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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Claymore, Vol. 6: The Endless Gravestones (200 pages)
Points this task: 10
Season total: 200
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 3
Sarah E15.7. Here's Mickey!
Moving Mountains: The Wunderjuwel Foundation
I read the kindle edition, the only paperback - no MMP - is Moving Mountains: The Wunderjuwel Foundation
Big Book, 581 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 315
Total BBs: 3
Sarah E15.8. Can You Feel It?
Inkheart - on page 1
I read an ebook, MMP is Inkheart - 576 pages
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23.0
Big Book, 576 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 330
Total BBs: 4
Readerboard Name: Librarianish25.8 - The Chinese Zodiac
For this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal.
I chose the DOG.
Book 1: Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year.
I read Brass, published in 2018.
Book 2: Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover.
I read Fifteen Dogs.
.❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️ ❄️ 🕯️
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 605/840
Books read: 51/71
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 7
FLY Task #10.4 - Wonder Drug
task: 4+ letter word in the title that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum
book: A Million to One
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first paperback here)
how it fits: MILLION in penicILLIuM NOtatum
Points this post: 10
Total points: 355
Tasks completed: 25/52
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 3
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Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in the name of his self-created superhero, OILMAN. I read Noor by Nnedi Okorafor.
Total points so far: 535
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.3 - From A to Z
A Billion Times No by Kenzie Reed
Option 2 - The title begins with "A" and the author's name contains a letter "Z".
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): A Billion Times No
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Tasks completed: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
The Silent Prodigy by Emily Shiner
Option 2 - The word "silent" is in the title and the author's first and last initials appear in the jazz SingEr.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Silent Prodigy
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 9
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.7 - Here's Mickey!
Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis by Paul B. Janeczko
This book has a two-word title and both words start with the letter "S".
Link to HB edition (no MMP nor MP editions): Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 100 points
Tasks completed: 10
Kathy KS50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Read three books, one from each of the following options. The three books must total at least 750 pages.
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.
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
WORD: tOLD
I listened to an audiobook; pb-400 p. (no mmpb)
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year. Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
1st published: July 12, 2022
149 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."
Terra Incognita: Three Novellas by Connie Willis
CLEAN SLATE=TErrA inCognita: three NovELLAS
324 pages
Total pages: 400+149+324=873 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 310
Tasks completed: 15/52
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: 2
Shiraloo25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: Three Sisters by Heather Morris
REQUIRED: Paperback edition for page count, over 220 pages
Book 2: Beach Read by Emily Henry
REQUIRED: First published in 2020. Paperback for page count, over 220 pages.
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Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 250
Total Tickets:
GO: 0
BB: 0
NF: 2
Amy B25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
This is a two book task. No books with the genres children, kids, etc. can be used. Both books must be new to you. REQUIRED: In your post state that the books are new to you - BOTH BOOKS ARE NEW TO ME.
Pick from two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you used.
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
Required: state which list you used
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (Vogue)
Option 2: read a book set at least 90% in the 1920s (1920 - 1929). If the time setting is not obvious in the blurb provide a reference to support it.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (1923)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201....
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 520 Points
Delicious Dee25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
I chose Year of the Pig
Option 1 - 2019 - The Stopover
Option 2 -
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 515
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Task 10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Required: REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, state the setting and provide a reference.
Set entirely in COLORADO
Dead and Gondola (Christie Bookshop #1) (2022) by Ann Claire (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 336 pages)
205 + 10 = 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 205 + 10 = 215
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,385
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.5 - Chanel No. 5#5 in a series: Fireside by Susan Wiggs (Lakeshore Chronicles #5)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 770
Barbara ★25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
NOTE: Both books are new to me.
Option 2: read a book set at least 90% in the 1920s (1920 - 1929). If the time setting is not obvious in the blurb provide a reference to support it.
River of Darkness - Rennie Airth 2/20
(set in 1921)
BIG BOOK: 528 pages
Option 3: read a book that is in the 20s of a series (#20 - #29).
Dark Sentinel - Christine Feehan 2/8
(Dark series #28)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 640
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Lisa MD✅ 15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: One book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
☑️🎄The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
315 pages
"Silent" in title. Author Initials: TG found in The jazz sinGer
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 590/840
Total Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 36/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Delicious Dee10.6 - It Girl
The New Girl Next Door
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 525
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
10.4 - Wonder DrugA word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in PENICILLIUM NOTATUM: Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
The word Is Little.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 780
Alexxy10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
Setting: Arizona
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 200
Julia10330.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 4: An Island at War (on page 5 of list)
Option 6: The War Girls (on page 13 of list, #1251)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 585
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 34
Books read this season: 48
Amy B15.10. 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.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the book you used for 20.10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson used for 20.10
If you plan to read the Gutenberg Classic, post in the help thread, and I will randomly assign a category that cannot be used for this task. (Cannot use comedian memoir/biography)
Horse by Geraldine Brooks - Fiction Animals
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 535 Points
Cindy FTask 50.1 Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: NEW in subtitle
Uprising: A New Age is Dawning for Every Mother's Daughter by Sally Armstrong
288 pages
Claim 1 Non-Fiction ticket
Book 2: Book published in2022
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
390 pages
Book 3: B) Author's initials found in CLEANSLATE
The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd (C,T) 320 pages
Total pages >750 My total 998 pages
Points this post:50
Total points:190
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:12
Cindy FTask 5.7 The Everest Of Swimming
Set in England
A Killing Season by Priscilla Royal
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/pr...
Points this post:5
Total points:195
Books read:18
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:13
Cindy FTask 10.4 Wonder Drug
Word in title of at least 4 letters from PENICILLIUM NOTATUM
(NOTE)
Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
Points this post:10
Total points:205
Books read:19
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:13
Cindy FTask 10.7 Black Venus
Author on list "A Book by a Woman of Color"
On page 2 of list Washington Blackby Esi Edugyan
Points this post:10
Total points:215
Books read:20
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:15
Cindy FTask 15.8 Can You Feel It?
Book from list " Blind/Deaf/Mute"
On page 4 of list The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Points this post:15
Total points:230
Books read:21
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:16
Cindy FTask 10.8 Well I'll Be Dammed!
Set in Arizona
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
Points this post:10
Total points:240
Books read:22
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:4
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:17
Nick KY15.10 They All Look Good
For 20.10 Group Reads I read the selection for the category Fiction-Animals, Remarkably Bright Creatures.
For this task I read a nominee in the category of Nonfiction—Comedian’s Memoir, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 780
MAZZA110.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Page 5 of that list
This is a non fiction book claiming 1 x IAF ticket
Points this post = 10
Points t date = 690
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF tickets to date =6
MAZZA115.7. Here's Mickey!
Mickey Mouse was created in 1928. Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Again Again
points this post = 15
Points to date = 705
trishhartuk10.8 Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Dog on It, Spencer Quinn
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici (352pg). Top PB (English): here (336pg)
GR setting is listed as Tuscon, Arizona, and as far as I can tell from the geography, is close to 100% set in Arizona (maybe with a tiny drift into New Mexico).
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 37
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
LAUREN JODI25.4. - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1 - Prohibition
The High Price of Secrets by Yvonne Lindsay
Word: HIGH
Page #: 192
Option 3 - Location
Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh
Set in New York State
Page #: 315
Total pages: 507
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 36/52
20.1 So Much To Read, So Little TimeOption C: The Verdict by Nick Stone
This is from the Law and Lawyers in Fiction List on page 1
It is 512 pages and I'd like a BB ticket.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 350
50.1 Out With the Old, In With the NewBook 1: Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance
337 pages
Book 2: Treasure State by C.J. Box Published in 2022
275 pages
Book 3: What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline 496 pages
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 400
APRILLEIGH5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
Civics: Government and Economics in Action by Davis, Fernlund, and Woll (770 pages)
*** Big Book - two tickets for 750+ pages ***
*** It’s a Fact - non-fiction ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (25)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 2 (2)
It’s a Fact: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (2)
Total Tasks: 2
APRILLEIGH20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky’s Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book a book whose author initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN.
Everyday Instant Pot by Alexis Mersel
*** It’s a Fact - non-fiction ***
AM found in oilMAn.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (45)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 1 (2)
Books Read: 1 (3)
Total Tasks: 3
APRILLEIGH15.4 - “You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet”
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
Book 1 - B: Read a book with a TITLE word of at least 4 letters made from, "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.
Math Proofs Demystified by Stan Gibilisco
*** It’s a Fact - non-fiction ***
Book 1: The word is MATH
MT found in MinuTe
AH found in HeArd
Book 2: SG found in SinGer
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (60)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 1 (3)
Books Read: 1 (4)
Total Tasks: 4
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 2: Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series and that takes place between 1919 and 1939.
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia by Clara Benson
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Title is #1 in the Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures series.
Goodreads description starts, “It’s 1929….”
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (80)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (5)
Total Tasks: 5
APRILLEIGH20.4 - 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.
LATEX: A Document Preparation System by Leslie Lamport
*** It’s a Fact - non-fiction ***
S found in System
AL found in LAtex
MON found in dOcuMeNt
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (100)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 1 (4)
Books Read: 1 (6)
Total Tasks: 6
APRILLEIGH10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with MPG Romance.
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
(Read the kindle version - top mmpb)
6th genre listed.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (110)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (7)
Total Tasks: 7
APRILLEIGH20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Lauren Jodi’s Task: Public Enemy
Option 2: Read a book whose page count consists of 1, 4, 2, or 9 (1, 2, and 9 can be used twice).
instantly Mediterranean by Emily Paster (224 pages)
*** It’s a Fact - non-fiction ***
224 pages with the 2 used twice.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (130)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 1 (5)
Books Read: 1 (8)
Total Tasks: 8
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah / Nonfiction Comedian's Memoir/Biography
link to my post #16: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660
APRILLEIGH15.6 - King Tut
Read a book set at least 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist.
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
(Read the kindle version - top mmpb)
Book is set almost entirely in Egypt (confirmed by the GR metadata), and the two main characters, Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson, are archaeologists. This isn’t explicitly stated in the description, but it does mention the excavation. However, the description of the third book makes their vocations quite clear.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (145)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (9)
Total Tasks: 9
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Option A-
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / MPG Feminism
Points this post: 40
Total points: 680
APRILLEIGH10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a title word from a Bessie Smith song title.
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
(Read the kindle version - top mmpb)
THE from “THE St. Louis Blues”
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (155)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (10)
Total Tasks: 10
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One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell / LITTLE spelled from phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 690
20.8 NF book, 200+ pages word 4+ letters in the title / subtitle that can be made from the letters in Frank Winfield Woolworth Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield
Word: life
224 pgs
Books read: 27
Point Total: 325/840
Tasks Total: 23/52
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10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
Claymore, Vol. 5: The Slashers
Points this task: 10
Season total: 190
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 3