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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Sarah E10.4 - Wonder Drug
Mortal Coil
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Mortal Coil - 572 pages
COIL can be found in peniCILlium nOtatum
Big Book, 572 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 410
Total BBs: 5
Mod
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY
Death of a Bookseller
the word DEATH can be made from scHEnecTADY
I received this audiobook as an ARC - it is due out in April 2023 & the hardback has page numbers listed on Goodreads.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 345 + 5 = 350
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
Mod
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic
Six Days
This has MPG Romance
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 350 + 10 = 360
Total Tasks Completed: 26
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 13
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 1: By Agatha Christie, published BEFORE 1939
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
First published March 10, 1935
Golden Oldie, first published 1935. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 450
Total GOs: 3
Angela IL15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION.
Black Out by Lisa Unger-2/24
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 570
Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 32
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 7
Mod
Option B:Read a book first published in 1950 or earlier that is new to you.
Wuthering Heights
I had not read this before (or even seen a movie!)
This book was first published in 1847 so I claim a Golden Oldies ticket
(also fits option A - currently #436 on the Best Philosophical Literature list!)
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360 + 20 = 380
Total Tasks Completed: 27
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1+1 = 2
It's a Fact: 13
Kathy KSTask 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
Glued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows and Events That Made Us Who We Are Today by Steven D. Stark
MPG: History
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 340
Tasks completed: 17/52
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
StaceyNC20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Book: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Completed: 2/22/23
Discussion Post
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 27
StaceyNC25.5 - Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
1. Pearl Milk Tea with extra topping (pudding)
Read a book with “pearl” found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
Book: Crown of Coral and Pearl
Completed: 2/23/23
2. Earl Gray Milk Tea with 3Js - Read a book with 3 Js in title, subtitle, and/or author's name (any combination of these).
Book: Judge & Jury
Author: James Patterson
Completed: 1/22/23
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 28
StaceyNC5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Book: The Risk
Completed 2/21/23
Approved for length: Row 3697
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 29
StaceyNC10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle.
Book: Paint It All Red
Completed: 2/22/23
Approved for length: Row 2435
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 30
Lisa MD10.7 - Black Venus
AUTHOR on: A Book By A Woman of Color list- page 1, #20
☑️🎄To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
355 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 650/840
Total Books Read: 51
Tasks Completed: 40/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!Option 1: Fort Robinson and the American West, 1874–1899
Option 2: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
*** Claiming 2 IAF tickets
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
Amy B30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Read two books, one each from 2 different options. REQUIRED: State the options you used. ONE graphic novel may be used.
Option 4: Read a book from the following list: Epistolary Novels Books
REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found
Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel by Zachary Thomas Dodson - pg 6
Option 6: Read a book from this list: WWII Historic Fiction
REQUIRED: State the page on which your book is found.
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck - pg 1
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 585 Points
FLY Task #15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2 (one book option)
task 1: 4+ letter title word that can be made from "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
task 2: author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
book: Lean Mean Thirteen
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "Mean" can be made from "wait a minute" and author Janet Evanovich initials JE in "The Jazz Singer."
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 26/52
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 3
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Delicious Dee30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 2 - Crime and Candy Canes
Option 3 - The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie - true crime is the second genre listed on the new book format page; claiming 1 Its Just a Fact ticket
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 630
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
ROBIN P10.6 It Girl
Word It or Girl in Title
Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood
**claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction**
Points this post: 10
Total points:840
Which means I have completed the challenge, something I thought I would NEVER do!
BB:4 GO:7 IAF:8
LAUREN JODI15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 625/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 3
Total Books Read: 49
Total Tasks Completed: 38/52
Task 50.1 - Out With the Old, In With the NewBook 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 Good Old Boys (Hewey Calloway #1) (1978) by Elmer Kelton (Hardcover 253 pages)
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Published in 2023.
** Spare is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
Spare (2023) by Prince Harry (Hardcover 410 pages) [Biography / 921]
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."
cLEan slate
The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association(1999) by Loren D. Estleman (male) (Hardback 285 pages)
Pagecount: 253 + 410 + 285 = 948 > 750
215 + 50 = 265
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 215 + 50 = 265
Books read: 21
Pages read: 6,333
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!Option 2: Fort Robinson and the American West, 1874–1899
*** Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 3
5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are FreeAll Good People Here
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 3
5.3 - April ShowersThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
*** Claiming IAF ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
MAZZA110.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
The Girl Beneath the Sea
points this post = 10
Points to date = 725
Julia10325.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: Storm Divers (S and D in Doubles)
Book 2: The Golden One (first published in 2002)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 610
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 35
Books read this season: 50
Readerboard name: List_Addict15.2: Endings and Beginnings
Book A: Title containing word LAST
The Last Hour of Gann by R Lee Smith
Book B: First book in a series
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Peter Brown #1
Total this challenge: 45
Sarah E25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: From the Penguin Random House list
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/th...
Between the World and Me
I read an ebook, MMP is Une colère noire : lettre à mon fils
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Option 3: #20 in series
Guilt at the Garage - Fethering Mystery #20
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Guilt at the Garage
Total Points: 475
Total NF: 5
Sarah E25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
Option 1: Zumba in title/author
Game, Set and Murder by Elizabeth Flynn
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Game, Set and Murder - 272 pages
ZAB in eliZABeth, UM in MUrder
Option 2: MPG Music
Run, Rose, Run
I listened to an audio, top paperback that is not large print is Run, Rose, Run - 448 pages
272 + 448 = 720 pages
Total Points: 500
Sarah E30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1: ANIME in the title
The Woman in the Window - the woMAN In thE window
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is La Femme a la Fenêtre - 608 pages
Big Book, 608 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Option 3: Part of a series AND has an MPG Humor
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists - The Pirates! #3
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists - 176 pages
608 + 176 = 784 pages
Total Points: 530
Total BBs: 6
Delicious Dee50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Book A - Brave New Earl - NEW in title
Book B - Valued by the Viscount - first published 2022
Book C - Option B - Empowered by the Earl - Alexa Aston - AA found in CLEAN SLATE
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 680
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
20.2 Little LovesOpt 1 - author initial is OilMan
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell M,O
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 410
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better - Lauren Jodi's Task: Public Enemy
Option 2: Page count consists of 3 of the digits 1, 4, 2, or 9 Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
*142 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 335
Books Read: 24
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 16
20.9 FoxleaseOpt 1 - author first and last initial in FoxLease
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley, L,F
points: 20
Total/challenge: 430
25.7 Where in the World Am I >600 pgs, 1 from each optionBook A Option 3 - Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in ESTONIA, or LATVIA or BELGIUM
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
L, M in beLgiuM, 388 pgs
Book B Option 3 Read a book where the author's initials (all of them) can be found in CHICAGO
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
C, H - CHicago, 322 pgs
388+322 = 710 pgs
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 455
This is my first submission15.5. All That Jazz. Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
REQUIRED: Include in your post the page on which your book is listed. Page 4: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
BIG BOOK: The mmp is 920 pages. I read the kindle and audio. I think this qualifies for two BB tickets
Points for this task: 15
Big Book: 2 tickets
Total submitted so far: 15
(post #1)
Delicious Dee20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C - Thick as Thieves - found on pg 2 of the Law and Lawyers in Fiction list
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 700
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
Mod
The Wrong Bridesmaid by Lauren Landish / BINGO spelled from title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 775
Andy P.Task # 15.5. All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
Save Me The Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
Found on page 1 of list # 11 as of 2/25/23
Points this post: 15
Total points : 765
20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little TimeOption B - Read a book first published in 1950 or earlier (qualifying for a Golden Oldies ticket) that is new to you. REQUIRED: State that the book is new-to-you.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, First Published in 1901
First MMP 256 pages
The book is new to me; this is the first time I read it.
Golden Oldies, published in 1901.
Points for this task: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
BB: 2
Total points submitted: 35
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Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties: I used #4 in list (The one from Vogue
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Option 3: read a book that is in the 20s of a series (#20 - #29).
Earthly Remains by Donna Leon
# 26 in Commissario Brunetti series
Points this post: 25
Total points: 790
Delicious Dee15.5. All That Jazz
Death at Victoria Dock - found on pg3 of the list
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 715
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
CathyG25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Each book must be 220 pages in length or longer.
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Shadow Walker by Allyson James 282pp
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos:1922, 2002, 2012, 2020.
The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
Published May 5, 2020 390pp
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 375/840
Tasks completed: 20/52
Books read: 25
It's a Fact tickets: 4
CathyG30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
Option 1. December
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas 400pp
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones 352pp
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 405/840
Tasks completed: 21/52
Books read: 27
It's a Fact tickets: 4
CathyG25.6 - Amy FL’s task – Gotta Dance
The combined total pages must be greater than 500.
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.
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 388pp
Option 3: Robin Davies, Johanna Llanos, Catherine (Cathy) Castro, Johana O’Neill and Susan Ortiz Read a book by a single female author who shares a name with one of my instructors.
Heart Search by Robin D. Owens351pp
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 430/840
Tasks completed: 22/52
Books read: 29
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Julia103Task 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family (MPG History)
This is non-fiction - claiming one It's a Fact ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 630
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 36
Books read this season: 51
5.4 - Hooray For HollywoodRead a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
REQUIRED Reference to TV show:
EDIT - Corrected link:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289739/...
BIG BOOK. 527 pages hardcover, link: The Crystal Cave
Points: 5
Total Points:40
BB: If this counts, I now have 3
GO: 1
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Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 3: Read a book with ALL of the letters in BINGO found in the author’s name.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
BINGO=Barbara kINGsOlver
I read an ebook; mmpb=501 pages (Un jardin dans les Appalaches)
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** : 501 pages
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 360
Tasks completed: 18/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
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20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
I participated in the book discussion message #17:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference (no MMPB): Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20