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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.6 - Tennessee v John Thomas ScopesMy Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
Points: 30
Apologies for the mass posting, I haven’t had computer access for the past week-ish and I struggle with posting completed tasks from my phone. :/
ROBIN P15.4 - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet
1 book that satisfies A (word in title found in "wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin yet" ) and B (author initials in JAZZ SINGER
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise - author Julia Stuart
Word TOWER found in Wait a minute, you aint hEaRd nOThin yet
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
BB:2 GO:5 IAF:4
5.10 The Best Things in Life Are FreeDark Hollow by John Connolly
This book is 528 pages. I'd like a BB ticket.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 205
Mai30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 2. January
Read a book with MPG Science.
Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose
272 pages
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne
336 pages
In total: 608 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 20
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
10.8 Well, I'll Be Damned!The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly
Set in Los Angeles, CA.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 215
Repost of Post # 1766Andy P.
Task # 20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C. Read a book from one of the following lists:
Law and Lawyers in Fiction
A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
page 1 #43 as of 1/26/23
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
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Mai10.1 - BINGO!
Book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Delicious Dee15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
The Girls in Navy Blue - Alix Rickloff - AR found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 260
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 2
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the NewBook 1, "New" in the title or subtitle: Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman
paperback edition Marple: Twelve New Stories 384 pages
Book 2, published in 2022 or 2023: Spare by Prince Harry, published January 10, 2023
paperback edition Spare: En la sombra 560 pages
Book 3B, author's initials in CLEAN SLATE: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
paperback edition The Reading List 400 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 545
CHANDNI15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements of Book 1 and Book 2 of option 1.
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."
How I Created My Perfect Prom Date by Todd Strasser
Word for Book1B: DATE
Points this post: 15
Total points: 690
Readerboard Name: Laura Y5.1 Votes for Women
Read a book by a female author.
Well Behaved Wives
Points earned this post: 5
Points to date: 5
Tasks completed: 1/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y5.3 April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Seamstress of New Orleans
First published May 31, 2022.
Points earned this post: 5
Points to date: 10
Tasks completed: 2/51
Readerboard Name: Laura Y5.5 Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday
Resting Scrooge Face
Points earned this post: 5
Total points to date: 15
Tasks completed: 3/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y5.8 And the Winner Is...
Read a book that has won an award.
The Midnight Library
Goodreads Choice Winner 2020
Points earned this post: 5
Total points to date: 20
Tasks completed: 4/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y5.10 The Best Things in Life are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
The Lies of Spies
Points earned this post: 5
Total points to date: 25
Tasks completed: 5/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y10.6 It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
The It Girl
Points earned this post: 10
Total points to date: 35
Tasks completed: 6/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y10.8 Well, I'll be Damned!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states...
NoteBook : The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Size ( 6 x 9 inches) 120 Pages: Journal Paper
set in California
Points earned this post: 10
Total points to date: 45
Tasks completed: 7/52
Readerboard Name: Laura Y25.8 The Chinese Zodiac
TWO BOOKS (Choose an animal) I chose the Ox.
Option 1: Read a book published in your animal's year.
Santa Cruise
Published in 2021
Option 3: Read a book with a character described in the goodreads blurb using one of those words. (diligent, dependable, strong, determined.)
The Quarry Girls
Heather is STRONG. "Desperately searching for answers on her own, she learns that no one in her community is who they seem to be. Not the police, not the boys she met at the quarry, not even her parents. But she can’t stop digging because she knows those girls are in danger."
Points earned this post: 25
Total points to date: 70
Tasks completed: 8/52
Bookwrm526Task #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 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. I read The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik.
Total points so far: 255
JEN B5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
TOTAL POINTS: 315
Kathy KS20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee.
Out Of Range by C.J. Box
SETTING: Wyoming
I read an ebook; pb-320 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 170
Tasks completed: 11/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
MPG: Romance
I listened to an audiobook; pb-448 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 170-10=160
Tasks completed: 11/52-1=10/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Barbara ★10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
Death by the Finish Line - Alexis Morgan 1/26
(Abby McCree Mystery #5)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 350
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kathy KS30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Read two books, one each from 2 different options.
Option 4: Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Listed on page 2 of List
I listened to an audiobook; pb-448 p. (no mmpb)
Option 5: Read a book with a page count that contains a "4" AND a "9"
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Pagination includes both a 4 and 9
I listened to an audiobook; pb-494 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 190
Tasks completed: 11/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Amy FL20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C: Turning Angel - page 4 of Law and Lawyers in Fiction list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Amy FL20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 1: The Last Act - about 75% of the book is set in a minimum security federal prison
Points this post: 20
Total points: 590
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Option A-3. Read a book where the author's initials can be found in BELGIUM
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (561 p.) *
* I would like to claim a BB ticket please.
Option B-3. Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CHICAGO
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (297 p.)
Optional: Scotland, Japan and Spain :)
➸ Total Points: 85
➸ Total Pages: 2,413
Amy FL25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 1: If I Tell You the Truth - Page 11 of Verse Novels Read by Tess
Option 2: Life As We Knew It - Page 1 of Epistolary Fiction (#81)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 615
Vicki WillisTask 10.8 - Well, I'll Be Damned
Read a book that is set at least 50% in California
The Law of Innocence
Downtown Los Angeles is mentioned in the description and the whole book transpires there.
This post: 10 points
Total: 115 points
Task 15.3 - From A to Zone book option
title starts with A, Z in author first name
A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor
pub 1947 - claiming 1 GO tix
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655 points
6 GO tix
5 NF tix
2 BB tix
Amy B30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Chose two different options and read a book for each.
There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
Option 1. December
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (351 pgs)
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.
Sure of You by Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City #6) (284 pgs) - MPG of Humor was on the MP when I finished the book, before Goodreads changed their format - it is still there when you click "more")
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 320 Points
50 OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW Book 1: Old Ways vs. New Habits - Old in title.
Larceny and Old Lace by Tamar Myers
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year - Published in 2022
Knit or Dye Trying by Allie Pleiter
Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story - Initials in CLEAN SLATE.
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
First Published in 1931 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Minimum pages: 750
224+294+248=766pp
Task Points: 50
Total Points: 775
BB Points:
GO Points: 20
NF Points: 2
Mai20.9 - 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”.
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 22
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Mai20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN
The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 23
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Mod
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Brave New World
It's #10 on page 1 of the list
This book was first published in 1932 so I claim a "Golden Oldie Ticket"
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 190 + 5 = 195
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
It's a Fact: 6
Mod
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
This has been made into a TV series by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b6...
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195 + 5 = 200
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6+1 = 7
Mod
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle
the accIdeNtal duchess: from farmers dauGhter tO Belvoir castle
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 200 + 10 = 210
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7+1 =8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 Pick your century!
Option C: The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo
First published January 1, 1829
Option D: Cavender's House by Edwin Arlington Robinson
First published January 1, 1929
Points this post: 15
Total points: 800/840
Tasks completed: 50/52
Books read: 67
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 King Tut
Crocodile on the Sandbankby Elizabeth Peters
The book is set in Egypt.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 815/840
Tasks completed: 51/52
Books read: 68
Mod
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.
The Secret Life of Foxes
The word THE is in the title of The St. Louis Blues
I've listed that I read the kindle version but it was actually an electronic advance reader copy of the final print book - the hardback version is listed on Goodreads with 152 pages and a publication date of 8 Feb 2023.
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210 + 10 = 220
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 8+1 =9
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
Option 2: Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Option 3:
by Jenn McKinleyPoints this post: 25
Total points: 840/840
Tasks completed: 52/52
Books read: 70
And another challenge is in the books! Thank you current mods and the upcoming ones!
ROBIN P15.5 - All That Jazz
Book from Jazz Age List
Slippery Creatures - p 3 of list
listened to audiobook, linked pb, no mmpb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 530
BB:2 GO: 5 IAF:4
Angela IL25.2 - 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.”
The Winners by Fredrik Backman-1/27
Claiming Big Book Ticket for 673 pages
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos: 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker- 12/7/22
Year Published: 2020
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 24
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Ticket: 2
NF Ticket: 2
CHANDNI15.1. Pick your century!
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Points this post: 15
Total points: 705
Mod
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai / AR consecutively in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
CHANDNI5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Samantha and the Cowboy by Lorraine Heath
Points this post: 5
Total points: 710
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13745850...
Points: 20