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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.7: The Everest of swimming: A Very English Murder by Verity Bright is set entirely in England, in a small town called Chipstone. Documented in book summary on GR page.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 310
Books: 22
Tasks: 19
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: WGY TV: A Nasty Bit of Murder by C. F. Roe. The word NASTY in the title can be found in ScheNecTAdY.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 315
Books: 23
Tasks: 20
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10: The best things in life are free: Goliath by Richard Turner.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 320
Books: 24
Tasks: 21
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.4: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet - Option 2: Death of a Garden Pest by Ann Ripley meets both requirements of option 1:
Option 1 - book 1B: Word DEATH in title can be found in wAiTa minute wait a minute you ain't HErDnothin' yet.
Option 1 - book 2: Author initials AR can be found in the jAzz singeR.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 335
Books: 25
Tasks: 22
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9: I resolve to read lots of books: Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer. The author first and last initials EN can be found consecutively in NEwyearsresolution.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 350
Books: 26
Tasks: 23
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a fact: 1
Barbara ★15.2 - 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.
Final Lap - Erin McCarthy 2/21
(Final in title) (this is #8 of an 8 book series)
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.
Tinker - Wen Spencer 12/23
(Elfhom #1, there are 5 books in the series)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 655
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Lisa MD15.3. From A to Z
Option 2: One book satisfies both requirements Option 1:
☑️🎄Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
288 pages
Kindle. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
Title begins with A and author name contains letter Z
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 605/840
Total Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 37/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Angela IL15.10. 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.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt- 2/21
Read for 20.10- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah on 1/9/23
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 535
Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 30
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 6
JEN 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.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures for task 20.10
TOTAL POINTS: 460
Barbara ★15.6 - King Tut
Read a book set in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist
Found in the Lost - Tarina Deaton 2/21
(MC is a crypto archaeologist, meaning she deciphers heiroglyphics)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 670
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
SandiCompleted Task
10.4 - Wonder Drug
4+letter word in title from Penicillium notatum. Using the word UNTIL
Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 175
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 185
SandiCompleted Task
30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Book #1 -- Using Option 1 where author name part is Pearl
Evie's Little Black Book by Hannah Pearl
Book #2 -- Using Option 2 where word Candy is in the title
Candy Cane Calaboose by Janet Spaeth
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 185
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 215
25.8 MegSCL's Task: The Chinese ZodiacMy animal is RAT.
Book 1
Option 1: Read a book published in your animal's year. (1948)
And Be a Villain by Rex Stout
Published 1948. GO Ticket
Book 2
Option 2: Read a book with your animal on the cover.
by Agatha ChristieNote: mouse was allowed by thread creator for this animal.
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 180
IAF: 3
GO: 3
BB: 1
10.7 Black VenusRead a book by an AUTHOR on this list: A Book by a Woman of Color.
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Found on p. 1, #10.
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 190
IAF: 3
GO: 3
BB: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
I posted a comment in the discussion thread: Message #15
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.10 - They All Look Good to Me
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
This book was nominated in the Fiction - Animals category. I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah from the Nonfiction - A Comedian's memoir/biography category. See Message 2730
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - Remembering my parents
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Option 1 - The title contains all of the letters in salmon (SLMN in SMiLiNg, A in Are, O in sO).
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Tasks completed: 13
Mod
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover
An ape is clearly visible on the cover!
This is a Non-Fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 315 + 5 = 320
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11+1 = 12
Mod
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in or around a prison.
The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence
The author is a doctor who has worked in a variety of prisons in the UK, this tells stories from her time at HMP Huntercombe, a prison which houses foreign nationals, most awaiting deportation.
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320 + 20 = 340
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 12+1 = 13
Mod
Read a book that has WON an award.
Wolf Hall
This book won the Booker Prize in 2009
I listened to the audiobook (it's loooong!) - the top MMPB has 673 pages so I claim a Big Book ticket
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 340 + 5 = 345
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 1 + 1 = 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
Kai15.3 From A to Z
Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth
Book 2: Read a book in which the author's name contains the letter Z.
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
20.5 Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 4: Read a book with a beach on the cover.
An Island by Karen Jennings
10.1 BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
New Points: 45
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 19
15.2 - Endings and BeginningsA. most recently published book (last book) in a series
MMPB: Anything for You by Kristan Higgins
I listened to the audiobook: Anything for You
💘 Blue Heron #5 💘
B. first whole numbered book in a series
Step on a Crack by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
💘 Michael Bennett #1 💘
Total points: 465 + 15 = 480
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
5.1 - Votes For Womenbook by a female author
Open Season by Linda Howard
Total points: 480 + 5 = 485
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Mod
Option 1-
Flawless by Elsie Silver / ES in phrase
Points this post: 20
Total points: 710
Mod
Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn / set in England
Points this post: 5
Total points: 715
Mod
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood / also TV show
IMDB.com: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2011712/...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 720
5.9 - WGY TVRead a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY. You may use letters as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word.
I used the word DEATH
I read an ebook version of Death of My Aunt MMPB edition is La morte di mia zia
New Points: 5
Total Points: 310
IaF: 4
15.3. From A to ZI did Option 2, a book that both
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z.
I listened to an audio version of Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
New Points: 15
Total Points: 325
IaF: 4
Andy P.Task # 15.1. Pick your century!
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo first pub. in 1829
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway first pub in 1929
Points this post: 15
Total points: 700
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - 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
Old Bones by Douglas Preston 368 p.
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in 2022
Fake Money, Blue Smoke by Josh Haven . 288 p.
Book 3 Clean Slate B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate.
The Black Ascot by Charles Todd
C in Clean, T in Slate 306 p.
page count : 368 +288 + 306 = 962>750 minimum
Points this post: 50
Total points: 750
5.9 word of 4+ letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY Death of a Hussy by M.C. Beaton
Word: death
Books read: 29
Point Total: 350/840
Tasks Total: 25/52
Sarah E5.5 - Herald Square
The Toymakers
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Toymakers
Total Points: 335
Sarah E20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option B
The Santa Klaus Murder - this book is new-to-me
Golden Oldie, first published 1936. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 355
Total GOs: 2
Christine V15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
1B target word: Memory
The top PB (no MMPB available) has 503 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book ticket***
Points this post: 15
BB tickets this post: 1
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
Christine V20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book. I read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and posted in the discussion at post 39.
Total points so far: 555
Barbara ★5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
A Bunch of Monkey Malarkey - Ann Charles 2/22
Points this task:5
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
ROBIN P5.9 - WGY TV
Word in title 4+ letters found in SCHENECTADY
Ethan of Athos - word is ETHAN
Points this post: 5
Total points: 815
BB:4 GO:7 IAF:6
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.9 - FOXLEASE
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Option 1 - The author’s first and last initials can be found in foxLEase.
Lin to PB edition (no MMP edition): Tweet Cute
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Tasks completed: 14
Delicious Dee10.5 - Chanel No. 5
Dubious about the Duke - #5 in the Second Sons of London series
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 535
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Mike MA5.2 Guilty
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Banned Book, page 3 on list
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Delicious Dee30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
Option 2 - Death - Golden in Death
Option 4 - Dirty Little Midlife Crisis - Say your prayers, little one, don't forget, my son
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 565
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
ROBIN P5.2 Guilty
Book from banned/censored book list
The Vagina Monologues - on p. 2, item 151 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 820
BB:4 GO:7 IAF:6
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
Option 3. Read a book with an MPG of retellings.
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
MPG: Retellings
I read an ebook; pb-336 p. (no mmpb)
Option 6. Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Turner Whalen
MPG: Mythology [click MORE]
(I requested verification of MPG in task help 1-27, no answer. Still there today, so hope it still is]
I read an ebook; pb-362 p. (no mmpb)
TOTAL PAGES: 336+362=698 (>500)
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 310-30=280
Tasks completed: 15/52-1=14/52
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
Kathy KS30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
Option 5. Better to Rule in Hell - read a book from "Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons" list
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Found on page 4 of the list, currently #304
pages mmpb=310
Option 6. Read a book with an MPG of Mythology.
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Turner Whalen
MPG: Mythology [click MORE]
(I requested verification of MPG in task help 1-27, no answer. Still there today, so hope it still is]
I read an ebook; pb-362 p. (no mmpb)
TOTAL PAGES: 310+362=672 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
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
Kathy KS10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
MPG: Romance
I read an ebook; pb-336 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 16/52
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
trishhartuk5.4 Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Daughter of the Morning Star (Walt Longmire #17), Craig Johnson
Read the kindle edition. PB here
The Longmire Netflix show is mentioned in the subtitle of the edition I read, and ran from 2012-17: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836037/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 38
Golden Oldie Tickets: 5
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Amy B20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Select one of the following options:
2) The motto of Foxlease is: PEACE, VISION, POWER. Read a book with one of the words Peace, Vision or Power intact in the title or subtitle. examples: The Peaceful Season, Vision in White.
Peaces: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 555 Points
MAZZA15.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Babel This is set predominantly in Oxford England stated on main page (at least 80%)
I am claiming 1 x BB ticket for this book of 545 pages
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 710
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date =4
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Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre
Books read: 28
Point Total: 345/840
Tasks Total: 24/52