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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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5.3 - April ShowersFIRST published in April.
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 790
BB Points:
GO Points: 21
NF Points: 2
15.8. Can You Feel It?List: Blind, Deaf, Mute - PAGE 1
King Lear by William Shakespeare
First Published in 1605 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 805
BB Points:
GO Points: 22
NF Points: 2
25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance Option 1: ZUMBA found in title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Consumed by Rebecca Zanetti
Option 3: Female author's name - SUSAN
Brighton Road by Susan Carroll
317 + 198 = 515 pp
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 830
BB Points:
GO Points: 22
NF Points: 2
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed! Set in New Mexico.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
First Published 1927 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 840
BB Points:
GO Points: 23
NF Points: 2
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Sorry, repeated post. Darn! When I refresh the page it doesn't show my last posts. Anyway, I should be done now. lol
10.6 IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Books read: 23
Point Total: 260/840
Tasks Total: 20/52
Nick KYREMOVE
25.4 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 by Ivan Turgenev, inits in “baThtub gIn.” 220 pp
Points This Post: - 25
Total Points So Far: 485
Nick KY15.8 I Resolve to Read. I read Smoke by Ivan Turgenev, Fiction, Classics, Literary by Ivan Turgenev, inits sequential in “newyearsresoluTIon.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 500
Nick KY25.7 Delicious Dee’s Where in the World?
Opt. A.3. Author’s inits in BELGIUM. I read Matter by Iain M. Banks593 pp
Opt. B.1. Takes place in Chicago. I read The Third Rail by Michael Harvey. 281 pp.
Total pp = 879 > required 600
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 525
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose first name is Pearl.
Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck
Option 6.
Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
Salt to the Sea. by Ruta Sepetys
Page 1 # 13 on list as of 2/6/23
Points this post: 30
Total points: 540
Mary P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: For my first grader, read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN.
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1. 4+ letter word in title made from EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
MMPB: Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
📖 384 pages 📖
I read the Kindle edition: Abandoned in Death
🎄 DEATH: DEAT in AMENDMENT; H in EIGHTEENTH 🎄
Option 3. set at least 50% in New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Florida
PB: Everglades by Randy Wayne White
📖 384 pages 📖
I read the Kindle edition: Everglades
💘 set 100% in Florida 💘
Total points: 375 + 25 = 400
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. I read I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro.
Total points so far: 310
CHANDNI50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Old School by Tobias Wolff
196 pages
Book 2: Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
304 pages
Book 3B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
272 pages
Total pages: 772 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 790
Readerboard Name: Librarianish25.5 Bubble Tea
1. Read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
I read Things I Learned From Knittingby Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
2. Read a book with 3 Js in title, subtitle, and/or author's name (any combination of these).
I read Jay's Gay Agenda, by Jason June
❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 505/840
Books read: 42/75
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 7
Barbara ★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.
Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger (358 pages) 2/6
✔️Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Forging Silver into Stars - Brigid Kemmerer (560 pages) 1/11
(published June 7, 2022)
BIG BOOK: 560 pages
✔️Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story
A. Read a book with a title and/or subtitle that contains all the letters in "clean slate." Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the title/subtitle - i.e. the letters l, e, a must appear at least twice in the title/subtitle.
The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter (350 pages) 1/3
C in Cassie
L in bLack
E in cassiE
A in blAck
N in uNtangled
S in caSsie
L in untangLed
A in cAssie
T in The
E in thE
TOTAL PAGES = 358 pages + 560 pages + 350 pages = 1268 > 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 460
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Chris MD REPOST
20.2 Little Loves
Option 1: Author's first and last initials in OILMAN.
I linked to the wrong edition. There is a paperback in a separate GR entry, which is the version I read.
Murder on Hogtown Creek: A North Florida Mystery by M.D. Adams
Chris MD REPOST
25.6 Gotta Dance
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of Music or a book from this list: Best Books About Dance.
Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Currently #58 on the first page
From ARBook Find: IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
This book has 276 pages.
Option 3: Author shares a name with Robin Davies, Johanna Llanos, Catherine (Cathy) Castro, Johana O’Neill and Susan Ortiz
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
Author matches with Susan Ortiz.
This book has 308 pages.
276 + 308 = 584
I believe with these two corrections, I should have 400 points.
ROBIN P**UNCLAIM**
15.2 Endings & Beginnings
A. Most recent book in series of at least 3 books
The Bullet That Missed - series has 3 books
B. First book in series of at least 3 books
Trouble in Nuala - series has 12 books
Points this post: -15
Adjusted points: 615
ROBIN P15.2 Endings & Beginnings
A. Most recent book in series of at least 3 books
The Bullet That Missed - series has 3 books
B. First book in series of at least 3 books
Century in Scarlet - series has 3 books
Points this post: 15
Total points: 630
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:4
ROBIN P20.3 - The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Opt 2 - MPG Mystery in series set 1919-39
Trouble in Nuala
from GR description - "Set on the exotic island of Ceylon in the 1930s"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 650
BB:2 GO:6 IAF:4
Deborah10.4 - Wonder Drug
MAIL: Penicillium notatum
The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 14
Tasks Done: 12
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little LovesOption 1
Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN.
Enchanting the Earl by Lily Maxton
IAF tickets general: 1
GO tickets general: 2
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 240
LAUREN JODI5.7 - And The Winner Is...
Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran
Winner of RITA Award for Best Historical Romance: Long (2015)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 430/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 29/52
LAUREN JODI**UNCLAIM**
5.7 The Everest of Swimming
What Price Love? by Stephanie Laurens
Adjusted points:
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Points deducted in this Post: -5
Total Points: 425/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 34
Total Tasks Completed: 28/52
LAUREN JODI10.9 - Empress of the Blues
What Price Love? by Stephanie Laurens
Song: Careless Love Blues
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 435/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 29/52
Mod
Task 30.3 - The Importance of December 7thoption 3: MPG True Crime
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
option 5: 4 & 9 in page count
Wolfsong
492 pages
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835 points
8 NF tix
6 GO tix
2 BB tix
Cindy FTask 25.2 Playing Doubles
Book 1: Title of 2 words each word starting with a letter in TWO DOUBLES (D,S)
Deep South by Nevada Barr
Book 2: Book first published in 2020
Wrecked by Mary Anna Evans
Points this post:25
Total points:140
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks Completed:11
Cindy FTask 10.2 Bee's Knees
Read a short book <200 pages
The Toast of Time by Jodi Taylor 129 pages
ebook verification #3780 in thread!!
Points this post:10
Total points:150
Books read:14
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:12
Bookwrm526Task #15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements of Book 1 and Book 2 of option 1. I read The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar.
Book 1B: 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!" Target word is HENNA (hea in heard, nn in nothin').
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer." (AJ both in jazz).
Total points so far: 325
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee.
I listened to an audio version of The Eagle Catcher
The setting is verified in the description of the series "John Aloysius O’Malley, a Jesuit missionary, and Vicky Holden, an Arapaho attorney, on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming:"
New Points: 20
Total Points: 250
IaF: 3
20.10 - Group ReadsFiction - Historical Fiction 1900-1939
Shrines of Gaiety
My comments in the discussion thread are in post #10
New Points: 20
Total Points: 270
IaF: 3
JEN B15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
TOTAL POINTS: 380
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Fiction - Animals: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Posted twice in the discussion thread, posts #29 & #34
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 290 + 20 = 310
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
Coralie15.10 They all look good to me
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures for 20.10 so I chose from Historical Fiction 1900-1939 and read
The Chosen and the Beautiful
Total to date 690 points
Nick KY50.1 Lisa MD’s Out with the Old, In with the New
Book 1. “Old” or “New” in the title. – I read New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Winifred Gallagher. 304 pp.
Book 2. I read A History of Fear by Luke Dumas, 1st pub’d 2022. 368 pp
Book 3. Author’s inits in “CLEAN SLATE.” I read The Price by Alexandra Sokoloff. 304 pp
Total pp = 976 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 575
EMurphy25.2 Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Option 1: Title of two words where each word begins with a letter from TWO DOUBLES The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
*328 pages
Option 2: First published in 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020 Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
*Published in 2020
**361 pages
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 220
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 5
Tasks Completed: 11
Amy FL15.3. From A to Z
A. A Stranger in Town
B. No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib
Points this post: 15
Total points: 635
Amy FL15.6. King Tut
Dangerous Ground - main character is Archaeologist Fiona Carver
Points this post: 15
Total points: 650
FLY Task #50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
task: Book 1: either the word "old" or "new" found intact in the title
book: The Last Thing He Told Me
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first paperback here) = 400pp
how it fits: "old" in Told
task: Book 2: first published in either 2022 or 2023
book: The Maid
(my version is ebook, no MMPB, first paperback here) = 320pp
how it fits: First published January 4, 2022
task: Book 3: A. title and subtitle contains all the letters in "clean slate."
book: Ghosts of Pocatello: Haunted History from the Gate City
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, paperback here) = 112pp
how it fits: all the letters in "clean slate" are in title and subtitle
other:
400 + 320 + 112 = 832 > 750
(sometimes the current 2nd pb for book #1 comes up first; it is 320 pp, so barely squeaks by at 320 + 320 + 112 = 752)
**claiming an "it's a fact" ticket for book #3, mpg non-fiction
Points this post: 50
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 18/52
Big Book tickets: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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trishhartuk15.10 They All Look Good to Me
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures for 20.10, under Fiction - Animals.
Comments here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bossypants, Tina Fey
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (250pg)
This was nominated for Nonfiction – A Comedian’s Memoir/Biography
It’s a Fact: front page tags include Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor, Biography
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: Yes – Bossypants is Nonfiction
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Task 5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopesmonkey on cover
The Puma Years
monkey in forehead area. verified in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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840 points - finito!
Shiraloo25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Book 1: Audacity by Melanie Crowder
REQUIRED: Option 1; page 2 from the Teen Novels in Verse from Barnes & Noble list
Book 2: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
REQUIRED: Option 3
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 225
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 2
5.2 - GuiltyRead a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Book: A Deadly Education - on page 5 of the list
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 319 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
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Word in the title of at least 4 letters from Penicillium notatum - MOLE
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
First Published 1930 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 785
BB Points:
GO Points: 21
NF Points: 2