures
I read a kindle edition, top paperback is Creature luminose
My comment is message 20
Total points: 25
Lisa MDTask 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Non-fiction book with an MPG: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
☑️🎄The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger
480 pages
Listened to audiobook. Linked to HB. No MMPB or PB.
MPG: History
I claim a NF ticket
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220/840
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
MEGAN F. 20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
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. The numbers 1, 2, and 9 can be used twice.
Persuasion - Jane Austen, 249 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
10.2 - Bee's Kneesless than or equal to 200 pages
PB (no mmpb): Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin
📖 164 pages 📖
I read the Kindle edition: Granny's Got a Gun
Total points: 295 + 10 = 305
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids Option 1: all letters of ANIME found in title
PB (no mmpb): The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
📖 400 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: The Last Thing He Told Me
❄️ A in Last; NI in Thing; ME in Me ❄️
Option 3: part of a series + MPG Humor
PB (no mmpb): Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews
📖 352 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: Some Like It Hawk
🎄Meg Langslow #14; MPG Humor 🎄
📖📖 Total pages: 400 pages + 352 pages = 752 pages 📖📖
Total points: 305 + 30 = 335
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
CHANDNI10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
Now You See It . . . by Vivian Vande Velde
Points this post: 10
Total points: 615
Reader Name: ADVENTURER25.2 - 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.”
25.2 B1. True Biz by Sara Nović, 386p (hardcover), title beg. w/letters from:Two douBles
and
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos: 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020. REQUIRED: State the year in which the book was first published.
25.2 B2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, , 529p (read kindle Ed. 544p), pub. 2002, 5-star! will re-read; published 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
***Claiming a Big Book ticket for a book over 500 pages***
Points: 600/840
Total Books Read: 50; Total Tasks: 41/52
BB(500+): 7; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 13
Reader Name: ADVENTURER25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Option 1 Read a book published in your animal's year: published 2017.
25.8 O1. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Sapolsky,, 798p (Kindle version 798p), Rooster Year, pub:2017
***Claiming two Big Book tickets for a book over 750 pages***
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
and
Option 2 Read a book with your animal on the cover. A few variations are allowed: Rooster (a female chicken is OK too) REQUIRED: post the cover
25.8 O2. The Chicken Chronicles: …: A Memoir by Alice Walker, 208p (hardcover), book cover below
Points: 625/840
Total Books Read: 52; Total Tasks: 42/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 14
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.5. All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
REQUIRED: Include in your post the page on which your book is listed.
✔ 15.5 01/13/23 A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, p. 192 (paperback), p1 JAZZList
Points: 640/840
Total Books Read: 53; Total Tasks: 43/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 14
Deborah10.9 - Empress of the Blues
When Sorrows Come
COME
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home — peaked at #6 in 1923
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 6
Reader Name: ADVENTURER30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Chose two different options and read a book for each. min. 600 pages total.
Option 1. December Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
30.2 O1. The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez, 229p (read kindle 233p), title:ANIME, Dec. This was a difficult one from GGM. Love his writing. Unlike Celine, I was disgusted at the characters, not the writer.
And
Option 2. January Read a book with MPG Math, Mathematics, or Science.
30.2 O2. 01/6/23 I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us &... by Ed Yong, p. 368, SRC-W, Jan. MPG: Science
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Points: 670/840
Total Books Read: 55; Total Tasks: 44/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 15
Reader Name: ADVENTURER30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 4: Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found
30.3 O4. 01/4/23 This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, p. 209, p1 of EFList
and
Option 6: Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found.
30.3 O6. 01//4/23 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, p. 291, p1 WWIIHFList
Points: 700/840
Total Books Read: 57; Total Tasks: 46/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 15
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. The letters can appear either forward or backwards, and the final N wraps to the beginning N, so an author with the initials NN can be used.
✔15.9 01/6/23 Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, p. 288, RS in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION, pub. 1885.
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as the book was published in (before) 1950***
Points: 715/840
Total Books Read: 58; Total Tasks: 47/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 15
Mai10.4 - Wonder Drug
Word in the title of at least 4 letters using the letters in "Penicillium notatum": "Plot"
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
Gutenberg Classic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
*Claim 1 Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1886)*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 3: Horse by Geraldine Brooks (BINGO: B in Brooks, ING in Geraldine, O in Brooks)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 315
BB: 2
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 17
Books read this season: 24
Jen K25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A Option 2 - Our Missing Hearts 335 pages
Estonia--Our missINg hEArTS
Book B Option 3 - All the Living and the Dead: from Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work by Hayley Campbell -288 pages
HC in CHicago
***Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
335+288> 600
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 275
IAF: 4
Jen K25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal: the Rabbit
Option 1: Crossing to Safety
Published 1987
Option 2: Hell Bent
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
IAF: 4
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