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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Brooklyn 5.4 – Hooray for Hollywood
Read a book that was made into a TV show or movie
The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans
Made into a movie for television: https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/840
Tasks completed: 4/52
Books read: 4
Brooklyn 5.5 – Herald Square
Read a book with a MPG of holiday
The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/840
Tasks completed: 5/52
Books read: 5
Brooklyn 5.6 – Tennessee v John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover
by Karen Joy FowlerApproved in help thread (mssg #13)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30/840
Tasks completed: 6/52
Books read: 6
Brooklyn 5.7 – The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK or France
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson
100% set in the UK (London primarily)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35/840
Tasks completed: 7/52
Books read: 7
Brooklyn 5.8 – And the Winner Is…
Read a book that has won an award
Badlands by C.J. Box
Won Barry Award for Best First Novel in 2016
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40/840
Tasks completed: 8/52
Books read: 8
Brooklyn 5.9 – WGY TV
Read a book with a 4+ letter word in its title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY
The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
Word is CHANCES
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45/840
Tasks completed: 9/52
Books read: 9
Brooklyn 5.10 – The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read a book of your choice
The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/840
Tasks completed: 10/52
Books read: 10
Julia10310.10 - The Latin Lover
Lessons for Suspicious Minds
This post: 10 points
Total points: 395
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 22
Books read this season: 31
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.2 -Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
One Book 1 and one Book 2--ONE graphic, NO children's
Each book must be 220+ pages
Book 1. Two word title. Each word begins with letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.” May use same letter twice or two different letters. Book may have subtitle.
Page Count: 448 listened to AB link to PB The Undertakers
Letters: T and U
The Undertakers
Book 2: First published in one of these years--1922, 2002, 2012, 2020.
Page Count: 231 pgs Listened to AB link to HB The Christmas Table
First Published: October 6, 2020
The Christmas Table
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date:765/840
Tasks Completed: 47/52
Kristen IA5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
*******I claim 1 BB Ticket - 542 pages******
******I claim 1 "It's A Fact" Ticket******
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/840
Tasks Completed: 1/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese - 194 pages
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15/840
Tasks Completed: 2/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25/840
Tasks Completed: 3/52
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Kristen IA20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - first published in 1938
*******I claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket*******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45/840
Tasks Completed: 4/52
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
5.5 - Herald SquareMPG Christmas: The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
Points this post; 5
Total points: 550
Task 25.5 - Bubble Teaoption 1: PEARL in author name
[boor:Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China|36315931] by Pearl S. Buck
option 3: strawberry on cover
The Strawberry Hearts Diner
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680 points
6 GO tix
5 NF tix
2 BB tix
Nick KY25.4 Sandy’s Grandparents
Book 1. I read In the Night Room by Peter Straub, title word NIGHT letters in the word “eIGHTeeNth amendment.” 352 pp
Book 2. I read Smoke by Ivan Turgenev, Fiction, Classics, Literary, Ivan Turgenev inits in “baThtub gIn.” 220 pp
Total pp = 572 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 500
Mai10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Title with a word from a Bessie Smith song title: After You’ve Gone
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 24
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Task 25.5 - Bubble Teaoption 1: PEARL in author name
Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China by Pearl S. Buck
option 3: strawberry on cover
The Strawberry Hearts Diner
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680 points
6 GO tix
5 NF tix
2 BB tix
trishhartuk25.5 Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
1. Pearl Milk Tea: a book with “pearl” found intact in title or author’s name.
The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, Julie Wassmer
Read the kindle edition. PB here (318pg)
3. Strawberry flavoured tea with strawberry jelly. Read a book with one or more strawberries on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. MMPB: here (176pg)
Cover okayed in Help Thread message #35: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's a Fact: The Strawberry Statement is a non-fiction memoir
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Strawberry Statement is Non-Fiction
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeRead any book that meets SRC rules.
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
IAF tickets general: 1
GO tickets general: 2
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 200
20.4 Remembering My ParentsOption 2: Police by Jo Nesbø
Takes place in Oslo, Norway
640 pages - I'd like a Big Book ticker, pleast.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 235
10.5 - Chanel No. 5Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
** Claiming GO: first published in 1930**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 2
MEGAN F. 10.10 - The Latin Lover
"Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino was one of the movie industry’s first sex symbols.
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic."
The Bodyguard - Katherine Center
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Mai15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 1: Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1:
B. 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!"
The word is: "Nature"
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Book 2:
Author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 25
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
25.3 Op 1: lists of books you "should" read in your twenties: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
This book is new to me, from the Penguin Random House 30 books to read before you're 30 list
Op 2: set in the 1920s (1920 - 1929)
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
This book is new to me
Books read: 20
Point Total: 220/840
Tasks Total: 17/52
Lisa MD5.8 - And The Winner Is...
WON an award.
☑️🎄Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
228 pages
Goodreads Choice Award for Poetry (2022)
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 390/840
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 22/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
Lisa MD20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Author's initials (first and last) found in the name of his OILMAN.
☑️🎄The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
336 pages
Author Initials: MO found in OilMan
I claim a NF ticket
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 410/840
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 23/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 6
Delicious Dee10.4 - Wonder Drug
Nona the Ninth - NONA can be found in Penicillium notatum
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 300
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 1
Its Just a Fact: 3
25.1 - TessaVanessa's Task: Book Style ChallengeOption 2: Epistolary Fiction: Read a book from the Epistolary Fiction list
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher, on page 1 of the Epistolary Fiction list
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel
The Sandman Vol. 8: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman, graphic novel MPG
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 255
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
BB tickets: 3
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
Mod
Play by Kat Mizera / free choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
Mod
Fast Forward by Kat Mizera / FF two word title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
10.3 - Freudian SlipFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
page 3
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 5
It's a Fact: 8
Season Total: 610
5.9 - WGY TVDecember Heat (Delegado Espinosa #2) by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
word in title, HEAT, found in scHEnecTAdy
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 5
It's a Fact: 8
Season Total: 615
babbling c20.10 - Group Reads
Fiction - Historical Fiction 1900-1939
Shrines of Gaiety - kindle Shrines of Gaiety - paperback pgs. 436 by Kate Atkinson
my comment here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:140/840
Completed Tasks: 10/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 2,922
Books read this season: 10
babbling c15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
The first words ever spoken on film occurred about halfway into The Jazz Singer, when Al Jolson said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
Option 1: Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
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!" Letters can only be used as often as they appear in target phrase. REQUIRED: State the word.
Heart of the Sea - audible Heart of the Sea mass market paperback pg .369 by Nora Roberts
ain't heard = heart
Book 2:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
Where Dreams Descend - audible Where Dreams Descend - paperback pgs 480 by Janella Angeles
The Jazz Singer
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:155/840
Completed Tasks: 11/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 3,771
Books read this season: 12
babbling c5.1 - Votes For Women
1920 - The 19th amendment was ratified legally guaranteeing American women the right to vote. Read a book by a female author.
The Bookshop of Forgotten Dreams - kindle The Bookshop of Forgotten Dreams - paperback pg. 343 by Emily Blaine
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:160/840
Completed Tasks: 11/52
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 4,114
Books read this season: 12
Christine V20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Target word: White
This book is Nonfiction. ***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 20
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 3
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!Option A, MPG Feminism: Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Amy B20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (1920)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 350 Points
Rockynook15.10 - They All Look Good to Me
Read a group read nomination in a different category than the one you plan to read for 20.10
I plan to read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt for my 20.10 book (category: Fiction - Animals)
For this task, I read: Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (category: Historical Fiction)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 195
JEN B25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A
Option 3 - Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in BELGIUM
Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman (262 pages)
MG in belGiuM
Book B
Option 2 Read a book where the letters CHICAGO can be found in the title (not subtitle)
The Little Café in Copenhagen by Julie Caplin (English paperback has 416 pages)
thelIttleCAféinCOpenHaGen
262 pages + 416 pages = 678 pages > 600 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 340
10.2 - Bee's KneesRead a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages: 119 pages
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 150
15.2. Endings and Beginnings A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #23, published September 6, 2022
A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
Valentino #1, 6 books in series
Frames by Loren D. Estleman
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 165
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent StoreRead 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.
Word: Their / fRank wInfiEld woolworTH / 280 pages
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 185
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option A: MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice.
☑️🎄Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap
320 pages
MPG: Feminism
I claim a Non Fiction ticket
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 430/840
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 24/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 7
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
I am using the chicken/rooster as that is my zodiac sign.
Option 1. Read a book published in your animal's year
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris book published in 2005
Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover.
by P.G. WodehousePoints this post: 25
Total points: 455
20.5Op 1: set 50% in or around a prison.
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
Books read: 21
Point Total: 240/840
Tasks Total: 18/52
Task 20.10 - Group Readscomment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
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700 points
6 NF tix
5 GO tix
2 BB tix
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Task # 30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
Option 2. Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE. Word used is word is Death
Naked in Death byJ.D. Robb
Option 5. read a book from one of these lists:
Books with Angels, Gods, or DemonsSilence by Becca Fitzpatrickv Page 1 # 36 as of 1/29/23
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430