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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Caleb's Crossing. Geraldine Brooks
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 450/840
Tasks completed: 21/52
Books read: 30
GO:
BB: 2
IAF: 2
Nick KY15.3 A to Z
Book 1. I read A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald, title begins with “A.”
Book 2. I read The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, a “Z” in the author’s name.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
Shawn H.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's initials (first and last) in OILMAN
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
LM in oiLMan
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Its A Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Good Father Published April 27th 2021
New Points: 5
Total Points: 180
IaF: 3
Reader Name: ADVENTURER50.1 Lisa MD: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Book 1: Old Ways vs. New Habit. Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" in the title or subtitle.
50.1a The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human bySiddhartha Mukherjee, p. 496, published Oct. 25, 2022.
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year. Read a book published in either 2022 or 2023.
50.1b The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope, p. 392 (kindle, 352 paperback), pub. Aug. 8, 2022.
Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story. Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains all the letters in "clean slate" or a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate."
50.1c Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, p. 433
Completed Points: 800/840
Total Books Read: 64; Total Tasks: 50/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 9; IAF (NF): 17
LAUREN JODI15.8 - Can You Feel It?
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann
On page 2 of the list
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 295/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 20/52
LAUREN JODI5.10- The Best Things in Life Are Free
Storm Warning by Toni Anderson
Approved for length in line 3075 of the SRC ebook verification spreadsheet.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 300/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 21/52
5.5 MPG Holiday or holiday genre that occurs from Dec- Jan, such as "Christmas" Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
Books read: 14
Point Total:140/840
Tasks Total: 13/52
Reader Name: ADVENTURER25.5 - Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
Books with multiple authors may be used. Choose two different options and read one book for each option. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you used.
1. Pearl Milk Tea with extra topping (pudding): For this option, read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
25.5 O1. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, 233p (kindle), title:PEARL and
3. Strawberry flavoured tea with strawberry jelly: read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
25.5 O3.
by Sofka Zinovieff, 370p(hardcover)Completed Points: 825/840
Total Books Read: 66; Total Tasks: 51/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 9; IAF (NF): 17
Mai15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Author's initials appear sequentially backwards in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 14
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Mai10.2 - Bee's Knees
Short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie M. Liu
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Unclaim 5.1 female authorAgatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death; The Vicious Vet; The Potted Gardener. by M.C. Beaton
Books read: 14
Point Total:140/840
Tasks Total: 13/52
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Mai5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Book from a series that's turned into a TV show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10623646/
Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum. I read A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee (target word: INTO).
Total points so far: 230
5.1 female authorOrdeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
Books read: 14
Point Total:140/840
Tasks Total: 13/52
25.4 combined total 500 pgsOption 1: title w/ a word of at least 4+ letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
word: Death pgs 285
Option 3: set in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida.
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
392 pgs set in NYC
Books read: 16
Point Total:165/840
Tasks Total: 14/52
Reader Name: ADVENTURER15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book with the word "silent" in the title or 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!" REQUIRED: State the word. AND Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
15.4 Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar, p. 269, (read kindle p. 288), contains:HEART in phrase and author (JS) initials in "The Jazz Singer"
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Completed Points: 840/840
Total Books Read: 67; Total Tasks: 52/52
BB(500+): 9; GO(1950): 9; IAF (NF): 18
Coralie5.4 Hooray for Hollywood
I read Cold Earth which is part of the series https://www.goodreads.com/series/5414... which the BBC series SHETLAND is based on
Total to date 460 points
CHANDNI15.3. From A to Z
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies the requirements of both A and B of Option 1.
(Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A AND Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z)
Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 635
Barbara ★10.4 - Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum.
Live To Tell - Lisa Gardner 1/20
(TELL in pEniciLLium noTatum)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 340
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free1929 - The Great Depression began. However, the best things in life are free, so they say, so free choice. 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
I read Spare
points: 115
books read: 10
tasks completed: 9
pages read: 3243
10.9 - Empress of the BluesYour Dream Life Starts Here by Kristina Karlsson
word in title, YOUR, found in song title: Lost Your Head Blues
1x It's a Fact tix
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 5
It's a Fact: 8
Season Total: 590
15.7. Here's Mickey!Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Book: Mirror Mage
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 252 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
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Amy B15.1. Pick your century!
Read 2 books, from 2 different options:
REQUIRED: Specify in your post which options you used.
B. A book first published in 1720 - 1729
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (1722)
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (1927)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 245 Points
Pat25.5 ~ Bubble Tea
Choose two different options and read one book for each option. One graphic novel is allowed.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you used.
Option 1: Pearl Milk ~ Read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia HashimiRead ~ 12.14.22
Pages ~ 452
How it Fits ~ the pearl that broke its shell
Option 3: Strawberry ~ Read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover.
Required ~ Include the cover in your post.
The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn BrownRead ~ 1.21.22
Pages ~ 286
How it Fits ~ Strawberries on the cover
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 310
Total Books ~ 24
Total Pages ~ 9579
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.7 -Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
600+ pgs-- One A and One B option
Book A:
Option 3 -Author's initials (all of them) can be found in ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUMPage Count: 324
Page Count: 320 Listened to audiobook link to PB City of Shadows
Fits: LATVIA
Author: Victoria Thompson
City of Shadows
Book B:
Option 3: Author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO
Page Count: 544 Listened to Audiobook link to MMPB Prudence
Author: Gail Carriger
Prudence
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 675/840
Tasks Completed: 44/52
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.2. Endings and Beginnings
Book A: Most recently published book in series or FINAL/LAST in title.
Page Count: 304
ARBF: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
Series: Cassidy Blake #3--Last book in series
Bridge of Souls
Book B: First whole numbered book in series or FIRST or ONE in title.
Page Count: 563
Series: Inkworld #1
ARBF: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23.0
Inkheart
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 690/840
Tasks Completed: 45/52
Rockynook25.4 - Remembering my Grandparents
Option 2: Author initials in BATHTUB GIN
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
bAtHtub gin
Option 3: book set at least 50% in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Book is set in Boston, Massachusetts
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)50 Point Task--Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Three books--one per option. 750 + pages.
No children, kids or related MPG
Option 1: "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Page count: 368 pgs listened to audiobook link to HB Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
Word: Old--Murder Among Friends: How LeopOLD and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
Option 2: first published in either 2022 or 2023
Page Count: 320 Listened to audiobook link to PB The Hidden One
First Published: July 5, 2022
The Hidden One
Option 3: Author's first and last initials are found in "CleAn slate."
Page Count: 375
Author: Abby Collette
A Deadly Inside Scoop
Points Earned This Post: 50
Points Achieved to Date: 740/840
Tasks Completed: 46/52
Joanne MITask 20.6 - It's a Fact
Option 2-non-fiction book with an MPG of History
John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
Claiming 1 IAF
Task Total 20
Season Total 175
1BB
4 IAF
5.1 - Votes For Women The Vicious Circle by Katherine St. John
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
MEGAN F. 15.10. They All Look Good to Me
I am planning to read the Gutenberg Classic for 20.10, and was assigned "animals" as my category to be excluded.
I read I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy from the Nonfiction - A Comedian's memoir/biography category.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Task 25.6 - Gotta Dance500+ pages
option 1: ZUMBA in title & author
Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
UM in MarqUe
ZBA in eliZABeth
387 pages
option 2: MPG Music
How to Build a Girl
343 pages
387 + 343 = 730 > 500 pages
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605 points
5 GO tix
4 NF tix
2 BB tix
CHANDNI10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 645
15.8. Can You Feel It?A book from Blind/Deaf/Mute page 1 #44: For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445
10.4 - Wonder DrugRead a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum.
Book: The Bright & the Pale
word used: "pale" can be made from PEniciLium notAtum
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 352 pages.
points this post: 10
total points: 190
Lisa MD✅ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
☑️🎄Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen Hatmaker
266 pages
Subtitle Word: "Wild" found in frank WInfieLDwoolworth
I claim a NF ticket
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255/840
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 4
StaceyNC5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Book: Wild Sign
Completed: 1/17/23
Published: March 16, 2021
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
StaceyNC10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Book: Destroy Me
Completed: 1/14/23
Pages: 111
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Tasks completed: 10
StaceyNC15.10. They All Look Good to Me
Read 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.
Book: I'm Glad My Mom Died
Completed: 1/18/23
Nominated for Nonfiction - A Comedian's memoir/biography
I will be reading Remarkably Bright Creatures for 20.10.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 11
StaceyNC25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Each book must be 220 pages in length or longer.
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Book: Beautiful Life
Completed: 1/7/23
Pages: 396
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos
Book: Only When It's Us
Completed: 12/18/22
Published: 3/27/2020
Pages: 386
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 12
Kai30.2 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.
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
olgA dIEs dreaMiNg
OPTION 3: FEBRUARY
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
New Points: 30
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 10
Jen K30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1. December
The Last Romantics- 354 pages
ANIME- thE last roMANtIcs
Option 2. January
Why We Swim- 288 pages
*** Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
354+288 > 600
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330
IAF: 5
Jen K15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. The Final Gambit
Book 3 of 3 and "Final"
B. Jingle all the Slay
Book 1 of 4
*****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 345
IAF: 5
Jen K5.3 - April Showers
2 A.M. in Little America
Published May 2022
*****
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 350
IAF: 5
MEGSCL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
1) Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
TOTAL - 365
ROBIN P15.1 - Pick Your Century
Option C - pub 1820-29 - Ruslan and Ludmila pub 1820
Option D - pub 920-29 - Cane pub 1923
**Claiming 2 GO points for these 2 books
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
BB:1 GO:5 IAF:4
Delicious Dee5.3 - April Showers
Rohan Rekindled - first published May 2022; ebook only approved 8664 of the approval thread
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 1
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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.
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton- 1/19 (WORD: KNOW)
Read Kindle/MMPB (no page count)/PB version: Everything I Know About Love (358 pgs)
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2