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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese ZodiacAnimal: Snake
Option 1. book published in your animal's year (2013)
PB: A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
I listened to the audiobook: A Symphony of Echoes
❄️ first published 2013 ❄️
Option 2. a book with your animal on the cover
MMPB: Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
I read the Kindle edition: Half-Off Ragnarok
❄️ snake on cover (in tank behind characters) ❄️
Total points: 335 + 25 = 360
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author. I read The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf (IL: MG, BL 5.6, AR Pts 9.0).
When I searched AR Bookfinder by title this book did not show up, but I found it when I searched by the author, so I'm including a link just in case!
https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...
Total points so far: 300
MAZZA15.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award.
Light from Uncommon Stars ALA Alex award 2022 stated on main page
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 220
MAZZA15.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
Summer of '69
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 225
MAZZA110.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
The Red Address Book MPG Romance
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 235
Points t
MAZZA115 Point Tasks
15.1. Pick your century!
Read 2 books, from 2 different options:
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow first published 1820
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
The Secret of Chimneys first published 1925
Both books were published before 1950 and I am claiming 2 x Golden Oldie tickets
Points this post = 15
Points to date - 250
Golden Oldie tickets this post = 2
Golden Oldie Tickets to date = 2
Cindy FTask 5.10 The Best Things in Life are Free
Book of choice
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War by Tim Cook
Claim 1 BB ticket 552 pages
Claim 1 Non-Fiction ticket
Points this post:5
Total points:115
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:10
MAZZA110.4 - 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
Malice Word used = MALICE
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 260
MAZZA1 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
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley Go as a River: A novel Shelley Read SR = yearSResolution)
This is PB edition Go as a River
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 275
MAZZA1 20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Shrines of Gaiety
My post in discussion thread is here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
Points to date = 295
MAZZA115.10. 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. You can use any of the 20 nominees in those 2 categories.
Remarkably Bright Creatures nominated in Fiction - Animals category
For the 20.10 category I have read (posted above) Shrines of Gaiety - Historical Fiction
points this post = 15
Points to date 310
MAZZA120.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option A - Read a book from this list:Best Philosophical Literature
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Page one of list
points this post = 20
Points to date = 330
MAZZA1Task 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice I am claiming an Its a fact ticket for this book
Approved as MPG non fiction History here in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 20
Points to date = 350
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 2
MAZZA10.8 - 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.
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
HEART in target phrase Pages 304 exceeds requirement
As a non fiction I am claiming 1 x IAF ticket
points this post = 20
Points to date = 370
IAF ticket this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 3
MAZZA125.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 1: Books in Verse Read a book from one of these lists
Verse Novels Read by Tess https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
The Weight of Water on Page 1 of list
Option 2:
Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Letters from Skye Page 1 of list
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 395
MAZZA125.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Both books must be new to you. REQUIRED: In your post state that the books are new to you.
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
From the list 20 important books ...
https://theculturetrip.com/north-amer...
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories this book is NEW TO ME
Option 2: read a book set at least 90% in the 1920s (1920 - 1929). Away with the Fairies the time setting is stated on main page as 1928
This Book is NEW TO ME
points this post = 25
Points to date = 420
MAZZA125.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN.
RubberneckerBelinda Bauer 313 pages
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these states. New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida.
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club: A Novel setting New York State 288 pages
313 + 288 = 601 pages exceeds requirement
points this post = 25
Points to date= 445
MAZZA125.5 - Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
1. For this option, read a book with “pearl” found intact in title
The Whitstable Pearl Mystery
3. read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover
points thispost = 25
Points to date = 470
MAZZA125.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in ZUMBA found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.The Mummy Case Elizabeth Peters pages 327
Z in eliZabeth
UM in mUMmy
BA in elizABeth
Option 2: There’s no Zumba without music, and once the music starts, you can’t help but dance. Read a book with a MPG of Music
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs 208 pages
this book is Non fiction and I am Claiming 1 x IAF ticket
327 + 208 pages = 535 pages and exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 495
IAF this post = 1
IAF to date = 4
MAZZA1Task 50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
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.
In a New York Minute 336 pages
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Isaac and the Egg published 2022 - 288 pages
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."
I read an ARC of this book via netgalley The Only Suspect
This is PB editionThe Only Suspect 400 pages
336 + 288+ 400 - 1,024 exceeds requirement
points this post = 50
Points to date = 545
Task 30.1 - The Sandman3. Adaptations - Read a book with an MPG of retelling.
The Emerald Circus (The Jane Yolen Classic Fantasy Stories #1) (2017) by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 286 pages)
4. Enter Sandman - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE. Word must match exactly.
Twilight Sleep (1927) by Edith Wharton (Paperback 320 pages)
Word: SLEEP
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
** Twilight Sleep is a Golden Oldie, published in 1927**
Pagecount: 286 + 320 = 606 > 500
95 + 30 = 125
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 95 + 30 = 125
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,801
Read but not claimed: 07
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Nick KY10.10 Latin Lover I read Paint it Black by Janet Fitch, MPG “Romance.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 510
CHANDNI5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award.
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Won South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (2000)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 730
Mod
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY
used the word EYES
read Eyes of the Forest
points this task- 5
total points- 685
Mod
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
read Macaron Murder 145 pages
points this task- 10
total points- 695
MEGSCL25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1 - Behold the Dreamers - from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/th...
Option 3 - Dragon's Time (Pern #22)
TOTAL - 430
Mod
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum
used the word Place
read The Perfect Place to Die
points this task- 10
total points- 705
Mod
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
read Nine Liars
points this task- 10
total points- 715
Mod
read Remarkably Bright Creatures
post # 26
points this task- 20
total points- 725
Julia1035.1 - Votes For Women
Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
This post: 5 points
Total points: 400
BB: 3
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 23
Books read this season: 32
5.10 Book of choiceRemember It!: The Names of People You Meet, All of Your Passwords, Where You Left Your Keys, and Everything Else You Tend to Forget
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 185
20.5 Public EnemyOpt 4 Beach on cover
Points: 20
Total/challenge:
25.2 Playing Doubles each book >220 pgsBk 1 - 2 word title where words start with letters from TWODOUBLES - TS
The Spymistress - 355 pgs
Bk 2 - pub in 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
- 435 pgsPublished November 2020
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 230
25.5 Bubble TeaOpt 1 - pearl in title or auth. Name
The Serpent and the Pearl
Opt 2 - read a book with 3 Js in title, subtitle, and/or author's name (any combination of these)
Judge & Jury by James Patterson
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 255
50.1 Out With the Old, In With the New >750 pgsBk 1 - Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle. gOLDen
The Golden Son - 394 pgs
Bk 2 - Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
The Christie Affair - 320 pgs
Published 2022
Bk 3 - B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate. E,L
The Club by Ellery Lloyd - 320 pgs
394+320+320= 1034 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 305 pts
5.9 - WGY TVTitle word in SCHENECTADY: The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
The word is Catch.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 575
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.10 Group Reads
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures (participation in group thread here).
❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️
Points this post: 20
Points to date: 440/840
Books read: 36/75
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 7
Readerboard Name: Priya20.9 - 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”.
foxleASe
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Mod
5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Anne Boleyn Cypher
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Points This Post: -5
Total Points: 250 -5 - 245
Total Tasks Completed: 16 - 1 = 15
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 9
Mod
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.
The Anne Boleyn Cypher
The word ANNE can be made from pENicillium NotAtum
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 245+10 = 255
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 9
Mod
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
This book was First published April 23, 2015
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 255+5 = 260
Total Tasks Completed: 17
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 9
HanneloreTask 5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
Book: Kanzi: The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind
How it fits:
** Book is non-fiction. Claiming one IAF ticket please **
Points this task: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 18
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4
HanneloreTask 10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
Book: The Girl from the Well
How it fits: "girl" in the title.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 4
Task 25.2 - Playing Doubleseach book >220 pages
book 1: two word title, initials in DOUBLES
Electronic Dreams: How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
288 pages
Non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
book2: published in 2012, one of the listed years
The Tobacconist
234 pages
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725 points
6 NF tix
6 GO tix
2 BB tix
Fandury20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option1: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
The initials SF of the author can be found in FoxleaSe
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 13
Fandury5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey
First published in April 2012
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 14
LineBecause of Miss Bridgerton10.1
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
I read Because of Miss Bridgerton
points for this task: 10
total points: 35
books read: 6
tasks done: 6
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task #30.1 - The Sandman
Option 2: Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE. Plurals or possessives are acceptable, but no other variations. I chose DEATH and read Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (120p).
Option 4: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE. Word must match exactly. I chose the target word FORGET and read Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (432p).
120+432=552 pages
Total points so far: 295