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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
JEN B***UNCLAIM***
10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE.
The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton
Word THE found in song "The St. Louis Blues"
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 445
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10.4 - 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.
The Tenant by Katrine Engberg
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 435
JEN B10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE. Any word works including I, Do, If, You, The. The word must match exactly.
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
THE in song "THE St. Louis Blues"
TOTAL POINTS: 445
JEN B10.4 - 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.
The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton
LILA in PeniciLLIum notAtum
TOTAL POINTS: 455
JEN B25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Animal: MONKEY
Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year.
The Tenant by Katrine Engberg
Published in 2016
Option 3
Read a book with a character described in the goodreads blurb using one of those words.
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
The character Neda is described as CURIOUS: "And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire."
***Claiming one Big Book ticket (544 pages)***
TOTAL POINTS: 480
JEN B5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 485
Kaylee5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Read a book that has WON an award. The award must be listed in the GR metadata.
Verity by Colleen Hoover, the book won the Goodreads Choice Award for Romance (2019).
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 2
Jen K25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: Exit West
List: Vogue 30-books-to-read-before-30
Option 2: Maisie Dobbs
Set in 1929
*****
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 675
IAF: 11
Jen K25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 2: The Violin Conspiracy - 345 pages
MPG Music
Option 3: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer- 168 pages
Shared name: Robin
***Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
345+168 = 513 >500 pages
*****
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 700
IAF: 12
Mod
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 or subtitle.
No Country for Old Men
Book 2: Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
The Paris Apartment (published 2022)
Book 3, Option B: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate."
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
This book is non-fiction. One It's a Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 50
Season total: 250
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
IAF Tickets: 4
Angela ILTask 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
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo- 2/23
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 555
Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 31
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 7
MAZZA15.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
1st to Die
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_t... First to Die is a 2003 television miniseries based on the 2001 novel of the same name by James Patterson
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 715
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
Parenting Hell - HELL can be made from winfiELd wooLwortH
I listened to the audio, paperback - no MMP - is Parenting Hell - 320 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 375
Total NF: 4
Sarah E25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 3: MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel
Giant Days, Vol. 3
I read the kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Giant Days, Vol. 3
Option 4: MPG of Plays
Verily, a New Hope
I read a kindle edition, the only print editions are hardcover, top hardcover is William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
Total Points: 400
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Public Enemy
Option 4: MEYER LANSKY. Read a book with a beach on the cover. The sand and water must be clearly visible. I read No Good Tea Goes Unpunished by Bree Baker.
Total points so far: 575
LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C
Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James
List: Law and Lawyers in Fiction page 1 (book #6)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 610/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 48
Total Tasks Completed: 37/52
Jen KCorrected Repost
25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: Exit West
List: Vogue 30-books-to-read-before-30
Option 2: Maisie Dobbs
Set in 1929
Both books are new to me.
*****
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 700
IAF: 12
Joanne MI30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1 all the letters in ANIME are found in the title
John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
johN AdaMs under fIrE
320 page
Claiming 1 IAF
Option 3 a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
Thereby Hangs a Tail 320 pages
MPG Humor verified in help thread # 42
Total page count 640
Task total 30
Season Total 280
task IAF 1
Total IAF 7
BB's 2
Lisa MD30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
500 pages.
1. Read a book by Neil Gaiman.
☑️🎄Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
301 pages
4. Word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE.
☑️🎄Racing the Light by Robert Crais
400 pages
Lyric / Title Word: Light
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 635/840
Total Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 38/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
ROBIN P5.6 Tennessee vs. John Scopes
Book w monkey/ape on cover
Catch Me a Colobus
**Claiming 1 IAF point - nonfiction
Points this post: 5
Total points: 825
BB:4 GO:7 IAF:7
Mod
Option C-
Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James / pg 1 #6 on Law and Lawyers in Fiction list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 740
Mod
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters / set in Egypt
Points this post: 15
Total points: 755
Lisa MD5.9 - WGY TV
Title word of at least 4 letters made from letters in SCHENECTADY.
☑️🎄More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
435 pages
Title Word: "Than" found in shHeNecTAdy
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 640/840
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 39/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.7 - Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
Option C - This book takes place in Tennessee (setting stated in the metadata)
Lin to PB edition (no MMP edition): Crazy Stupid Bromance
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Tasks completed: 15
JEN B20.8 - 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
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Igort
The word LIFE can be made from winFIELd
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket
TOTAL POINTS: 505
15.3B1: Title begins with A
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
B2: Z in author's name
Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry by Lenore Skenazy
Books read: 31
Point Total: 365/840
Tasks Total: 26/52
Delicious DeeUNCLAIM
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Blackwater Falls
Points This Post: -10
Total Points: 555
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Delicious Dee10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Puck Drop - set in/around Salt Lake City Utah
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 565
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Delicious Dee25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 1 - Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan - ZUM and A found in authors name, B in Blackwater
Option 2 - Dirty Like Seth - music is a top genre
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public EnemyOption 2: The Woman in the Trees
224 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 2
Chris MD DON'T COUNT THIS. WRONG POST!!!!
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.
Little Souls by Sandra Dallas
The book takes place entirely in Colorado.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is not MMP. The top paperback has 304 pages.
Brings points down to 620
Delicious Dee10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Taco Bout Love - LOVE for Careless Love Blues
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 600
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1 - Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Browne
TOTAL - 675
Chris MD 5.4 Hooray for Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Death of a Dentist by M.C. Beaton
According to IMDB, the Hamish Macbeth books were a television series from 1995-1997
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111993/...
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 256 pages.
Total points: 635
Chris MD 15.1 Pick Your Century
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
This book was published in 1820. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
This book was published in 1925. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Total points: 650
Chris MD 15.2 Endings and Beginnings
Book A: The most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title.
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
LAST in the title
Book B: The first whole numbered book in a series or a book that includes the word FIRST or ONE in its title.
The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas
This is the first book in the Wife Lottery Series, which has a total of four books.
Total points: 665
Chris MD 20.7 Marching for women's Suffrage
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee.
Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
The book is set entirely in Wyoming.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is not MMP. The top paperback has 352 pages.
Total points: 685
Chris MD 20.10 Group Read
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
My comment is in the Discussion thread.
Total points: 705
Chris MD 25.5 Bubble Tea
Option 1: Read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander
Option 3: Read a book with one or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover.
Strawberry Yellow(1)[cover] by Naomi HiraharaTotal points: 730
ROBIN P5.8 And the Winner Is
Book that won a prize
Home Fire -won Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 (as well as other prizes)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 830
BB:4 GO:7 IAF:7
10.7 - Black VenusAn author on A Book by a Woman of Color list p1 #63: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Points this post: 10
Total points: 790
MEGSCL30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
3. MPG of retellings. Demon Copperhead
6. MPG of Mythology. The Palace of Illusions
Both genres noted in THT
TOTAL - 705
JEN B10.7 - Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list: A Book By A Woman of Color
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
This author/book is on Page 1 of the list
TOTAL POINTS: 515
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - 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. I read All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung, target word KNOW (KN in frank, OW in woolworth). The book has 240 pages.
Total points so far: 595
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1: Read a book with a title (not subtitle) containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. I made the target word NAME (all from amendment) and read Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe (431p).
Option 2: Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN. I read Iced in Paradise by Naomi Hirahara (216p).
431+216=647pages
Total points so far: 620
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: Read a book by ...Margery Allingham...that was published BEFORE 1939.
Mystery Mile, Margery Allingham
Golden Oldie: First published: 1930
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 - Mystery Mile was first pubished in 1930
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 39
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Mod
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood / less than 200 pages; 147 pg MMPB
Points this post: 10
Total points: 765
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5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
ADJUSTED TOTAL: 455