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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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FLY Task #15.5. All That Jazz
task: Read a book from the list: Jazz Age Books
book: Poirot Investigates
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: on page 9 of the list
**claiming golden oldies - First published March 1, 1924
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 15/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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Amy B10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Skellig by David Almond (182 pgs) (IL = MG+)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 330 Points
10.5 - Chanel No. 5Fronds and Enemies (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #5) by H.Y. Hanna
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 5
It's a Fact: 8
Season Total: 600
Mod
Jasmiina F20.4 - 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.:
Ensimmäinen siemaus olutta ja muita pieniä iloja by Philippe Delerm.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Julia10315.2. Endings and Beginnings
Book A: To Kill a Troubadour (Bruno, Chief of Police #15)
(approved as most recently published in task help thread post 26)
Book B: Trading in Danger (Vatta's War #1)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 350
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 19
Books read this season: 27
Julia10315.3. From A to Z
Option 1:
Book A: Aurora Borealis Bridge
(title starts with A)
Book B: Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
(Z in Elizabeth)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 365
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 20
Books read this season: 29
StaceyNC15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series
Book: Aurora's End
Completed: 12/5/22
Last book in the Aurora Cycle (3 books)
AND
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
Book: Throne of Glass
Completed: 1/2/23
First book in Throne of Glass series (7 books)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 13
StaceyNC20.4 - 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.
Book: Until the Sun Falls from the Sky
Completed: 1/25/23
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 14
LAUREN JODI15.4 - "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2
Guardian's Mateby Jennifer Ashley
Required word: Mate
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 355/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 28
Total Tasks Completed: 24/52
StaceyNC25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
The two books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Option 2. Bathtub Gin.
Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN.
Book: Overflow
Author: Brynne Asher
Completed: 12/10/22
Pages: 220 pages
Option 3. Location
During their married life, my grandparents lived in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states.
Book: Glory in Death
Setting: New York City, NY
Completed: 1/24/23
Pages: 296
Total Pages: 516
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 15
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1 - Author initials in OILMAN
La femme au carnet rouge - author Antoine Laurain
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
BB:2 GO:5 IAF:4
10.9 - Empress of the BluesBook: The Cottonwood Tree: An American Champion
song: The St. Louis Blues
**Claiming an IAF ticket**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 2
Theresa10.7 - Black Venus
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Author appears on pg 1 of the list
Points this post - 10
Total Points - 70
Theresa10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Gone But Knot Forgotten by Mary Marks
Song - After You've Gone
Points this post - 10
Total points - 80
Sue TUnclaiming post 1350
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10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg found on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20/840
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option C - Set entirely in Wyoming
Echo by Janie Crouch
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 375/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 25/52
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 2: Book with Peace, Vision, or Power in title/subtitle
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 30/840
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
LAUREN JODI15.2 - Endings and Beginnings
Book #1: Endings
Final Heir by Faith Hunter
Final in title
Book #2: Beginnings
Neon Gods by Katee Robert
First in series
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 390/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 26/52
Lisa MD25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Total 500+ pages.
Option 1 - Prohibition
Title word of at least 4 letters made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT.
☑️🎄Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Title Word: "Night" found in eIGHTeeNth amendment
544 pages
Read ebook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
I claim a BB Ticket.
Option 3. Location
Set at least 50% in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Florida.
☑️🎄The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen
Audiobook. Linked to MMPB
368 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 310/840
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 4
DOM20.9 - 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”.
Osprey Reef by Annie Seaton
The author's first and last initials (A and S) are both found in the word 'FOXLEASE'
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 475
Books Read: 33
Golden Oldies: 6
It"s a Fact: 2
Big Books: 2
EMurphy10.2 Bee's Knees - Short book (less than 200 pages) Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
*128 pages
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 165
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 9
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
p.1 #11 as of 1/28/23
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Lisa MD50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: Word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title
☑️🎄The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland
320 pages
Book 2: Published in either 2022 or 2023.
☑️🎄The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
279 pages
Published January 3, 2023
Book 3: Author's first and last initials are found in "CleaN slate."
☑️🎄Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
335 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 360/840
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 20/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 4
Barbara ★25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1: 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.
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night - Amélie Wen Zhao 1/28
(Night - eIGHTeeNth amendment)
BIG BOOK: 512 pages
Option 2: Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN.
Buried in a Good Book - Tamara Berry (236 pages) 12/6
(T & B in baThtuB)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (512 pages) + Book 2 (236 pages) = 748 > 500 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 380
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Kai20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
OPTION B
Read a book first published in 1950 or earlier (qualifying for a Golden Oldies ticket) that is new to you.
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Published 1939. This book was new to me.
New Points: 20
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 13
Coralie15.7 Here’s Mickey!
Book with a 2 word title where both words begin with the same letter
Penric's Progress
Total to date 555 points
Coralie25.3 In the Twenties
Option 1 – from the culture trip list https://theculturetrip.com/north-amer...
Confessions of a Mask
Option 3 book that is in the 20s of a series
Murder in Williamstown
Both these books were new to me.
Total to date 580 points
Mod
2 books 500 pg+
1. The Author Read a book by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book
This book has an MPG of Childrens. It is rated in ARBookfinder UK as IL: MY - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0 which meets the requirements of BL 5.0 (or higher) AND AR of 7.0 (or higher)
This book is 304 pgs
2, The Endless Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE. Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium/Delight.
Dreams of Joy
This has the word "DREAMS" in the title. Dream is one of the Endless & plurals are permitted (Dreams is also in the Sandman lyrics!)
I listened to the audiobook, but the mass market paperback Ombres chinoises is listed as 601 pages (but the top scoring English paperback Dreams of Joy is listed as 377 pages which feels a bit more realistic!)
304 + 601 (or 377) = 905 (or 681) which is more than the required 500pg!
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 220 + 30 = 250
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 9
Readerboard Name: Kathy PReposting-
10.9 - Empress of the Blues
The Women in Black The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John
Song is The St. Louis Blues
Word is THE
Totals
Points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 6
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.8 - And The Winner Is...
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
GR Metadata includes
Audie Award Nominee for Best Female Narrator and Winner for Fantasy (2020)
Totals
Points: 80
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Completed: 7
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 4: Winter Storms
The sand is between the snow and the water. Approved in help thread message 3.
Totals
Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Completed: 8
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 2: The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon
The word is Vision as found in Visionary
Totals
Points: 120
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Completed: 9
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series. I read Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory, book 5 in the Wedding Party series.
Total points so far: 265
Lisa MD25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 1: From Teen Novels in Verse from Barnes & Noble list
☑️🎄The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
361 pages
Listened to audiobook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
Option 3: Graphic Novels: MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel
☑️🎄March: Book One by John Lewis
128 pages
I claim a NF ticket
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 385/840
Total Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 21/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
Coralie25.1 Book style Challenge
Option 2 From page 1 of epistolary fiction
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Option 3. Book with MPG graphic novel
Saga, Volume 10
Total to date 605 points
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option 1: Joan (MPG Feminism)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 385
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 21
Books read this season: 30
Delicious Dee30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option B - Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage - shelved as science, approved in the THT, 336pgs; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Option C - Grave Reservations - first in series, shelved as humor, approved in the THT, 304pgs
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 290
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 3
Rockynook10.3 - Freudian Slip
Book from 1st 25 pages of Psychology Books List
Room by Emma Donoghue
on Page 11
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 180
Kai5.7 The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Verdict of Twelve by Raymond W. Postgate
New Points: 5
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 14
25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style ChallengeOption 2: Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction
Book read: Illuminae - on page 1 of the list
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel.
Book read: Heartstopper: Volume One - graphic novel with 288 pages.
points this post: 25
total points: 245
Readerboard Name: Librarianish30.3 December 7
2 books, 1 each from 2 diff. options. State the options.
Book 1: Option 2 (Candy): I read The Candy House (audiobook).
Book 2: Option 4 (epistolary novel): I read American War (audiobook), on page 7 of the list.
❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 410/840
Books read: 34/75
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 7
trishhartuk10.9 Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song listed below in the TITLE: The St. Louis Blues — peaked at #3 in 1925
The Curveball, Megan Cousins
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Matching THE, from THE St. Louis Blues (sorry for being boring!)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Librarianish10.5 Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
I read The Human Division, #5 in the Old Man's War series.
❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 420/840
Books read: 35/75
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 7
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing DoublesRead two books, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
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.”
I listened to an audio version of Devil Bones 390 pages
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:
The Henna Artist 384 pages
Published in 2020
New Points: 25
Total Points: 230
IaF: 3
CHANDNI15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title.
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series or a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Points this post: 15
Total points: 725
Brooklyn 5.1 – Votes for Women
Read a book by a female author
The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/840
Tasks completed: 1/52
Books read: 1
Brooklyn 5.2 – Guilty
Read a book from the “banned, censored and challenged books” listopia
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Found on pg. 1
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/840
Tasks completed: 2/52
Books read: 2
Brooklyn 5.3 – April Showers
Read a book first published in April or May of any year
Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan by Liz Michalski
First published in May 2022
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/840
Tasks completed: 3/52
Books read: 3
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5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone - Diana Gabaldon 1/27
(series is Outlander which is a TV show on Starz)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3006802/...
BIG BOOK: 902 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 355
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)